The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-30

dered on the 18th. An bul one o. crew Of
nine were lost.
AT Rockland. Me-. Charles Smith.
laborcr, shot and killed his wife. infant son
and moiher-In-law. and attempted to Kill
Mrs. Me,cAlf. m old lady living In the
house. but she, with two children. escaped.
The murderer gave himself up. Cause,
jealousy.
HARRY FORBES and Geo. Townsend,
the well-knowp marine diver, OF Boston.
quarreled the other day, and Forbes shot
Townsend through the neck and then shot
himself IN the head and fell dead. Townsend
will probably die.
CHARLES DETER, adivorced husband,
recently returned 70 Muncie, Ind. and
found his former consort married 70 Thomas
straight. Looking up the latter. Deter
fred two loads or heavy shot into him.
nearly tearing Of his right hand and in
juring him internally. Straight fell and
Deter started for the homo OF the woman.
where he kissed the gun and put II away.
He then suddenly drew large revolver and
shot himself in the breast, dying almost
instantly.
AT Pittsburgh Pa, Andrew Kountz-
man. German shoemaker. made an at
tempt on the life OF his wife and that OF
Joseph Mentzer. boarder. BY assaulting
them with piece Of iron. After knocking
them senselcss Kountzman committed sui
eide BY cutting his throat. Mrs. kountz-
man Il in critical condition and viii hardly
recover. Mentzer Il not badly hurt.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The National Land League Conven-
ten met Il Dublin on the 18th, about one
thousand delegates being present, including
twenty-one members Of Parliament. Parnell
occupied the chair He said the Land act
left the rent question IS . continual source
OF discomfort and strife between different
classes In Ireland. He had no doubt this
was designediy 90 arranged BY the British
Government He warned farmers not 70
trust TO the Land oct. It was, be said, de-
signed to break the League. Nobody should
appeal 20 Land Courts until test cases to be
prepared BY the League had been submit
ted. They should press forward to the
abolition Of Iandlordism and to leg
islative independence. He advised
farmers 70 borrow money under the
Land act % as TO give work 20
laborers, and invited the latter to Join
branches Of the League. He pledged him
self 70 head laborers' movement II the
farmers did not. ParncIl in his speech re-
asserted that fair rent would be the value Of
the land IN : state Of nature, before Il was
improved BY tenant or any Of bis prede-
cessors. In regard 70 the industrial qucs-
ton. he said Iri>hmen should encourage
home manufactures, even II they had to pay
dearer than for foreign goods. Things not
producible in ireland should be bought In
America. English goods should not be
bought n any event Sexton then moved
collectively the Land Leagues resolutions,
and they we're carried with acclamation.
The Christiancy divorce case has
assumed : new phase. On the 18th Mrs.
Chrisiiancy's brother, Dr. French Lngenbell,
Of Virginia, sent q unequIvocal challenge
% Mr.. Christiancy il Washington, request
ing him 20 meet him 1T any point ID vir-
ginia which yeu may designate within TWEEN
y miles Of Washington.n Mr.. Christiancy
declined IN brief note. saying be had ssno
special ambition 70 acquire noioriefy BY o.
sassination, and expressing biz preference
for the ordinary procedure Ia : court Of
law 70 determine the truth involved IL the
case q issue. Mr.. Christiancy subsequently
swore out warrant against DR.. Lugenbcil.
The room Of ex-AIinister Christiancy
q the National Hotel, Washington, on the
18th, was forced open BY thieves and box
containing ~, ooO worth Of jewelry and dia-
monds was rifled. The box had recently
arrived from Peru. and Il Il thought that
the thieves followed Il from New York. The
jewelry and diamonds did not belong 10 Mr..
Christiancy, but were placed IN his custody
a. United States Minister for safe keeping.
There q 10 rlew to The thieves.
LoRILLARD's Iroquois has carried OF
another British prize. the 81. Leger stakes.
q Doncasser. he was ridden BY Archer.
THE anniversary Of Mexican indie
pendence, September Is, was observed By
The opening o. public works Throughout the
country.
CHARLES BECKER, said 10 be one Of
the most successful counterfeiters In the
country, has been arrested "a the suburbs Or
Brooklyn, n. T., and large amount Or
counterfeiting paraphernalias secured, among
them being ten finely engraved stones, rep
re-eniing fac-similes Of 1,0oo-fnnc notes Of
The Bank Of France, four presses. etc.
A FIRE Il Carrollton, NO., on the
evening Of the 10th, destroyed the Carroll
House. flne thrce-story brick building,
together with several old frame buildings
o. 10 great value, n which the nre orig
mated.
a SNOWFALL Of several inches was
reported on the 18th In Northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota.
MAURICE g. SrELLHErxER, aged %.
coupon clerk II the Office q J. 3 w. Selig-
man 4 Co.., New York, D under arrest
charged with embexxIIng <ao,ooo. The