The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-23

WEEKLY COURIER.
G. DoA<Ic. Publisher.
JASPER. INDIANA
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
I'm Egyptian Government 3 ready q
deliver a. SUES samples Of the petroleum
discovered In the Soudan.
Tn 0overnment oflclal crop report
0akes : reduction Of S.5oo,0o0 acres In the
winter wheat area from that Of two years
ago.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND continues 20 de-.
vote himself closely % once work not
withstanding the warning Of his physi'
eians.
BuRxs. Hyndman. Champion and VIII
1iams, the Socialist leaders. tried at Lon.
don on the charge Of melting riots, were
acquitted.
SExAroRJAcKsox, Of Tennessee, Il prom
lnently mentioned as likely 70 take thu
place Of Judge Baxter on the United States
Court bench.
II IL stated that the British Government
has decided u suhsidize line OF steamers
between British Columbia and Hong Kong
and Australia
An effort Il to be made to have the Smith
oonian Institution, the National museum
and the Botanical gardens ct Washington
opened on Sundays.
THE Congressional appropriation Of nv
and half million dollars for . library
building il said TO Be barely half what th'
proposed site WIN cost
THE late Mrs. Jane Mercer, Of Philadel'
phia, bequeathed an estate 70 found Z
house for decayed Presbyterian ministers
who do not use tobacco.
II IL stated on what appears 70 be relia'
BILE authority, that the President and Miss
Frankie Folsom are to be quietly married
ct the White House in June.
REV. J. BENSON HAMILTON, Of the Cornell
Memorial Church, New York, has resorted
70 the plan Of Illustrating his sermons with
pictures and placards Of the subjects Of
his discourses-
ANOTHER name Was added on the 13tl
90 the list Of victims OF the recent killing
Of East St. Louis. James Schollard die
in the Sisters Hospital. in St. Louis Tw'
more Of the wounded were in . critica
condition
THE debate in the British House Of Com
mons on the 18th was opened by Lore
Randolph Churchill in . severe criticism
Of Gladstone's Irish proposals. He wa
followed by Attorney General Russell II
support Of the measure. Sir Nichae
Hicks-B Beach closed the debate for TIL
eight
THE business failures during the sever
days, ended the 9th, numbered for til
United States, Ia, and for Canada, -
against total Of ia for the preceding
week and 81 the week previous Tn
failures are light in every section Of tn
country except in Western and Paci6I
States and In Canada.
THE coal miners Of the Pittsburgh pa
district, who were recently granted an I'D
vance from two and half to two and
three-fourths cents per bushel. for mining
have notified their employers that the!
I'm - ~~~.~~< ~. sv~~~ao.. until Msv 4
when . general demand for the two and
three-fourths rate will Be made.
II Il stated on the author ~ - frien
Of ex-President Arthur, who Knows where
Of be speaks, that the ex-Pre ident Is in
much worse condition physically than dis
patches from New York indicate Thi
gentleman says: "There IL no doubt a
Al that he has Bright's disease, and hi
end = only : matter OF very little time.
THE Hox. OLIVIA NowAR, Premier Of I'd
Province Of Ontario, expresses the salts
faction Of the Liberals Of Ontario ovs
Gladstone's scheme for Irish home rule
He says home rule has been . great sue
cess in Canada, and that the Liberals {
his province endorse the demand Of th
Irish for the enjoyment Of that privilea
IN Ireland.
Mas. l. L. FosTER, . well dressed, goo
looking woman, thirty-two years Of az
was taken into custody at the Whit
House in Washington on the 1lth by Lies
tenant Arnold and Detective Carter, an
escorted 10 the Fifth Precinct statio
where she was held on charge Of passin
. bogus check for thirty dollars on Ger
eral Rosecrans, Register Of the Treasur.
THE National convention It Indianapol
Of Phi Kappa Psi adjourned on the 81
after . grand banquet, 70 meet in Wasl
ington city two years hence. An exec
tive council of nine were elected, vii
Governor Foraker Of Ohio chairina
Thirtv-fine Of the thirty seven chapters
the order reported satisfactorily, chief
In person BY delegates, otherwise BY le
Ger.
SR VIZ. vERxoN HARcoURr RESUME
the debate in the Commons on the 18th I
che Irish bill, and dwelt on the fact I'll
those who condemn ed Il failed TO state Z
acceptable alternative scheme. He ~
followed by Mr.. Goschen In opposition