The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-05-08

On the 22d tho United States Marshal ~
New York arrested Ernest ternert on COM
plant OF the German Consul. Its alleged
that on tho night OF the 9Th oi June. 1854,
he st fire 20 the houss OF one Hansen, IN
the city OF Berlin, Germany.
IT is roported that Indians have burned
all the buildings at Frog Lake, MOI
Territory, and hen shot ten white men.
TH1 Oregan mill at New Harmony, Ind,
was burne | on the Isl Loss, $2,,voO; In
surance. $l7.00.
ON the al an explosion occurred In the
basement OF the Admiralty building in
London, which was damaged consider
ably, and one person was seriously in
jured.
CHAs. A. B~UppESsIEK, the Wild ca
builder OF New York. has, II is an
nouncei, jumped his bail OF 5000 and Is
en- rou Q 10 Canada.
AMONG the effects alleged to belong to
Preller, who was murdered in st. Louis,
q leather match box has been found with
the name OF Hugh NJ. Brooks" marked
thereon. A ticket to Frisc, was sold to
one Hugh NJ. Brooks. The question now
is whether this is not the supposed Max
well.
f.. c. HIBBARp was executed at TrinI-
dad, COL, on the cath.
OK the oath the mail steamer John Mil
Ter was stranded on q sand bar near Y icks-
burg, Miss.
PoLICEMAN N. G.. EVANS, Of New Or
leans. is charged with having murdered
his wife ami a man named Casper Wen
ger, whom he founl together in the bed
chamber.
on the cath Nealy Smith, fifteen years
old, was arrested for breaking into the
Post-ohice at Calvert. Tex, and stealing
small change and stamps. He also had
other plunder amounting TO several hum
dred dollars.
on the cath the Post-ofics Department
received Information that Postal Clerk
Wells, who ran away with the registered
mail betws en- New Orleans and Port Kads,
La. was at Fl Paso, Tex, on tue 22d- 1t ID
supposed that be crossed the river TO Mex
leo. and thereby escaped his pursuers.
GRUSDy. the county -seat Of Buchanan
County. Virginia. was almost wiped out
OF exist snce by fire on the 18th.
EIGHTEEN buildings were burned at the
village of Randolph, n. ", on the 10Th.
AT Jamaica, l. l.. on the 26th, q man
who was not invited 10 a wedding fired
into the building while the ceremony
was being performed. The bride was
wounded.
Tax town OF Strathroy. In Ontario. had
a narrow escape from total destruction by
fire ON the 18Th.
ELEVEN miners were buried in a now
slide on Homestake Mountain in Colorado
on the 10Th. A large rescuing party start
ed for the scene, but il was feared that all
had persisted.
NUMEROUS forest fires. extending fifty
miles each sid OF the Blue Ridge Noun
tains, west o. L%ynchburg, Va, have been
burning for several days. The loss - re-
ported heavy.
FLOODS in New Brunswick are the most
disastrous Ia ifty years.
BY the collapse Of a building during a
fire at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the nth, two
men were killed and several injured.
The rescuing party recovered The dead
bodies OF eleven men killed by the snow
slide on Homestake Mountain in Colorado
Ex-ATToRSEY GENERAL BREWSTER tool
the witness stand in the Dickson trial Al
Washington On the 27th. The jury re
turned a verdict Of not gull y. Dickson
has entered suit for $1,000 damage
aga inst x-Attorney General Brewster.
CAPTAIN PHELAs was In New York Oh
the 9TH. ready to appear against Die
Short, the dynamiter. who tried 10 xii
the former. Phelan was given police pro
lection
MIsCELLANu0ua
THE steamer City OF Mexico was seize.
by the United States authorities at New
York on the 18th for violation Of the neu
trality laws.
AMERrcASs, SO strong, entered the cit,
. OF Panama on the 18th, but have since bee
withdrawn.
Two more cases Of Asiatic cholera ar,
reported in Spain.
THE Egyptian ministers are Arm In thei
refusal TO apologies to Francs
AosSERAL increase ia rsgimental OF
fcers In the Russian army has been or
dered.
IT is thought that war will last at leas
two years II Russia and England com
mence hnstilities.
GOVERNOR OGLEsBY Of Illinois issued
proclamation on thu 18th ~quarantiainl
against Miss )uri cattle, and urging promp
action in Illinois to prevent the spread Q
9 pleuro- pneumonia.
ODD PILLOWS day was observed ut III
New Orleans Exposition on the nth.
: GENERAL MIDDLxrox's troops had a
engagement with the half breed rebels |
eho No~th vvaat rarritorv an fha 9ltn TIL