The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-30

lievcd that the unhappy wife was driven "a
| the fatal act on account Of her husband hav-
ing become an habitual drunkard. The
husband Is the son Of the late Lieut.. Robert
stuart, Of the United States Army.
| Henry Hausman, aged 40, Of New York
| City, on the 18th shot his three children,age
respectively Q. and years, and then shot
himself. The youngest child was killed and
the surgeon thought that the next eldest and
Hausman himself would die. Rum was the
cause.
The Official returns Of the Pennsylvania
election show that for supreme Judge the
Democratic candidate received 81 900 votes
Republican. "a, 4s0; Greenback 81 ,5S2; Pro-
hibition, 2,s99. Democratic plurality, 6,52o.
A financial crash was experienced al Read
ing, Pa. on the 18th. The Reading Savings
Bank, with deposits aggregating 81 900, 900,
closed its doors, and this was followed by
the suspension Of the banking house OF
Bushong 4 Brother and the Dime Savings
Bank. Other failures are inevitable. The
Reading Savings Bank had been carrying two
large iron manufactures which were unable
to meet their obligations. The managers
say depositors will ultimately be paid In full.
but much suffering to the poorer classes Is
inevitable.
The Peoples Savings Bank Of Newark, n.
j., has suspended.
Borden City Mill, No. I, at Fall River,
Mass, was burned on the 18th. II employed
$50 hands and was valued with contents at
$4,000.
Hester Ann Williams tcolorcd) and her
three children were burned 10 death in q
building near Norfolk, Va, on the nth.
The Pittsburg Dispatch building was
nearly destroyed by fire and completely
Quilted on the morning OF the 18th.
Gen. James Shields, OF Missouri, the Mex
lean veteran, was received at Boston on the
18th by the city militia and escorted through
the principal streets.
During services AT the Church OF the As
cension at Philadelphia, on sunday, the
18th, Alexander Il. Sayers walked up the
aisle, drew pistol, and shot his wife, Eliz-
abeth, who occupied pew several feet in
advance OF where Savers had been sitting.
The bullet entered her back. inflicting a
mortal wound. Sayers was promptly ar
rested. Both parties were regular attend
ants at church, but have been separated for
two years. The husband has already served
a term in prison for breaking her arm.
5. II. w. Gill, prominent lawyer Of Pitts
burg, mysteriously disappeared from home
about the middle OF October, and 1t now
turns out that some Of his confisling clients
are losers by him 70 the amount OF over
100000, cash and convertible securities en-
trusted to his care.
Conrad Poppenhausen.a AN extensive manu-
facturer and heavy stakeholder i'm Long Is
land railroads, has failed with liabilities Of
s., 52i $50, and nominal assets amounting to
over Ss,o0o,Oo0-the latter principally rail-
road securities.
The extensive rubber factory Of a.. Candee
a Co., at New Haven, CT, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th. About 30 men
were at work in the building at the time the
fire broke cut, and the flames spread 50 rap
idly that many had TO jump from the third
story windows, several sustaining severe, IL
not fatal, injuries. 1t was not
known whether all escaped from the
building. II seems almost provi-
dental that a short time before the fire
pIoht outs MI the ltiualt employees, ABOUT
500 In number, were dismissed for the day
on account Of there being no work in their
department, otherwise the loss Of life must
have been great. The value Of the property
DESTROYED is about SJoo,0o0; insurance,
s32j,00o.
The Fort Edward Institute, at Fort Ed
ward, y. u, was burned on the night Of the
10Th. Nearly 200 students were in attend
ance.
BY the explosion OF n kerosene lamp in
New York City on the evening Of the nth,
Mrs. Thomas Doran and her two children
were burned to death.
Or. Martin Payne, recently deceased, OF
New York City, left nearly his entire estate,
valued at 100000, to Harvard College.
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