The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-24
TOPICS OF THE DAY.



Windsor and invested Lords Seton,
ter.
MINISTER Borp WINCHESTER arrived AZ
Berne Switzerland, on the 10th.
GKxERAL SHERrDAS started on the 10th
for the seat OF reported Indian troubles in
Kansas.
HENRY or Russ, German ambassador
TO Vienna, accepts the regency Of the
Duchy OF Brunswick
PRKsrpExr CLEVELAND has declined an
invitation to attend the opening of Mag
ara Falls Park.
GENERAL DEcouRcRr informs the Gov
eminent at Paris that the Anamite troops
at Hue have dsbanded and surrendered
their arms to him.
The notorious Lee brothers, Of Texas
and Indian Natioi fame, propose to sur
render II they are paid the rewards, ag-
grcgsting several thousand dollars, Of
fered for their capture
The State Department has made
eighty-seven appointments Of Ministers,
Consuls, commercial agents and secreta-
ries Of legations and has dispensed with
two clerks
Nh. HrBBs, ex- Postmaster Of Lewiston.
Idaho, who stole $4,000 and came near
securing $4,000, has written letter to
Attorney General Bry ant Of the Postal
Department complaining that . registered
letter he sent to friend containing $500
never reached It's destination.
CARDINAL MANNING. 1t London, has ac-
cepted the offer Of the Pau Nall Gazette to
examine its proofs Of recent charges.
TIE President and Colonel Lamont
have gone fishing. The President will
nee unto the AdIrondacks about the lst OF
August
ADMIRAL JouErr has been ordered home
from Panama.
JESSE r GRANT obtained judgment
against Grant & Ward for $l2l, Az.
COLLECTOR SPAULpISG Of Chicago will
hereafter refuse to clear grain-laden
Canadian vessels.
REL, the Northwest rebel leader.
hopes to escape through flaw in his in
dictment
RunoRs are afoat that General Logan
viii oppose in the Senate the confirmation
OF Judd, the Postmaster at Chicago.
NJ GREvY says he viii not again be q
candidate for the Presidency Of France.
SECRETARY LAMAR says that the cattle
trail must Be kept open, and he has taken
steps to enforce the order.
GESERAL JOHN GrBsoS has been ordered
by the President to the command Of the
Department Of the Columbia
AUSTRIA Is protesting against the APP
pointment Of Mr.. Jones, American Cons III
ct Prague.
Ex-cHHr OF POLICE CURTIN, OF Buffa-
10, n. T., IL Is said, Is to be chief Of the
Government secret serv ice.
A STORY 10 current that England. before
the fall Of Khartoum. rejected an ofYer
from FL Mahdi to release General Gordon
Tor ransom.
COLONEL LAMONT, the Presidents Sec
rotary, IL an expert telegrapher. and
sends and receives much OF the White
House business
Ex.CoycRKssNAx CRowLKY. OF New
York, says Cleveland's course pleases the
people Of his State irrespective Of party.
and Democratic dissens ions are nearly
obliterated-
COLONEL SwrrzLER started from Wash
ington on the 14th for . swing around.
He will visit Cincinnati, St Louis and
Chicago In quest Of Information
OK the 18th General wolsely arrived at
London and was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
Ex-PREsrDKxr ARTHUR has recently
been doing some remarkable fishing in
Canada
VIcE-PREsfDEyr HENDRICKS has rec
commended an Indiana man for superin-
tendent Of the Hot Springs lark Reser-
walton.
REV Mr. STURGEON preached q power
ful sermon In London on Sunday, the 18th,
In defense of the Pail Mall Gazette.
LnUrESASr-CoNNAnD w. H. WYBp
Of the American Navy (Asiatic squadron)
has been Suspended two years, on fur
Tough pay, for drunkenness.
MAUD s., Mr.. Bonner says was lame
when be bought her; that he has cured
her, and she d worth now twice a. much
- be paid for her.
WADE HAMPTON has come out with COR
rections Of errors In recently published
stories BY Generals johnson and Imboden
on the FIRST battle OF Manassas IN which
be claims the honor Of having made the
Confed crate victory possible.
PRov. CHARLKs KENDALL, OF Michigan
City, Ind. was elected President OF Cor
White.
THE Empress Augusta OF Germany OF.
fers prize OF $1,000 for the best port able
hospital tent for war or epidemic uses
Competitors are 10 exhibit the tents at
the Antwerp exhibition.
The Chinese Government recently or
dered the expulsion Of the English trav-
eler Dagleisch from Yarkand. The Gov
ernor, having acted hesitatingIy in the
execution Of the order, has been punished.
and Dagleisch has been forcibly expelled
from Yarkand by the Chinese authorities
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.