The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-06

3o1rred
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
COMMISSIONERS STocKsLAsEk and Assist
ant Commissioner Anderson we're sworn
in and formally entered upon their re-
spective duties on the s.th-
II i stated that Hrs Kane, the Spirit
ualisf. has gone 10 London AZ the request
OF the Queen 20 afford Her Majesty infor-
nation about the many friends the latter
has lost o. late
TnK Liberal leaders in England have
decided that the main fe itureS OF the Local
Government bill are satisfactory. and will
push its adoption BY every possible
means
ForR heavily loaded trains Of Texas cat
tlenen attended the International Range
convention az Denver. co., on the 18th
They we're accorded royal reception
COMMISSIONER SroqSsLAGKR says that
the occupation OF public lands BY cattle
men operates against actual settlers and
that he Territory and State laws requir-
irS the immediate fencing Of AL lands as
soon Is settled upon are an injustice and
hardship
EDwIx DrER- N. r.. editor OF the Free
pGz's Journal. Dublin, died on the s.th-
OK OF the robbers who murdered Mine
MANAGER Gribbel Of the Phoenix lAriz-)
silver mine Was 0vcrfaken by the pursu-
ing posse and killed
Tar Burlington railroad decided on the
9TH not to advance freight rates for the
present
JrIIrs BERxsrKrx. . New York violinist
q some note became insane on the 37th-
while rehearsing with the cathedral choir
for the Easter Sunday service He Is now
1t Bellevue Hospital The cause Of his
sudden insanity i unknown
The London Post published letter
from St Petersburg on the 9TH confirm
ing the statements that the ma<sing Of
Russian troops on the Polish frontier con-
Times
WHITE. CoErrx & Co. OF Rockville.
Conn. have reduced the hours Of labor In
their envelope tAcfory-the largest q the
kind IN the xorld-from ten 70 eight, on
account Of the general trade depression
Mss CLARA BARTON delivered an in
terestinx address before the Woman's In
ternari0nal Council in Washington. on the
18th. on the aims and objects Of the Red
Cross Society
WHOLESALE discharges Of clerks we're
made from the New York custom-house
on the 9TH, and salaries Of others we're
reduced fifteen per cent in order 20 bring
I the expenses within the appropriation
PRESIDENT rPERKIxs of the Burlington
on the eth received assurances from the
board Of directors that his course in the
conduct 0< the strike i unanimously APP
proved BY the board
A BrDGET ot news from the Congo
country under date u January =. makes
I no mention Of Stanley. the explorer. and
| the belief j. growing stronger daily that
/ he has <uccumbed to the unhe althy climate
l or % the attacks of the natives
THERE was a renewal Of the great snow
I storms IN the North Of England On the
1 18Th
I Isaac HrxcKrKr. president 81 the Fhila-
I delphia- Wilmington a Baltimore Rail-
rad Company, died in Philadelphia on
I the 18Th
!. LossEs from recent foods in Germany
are reported 70 Be enormous. aggregzting
I S50.Wc.00.
| THREE men were MANNED for life BY =
4 powder explosion in "a ore mine af Rif-
4 tenhouze Gap Pa on the 18th Several
other workmen were seriously injured
4 SIN JOHx MACDONALD saysothat no exec
l ufive viii Be created under the bill relaf-
/ ing % the government Of the Northwest
1 Territories.
/ THE Union League Club Of View York
City wzs represented AZ the funeral OF
Chief Justice Waite BY Elwood T. Thorne,
IN old and intimate friend d the iIlnstri-
Gus dead
A Sur against the great Credit Nobi-
lier, instituted fourteen years ago % en-
force an accounting for the work done in
the construction q the Union Pacific
railway. was dismissed BY Judge ship
man. Or the United States Circuit Court
for New York. on the 18Th
NoB u women in Consfantin0ple. On
the 18Th besieged the once u the Minister
q Finance, seeking TO obtain the arrears
Of pensions due from the government
The Minister wAs secreted- and escaped
but . woman who advised moderation VA
killed
FUNERAL services 70 the late Chief-Jus.
fice Waite attended BY the members u
the Senate and House Of Representatives
the Associate Justices ~ the United
States Supreme Court and their families
the President and his Cabinet. the Diplo.
matte Corps representatives ~ the vari.
Gus bodies ~ which the deceased was
member. and relatives and friends. wer,
held I'm the House " Representatives on
the 3ckh-
l THE Pan Nan Ca-,ne of the 18th de.
clare@ thaffhe Go~erelection was the mos
important victory the Tories have ha<
since Doncaster- The result diSnays th'
Liberals.
IA THE passenger committee of the trunl
lines agreed, on the 1Sth- on rates u on'
! fare for the round trip % excur~ionists .,
the National political conventions ant
The Knights e Pythias National eonvon