The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-04-10
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
OK the 18th +. 4. Bryant. OF Maids on
Wis, the new Assistant Attorney General
Of the Post-office Department was In con-
sultation with Mr.. Freeman. the incum-
bent OF the Office, in regard 70 the law bus
Iness Of the department. He will qualify
April lst
SECRETARY MAxxrxo has accepted the
cffer Of Mrs Fannie Airline Mclaughlin 20
pay 81. 40 in compromise OF the suit for
smuggling pending against her in Chi
cago.
SECRETARY MANNING has prepared
circular letter to collectors OF customs re-
questing Information as TO the practical
bility Of reducing the expense Of collecting
the revenue from customs by curtailing
the presen. force Of clerks and other en-
ployes-
GENERAL NEGRIER now has 10000 men
Of Dong Dang.
CONGRESSMAN ELpRrDGE was reported
on the 9th as seriously i'll at his home in
Adrian, Mich.
Miss VAN ZAxDr. in view OF the recent
disturbance, declines 10 sing any more in
Paris
GENERAL GRANr's deposition in the Fish
trial was read in court on the 9Th. The
result Of the giving OF it on the patient
was noticeable in the Generals condition
on that day.
MRS NARY A. LEONARD has been ad-
nitted to practice m the Federal Courts OF
Oregon. She was denied practice in the
State courts.
MISS BECKY JONES, the stubborn wit
ness. was released from the Ludlow Street
Jail, New York, on the 9th.
CUNNINGHAM and Burton. the alleged
London dynamiters, were formally com
mitted for trial on the a5th, on tho charge
OF treason and felony.
THE reported serious illness OF the First
Assistant Postmaster General Nal colin
Hay. is unfounded. Mr.. Hay is at his home
in Allegheny setting up his private affairs,
prior TO his departure South. His health
is better than for months.
LORD DuFFERIx, viceroy OF India, il
reported to have arrived at Rawal Pindi.
and had conference with the Ameer Of
Afghanistan.
The President has nominated General
Joseph E. Johnston, Of Virginia, for Com
missioner Of Railroads, and Hon. Norman
J. Colman, Of st. Louis, No, for Commits
sioner OF Agriculture.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has adj
dressed issters to the Governors OF Ken
lucky, West Virginia, Minnesota and Ne
braska, requesting their corporation Ia
the effort which the Federal Government
IL making 70 have the States csde to the
United States Jurisdiction OF lands select
ed As sites for public buildings to be erect
81 at Lexington, Clarksburg, winona and
Nebraska City.
J. 8. HYArr, OF Newark, n. T., one OF
the inventors Of celluloid, died in Florida
on the 9th.
OsxAs DI0xA ID reported to have %, 0cC
men intrenched at Tamai.
OK the 2Sth In the sculling match be-
tween Hanian and Beach as Sydney. n
q. w., the latter won by six lengths
IT II said J. B. Baird, son -in-law Of SEN
ator Colquitt. Of Georgia, is to be sppoi Mt
ed chief Of the dead letter Office
HoS. NORMAN J. GOTHAM, OF st. Louis
No., expected 10 take charge OF the Agri
cultural Department early this week
ON the evening OF the 2Ssh General Gran
had q relapse, and was reported in seri
Gus condition The doctors were with hin
constantly on the 18Th but say there Is n
immediate danger.
FRINGE uhLoSr, tne Russian Ambassado
TO Paris, died on the Goth.
o. the 18th ex-President Arthur arrivet
atFortress Monroe, on the Virginia coas,
N P'ol''''' = 'o'ouln a~hiis'
HERMAN HOLMAN OF st. Louis, No.
was elected treasurer Of National Asso
citation OK ex-German soldiers At m Get
ing held At Chicago on the 18th.
LEWIS WILSON, negro murd erer, un
der death sentence ct sherman. Tex, die
IN JAIL on the 9th.
COLONEL Nick BELL, OF Missouri. ha