The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-16

OF 1879 held q reunion at In
iianapolis on the 5th and Oh.
Hiou-roSEp burglars - Boston entered
IN art gallery on the night Of the <,h and
stole a number Of very nnc paintings.
TugRr was mistrial. the Jury failing
10 agree. In the case OF chesley Chambers
a, Bloomington. Ind, charged with shoot
Ink an express messenger on the Aonon
Route.
THE Governor Of California has notified
the Secretary OF tho Treasury taat he has
designated DR.. w. \. McAllister ~ COM
missioner OF Emigration at tbs port OF
San Francisco.
Nh A. h DIcKERsox, Of New Jersey.
has been appointed chief OF division In
the Office OF the Comptroller OF the Cur
rency, vice r. A. Miller. resigned. Mr..
Dickerson was recently appointe I chief OF
. division In the Sixth Auditors Office.
The Treasury Department Is receiving
an increased demand for small currency.
which 10 regarded by the officials OF that
department ~ sign OF revival Of the
business OF the country.
THE Texas convicts working on rail
road at o'Brien's camp. near Lubkin.
Tex, made . break for liberty on the
5sh, when twelve were killed and larg .
number wounded.
FRRDs RIcK rIsHEL, book.keeper FOR
Bernheim & Bauer. New York, has disap-
peared, and Is charged with defalcation 10
large amount
SoMR drunken tramps fired the cattle
sheds At the Fort Wayne (Ind.) fair
grounds the night Of the 4th, and an I'M
known tramp was burned 70 death. An
other, giving the name OF Grimm, was
rescued horribly burned. Loss to the Fair
Association is slight.
WILLIE RosE. . fve-year-old son OF a
prominent citizen OF Evansville, Ind.
whilst playing around a new house In pro-
cess Of construction, on the 5s;., Se;. from
the second story to the ground and was
fatally injured.
Tux schooner Annie Tomine from Nus
kegon for Chicago. loaded with lumber.
became ~ater.logged and capsized the
morning OF the 5tn about five miles west
OF Grand Haven, Mich. The crow Of six
men were saved by the life-saving crew.
THE issue OF standard silver dollars
from the minis during the week ended Oc-
tober Sd was SILL The issue during
tuc wi cs PoHuAAS RotAS>& ~ A"s@ y "a - -
$491 $685.
IT is now stated that the Chinese set fire
to their own houses at Rock Springs to
prevent the white miners from getting the
money buried underneath them.
MARY ANDERSON arrived at New York
on the 9Th.
Ten thousand volunteers have been con
centrated in Macedonia for service in Bull
garia-
A TRAIN was boarded and robbed by
four men near Altoona. Pa, on the 9th.
The London newspapers are greatly ex
ercised over Parnell's wicklow speech.
Mrs WALKUP's case at Emporia, Kas.,
has been set for trial October l9th.
About seven hundred glass blowers arc
on strike at Philadelphia.
THE nail mill OF Kimberly & Co. at
Sharon, Pa. has resumed operations.
IT is officially denied that Belgium has
withdrawn from the Latin monetary con
ventioii.
| KILLING frosts in the Northwest and Q
| the Oh.
| Nh. THoNAx, Of the Civil Service Com
mission. will resign in few days.
| The steam barge r. 9. lngersoll burned
to the waters edge on the 9th ct Point o.
Sable, Lake Michigan.
| The Labrador fisheries have proved |
| failure, and the people along the coast arr
| In a starving condition.
| JuD0R SAwxTE ROBERTSON, Of Dallas
| been appointed member Of the Suprem
! Court OF Texas
| FREENAx BARxUM has been appointed
| Collector OF Internal Revenue for the FRS
Missouri District
| CHAs. DAVIDSON, painter, was kille
at Evansville. Ind, on the 9th, by fallin
| from q scaffold down an elevator way.
| THE Bulgarian question and affairs i
ireland were discussed at . meeting Q
| the British Cabinet on the 9th.
1 AN attempt was made on the 9th :
wreck a train on the Air Line Railroa
between Huntingburg and Rose Bank. Ind
OWING to the number OF French Cabins
ministers defeated at the recent election
Il will Be necessary to remodel the Cat
met.
A LETTER purporting to be from tn
President, criticising tire New York Stat
Democratic ticket, Is pronounced 70
gerry.
COMMISSIONER 6fAEhc Oh tue VoneI<
Land ONCE has discovered extensiv
frauds on the part Of several land-grar
railways.
II Mns. BRUSH, who murdered her hui
band and burned his body at Little Fall
N. ", has been sentenced to be execute
November 18th.
II GEO. w. SARGENT, . carpenter, wa
J found hanging to tree In Kansas City O
. the evening OF the 9Th. He left farewe
letters saying life was not worth living.
. DRIVERS and conductors on several
the st. Louis car lines quit work on the 81
causing some Inconvenience to trave
They demand twelve hours ala days wor
fifteen minutes for meals and Sl.75 IN
! $500 day for drivers aud conductors =
: spectively.
: THE Treasury Department on the g.
= purchased 200, 900 ounces Of silver for d
. livery at the New Orleans and Phil
delphia minis for coinage into silvs
dollars.
The Indian Bureau has awarded Il
contracts for Indian supplies for Il
Southern Ute Agency In Colorado as Il
lows: N. w. Miles, Schuyler. Neb., $40
? lbs. -four at $3lS per 100 lbs; J.
Hughes, Hughes, o., 34J.000 lbs. beef