The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-12

WEEKLY COURIER,
G. DoA:xE. Publisher.
JASPER INDIANA
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
Hn1uc1 DIsuAncg u said - - suffering
viii seiatioa, and viii receive % callers.
M wussox. United Skates Minister .
HsEsia. has reached Conseantinopls. On his
way - Teheran-
4 CnERss camp IN ths suburbs of Fort
nd. Orr, Us raidsd On he LEI, and $50
Cs,sstials were driven out
TN promised message hon ~ Prssi-
dent stating bis position On The subject Of
removals iron once was cent 20 the Senate
PRRsrDRxr cLgvHLAND h said 20 b
very much overworksd, and his friend ere
suggssting methods Of relieving him q
the heavy strain
TnEnR we're IS failures IN the United
etatss and Canada reported during the
osven days ended the 26th, - against -
Cor the week bsfors.
THE Supreme Court Of New Jsrssy has
decided the act under which the State and
and local boards Of health are organised
- b Unconstitutional.
II q estimated that there has been : d.
crease Of =, So, 900 in the public debt dur
ing the month q February. The pension
payments during The month were 81 .0oo.-
8DcnxrARy LANAI has requested the
Attorney General 70 institute suits against
parties for timber trsspass upon lands ~
served for school purposes In Warrington
Territory.
CREOLE ladies Of New Orleans gave N
elegant reception 70 Admiral LAcombs and
o0cers Of the French neet 1t the art hall Of
The expedition on the 18th. The French
Marine band furnished the music.
In recognition of his services ~ head II
he city Government Of Davenport, L., for
ehrse years, friends Of Mayor Clausssn
gave him birthday token on the "a in the
form Il 6ns horse and carriage, costing
80.
cnARLorfE snrrH testified before the
House committee on accounts on the 9Th
that TIE House paid atty cents dozen for
washing its towels. whereas the Treasury
Department gets the same work done for
any cents per hundred
A HrRzoUs blizzard prevailed during the
night Of the 18th in the vicinity Of Boston
and for . long distance down the eastern
coast At Portland twenty inches Of snow
had fallen, and Ice vas still forming. Bus
iness was II . standstin-
TIE total value Of merchandise and gold
and silver exported from the United States
during January past amounted to 81 $780,
t62. against <sO.s325s2 in January, 1885.
The total value Of imports for January last
was 81, 80. 40, against $A2,22l, III in Jan
uary. 1SS5-
II now transpires that the dog that bit
The Newark IN. ~ children who were
sent 70 Paris to be inoculated BY DR.. Pas
tsur, was not mad q all, other dogs Who
we're bitten BY him having come through
che probationary period with no sign Of
1he mAlady.
TIE President gave the second Of his Of
1cial receptions on the night Of the 26th.
The oflcers Of the army and navy being the
guests Of honor. The diplomatic corps,
Judiciary and Congress were expected to
meet them, but Congress did not partici-
pste % any extent
THE Issue Of standard silver dollar IRON
The mints during the week, ended Febru-
ary -, was 500 900. Tbs issue during the
corresponding period Of last year, was
e1s6.4s7. The shipments Of fractional sill
vsr coin during the month Of February
amounted % ss3o,ose.
SECRETARY WHITNEY on the "a sent .
letter % the chairman Of the senate COM
mittee Of the New York Legislature in
vestigating the Broadway street railway
ease, In which he explains his connection
With the matter, and says II Il ID IN any
respect open . Just criticism he 10 not
aware oft
o. the 1000 prssIdential o6lcss Il =
learned from ofBcial data that President
Cleveland has nllsd since his Inauguration
between 800 and 1900. About 100 Of
these appointments were 70 I'LL vacancies
By death, resignation or the expiration Of
terms. In the remainder-6l3 in number
be "suspended."
TEE visible supply Of grain IN the United
States March was: Wheat, 52,139y695
bushels; decrease, 621,i13 bushels; corn,
II ,503.s10 bushels; increase, 2-636.S32 bush
sls: oats, 3.3l7.s50 bushels; increase, 49,
7O7 bushels; rye. 7O,2l1 bushels; increase,
ll,18 bushels; barley, l,3SI,352 bushels;
decrease, 1e6,538 bushels-
The jury In The case Of Fred rooes,
charged with the murder Of Andrew J.
Brink, saloon-keepsr It Fenton, Mich, on
The evening Of December - last, at the
trial q Flint on the 18th, brought in . YER
dict Of murder IL TIE 0rst degree. The
prisoner listened coolly % the verdict and
was rsmandsd 70 jan % await sentence.
RxD BEAN, Three Kaspas, Little Bull ana
Red Cloud, accompanying Joseph Role,