The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-19

PosrMAsrER-0ENERAL Was denies tho
statements made from Chicago a. 20 the
way postal employees.
LAnoucHERE will oppose in tho British
House OF Commons the dowry TO Princess
Beatrice on her marriage.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
FIRE destroyed Nudge 4 Co.'S large
and three stores. together with $4,000
worth OF stock. ON the morning OF the <th.
The loss Is $4,000; fully insured. Two
hundred hands are thrown out OF work at
Mudge'a
ON the lsh the opera-house at Plainwell.
Mich. was burned. with Clements dry
goods store. P.alnwell Leader news paper
property, household goods and scenery.
making . total loss OF So. 00t insurance.
SG,OOo.
JoE CLARKE, colored, was hanged 1t
Bolivar Station, Tenn. on the 5th-
Ar Guigell's Station. Ind, on the 5th.
John Butcher killed James II. winnis and
when pursued, killed himself.
BESJAnIN HALPIN, a New York. tried
to kill bis wife, or m stress. on the 9th, but
failed. He then committed suicide
A PART Of tho stone coping Of the Court
house at Augusta. Ga. fell, killing . col
ored man named Harris
SERGEANT JAMES CAMPBELL, OF the
Third Artillery, stationed at Washington
barracks, attempted suicide on the 9Th by
shoot m
MEMORIAL HALL. Paramount Park. Phil
adelphia, was slightly damaged by fire ON
the 9Th. 1t contained valuable art collec-
tions-
Ar Cincinnati. O.. on the 9th, Inspector
OF Police James Dunn aud Chief OF Detec-
tives Charles Wappenstein were arrested
on charges OF blackmaiL
REWARDS have been offered for the ar
rest and conviction Of the parties who at
tempted to blow up ths speci car Of
Superintendent warder Cumming at Mar.
shall. Tex.
Ii seems now that 6rst REPORTS OF the
Cashmere earthquake were no. so greatly
exaggerated after all. Many hundreds OF
people were killed The telegraph lines
are Frustrated and news IL hard 70 get.
The Grand Jury at Montreal. Can. have
returned true bills on twenty two indict-
ments for forgery and Interim forged let
tiers against Hall and Fox The forgeries
were upon the Bank Of Scotland.
An explosion OF gas occurred at Isabella
furnace. Barneston, Pa. on the 5th. VIM.
Butler. m employe. was killed and several
others were injured The cause Of the ex-
plosion Is unknown.
RAYMOND ScHoRocH. the alleged dishon-
est Post-offics clerk. who fed from Hains-
pooh. Bohemia, with moneys belonging 10
the Austrian Government. has been held
for extradition by United States Com
missioner Shields at New York
OK the 9th Chinaman in Jail In Boston
for assault to kill committed su eide in his
cell.
An indictment for embezzlemen. has
been found against @. w. Ne6, an insur-
ance agent at Cincinnati.
AT Barrie, Ont, on the 9th, . woman
and four children were burned to death in
their house.
CHARLKs Foss killed Phillip d. Slo-
cumb and then committed suicide ct New
Bed ord, Mass, on the 9Th
On the 9Th the body OF Mrs. A l. Lowe.
Of Clyde. Kas.. was found in the river |
near Buffalo, Ill She had been missing
some time.
In Constantinople. on The .th. fire de- |
stroyed over 400 houses and ffty shops
EARrHoUAKE shocks continue In CASH |
mere. Large quantities OF grain have been
swallowed up and = famine IL threatened
FIRE destroyed 500. 90 worth OF prop
eyty Ct Suffolk Va
AN old rascal named Edison swindlcd q
widow at Windsor, Ont, opposite Detroit.
Mich, out Of $1,000 under promise OF mar
rage He had several wives already.
CHARLES E GILMoRE has confessed at /
Chicago to perjury In the election fraud
raseA
LATE estimates place the number OF
lives lost by the Cashmere earthquake at
700.
TIE female wing OF the iunatic ASYLUM
IT Williamsburg. Va, burned the night Of
he eth. One person wa burned 70 death
and one patient wandered away and va
lrowned
THREE weeks ago Emma Kercher dis.
appeared at Milwaukee, The mystery has
Just beenlcleared up by the finding OF her
body. She committed suicide on account
u her mothers death
nUDCELLANEOUs.
O'NrEL & Co., OF Pittsburgh, Pa. lead.
NJ coal operators on the Mononeahela
River, have demanded . reduction or one
laif cent per bushel in tho rate OF mining.
The men say they will not accept
RUSSIA Il pushing . telegraph line 70 tbs