The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-10-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
IN the libel suit Of Mr.. Blaine against
the indianapolis Sentinel the attorneys
for the latter ask . few additional ques
tions in referen CO to the marriage alleged
% AVE taken place in Kentucky in 1850
They want Mr.. Blaine tc name the preach
or or magistrate who tied the nuptiai knot,
and answer several other most pertinent
questions.
In answer 70 an inquiry from . Kansas
man, Walter Evans, United States Inter
nal Revenue Commissioners. officially
states that John A. Logan does not own
an interest In q distillery.
On the "a the Grand Jury at Barrie.
Ont. returned : true bill for murder
against DR.. Cosse, the Chicago dynamiter.
who shot : man named Hamilton in a
house Of ill-fame ct Orilla some tims ago.
He was a~rraigned and pleaded not guilty.
The trial was postponed until spring.
An Alexandria dispatch 10 the London
Tines OF the - says: General wolssley
has been ordered by telegraph 70 ~ hack
In London by the end OF October. The
command Of the troops In Egypt has been
assumed by General Stephenson.
Ii Is said Queen Victoria Is trying TO ar.
range : marriage between Prince Victor
and Princess Marie Of Belgium. II Is re-
ported that the Queen will place Bucking-
ham Palace at the service OF the Prince Of
Wales. giving Marlborough House 20
Prince Victor.
Ex-MAyoR DoSAHUE. Of Davenport, la,
died suddenly on the ID.
RECENT dispatches from Egypt are to
the effect that General Gordon had
bombarLed aud recaptured Berber from
the rebels.
PRrvArE HESRY. who was with the
Greedy party ia the Arctic regions, left a
will, which was probated ut Chicago on
the 3l.
On the 81 Wash Fletcher. colored, was
hanged az Paducai, KY, for the murder
q Amanda Jackson. He spoke for an
hour, protesting his innocence.
Sur has been brought BY Pierre Loril-
lard against the managing editor Of the
New York STIR on q charge Of criminal Ii
bel, IN that the paper accused him Of max
ing presents % q pretty married woman,
etc.
GEORGE BANcaoFr, the historian, cele-
brated his eighty fourth birthday ami
versary at Newport, r. l., on the 81. Con-
CALCULATIONS from all parts OF the world
poured In. The reception was largely At
tended and was q delightful affair. Mr..
Bancroft received from the cottages many
CORAL devices.
ASEGno named Albert Bowen, janitor
OF the New Haven Comm Post-ofice, has
confessed 70 stealing letters from the mail
boxes. Among those stolen was the
$4,000 registered package OF bonds from
George Crosby. New York, heretofore
mentioned.
The President has designated Frank
Hatton Is Postmaster General for ten days
from the 4th.
JoHS MCCULLOUGH, the actor, arrived
In ~ Louis on the 9th, accompanied By j.
II. Breslin.
FL MAHoI Is reported TO be advancing
towards the White Nile.
A RUMoR was current in Paris 70 the eE-
feet that the French Government will r..
cali Admiral Courbet from Chinese wa
tiers.
PRINCE HALvrS, pretender 70 the throne
Of Egypt. Is about 70 visit Paris 70 can
vass support for bis cause.
AT Glasgow, on the 18th, the Mar quis *
Salisbury in q speech attributed the present
state OF affairs In Ireland 20 Gladstone's
xig.zsg policy and extreme leniency.
GENERAL GoaDox Is reported 10 have
returned to khartoum. General Wolseley
Is at Wady Halfa.
NuBAR PAsHA says the suspension of
the Egyptian sinking-fund was On ahso-
lutte necessity.
on the Glib . rumor was IN circulation
% Washington that Secretary Lincoln was
thinking Of ~resigning.
LEVI p. MORTON, United States Minister
70 Spain, arrived in New York on the 6th.
Ok the 9Th John +. Steinman, the Oldest
merchant in Pennsylvania, died at Ian
caster In his ninety fifth year.
A CIGAR peddler In San Francisco named
John Jacobs. formerly or Cincinnati. has
fallen heir 20 . fortune in England 81 81.
100000.
Mr. GLADSTONE Il anxious that ali bis
supporters be present early upon the
opening Of 1.-THE British Parliament.
IT Is reported that Colonel stewart. 81
the British forces in Egypt, whose boat
was r recently stranded Oh the rocks IN the
Nile, was killed, together with his com.
panion~, BY Bedouins.
OK the 7th John X. Mclean. or the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer, q married In Wa II.
~ingtcn, u. g., % Miss Emily I. Bcal,
daughter of General X. +. Beal.
Town elections were held III Connecticut
on the q b. b constitutional amendment
providing for biennial sessions Of the Leg.
stature was aropted by a large majority,
that question being voted upon an over the
State.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A \ Of men called at Dennis Nc
Grath's house, near Providence, II. l.. On
The "a, and murdered him.
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