The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-14

mtuI3 arc lQcAt1Us On the 1<us Auc nAtt<t@
were called out 70 quell the disturbances
THE Mother Superiorssses Of the Con-
vents Of the Good shepherd Of ~. Louis,
Of 81. Paul, o. Memphis, and Of Denver,
departed on the evening OF the zth Tor
Augers, In France. for the election u .
new Mother General for the order.
IT q expected that President Cleveland
will 60 70 New York TO participate In the
Day ceremonies there.
THE House committee on post-ofices and
has ordered q favorable report
Dockery's bill extending the free deliv-
cry service 70 cities Of 10000 population,
$4,000 annual revenue. The vote In
committee was unanimous. There are
now lis free delivery cities, and the pas
sage OF this bill will add forty three to the
number.
In order 20 assist the local authorities In
the maintenance OF quarantine against
the introduction Of infectious diseases, the
President has determined 10 stablish by
means OF the vessels Of the revenue ma
rine, q National patrol Of the coast Of the
United States so far As il may be prac-
ticable under existing law and consistent
with the performance Of the other duties
confided to that service.
THE President has approved the act to
establish two additional land districts In
Nebraska
The Post-ofHce Department has prohib-
tied the transmission through the mails OF
q weekly newspaper published in Toronto,
Ont, which is publishing As a serial .
novel copyrighted by . New York pub
fishing house.
AT several points on the Missouri Pa
cidc railway on the 4th the old employees
applied for work; in some cases they got
II; in others they received promises, and
others still were met with the cold shout
der.
FRANK JOHNSON, OF Minneapolis; VIII
liam Maine. OF Austin, Mimi, and John
Sweeney, Of Wisconsin. were arrested at
Bismarck, d. T.. on the 4th for the numer-
Gus robberies which recently took place
in Kidder County. On their persons was
found the gold watch and chain n other
valuables belonging TO Mrs. Clauson, who
was held At bay while her valuables were
taken, and several hundred ollar worth
| OF jewelry was recovered.
THE funeral Of the late Bishop Robert
| son took place in 81. Louis on the an with
| impressive and imposing ceremonial.
THE brakemen's strike on the Union Pa
| cifc road has stopped all freight traffic on
that road. The men were reported out from
| Omaha 10 Ogden and on the Oregon Short
| Line.
THE total exports Of produce from the
port Of New York during the week ended
the LIST were valued at S6.1-6.o31.
The Yankton Sioux and other Amer
lean Indians are said to be threatening
trouble In the Canadian Northwest.
THE Austrian Government organ assures
| the world that the relations between Aus
tria and the United States are entirely
cordial. The diplomates are merely tax
ing arest.
A GROVE Of Milwaukee rioters while
advancing with threats Of violence on tn
Bay View Rolling Mills on the morning Of
the 5rh was fred upon by the militia de-
Tending the place. and six persons wer'
either killed outright or fatally wounded
one OF them a young school-boy, who's
curiosity had prompted him TO join tn
crowd. The firing was done at two hun
dred yards, and nearly all the wound
were in or near the abdomen.
GEORGE KADEs killed his s~tep-daugh
ter. Lizzie Wolff. at Cleveland, O.. on tn
5th. a the result Of . domestic quarrel
THE Ohio Legislature met and adjourne'
over on the 5th on account OF the absenc
Of the Democratic members, who absente
themselves to delay action on the Hamil
ton County contests.
THE council Of the National Liberal Fed
GRAFTON at q meeting In London on the 81
approved the home-rule policy Of the gov
I'M with certain amendments.
H. J. JEwErr has resigned as presider
oil the Chicago & Atlantic railway, an
has been succeeded by James H. Benedic
|. AT a loyalist meeting at Preston on a
! stb. Gladstone's Irish measures were OF
I posed by the Earl OF Derby, the Duke
, Norfolk, viscount C~ranbrook and other'
I Four men were killed and many injurs
: by the collapse Of a five-story building
Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 9TH, to which Q
addition was being built.
, The lower house OF the Prussian Lam
to refused to refer the ecclesiastical b
4 to q committee.
BURMESE insurgents recently took pc
. session OF Mandalay and burned over 70
thousand houses. The British forces 2
q powerless, and reinforcements have be
asked for.
GorTLrEB FAurH, Of Sandusky, !
wounded his divorced wife severely q
z himself fatally on the 9TH
. A note, signed by al !
L Powers except France, has been sent
10 Greece demanding disarmament
The President has granted a respite
4 three weeks in the case Of Antonio "a
dello. who WINS sentenced TO be hanged
washington on the eth.
as JoHS DUBOIS, the wealthy Pittsbur
d fPa., lumber merchant, died at his no
er at Dubois, Pa, after q lingering lime
e. on the 9Th. Mr.. Dubois estate, estima'
- Il s7.o0o,0oo, was recently transferred I
Z tire TO his nephew.
~ Miss CONSTANCE EDGAR, daughter
Us Colonel Jerome Bonaparte, was inves
with the black veil 1t the Conven OF y
ftation, Baltimore, Md, on the 9th.
n; AT q meeting held in Philadelphia
~ the 5th, for the formation Of an organi
~ ton auxiliary 70 the American Up
Company, subscriptions 70 the amount
4. $4,000 were subscribed.
JosrPH WELLER on the 9Th stabbed
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