The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-01-09
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
OK the 26th James Collins, ticket agent
OF the Pan Handle Road at Cadix june
ton, O., disappeared with $4,000 bor-
rowed from friends and belonging to tho
company.
JOSEF ZxxARI, manager OF the Discount
Bank of Caraney at Labache, Austria,
who defaulted for 10000 forms, killed him.
self in the bank ON the 10th, when about to
be arrested.
OK the 18th fire destroyed the Blake OPP
era house block at Racine, Wis, and three
lives are reported lost.
Tux indianapolis cotton mill fire in
volved loss Of 100000.
THE remains Of Alonzo X. Jones, OF Bos-
ton, Mass. were found in Charles River on
the 18th with every indication of suicide.
Tux recent earthquake In Spain was
more disastrous than at first reported.
Several towns were partially destroy cd,
and nearly thousand persons were killed
in the Provinces OF Malaga and Granada.
BY the burning Of Egbert's knitting mills
at cohoes, N. ", two hundred and fifty
operators are thrown out Of employment.
on the 18th an attempt was made TO blow
up the Office OF the Plunkett Wooden
Company, at Hinsdale, Mass. A sack
containing explosives was placed under
the building, which, however, was only
slightly damaged, as the force Of the ex-
| plosion spent itself laterally.
| MoRE robberies OF the mails along the
Rocky Mountain Division OF the Canadian
Pacific Railway have been reported TO the
Dominion Post-office Department, but par
ticulars are not cbtainable, as the Govern
ment and railway company think the pub
\ LEGATION would tend to defeat the efforts to
catch the robbers.
CHARLES b. SIMMONS, local Treasurer Of
the Louisville a. Nashville Road at Louis
vile, KY, has departed, leaving mernen-
70 for the company in the shape OF note
stating that his accounts We're 81 900 short
and the climate too warm for him. 1t Is
thought he has gone to join the Kentucky
colony in Canada.
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt at
Carinthia, Austria, on the 10Th, many
buildings being damaged.
GEo. CLARK, a notorious burglar, COM
mitted suicide in the office Of the Chief Of
Police Of Rochester, n. ~. on the 10Th.
Mr.. AND Mrs. GLOVER, Of the "Beggar
Student" Opera Company, were among
those burned to death in the hotel fire 81
Racine, Wis.
SIX persons were killed during an elec-
tion OF Burgomaster at Nagarroszi, Hun.
gary, on the Goth. -
SHERIFF TERRY was shot and killed
by Emmett Butler at Helena, Tex, on thu
18th. Butler was killed by an unknown
man while attempting TO escape.
FRANK STUNTS, twenty years Of age
was arrested at Cincinnati, o., on the 10Th
Tor having in his possession several hun
dred dollars in $40 counterfeit notes.
A MOUNTAIN landslide in Spain on th'
Goth killed number OF people, and cause'
one place to be almost entirely abandoned
THREE Cinnamon chopped one Of thei
countrynien with hatchets, at Newark, n
j., robbed him and than suspended hin
from a rafter, where he was found almos
dead.
. DIR. JAMES MoFFATr, leading Homgo
pathic physician OF Brooklyn, N. ", ha
been sued for assaulting lady patient
Damages are placed at $4,000.
1T Is now estimated that the number o
persons killed outright, or who have die
from injuries received by the demolition 3
, buildings, dwellings, etc, consequent Q
the recent earthquake shocks in Spain, wi
reach LOO.
The business portion Of Kentland, Ind
was wiped out by fire on the 18TH TIL
loss is estimated from $4,000 TO 5000
mostly insured. The fire was incendiar,
THERE were renewed shocks Of earth
! quake in portions Of Andalusia on the 29tl
and the terror Of people was 80 great ths
: the towns were almost deserted, the popu
lation being encamped In the open field
The greatest disaster was the partial d.
suction Of Frigiliana, town Of 1900 In
habitants. Hundreds Of persons perishe'
/. being suddenly engulfed.
INSPECTOR Goodrich and Others closel
inspected q. l. Plunkett A. Co.'s wooIe
mills Office, at Hinsdalc, Mass, on Il
= 18th, and were convinced that dynamic
was employed in the attempt to blow
up.
= nNYsCELI.ANEOUS.
], By the closing down Of the Keyston
Y Bridge Company, ut Pittsburgh, Pa, y