The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-20

three. however. = some w connected Win
Joseph 3. Black. COL operator and con.
fracfor. whose arrest he also probably been
<Grc<e1 ere this. Funk q his brother H.
law, bl1ckman = his coachnan and C.-rn !
scrt ~ general dependent Thc prisoners
we're lodged n Jan n default q <5.ooo bail
each.
Ex-PosrNA<rER-GkxKRAL Kev e.
1 presses his utmost confidence III Rraiv,< in
te<tify and regards him - n one u the ATTEST
ana bet ofzeers that ever presided over the
cenir.l Bureau q The Pcss-ofEce Depart
mcnt.'s
A result Of the Investigations 70
emily ordered hy Postmaster General James
into The postal routes couyerxinr Il Mem
phis, route No. >s.os;. b. steamboat fr.m
Memphis % witienburx. Ark, has been
discontinued.
Nix GEo. C.. HARDIxG. well-known
journalist. editor Of the Saturday Esri<r.
died q indianapolis on the S'b.
IT Was reported on the 9Th that Mrs.
Garfield was seriously N with bilious inter-
miircnf fever.
The President has Withdrawn the
nomination q w. A. NJ Grier. ar Penn~vl-
sania, 70 Be Third Assistant Postmaster
General. Grier having declined the position.
THE Senate Judiciary Committee
voted % report adversely on the nomination
q Stanley Matthew's = Associate Justice Of
the supreme Court
PRESIDENT GARFIELD is said 10 have
clearly intimated tina, be should consider the
votes o. senator's upon the question u
Eoberr<cn's confirmation 10 Be ! test of per-
sonal and political fr.endIiness. The Pre~i-
dent, i i said. scrupulou-ly ab>tained from
threats. but IL wa< very evident that he
would regard avote against Robertson As An
unfriendly act toward his Administration |
and toward himself
The French Ambassador af Cons.an- |
finopie has handed the Porte note saving |
ihat The dispatch Of any armed force 10 Tuni~ !
~ Turkey would Be regarded = : ..casus
belli.n
COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY.
FIVE Directors Of the defunct First
National Bank a. Newark \. j.. have been
indicted for conspiracy and aiding and aber-
ting fal>i6cxfion Of the book and reports Of 4
the Institution.
The Missouri Pacific extension 70
Fort Worth, Tex, i completed
The newly invented Fontaine locomo-
tive, recently tested on the Canada southern
Railway, made the most astonishing speed
on rccord-Ill miles in - minutes.
OFFICIAL information i published
that the majority or stockholders in the &.
Louis, Iron Mountain 1 Southern Railway
have agreed with the Missouri Pacific Rail-
xzy Company 70 sell their shares 20 the lat
Ter, receiving pay therefor IN full-pzid stock
d the Missouri Pacific Railway Company Il
ne rate q three shares o. the Missouri for
Iour shares Of the Iron Mountain. II l. IN
1ersrccd that distinct management for each
road viii BE- continued.
a REMARKABLY interesting expert
nent has Just been made a Calais and Do ,
Ter, On the English Channel. between which ,
places conversation has been kept up rir1 ,
'cc<. By means Or new kind 81 telephone.
which has been patented under the name of
he e'ectrophone- Not only were words
whispered into the apparatus Il Calais dis
inctly heard q Dover. ana of course rir~ J
ers1. but the listener q one end was per- |.
ecfiy able 70 distinguish BY mere tone< of
oice The person who was speaking 4 the
ther end.
EARS ship railway contract has been
approved by the Mexican ,
'hamber Of Deputies.
OFFICIAL. news Is received that the ,,
oufe q the sonor. Railroad has been I ,
hanged and win pass through Nsgdaiena
nd strike the Arizona border IN The vicinity !
{ Santa Cruz, whence Il win skirt the 7 !,
rontier until 4 connects with the Atchison. !
'opeka 4 Santa Re.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES