The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-29

An International convention o. me
Brothsrhool of Locomotivs Engincsrs
began IL sessions - New York on ths
s0th.
On. PRrxsrcr, OF Norwalk. O.. has sueA
the Lake shore road Cor $4,000 for ma
licious prosecution.
A xunRrR Of American capitalists have
organized Canadian anthracite mining
company with capital Of half million
dollars.
Albert KoRRfrsKy, alias "Bismarcks"
has made written confession Of tho Had
dock murder ct Sioux City, IL.
a PARIS Newspaper IN : violent article
addressed to g. neral Boulanger says y .
conquer her lost provinces
A FAMILY AZ Saco. Nc, was poisoned ~
drinking new cider from . cask which
formerly contai lined emhalming nuid.
GENERAL LOAD WoLsELKy, in . circu-
lar, rebukss the officers Of the Ems iish
army for their inefhciency which. be
says. has been observed BY the Duke o.
Cambridge, Commander in-Chief.
TuR Secretary Of War has ordered that
| Geronimo and thirteen bucks Of his band
| b sent 70 IT. Pickens, Fla, TO Be kept 10
close confinement, the balance Of tho band
| to be sent to IT. Marion, Fla.
| II q stated that the Cxar has made an
| agreement with the Porte by which BE
has obtained permission 70 fortify me
Dardanelles and to occupy Bulgaria and
| Roumelia with Russian troops.
TELEoRAMs from Biloxi, Miss, on ths
| 10th, reported the sick - all doing well.
/ There had been no new cases and no
serious or alarming cases under treat
ment.
THE South Carolina people tried very
hard to persuade the President 70 extend
his trip from Richmond % Charleston, but
the latest advices indicated there vas nc
probability whatever Of his comply ine
| with their desires-
FIFTEEN persons died on the 20th from
cholera in Pesth and two in Trieste, Hun
gary. and thirty-twe new cases were r.
ported in tho former place and nine In tn
latter.
| NAVAL cheers IN Washington are quit
indignant over the seizure at Newport o
goods alleged to have been smuggied By
naval ofIicsrs. They claim that It Is ONLY
the old dispute as TO what goods . nava
| cficer Il entitled 10 bring home with him
THE wsstern Union directors, at thei
meeting in New York on the 10th 70
elected the old officers and executive com
mittse, but the vacancy caused BY tn
death Of Harrison Durkes, the second vice
| president, remains unified.
| ABOUT adozen National banks have noti
fed the Comptroller Of the Treasury thu
their inability to replace the three Pc
: cent. bonds called in with more expensiv
bonds would compel them to Withdrew
; from the National banking system
The annual encampment OF the Com
man derry in-C Chief ofthe military order Q
| the Loyal Legion commenced ut Philadel
| phia on the c0th. ex- President Ruther
ford B. Hayes presiding. Il devolve
: | upon this session to elect . successor Q
General Hancock.
JUDGE GoEBEL Of the Cincinnati Pro
bate Court, has accepted the oner
Judge Hoadly to pay the trustees Of ID
estate Of Archbishop Purcell So 800 In ~
. | satisfaction Of his liability as bondsma
, for ,. B. Mannix. defaulting assignee.
IL The Attorney General has given :
opinion in regard TO construction I
section Of the Oleomargarine Ac
/, which Il in effect that oils or simples uss
in the manufacture Of olsomargarine q
not subject to tax, unless made IN limits
tion or semblance Of butter.
SINCE September I, 1885, twenty vessel
! belonging to the Gloucester tMass.) dii
srict neef, aggregating l,7d.00o toni
!, valued at <1e4. 900 and insured for sis, ~
!. have been lost. The lives Of 104 men hav
!. been lost, leaving twenty two widows A
. nfty fathsrless children