The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-01-06

THE strike b reported raised O ~
Reading system There ars cona'csinS
statements - % The exact status q 81
fairs. but trains ars moving again
SARA BERxuARDf q Just now mourning
her arms the other day n Paris q
gsstritis. after suffering eight hours q
excruciating pain
Tnr rssidsncs q y. l. Guy. : csuadisn
Pacific conductor. ~ Winnipeg. Mas.
was burned on the night o. the s6th. and
Guy was cremated in his BID. His wife
was absent from the city and Gay was
living alone.
RAND a Co.'S powder mill a. PITT sfori
n ". was blown up on the morning Of
the 9th with = terrific noise. The work
men were q breakfast ~ the time and no
body was injured The loss OF property
IL considerable.
Rev. JANIS POWELL DID,, correspond
ing secretary Of the American Missionary
Association, died suddenly Of apcplexy
on the morning of the 9Th. the day after
his forty fifth birthday, 1t his residences
| in BROOKLYN
VIZ. wkBER. OF Dover. n. H., claims &c
have established his right 20 share In
| sixty six acres OF land in New York City,
| below Canal street, valued - <2Qooo, ooo
THx gang OF burglars and garroterr
| that has settled down in Boston are grow
| ing holder every day. Not : day passes
| that burglaries are not reported. and daily
| garoting has become . common occur
| renee
| AFuRIors hurricane from the west, &C.
companied BY : severe snow-storm, pre-
1 vailed over the whole OF Greece on the
| night OF the 26.h. Twenty-Five vessels
| were driven ashore and wrecked in the
| Gulf Of Patmos.
| JAMES WATSON. . mine boss. In the en-
ploy Of the Pennsylvania Coal Company
at Pittston, Pa. was shot and fatally
wounded on the 9th By Samuel Nc
Dougail, . weighmaster 1t the same mine.
Both men are over sixty years Of age, and
have been in the employ OF the Pennsyl-
vania company for over forty years
The Prussian and German departments
OF justice have commissioned Judge Ash
colt to study and report on the Americas
penal system. with the view Of making II
the basis OF new system in Germany.
| IT il reported that Secretary Lamar will
shortly make public an opinion Affirming
the decision Of acting Commits sioneI
Stockslager against the claim Of the
State OF Kansas TO large tracts Of land in
that State. alleged to have been illegally
certified TO the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific Railroad companies.
The Pope, in receiving sixty delegates
| from the former pontihcai army, headed
by Generals Kansler and Charette, ex
pressed sorrow Ct being deprived Of his
| army. but this aficlion. be said. was
softened BY the hope that the day was
near when he would again be enabled 4
have his devoted soldiers around him.
The steamer Roman, which arrived 81
Boston on the I'd. brought stowaway. .
Scotch boy OF eighteen, and permitted
him 20 land and escape. The Commits
sioner OF Emigration has fined the com
pany 5000 and the vessel il detained in
port until the boy Is returned or the fine
paid.
ASDREw SrNLER disappeared . weel
ago from his home near Canton. o. On
the 9th be was found in q hay NOW with
both legs frozen up to the knees. SimleI
declares that he crawled into the the hay
NOW with the intention Of lying there IN.
I'll he froxe to death The chances ars
be will die
JACOB I. WATxwg1GHT. . we'll known
metallurgical engineer Of Pittsburgh, Pa
has for years had great faith in the ides
that natural gas could b utilized in fur
mace cupolas for ordinary casting. whicl
requires great heat in the smelling proc
ess- With the cooperation Of Davi<
Carlin. manager Of the iron and leas
works OF that city. Mr.. Wainwright ha
succeeded in demonstrating the success
of his principle.
The Prince Of Wales has presented Johl
l. Sullivan with . most astounding walk
ing stick Of malacca, with huge twisted
snake for . head, in massive silver. and
with its scales carefully carved.