The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-07-27

rorTs. Who was 70 have been hanged In
Washington. n. g.. on the nth. Cor the
murder az Paul Iincke, made second
(and successfully attempt % terminate his
own existence on the night Of the i6th-
He took mixed dose Of chloral and NOR
phine.
By the explosion % lamp In the house
~ Mrs. J. u. Floss. ~ Buffalo, n. ", on
the night Of the 10Th. Mrs. Floss and her
sistrr-in-lnw. Mrs. Mary Wittig, were
burned % death. and Mr.. Kuhn. Mr..
Beech and sister Of Mrs. Floss we're
badly burned
FANNY L. DAVENPORT. the actress, has
been granted an absolute divorce
MURRAY LEWIS. negro who murdered
his sweetheart, was hanged NJ Greenville,
Miss, on the nth.
A COLLISION between work train and
a freight train on the Central Pacific road
near san Francisco. on the 18th, killed
one man and injured number Of others
A wArERsfour passed from the ocean
through the town OF North Beach. Fla,
on the 18th, doing considerable damage
70 boats in the harbor and houses in its
track.
JosErH THOMAS, with q team Of fne
horses, drove over the bluffs in front Of
the city OF Evansville. Ind. on the 18th,
and all were drowned.
THE Grand Duke George Of Russia the
second son 81 the Car, Is about 20 enter
the Imperial navy. He was seventeen
| last May. and Is very bright clever lad.
A FARMER OF Millersville. Wis, nam ed
| Schecher. with his two sons. assassinated
| neighbor named Blatt while ne was
| moving in field on his own farm, on the
| 18th.
\ JOHN RosE and his son-in-law. 8. s.
| Hall. met on the streets Of Stanton, KY.
| on the 18th, and commenced firing ateach
other with pistols. Rose fatally wounded
his son-in-law.
IT is reported In official circles in VIM
nipeg Man, thai the Behring's sea DIM
entity has been all but settled between
England and the United States. the latter
country now accepting propositior
made years ago.
The German squadron escorting the
Emperor passed the island OK Dagoe o.
ESQ q. m, on the 18th.
The engine on an excursion train on
the Shenandoah Valley railroad, near
Penmar, Nd, was taken possession Of by
maniac, on the 18th, who drove the
engineer and fireman out with a pistol
All the brakes were put down hard, and
before the lunatic got the train wei
started the conductor bowled him ovel
with well-aimed stone.
NEGOTIATIONS are In progress with q
view to the betrothal Of the Prince o
Naples. the only son OF the King and
Queen OF Italy. TO Princess Clementine
the youngest Of the three daughters o.
the King aud Queen OF Belgium. Ths
Prince Of Naples will not be nineteen til
November. and the Princess will be six.
teen on the Soth.
Il JACOB DAUcaKR. who was arrested q
Daggott, Cal, for the murder OF Louis
Schoenb berg at Denver, Col, and taken 4
San Bernardino for safekeeping, on TIT
. | 18th. committed suicide by hanging him
] | self in his cell. He left letter sayin:
. be was innocent Of the crime with whic
, he was charged.
, | The National Republican committed
: on the 18th, selected the four-story bricl
house at No. 81 Firth avenue, New York
as headquarters. They will move In
! soon as the building can be got ready.
. En-. CLorrox, son OF Judge David Ciop
! ton. OF the Alabama Supreme Court wa
I shot by neighbos ..~med Dr. Bibb, nea
y Montgomery. on the 17th- Young Clop
! ton and DIR. Bib were in . party chasin
e burglar, when Bib mlstook Clopton e
I the man wanted, and shot him
JOHN p, MARTIN. . wealthy planter
= audson's Mills, Miss, offended the friend
! OF a young man who had eloped with hi
pretty daughter by cursing the youn
man in their presence. They armed them
n selves and hunted up Martin, woundin
d him seriously.
A GANG OF highwaymen known g q
! Sawyer brothers, who recently killed
a man named James Carter, At Nashville
= Tenn. was broken up, on the 18th, BY u
- owrosf ~ the leaders