The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

p A. SrALEEx. Of Des Moincs, Ia. com
mItted suicide on the 2lst-
A FIRE at Galveston. Tex, on the 2ist
caused . loss OF $4,000.
SEVERAL railway lines in Central Ger
many were reported blockaded BY snow on
the 21st.
JAcoB SHARP. one OF the New York
boodlemen. asks for a change Of venue
JONI Dn.LoS's application for stay OF
the order to give bond has been refused
NEAR Blair. Neb.. on the 2lst. HI. Butten-
schon was shot at his table by an unknown
assassin
PARxELL's friends say that his illness
has been very serious, and that ne - IN q
dangerous condition
AGENTS Of Russia are engaging gun
makers at Prague and other parts OF
Bohemia for Russian factories
JUICE VAN BRrNr. OF New York. has set
aside the assignment Of Kossuth. Marx a.
Co. on the ground Of fraud.
poxArroxs 10 the Irish National League
in the two weeks ending the 2lst We're as
follows: From Ireland -, 100, America,
S25oO0.
WV. Mrssrr. who killed David Christ
1 man at Eaton. o., was captured near
\ Greencastlc Ind and was taken back 70
1 Eaton. where he came near being lynched.
i GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN PowDEELr
| has ordered district assemblies "a and "a
| Knights Of Labor. Chicago. not 10 allow
| any money 10 be collected for the con-
| demned Anarchists, and to refund 10 con-
tributors any such money that has been
collected
EARLY on the morning of the 2lst Mau.
rice Nu0ent. candy maker. was shot and
killed in San Francisco saloon by Thorn
AZ Bailey. a well-known character. This
made the fourth murder within week
and the seventh within six weeks In thai
city.
RICHARD SHfxxIcK Is held at Cincinnati
for removal TO Richmond. Va. where he u
charged with murder BY his wife
The Hovas have paid 100000 francs war
indemnity due France under the terms d
the treaty OF peace. and the evacuation O
Tamataye, Madagascar, by the French u
now imminent.
A DISPATCH from Youngstown, o., o
the 21st said that . committee represent
ing the 1000 striking miners OF the Mahon
ing valley met Robert McCurdy, the arbi
.. traitor on behalf Of the operators, and !
was mutually agreed 10 commend thu
adoption OF the Columbus scale, which
has for a minimum base price sixty cent
. per ton.
THE jury in the Morris murder trial q
sheboygan, Wis, brought in . verdict o
7 not guilty on the 2lst VIM. Morris. tn
, | acquitted man, was accused Of murderinl
I | Katherine Naviosl<y, q servant girl, q
! Manitowoc, about year ago, TO escape cs
: posture In Q scandal.
III LIEUTENANT w. H. ScHuKTzE, OF q
! Louis, has been ordered 70 report for d.
! ~ in the Bureau OF Navigation on Janus
lry6
Mn. CHARLES II. J. Taylor. . colorcd.a
= sistant prosecuting attorney Of Kanss
4 City. Kas., has been admitted 70 practie
z before the United States Supreme Coul
! on the motion Of senator Blair.
I THE Canadian papers predict an emo
. nous emigration Of young men and tenaI
y farmers from the old country 70 the u
o minion next year
THREE farms belonging TO Parnell
brother John were sold at auction on u
e 2lst 1t Armagh, ireland. for fifty per cen
\. less than valued three months ago.
le A DISPATCH from Virginia City. New, (
q the 21st announced that the Yellow Jack
II mine was on fire. There were no pa
20 ticulars.
N RUxoRs arc current At Madrid that rev
"a lutionary aPisators are projecting anoth'
b, revolt. The Senate has approved cred
Of $4,000, 900 for naval armament.