The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-23

Pnr<,nrnr CAn<oR or1oro1 enas ~
rrosidsnflai reception % have boen held
% The 18Th - Cancelled On account - the
| German Emperor's death.
II WAS stated on the 18th that the Der
| gen Cut. on the Erie railroad. MAS 20 niled
v in snow that Il would require . large
| force Of men several days 20 DIG y out.
An Italian named Onarto was instantly
killed and two others were seriously hurt
| by the explosion Of dynamts blast ~ :
cut NJ " Barg sttssown. Pa. on the itth.
A number Of Others received slight In
| IN los.
CnHERr BURnows. Of Dayton, o.. was
shocked into insensihiIity on the l3,h.
from the phone q telephone which he
had taken hold Of % answer ring - she
instrument Investigation showed that
the telephone wire was crossed with large
incandescent light wires.
JoHS H. SKINNER, alias Cox. nm out
lawed and ostracised wretch. who on the
night OF November Is 1857. wantoniy
shot down b. +. Torquean, m inoirensive
gentleman residing near Hopkinssiiie,
Ky. was taken from the jail In that place
BY an armed mob. on the itth, 10 the
scene Of his crime, and hanged 10 Wild
cherry tree.
IxrKLLIGxxcE was received ~ Victoria
r. c.. on the 1fth, Of the drowning In the
Skirna river. Alaska. on February -, OF
Rev. Mr.. Sheldon. Mrs r. cannin CHAM
and two Indians II Is thought that the
sheldon referred TO Is Rev. sheldon jack
son, the noted Indian missionary In
charge OF the Indian schools in Alaska
under ths dire elton Of the Governm snt.
A READING railroad passenger train
ran on the tract, on the lith, near n iddle-
port, Pa, kill ing one passenger and in
| juring . number Of Others
The striking engineers Of the Chicago,
Burlington a Qaincy railroad, on the
18th, req uestcd the engineers Of other
roads 70 handle all freight consigned 70
| the Burlington As fast as offered The
result was that more cars were forw arued
than the company. with its limited force,
could handle. and they were compelled g
| refuse 70 receive them, and were mulcted
| for trackage charges and required e
| Pay all freight bills. amounting 20 thou
| sands of dollars, ON tender OF freight
| All this. ii view OF their suit to compel
| peting lines to handle their freight,
| is in the nature Of q boomerang.
| COLONEL FINLEY ANDERSON, Of New
| York. who was on General Hancock's
| staY during the war, addressed nm open
| letter 70 Senator ingalls,, on the 18th, in
| which he defends the dead warrior from
| the charge OF having been an ''aliy Of thu
| Confederacy.' and calls upon him e
| make full retraction and apology in the
1 senate chamber.
| on the 18th President Of the Senate In
| gels announced Senators Hale, Mander-
/ son, Chace, Spooner, Blackburn, Daniel
| and Blod xett as tho special committee "a
| investigate alleged violations Of tbs
| Civil Service law and interference Of
Federal officers in political campaigns
| and nominating conventions
THE block aiding OF railroads and thu
| prostrarion OF telegraph lines leading out
OF Boston was 50 complete on the 18th
that the only means OF communication
with the outer world was by the Com
| mercial Cable Company's line 10 Rock
port. Ne, and thence by cable 70 London
STOCKHOLDERS Of the Metropolitan Banl
OF Cincinnati circulated . petition &c
Comptroller Trenholm on the 18th tina
the money in the hands Of the receiver b
applied to the payment Of claims ayains
the bank. and that the receiver be dis
charged. II was asserted that there wal
more than enough money on hand TO pa,
all claims.
ALL the Western railroads except th,
Burlington hal ayrssi on the 1lth.to Civ
notice OF an advance in freight rates, tax
ing effect March "a The Burlington PEG
pie still stood out and refused TO give tn
notice. and the railroad managers ha'
little hope OF being able to bring abou
an advance unless the Burlington sur
rendered
THE local elections which were 20 hav
been held in many New Jersey towns Of
the l4th were prevented BY the grss
storm