The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-08-29
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


Personal AID POLITICAL
THE well-known tsnor, Capoul, q 20
marry the daughter Of wealthy land
owner Of England.
OK The 18th Rev. DR.. John Brown, aged
nine.y-three and the oldest Episcopal min
lister in New York State. died q New
burg.
JuLrus CxsAR BuERows, Of the Fourth
Michigan District has been nominated for
reelection 70 Congress
EpnuxD MccURrAIx. brother Of the
present incumbent, has been elected Gov
ernor Of Che Choctaw Nation.
MISS Dora Buck, Of Lincoln. Neb., has
been informed by the Coroner or Long
Island CIT y that be would exhums the re-
mains OF Private Henry II she 80 desired.
AT Galveston, Tex. the United States
Commiss Toner ISSUED warrant for the ar
rest OF Governor Ireland Of Texas. for
alleged violation Of the United States stat
utes in reference 20 . miscegenation case
in that State. The matter furnishes
lively topic for discussion
II was reported on the 18th that the
Presidency OF the Erie Road had been ten
dered % John King. formerly receiver Of
The Ohio & Mississippi
FRiExDs and relatives Of the late
William Wits Ter, who Was . member Of the
Greedy party. determined to exhume the
remains and examine them
LrEUrxxANT kELLr, Third officer Of the
steamer Bear. says the Greedy party adj
United. when they came on board. that
they had eaten the dead bodies OF Henry
and Kislingbury In order TO keep life in
-. a. A : -. rT L.
cue every ore was sworn over 70 secrecy.
A CHALLENGE has been issued By Jacob
Caudaur. OF 81. Louis. Mo-. 70 Peter II.
Conley, Of Portland, Ne, 70 three-mile
race al Creve Cear Lake for $1,000 side,
and has deposited 500 forfeit
On the 18Th Superintendent Thompson. of
the Railway Mail Service, left Washing
ton on an official tour Of inspection
through New York and the New England
States.
on the night Of the 18th banquet was
rendered 1t the Dslmonico 70 the officers
OF the Greedy relief expedition By the
American Yacht Club. J. Frank Law
renee. vice-President Of the club. presid-
"a. and among those present were Com
manier Schley. Lieutenant A. Sebres
and Chief Engineer Melville Of the Thetis,
Commander Colin OF the Alert, Lieuten-
ant =. II. Crosby and Chief Engineer
Lowe or the Bear. ex-Commlnder Cor
ringe. Major-Gensrai whipple, Of General
Hancock's staff; Lieutenant Commander
Robert Perry, Commodore James d.
Smit and others
OK the 18th ex-Senat or Pool, Of North
Carolina. died suddenly IN Washington.
A LONDON dispatch says Hanlan was
beaten seven lengths in sculIing match
with Beach On The Parramatta River, New
South Wales, On the 18th, for fj00 . side
and the champions hip Of the world.
On ne 18th. Tully. who Is wanted at Pres
Ton, England. on : charge o. being bank
deiaulter. was discharged in New York.
but Was rearrested. The case attracts con-
siderable attention.
GENERAL MEyrA and two others engaged
ia she Mexican conspiracy we've shot.
THE London papers think that Nine.
Patti will fail % gain divorce from the
Marquis De Canx.
HON. THos. A. HExDR1cKs has eturned "a
indianapolis, and i preparing speech,
which be will soon deliver.
on the 18th, Morgan, United States Min
lister % Mexico, started % Washington,
and Il Is believed che visit Is in connection
with the imprisonment Of American citi
xens-
BrsmARcK has been assured BY Earl
0ranvilIs that England 4 friendly toward
Germany IN the development Of colonial
enterprises IN the unsettled part Of South.
ern Africa.
The President arrived q New York on
the Is h.
TIE President 81 The Egyptian Lsgisla
Give Council, Sultan Pssha. died On che
18th.
JoHx K1xo, IT., has accepted the Presi.
dency o. the Erie Railway.
On the 18Th Mary Clsmmer (Miss Hud
sony, the weli-known authoress and writ
e, Or Washington, D. G., died IN chat city.
II o stated that william \. Vanderbilt
has sold the famous trotter. Maud s. q
Robert Bonner. Of New York.
Dickson, The absconding cashier Of ths
Wall Street Bank, q reported 70 have
taken refuge IN Canada. where be will Join
John Q. Eno.
BLAINE accepted an invitation % attend
che cslsbration Or The birth Of the Repub
Dican party q Strong. Ne.
The letter o. General Butler accepting
-hs nomihation from several parties = I
candidate for the Presidency e published
The General hits the old parties some hard
raps.
JANIS GoRDox BKxxKrr gave mag
nlficent reception and lunch to party 81
friends on his Eacht q Newport On ths
1Iuh. The affair was informal and uncon'
ventional. but ns grand Is money could