The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-18

q PARTY q French railway mognateo
are examining TIE railway system II this
country. They were whirlsd over the
Canada Southern, from Niagara Falls %
Detroit. Mich. on the 7th. distance Of 30
miles, q . speed Of over sixty miles A
hour.
THE defeat Of the Home Rule bill'in the
British House Of Commons Vas celebrated
with great enthusiasm In the North Of Ire
land on the eth.
Nh CuAnDERLAIN has taken James
O'Kelly 70 task for some things printed In
America and written by O'Kelly.
MRS. ANN Cox, Of Clermont, Ind, was
thrown from her carriage a. indianapolis,
Ind. on the sth. and killed.
RICHARD N. Hoe. senior member Of the
Arm Of X. Hoe 4 Co, printing press manu-
facturers, New York. died AZ Florence,
Italy, on the morning Of the sth, whittier
he had gone for rest
In the local option elections in North
Carolina on the It'll the returns Rhow that
the Prohibitionists carried thire1en cities
and the opposition ten.
WILLIAM AMsox, who has been . MEM
Der or the Tennessee Legislature for three
terms, representing one Of the districts OF
Nashville. was elected president Of the In
tsrnational typographical Union on the
eth.
BENJAMIN CHRIsrIAxA and another man.
name unknown, were fatally injured on
the sth by the premature explosion Of
dynamite blast In limestone quarry in
Mahoning County, Ohio. The men were
thrown twenty feet and their bodies were
horribly mutilated.
w. c. HARDING & Co.'S wooilen mills 1t
Stamford, Conn.,, took hre on the evening
Of the sth. The building together with AL
| its contents was destroyed. Loss, $225, :
900; partly insured.
FouR Italians were arrested in New
York on the Sth, charged with making
counterfeit silver pieces
| BY the explosion OF boiler on the Ma.
rice Railway q Dry DOCK Company's
premises in the eastern part of Cincinnati
| on the It'll, Chris Chairman was fatally
| injured and two others were severely
| scalded.
| EDWARD McMAxus, Of Pontiac, Mich,
was arrested on the 9Th at Cleveland, O.,
on the charge OF forgery and taken back
| TO Michigan. He IL . real estate agent,
and, Il il charged, made unauthorized
| land deals to the amount Of Sc, 900.
FoRrY- NINE Of the recently arrested
men indicted by the Milwaukee wis.,
grand jury for rioting and conspiracy
| were arraigned in the municipal court on
the sth. All pleaded not guilty and were
held for trial, the bail ranging from 81. 90
to 5000 each. The impeachment trial Of
Il Alderman Rudzinski was adjourned til
the 18th, when the defense will begin.
ACTING SECRETARY FAIRcHILD on the
sth instructed the collector Of customs al
Chicago to remit the forfeiture OF the Can
adian steamer Nipigon, held At that port
for alleged infraction Of customs laws
THE village Of Rawley Springs, Va.
was almost completely destroyed BY mr.
on the sth. All the places Of resort will
the exception OF the Baltimore House
were burned. The loss is estimated =
$4,000, with insurance Of $4,000. The no
tells were to have opened on the 10TH
The fourth general assembly OF the 81
Vincent de Paul Society, the first assem-
bly, OF the kind held In this country for tel
years, began at Washington on the sth
The attendance was large. Cardinal Glib
bons made q short speech.
| In the quarterly report Of the swesterr
Union Telegraph Company Presiden
Green recommends that the dividend b
passed.
THE inspector Of Chinese imperial Gus
toms denies that China intends to con
struct . railway.
| A PETITION has been presented TO tn
President for the pardon Of b. Falken
hainer, formerly Of st. Louis, who wa
sent up for postal Irregularities.
II AvAMrxE prevails in Corea, and Nv
hundred persons are said to have starve
| 20 death in Seoul.
II THE political situation In England
variously commented on BY the Frerc
; German. Austrian and Italian press
III AT the Republican convention at Lewis
: ton. Me-, on the 9th, Hon. J. X. Bodwe
| was nominated for Governor on the flr'
} ballot.
III OxR HUNDRED houses were wrecked m
twenty five persons severely wounds
during : riot by Orangemen q Belfast Z
the eth.
THE works OF the North Americs
Glass Company At Hochelagc, Quebe
! burned on the 9th. Loss, $50, 900: partia
n ly insured.
II BREAD riots are threatened In Conce
: tion Bay, N. +. Crowds Of unemploy'
men paraded the streets on the 9th II
police, with rifles and fixed bayones
4 were out in force and prevented looting'
II Mn. BuxELLE, : correspondent q Buc
Z Arrest, has been msnaced with sxpulsi'
4 Tor divulging political secrets 70 the Bri
: ish and American press.
III JoHx ANDERSON and James Barre
miners, were killed by . falling piece
timber while descending the shaft Of {
i | Ashland mine It Hurley, Wis.,, on the q
OI A COLLECTIVE letter from the Bishops
. the Province Of Quebec, Il II understoe
., win 500 n Be published against Freem
!, sonry.
= PREPARATIONS for the general eIecti
= IN England are being made with feveri
haste and anxiety, and numerous conf
ences ere being held.
]. TIM friends Of Lieutenant Greedy Z
Y working hard to prevent the appcintms
Y this week Of an assistant adjutant- geneI
I. 20 succeed Colonel Benjamin. Lieutens
Il Greely viii not BE- eligible until the reti
= ment Of General sturgis brings bis prom
tion on the 18th.