The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-22

the state. A State Association was organ
lied, aud another meeting will he held In
November.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
one hundred and thirty Sheffield cutters
with their families arrived At New York on
the 9Th, and 500 German and English cutters
are expected later. The Sheffield men say
there are $1,000 men 1t home TO do the work
Of 5000.
A National Bankers Convention was held
AZ Saratoga, n. ", commencing on the 9th.
There was large attendance.
The Maryland Democratic State Conven-
ton, held on the eth, nominated William I.
Hamilton for Governor.
The Wallace Congressional Committee,
charged with the investigation OF the con-
duct Of Federal officers at elections, re-
sumed its sessions, Il row ence, X. l., on
the eth.
A most sensational affair, which promises
10 develop into scandal of national magni-
tude, occurred 1t the residence OF ex-sena-
tor Sprague at Narraganset Pier, X l., on
the sth. Various accounts OF the affair have
been telegraphed. most Of them designed
evidently 10 cover upthe real facts In the case,
which are briefly that ex-senator sprsgue,
shotgun in hand, compelled Senator
Conkling Of New York TO beat hasty re-
treat from the Sprague mansion, where ne
had recently arrived as guest. The New
York Senator's attentions TO the wife OF the
ex-senator from Rhode Island have long
been the theme Of Washington gossip. Mrs.
Sprague. as Il well known, Is the daughter
OF ex-Goy. Chase of Ohio, and her beauty
and accomplishments are OF national ce-
lebrity.
At Fincastle, va, on the 18th, Mr.. James
Stevens, = highly respected citizen, shot and
killed his wife in 1T Of Jealousy. Four chill
dren are left unprovided for, as the father
fed to escape arrest.
FOREIGN.
Infanta Marie del Pillar, second sister OF
the King Of Spain, Is dead.
Keith johnson, leader Of an English ex-
ploration party in Africa, Is dead. Thomson,
his assistant, will continue the investigations
on Lake Nyassa-
Chatenois, near Strasburg, has been half
DESTROYED by fire. Two thousand peasants
are homeless.
A Berlin dispatch gives the following list
/ Of appointments for the new Government OF
I Alssce- Lorraine: Gen. Won Manteufel, Gov
ernor- General; DIR. Herzog, Secretary Of
I state: Herr Won Pommeresche. Under-sec-
retary Of the Interior, Worship, and Instruc.
zion: Herrvon Purtkammer-C olmar, Under
Secretary Of Justice; and DR.. Mayr, Coun-
ciller Of Finance and Domains.
- narIfE In RrOT T.
holm announces that the Arctic explorer,
Prof. Nordenskjold, has brought his steam
er, the Vega, out Of the Ice In Behring
strait. where she had been confined during
the winter, and has begun his homeward
tourney through the Pacific Ocean.
The Exchange Bank OF Montreal closed
III doors on the It'll. II Il believed thai
after paying all liabilities, stockholders viii
receive about 50 per cent on their invest
ments.
Another bank suspension occurred a
Montreal on the sth, that Of the Vile Marie
, Bank. Its liabilities are put At 100000
, This suspension, following 50 close upcE
. that Of the Exchange Bank, created pani
among depositors. and il became eviden
that general run on all the banks wouis
follow, under which, II was believed, all bu
the very strongest must succumb.
DR.. Newman Hall, The celebrated Congre
gafional preacher Of London, has just Oh
tanned . divorce from his wife, on tn
!, ground OF the lztter's inddeIity. Richard
!, son, q stable-keeper, was the correspondent
! in the case.
The Emperors Of Germany and Austri
l met At Gastein on the 9th. The town wa
\ Illuminated In honor Of the event.
I Disastrous conflagrations have occurre
4 Il sarsjevo and Nisch. in the former cit
I. $4,000 persons are rendered homeless.
stephen Miriam, broker at Alexandra
Egypt, an Armenian by birth but an Amer
4 can citizen by adoption, having been natur
4 allied In Boston nearly 20 years ago, fe'
DAYS since shot and killed Dahian Pash'
' the confidential agent Of the Khedive and
. man widely known and highly esteeme
a throughout al Egypt The murder wa
/. committed In consequence OF . person'
! grudge. Miriam Il in prison. His tri
must take place before the United STATE
!. Consul, VINO il on on four months leave I
= absence.
A Montreal dispatch Of the 18th says th'
: the run on the banks has ceased, public cor
! fidence seems restored, and the excitemei
7 has entirely subsidized.
a A serious riot occurred at Belfast, Irs
v land, during Catholic procession on u
4 night Of the nth. Twenty-Five persons wei
It wounded.
!. GENERAL.
4 Its semi.cfiiciaIly reported from Wash
ID ington that through the investigations I
I, United states Consuls the State Depart