The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

temple, the ball passing through the brain.
killing him. Cox was shot in the mouth and
hand, but not seriously hurt. Cox l. said TO
have been he aggressor.
The heaviest verdict for personal damages
ever secured sgainst 4 railroad Is probably
that for Ss9,50I. which DR.. Charles w. Hack
EFT, OF Maplewood. Mass, a rising young
physician. has Just been awarded against the
Eastern Railroad for having destroyed his
health and so cut of his income for life, by
an accident.
ROREI0N-
Recent advices from 81. Petersburg state
that there IL unusual activity among the
revolutionary classes In Russia, and they
display almost incredible holiness Apub-
LEGATION declaring that the Governor OF
Charkof had been condemned to death by
the Russian Socialist party for the nhuman
treatment Of political prisoners, and hat
the act OF assassination was consequently
executed BY one Of that party, was
openly posted in the halls OF
the University on the day after
he was shot. At KiefA the police made q de-
scent upon . house where a secret printing
press was in operation. On entering TIE
apartment they were met by . storm OF bull
lets, aud one officer and " gesdsrmes
were wounded. Eleven men aud five wom-
ea were arrested. four Of the former being
dangerously wounded. On the premises
we're found and seized printing material,
counterfeit seals Of the various public de-
psrtments, forged documents, evolutionary
pamphlets, and = number Of revolyers and
poni.rds.
II Is said thar Queen Victoria will leave
London At the end Of March for the Con-
tin emit, resting one night At the British En-
ba<sy in Paris, and then proceed to the
Italian lakes, where she will be met by the
Duke and Duchess Of Connaught, on their
wedding tour. Her Majesty thence goes TO
Germany.
A dispatch from Calcutta says thousands
OF the natives are dying In Cashmere OF
famine.
Nineteen lives were lost by . recent ex-
plosion in Deep Drop Pit Gallery, Eng
land.
The house Of Peter rouillard. a French
farmer living near Sandwich, Ontario, was
burned on the night Of the lst, and his two
daughters. aged . md Is, persisted In the
flames. The charred bodies Of the two sis
tiers were found in the smoking ruins, tight
" clsaped in each others sbriveled arms.
Drouillard was severely burned in trying
to save his children. who slept In an upper
room. A travelling clock -peddler, who was
stopping there for the night, was shockingiy
burned. bu will recover.
A telegram from Tsshkend states that AZ
ter the death Of Shere Ali 1t Mazari Sheriff,
a bloody conflict broke out among the fol-
lowers OF various pretenders to the Afghan
throne, and the partisans Of Yakoob Khan
were victorious.
Gen. Melikofr telegrxphed on the 9th that
foreign physicians, At . meeting held IN
witlianka, have declared that the epidemic
may be considered 10 have died out, ~
there has been no case since the 9th OF Feb.
ruary; but, ~ II IL impossible to guarantee
that II may not reappear, especially 1t Wit
lianka, they recommend the continuance Of
certain precautions. The Gordon around the
Government Of Astrakhan, which the foreign
physicians judged no longer necessary, has
been Withdrawn.
The Parliamentary discipline bill has'been
rejected In the Reicbstsg. This IL consider
GU M lEHJlIiulV4~ utAC8t tnS
ment. Bismarck watched the division with
apparent indifference.
The English House OF Commons has by q
vote Of 2i7 to 1903 rejected . motion in favor
OF female suffrage.
The village OF Dorozems, In Hungary,
containing 400 houses, was swept away by
flood in the river Thesis. The inhabitants
took refuge In the surrounding hills.
The Princess Louise Margaret Of Prussia,
the Duke Of Connsught's intended bride,
accompanied by her father and mother,
Prince and Princess Frederick Charles, ar
rived At sheerncss on the morning OF the
18th and proceeded TO Windsor Castle. The
reception was most brilliant. The wedding
ceremony took place II 81. Georges Chapel,
on the 18th, and was attended by the mem
bers Of the royal families, Cabinet Minis.
tiers, foreign Ambassadors and other of.
6cials, together with a large number Of 9TH
CT distinguished persons. The newly mar.
, ried couple will spend their honeymoon Of
C~laremont House, Surrey.
} Two more cases Of the plague have oc'
CURED in St. Petersburg, and the fatal spot
ted typhus also prevails 70 an alarming ex'
J tent.
The Pail Mall Gazette says hat a privat,
letter from a high official states the people
. Of Cashmere are dying Of famine like flies
and that nj the present rate Of mortality tn
. province will be nearly depopulated by TIN
! end olthe year.
England Il evidently preparing for an
t. other war in the East. 1t IL pretty wei
known that the King or Burmah massacre,
the members Of his family because the,
were friendly to the English and inclined Il
favor the annexation OF their country b
III ndostan. Further demonstration o
hostility on bis part are expected, and III