The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-03-13

Nv proclamation. President Arthur con-
vcned the senate in special session for
March lth al - m.
York gore private and select dinner In
honor Of the President-elect-
MRs- DUDLEY. who shot Rosa, and Short,
who stabbed Captain Phelan In Rossa's
Office. were arraigned on tho ssth and held
for trial.
Hox. DAN MANNING has resigned from
the Presidency OF the Albany Bank. 70 &C
cept portfolio In President Cleveland's
Cabinet.
OK the esth Colonel Fred Grant informed
a reporter that his father was In very bad
health. The doctor. assert that there Il .
cancerous growth at the root OF the tongue.
which Il steadily growing worse, and he
IL compelled TO take nourishment in the
liquid form. On the 1st his condition was
somewhat improved
Ex-MAvoR Tox NAvIx Of Adrian,
Mich, who has been fugitive from JUS
tice for several years, having been con-
cerned in heavy forgcries Of city bonds,
has been arrested at New Orleans. Re-
wards aggregating 5000 were out for his
capture.
LONDON dispatch OF the ID said Mr..
Gladstone was seriously Ill and confined
70 his bed.
MARCH ID was the seventy ffth anni-
versary OF the birth Of Pope Leo Kill
SURGEox-GENERAL WALES IL TO be tried
before . naval court OF inquiry at WASH
ington for dereliction OF duty.
ADMIRAL CouRBKr has b,ockaded the
Ningpo and commenced bombarding.
L On the I'd John q. A. Bean, General
Eastern Passenger Agent Of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Road. died suddenly
at Boston.
PERSONAL---VERY. CLEvELAxp. Hon.
Dan Manning and Colonel Lamont and
their families left Albany the evening Of
the Cd for Washington
VICE. PREsIDExr.ELEcT HKxDRrcKs Wis
tied both horses Of Congress on the ID and
was greeted by Senators and Representa-
tives regardless Of political affiliations.
On the I'd President Arthur received .
letter from the President elect regretting
that he could not accept Mr.. Arthur's in
vitation TO dine on the Sd at the White
House.
ANYTHING OF the National Democratic
Committee was held at Washington on the
I'd, the business being merely to congratu-
late each other over the success attending
the work OF the committee.
APLAN by which Caiifornianss have in
tended to provide comfortably for General
Grant Is published. The General l. In such
ill-health, though, that the matter Is ut .
standstill.
OK the I'd the Prince Of Wales visited the
London Stock Exchange. He was received
with great enthusiasm. The members sang
.God Save the Queen" and "God Bless the
Prince OF Wales"
GENERAL GRANTS condition on the I'd
was somewhat improved. The General
maintains good spirits
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
FIVE children were severely IL not fatal
" injured while coasting ut Pittsburgh.
Pa, on the 18th. their bob -sled running
with great force into passing wagon.
The Pittsburgh pal detective force
have unearthed an organized gang Of
thieves, captured several Of them and re-
covered money and valuables TO the
amount Of 81, 900.
WHILE practicing rollsr-skating In her
Ollie Fredericks. . young society Lady Of
that city. aged twenty-ones fell, her
head striking the floor with such force
a. to fracture her skull Her life u de-
SPARED Of.
JosK GALLEoos, the Mexican who. MUIR
dersd 20 many people At Las Ncvias, n.
NJ. was shot TO death by . mob.
OK the Goth terrible explosion occurred
at the Royal School OF Gunnery It Shoe
buryness, Eng. while . number Of artil-
lery officers aud scientists were testing .
new patent fuse. Three men were killed
outright and several fatally wounded
Among the latter were some Of the most
prominent officials Of the Government
Laboratory at woolwica.
JIM WATTS, . colored murder or, knocked
the jailer down at Nicholasvills, KY, and
| was shot and killed by the jailer.
| NOSE CAroS, Of Union City, KY. on the
9th hanged his wife, whom he married
| four years ago.
wM- T. CoMsTocK, . Justice OF the
Peace, shot Geo. r. Smith near Valentine,
Neb., on the 9th.
brooding over real estate troubles, ended
his career.
On the LIST s. W. Perry. prominent res
ident OF Bereau, o., was suffocated with
coal gas.
on the lst John Miller, assistant head
waiter Of the Arlington Hotel, Lynch
burg, Va, murdered Royal Matthews, the
head waiter, with . carving knife. Both
| colored.
| THREE men with cooked revolvers en-
tered the State Treasury OF Nebraska q
| Lincoln. on the 18th, and demanded money.
| The attack was expected and detectives
were In waiting. They killed James Grif-
fin, noted criminal, and arrested another
man. The money handed over was recov-