The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-09-17

proseeding 20 Mexico 10 look after some
mining property.
THE yellow fever has assumed an
epidemic form In some parts u Cuba. a.
Havana there were twenty eight deaths from
this disease for the week ending sept. Z
The stages running between Cave
City on the l.. and y. Railroad and the NAM
n.oth Cave were on the night ~ the "a
stopped BY highwsynen and the passengers
robbed o. their money and leweiry. The
brigands secured. IL J. said, cash and valua-
blrs TO the value Of 80
The steamer san Salvador, from
Truxilo. Aug. :, for Havana. has never
since bern heard OF and l. believed 20 have
gone down with all on board She was en-
gagged In the cattle trade. Her officers were
white men and her crew negroes.
IT i reportsdthat \ preliminary treaty
Of pc1ce has been signed between Chill and
Peru. The following are the principal arti-
eles. Peru surrenders the monitors Nanco-
e.pae and Ar2hualpa, razes the fortifca-
ticns of Callao, surrenders all the artillery
OF Callao. engages 10 not augment the navy
for twenty years. and will reimburse 10
Chilli the cost Of the war. Chill engages 10
pay half Of the exterior debt Of Peru
THE Sioux Chief Big Road, direct
from Sitting Bulls camp, came into Fort
keoeh with four followers and surrendered
on the sth. His entire party Of 1eO braves
were expected 70 arrive 4 day ortwo later.
THE famous trotting horse ST. Julien,
il i announced. Is positively engaged FOR the
fall meeting OF the ST. Louis Trotfing Club.
70 be held on sept. = to Oct I, and. with a
good track, will make An effort 70 bea, his
unprecedented time Of 2:li IL
An official statement BY the Commits
sioner Of Pensions shows that on the 3Dth OF
June there were ei5.ooe pensioners There
were paid a pensions falling due during the
year. S3s0co ,0oo. and 81 GA, 900 arrears Of
previous years. Commissioner Bently thinks
the sum 70 be paid in pensions will yet reach
81. 80, 90 annually. There were before the
Commissioner on july / $1,000 unsettled
claims for pensions, involving an average
first payment of Sll .0co in each case, or a
total Of SIS go. 90. The whole number ~
persons interested in the pensions. either A.
recipients or A. claimants, i $4,000 The
average number Of claims filed each day
since July has been l.0.
The wife Of the Rev ID. NJ. De Hughes,
os Cinnamonson, ~ j., who was reported
70 have committed suicide ~ jumping over
board from ferryboar between Camden and
Philadelphia, believes that her husband j.
still living. IL seems he had been implicated
In a scandal with q woman and was threat
ened with exposure in case be did not re-
sign from the ministry His wife thinks he
has gone Of with the woman mentioned, and
that the pretended suicide. like that o. nr-
Buchanan. was ''put-up job 10 cover up
his tracks
IMPORTATION has been received AZ
the Secret Service Offce tha. about $1,000
worth Of counterfeit Ie1al-ten1er notes have
been showed upon guileless people in Miss
i-sippi- Photographs oflegal-tender notes
were made ~ the counterfeiters and passed
n United States Treasury checks II is inn
possible TO make decent counterfeit by
photography. and the success OF the -winde
i doubtless due 10 the unfamiliarity Of those
swindled BY greenbacks.