The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-26
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

fatal leap rom the Brooklyn Bridge, was
sent snce on ths 18th TO eight months in
the fententlary. lie was allowed TO APP
peal aud released on bail.
THE greater portion of the town Of
Groduo. Russia, including the government
offices and numerous churches, has been
destroyed by fire. The loss amounts 10
several million ru bles-
BRrrIsH residents OF Cashmere report
that earthquake shocks continue OF great
severity. The towns of Baramulla and
Sopur have been utterly ruined and 400
persons killed. There has also been great
loss Of life in adjacent villages. Many
cattle and sheep have been killed
FIVE men were killed in the con struct ton
Raj way 18th.
A RECENT shock OF an earthquake com.
pletely swallowed up the town OF Sikuch,
Eastern Caucasus.
FIRE in bodybuilding In London on the
11th. used by the International Inventions
Exhibition, did great damage TO the In
dian museum and several departments.
CAPTAIN LAwroS's supply camp at
Cloverdale ranch, A. T.. was surprised by
Indians and five men killed.
THREE children OF Henry A. Altmeyer,
at Larens um, Pa, were terribly burned
on the 18th; caused By lamp explosion.
THE Supreme Court OF South Carolina
has affirmed the death sentenc. against
Thomas Gee, Thomas Mcneil aud Joseph
Howard. all colored. FIR murder. They
will be executed at Fayetteville, June
18th.
CYCLONE passed over Council Bluffs,
Ia, the evening OF the 18th, doing con-
siderable damage The fourth and fifth
stories Of the state Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum were blown or. Damage. $1,000.
No lives lost.
DURING an alteration on the 18th be.
tween Henry Seirte and Peter Guidin ger
farmers residing about twelve miles north
OF milwaukee,, WIS, the former was shot
aud killed by Guid'nger who delivered
himself up to the au tn critics soon after.
HEAVY wind storm at Omaha, Neb,
on the night of the 18th demolished a
four story brick building belonging TO
G. A. Lindquest & Co, which was being
erected az the corner OF Jones and Tenth
streets. The building was almost com.
pleted. In falling the walls crushed in
the adjacent dwelling. fatally mjuring
one man.
OK tho 18th Ed Hall. famous counter
feiter and forger, was arrested in Now
York.
FREDERICK GRoTEGUrH onfesses TO kill
ing his wife He Il In jail at vincennes,
Ind.
w the 18th high winds destroyed much
property in Iowa. In Pulaski County
three people were killed.
HA'seEY THRAsHER, who is wanted In |
Indiana for murder and embezzement
was captured in Arkansas on the l3sh
Ok the 18th, in a railroad collision al
Jeffersonville, Ind, Thomas Eads, a fire.
man, was fatally hurt.
MORE blood-letting Is reported from Tre-
land. A farmer has been killed and a
farm laborer shot
Ov the i4th George Cuff killed Richard
Duffy at a candy party at Scranton, Pa.
The quarrel began In joka.
On the l4th q woman OF temperance
vile, near Pittsburgh. Pa, jumped into (
the river with her child in her arms Both
were drowned.
ON the 14th three garroters assaulted a /
wealthy citizen OF New Orleans. Officers
gave chase and killed Joseph Martin. a 4
noted criminal, after desperate fight
JONI II. MrLEY, prominent lumber
dealer Of Indianapolis, Ind. was struck
by train on the 18th and killed.
JoHS Cooper pleaded guilty to embez-
Element at Philadelphia on the 18th, and
was sentenced to five years Imprisonment.
HARny l. McGLARY committed suicide
at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the ljtt.
ANOTHER bank dsfalcation Is reporte
from Vienna. A trusted clerk got away
with 5000
The British bark Western Belle from
Sydney, N. s. w., for Whining ton CAL.
has been aband oned In a sinking condi.
ton The Captain and crew were taken
to London
SoME laborers, while excavating at Ell
N RI, N. r., on the 18th, unearthed the
remains OF man, evidently an Indian
chief OF General Sullivan's time Several
pipes and other Indian relics were also
found.
THE Vice Consul 4. Copenhagen has In.
formed The St6te Department that he has .
Just received from Greenland a locked
mail pouch and several loose letters for
he Greedy relief expedition. He will for
ward them to Washington.
nQSCELLANEOUS.
The seventeen-year locusts have up.
,eared In Indiana and Michigan.
IN Southwest Virginia people are suffer-
ng great distress for want OF food.
FORGED Spanish bonds are said to be IN !
circulation in Europe and tho United
states. q
On the 18Th the Methodist Church 1t
Mid dletown. Conn, the oldest Methodist
,hurch in New England. burned.
The Chinese collection at the New Or.
cans Exposition has been presented 90
he University OF Michigan.
The dissatlsfaction among the Indian