The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-02-27

THE distinguished musician Of New
York, DR.. Leopold Damrcsch. died on the
18th
IsxAiL PASTA. ex- Kheiive OF Egypt, Is
now In London canvasssng for 2l.ool men.
a DisPArCH from General wolseley on
the 18th gave further details OF the fall Of
Khartoum. IL stated that General Cor
don was 4 iiled by . volley from rebel
riiemen. On the other hand the London
Press Association states. under reserve,
that the War Ofiice notified Miss Gordon
that Khartoum had not fallen, and tina,
her brother i safe.
IT is thought by prominent members OF
Congress that there will be no extra ses-
sion. though such an event Is possible. as
there are yet five appropriation bills to be
acted upon
CAIRO dispatches state that Prince Has
san has been appointed Governor General
Of the Soudan.
on the l4tn Senator VOORHEES, and Rep
resentative Cobt. OF Indiana. called on the
President -elect 70 urge the claims OF Hon.
JOS E. Macdonald for Cabinet position
POLICEMEN COLE d Cox, who were in
jured in the dynamite explosions, AZ Lon
don. have received a number Of valuable
presents
The wife Of James Russell Lowell, United
States Minister 10 England, is reported
very i'll with low type Of fever.
Mr. AsroR, United States Minister at
Rome. will resign at the end OF the month.
On the 10th the New York State Senate
passed resolution urging Congress TO
place General Grant on the retired list
Oh the 10th Mrs Dudley was arraigned
in New York. Rosa was not in court, and
the bail OF the English woman was fixed
at $500.
On the 10Th the House Committee on
Contested Elections in the case OF Mclean
vs. Broadhead, from the Ninth Congress
sional District Of Missouri, decided to re-
port in favor Of Mr.. Broadhead.
The determination Of Cunningham and
Benton, the London dynamitsrs. began on
the 10th. and . number of witnesses were
examined
Sullivan Sarah Althea Sharon. is to re-
ceive alimony amounting to $500 per
month aud $4,000 counsel fees from ex-
Senator sharon.
Sur has been instituted by Colonel An
drew Jackson, grandson Of the President
Of that name, to recover certain papers
which General jackson left, and which
are in the hands Of the Blair family.
C1xnxs AND CASUALTIES.
By the explosion OF powder mill at
Hubbard. o. on the 18th. two men were
fearfully mangled-
TIE New Athens Tex Courthouse
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. II is
thought to be the work OF an incendary.
A GAsG Of burglars broke into the bank
Of Mr.. Seely at Osceola, Pa, on the night
OF the 18th, and secured $l,Soo- They
were followed. and after most exciting
chase were captured and most Of the
money recovered
THE British schooner Opera. from st.
John. ". b.. for Boston. was found at sea
bottom up. and rs nothing has been heard
Of the crew it Is presumed they have all
persisted
A TRAIN loaded with live stock on the
Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked on
the 18th aud number OF animals killed
and sixteen cars demolished.
OK the 18th Mrs. II. Boidus was burned
to death in her house at Two Rivers, Wis,
the dwelling having been destroyed by
fire.
A YOUNG Lady named Ada Armstrong,
well known in Cincinnati. o., committed
suicide on the 18th because OF fear Of
losing her eyesight.
o. the 18th two men met a horrible
death at Cleveland, o.. by being caught
on q railroad bridge with no foot track A
passing engine cut them TO pieces
A TERRIBLE snow-slide swept through
the mining camp Of Alba, in Utah, on the
18th. destroying three-fourths Of the town
and killing sixteen persons.
AT Boise City, Idaho, A. the result OF
bitter political fight, Republican news
paper Office was sacked. and an attempt
made to burn the Democratic organs Of
fee
SEVENTEEN persons were killed by an
explosion in . magazine at Gibraltar on
the 18th.
The planing-mill Of Mills, Shellmer &
Co, Cincinnati, o.. were damaged by fire
on the 10th 20 the extent OF $4,000.
OK the 10th eight cases OF dynamite were
stolen from a magazine in westchester
County, New York II was thought that
Socialists committed the robbery.
il the pocket Of the young man who
murdered his sweetheart and then killed
himself nt Sheibyvlle, KY, on the 18th,
was found poem. headed: "Daisy, dar-
ling, God has called thee"
1DCKLLANEOCD.
A NATIVE revolt has broken out against
the Egyptian Government in Harar.
EoR Ianuarv r~SJ fh.. total valuas ~
the exports OF pork. beef and dairy prod
ucts was sii.as5. sis, against sg,0ol,s.. for
January, isS5.
OK the 18th the British steamship Gladi-
oius, Captain Ssnclair, twcnty-seven days