The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-04-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.


organise Cincinnati and Cleveland. Re-
publicans are not In . good humor over the
measures
PRxslpxxr CLEVELAND sent 1-S nomina-
tions 70 the Senate and i59 were con-
6rmed-
CENTRAL GRANT has requested that
when he dies his remains shall be taken to
Washington for buriaL
JOHN X GARRIsox, Of Virginia, has been
appointed deputy First Comptrouer Of the
Currency.
MRS CyRus H. MCCORMICK, OF Chicago,
has made further donation Of So. 900 to
the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in
that city, making total OF S500,0oo given
by the family 10 the institution.
GKNERAL GRAHAM advanced on Tamai
on the Sd, and occupied the place with bas
little resistance Later in the day the
place was fired and Grahams forces re-
tired TO the zereba- The causes for the
latter action were mott stated. Losses
light
REL has telegraph operator with him
and has been tapping the wires in order 70
keep posted.
MKssRs- PHELPS and Kelly, the new
American Ministers to England and Italy
respectively, qualified on the 81 and re-
ceived their credentials.
GKxERAL GRANT was up, walking about
his room the evening Of the 81, and was
able to sign an important document. At
midnight he was sleeping in his easy
chair, an anodyne having been admins
tered.
Iris now said that Riel, the rebel, has
1910 armed men in the Northwest Terri
tory. including 10 Indians
JUDGE CHARLES CHEsLEY, Of New
Hampshire. Solicitor Of Internal Revenue
has, at the request Of Attorney General
Garland, rendered his resignation, to take
effect on the appointment and qualifica-
tion Of his successor. Judge Chesley en-
tered the Treasury Department as 81, 400
clerk in June, 1865, and was promoted from
time to time since.
COMMANDER KANE OF the Galena holds
two OF the most prominent insurgents who
assisted In fir ng AspinwalL
IT Is said that the Governor OF Texas
will veto the land bill.
SECRETARY or rHE NAVY WHITNEY has
given Admiral Jo1ett instructions for his
guidance 1t AspinwalL
GENERAL GRANT Il much touched by the
expressions Of sympathy from quarters
where he least expected il.
n. HENRI BRIssoS has accepted the task
Of forming Q new French ministry.
ADvIcEs to the morning OF the 9Th from
the sick room reported General Grant as
resting comfortably, but the cancer Is
slowly undermining his strength, and the
end may come at any hour.
OK the 4th aud 9Th wholesale arrests OF
Anarchists, chiefly Germans and Aus
trians, were made at Berne, Switzerland.
GENERAL BADEAU IL authority for the
statement that General Grant i clearly
aware Of the hopelessness Of his case and
desires to die.
ON the 5th the Comte dc Paris arrived at
Naples to meet the Due de Chartres TO talk
over the prospect Of the re-establishment
Of . monarchy In France.
7. B. BUNTING. late chief Of artillery OF
Guatemala, and now Ia New York, does
mot believe the report that General Barrios
has been killed.
ON the 4th the mother Of Hon. s. s. Cox,
Ex-SEcRETAxY FRELTN0HUYsES IL re-
ported quite III at Newark, N. J.
The Prince and Princess OF Wales in
tended to leave for Ireland on the It'll.
PRINCE JEROME NAPOLEON advises his
followers TO oppose the immediate dis.
solution OF the French Chamber OF Depu-
tea
A SON OF DR.. Stephen h. Tying, Of New
York, declares that his father Is OF un-
sound mind, and unable to attend to his
affairs, and wants Mrs. Tying appointed to
look after his affairs.
On the 9Th no change In General Grants
conditionjwas reported.
THE marriage Of Mra General Tom
Thumb and Count Rosebud took place in
New York on the 9th.
IT Il announced that NJ. Brisson has sue
ceeded In forming new French ministry.
GENERAL CAMPExox has been re.chosen
Is French Minister OF War.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has ordered 400
more marines TO start for Panama They
we're to sail on the steamer Acapulco on
the 7th.
BISHOP CoYyrx, Of the Roman Catholic
diocese Of Southwark, London, died on the
9th.
TIE Democrats elected their city ticket
1t Dayton, o., by 900 majority.
ADELIxA PATTI IL out In card DENYING
that she said she wouldn't sing any OF
Wagner's operas, or that she spoke dis.
paragingly Of Miss Kellogg.
OK the 9th Michigan went Democratic by
10000 majority, the election being for a
Supreme Court Judge and Regents or the
State University.
CAPTAIN HowARD, OF the United States
army, has been engaged 10 instruct the
Canadian troops In the use Of the Calling
guns for service against the Riel rebels.
President CLEVELAND has removed the
Postmaster At Rome, N. ". and appoint.
ed new man. The old incumbent has
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