The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05

WEEKLY COURIER.
9. DOA~E. Publisher.
JASPER. INDIANA
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
O0ows from Everywhere.
= xUnDRR Of Austrian villages have
been submerged By foods from the River
Dsamos.
TnR outlook il srill warlike in Greece,
although the powers have forbidden .
naval attack on Turkey.
2. N. LAwRExcE, Of Mississippi. co1sf OF
division Of the First Comptrollsr's once,
Washington, died on the ia.
EARL GRANVILLE 10 TO be presented with
: testimonial in honor Of his thirty years
UEI VICE. ~ AINITI ~ tue A1N<IUl&.
JUDGE BrcxNER has been indorsed BY
Me Missouri Congressmen to succeed Mr..
Cannon As Comptroller Of the Currency.
= PETITION has been sent % the German
Government by the Americans on the
island Of Foehr to allow them to remaln
until April I.
A was received AZ Paris ON
the 18th from the Governor OF Senegal
stating that he has completely defeated
the false prophet
TIN Cincinnati theater managers agree
20 close their houses on Sunday II the Law
and Order League succeed in closing sum
day concert saloons.
A RELrEr department for the benefit OF
its employees, similar 70 that in existence
on various other roads, has been created
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
A vERDlcr for 10000 francs has been
rendered against Nine. Patti for breaking
. n engagement to appear at Trieste, on a
report that cholera had broken out there.
THR Italian Minister Of Finance ar
nounces q deficit in the budget Of 5o,oco,oo0
francs. which Is attributed to cholera and
the expense Of the Massowah expedition.
THE St. james Gazette charges that
O'Donovan Rosa has several employees
among Irish members Of the House Of
Commons, and that the pistol and knife
are 70 take the place OF dynamite.
VERY severe weather has been expert
enced In the Province Of Ontario. With
heavy snow storms. the thermometer If
teen degrees below zero, aud the railroads
b~'ockaded. the situation has been some
what trying.
COMMISSIONER GOTHAM has called the
annualconvention Of National Sugar Grow
ers 70 meet in st. Louis on February 9Th
and 9Th, and the Mississippi Valley Dairy
mems Association TO meet at the same
place the week following.
ExrRA precautions were taken At the
recent opening Of the Mersey tunnel to
guard the Prince OF Wales on account Of
the supposed presence Of an Irish emissary
who was said TO have left Dublin with the
intention to asssssinate him.
IT 10 stated on the authority Of Hon. J.
A. Chapleau, Canadian Secretary Of State,
that an amnesty will be extended to al the
political prisoners now undergoing SEN
tence in the Northwest. This does not,
however, include the Indians
The issue II standard silver dollars from
She mints during the week ended January
- was S2o5 Al. The issue for the CORE
spending period last year was <lao,l96-
The shipments OF fractional silver coin
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GERMANY Is determined to denational-
ixc her Polish provinces. and TO that end
will purchase estates in those provinces
and portion the land out 70 German peas
ants. and will also increese the number Of
schools in which the German language IL
taught.
THE President. in an interview with
Congressman O'Neill. Of Missouri, on the
I'D. expressed himself as heartily in favor
Of the Eight-Hour law, and promised to
zee that the full spirit and letter OF the
Law was observed in the Government
service.
THE House Committee on Indian Affairs
% the 2cth authorized the chairman to ap-
point a subcommittee 20 investigate all
claims for Indian depredations- These
claims win be thoroughly sifted. n such
as are found meritorious viii be incor-
porated into one general bill.
THE Commissioners Of Pensions decides
chat a soldier who deserted, was arrested
and punished for the ofense and after
ward served his time in the army and was
then honorablv discharged. did not lose
his title TO a pension for disabilities re-
eeived in the line Of his duty.
The President went 70 Baltimore on the
evening Of the 18th 20 attend the charity
ball He was accompanied BY Senator and
Mrs. German, Miss Endicott. Miss Villas,
Colonel Cassidy, Colonel and Mrs. Lamont
and Colonel and Mrs. Wilson. The party
returned TO Washington the same night.
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