The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-15

IHx large cotton mills ~ Hanover. Ger
many, containing 100 spiudie~. were de-
stroycd BY hrs on the 9th. Three hum
dred operatives were thus thrown out u
work.
Tine cotton warehouse near the Union
depot In Columbia =. a., occupied by
Jones. Robertson a Co. cotton factors.
and containing ls.oo bales u cotton. Was
burned. on the 9Th. ~entaiiins . loss d
81. 90
EXECUTIVE communications sent 70
Congress. on the 5th. recommended app
preparations As follows: For the SMELL
ing MINI. } barracks. <lr.op; hospital AZ
Rock island arsenal. >Si..u; Peoria tIn.)
p~ost-ofice. <i2.ocp Additional alvrical
force Il also requested in the Bureau Of
Statistics 70 supply information On the
tariff.
THE union printers on the Dubuque ua.)
Tffa<s are out on q strike. A hand bill
ser in the job-room was inserted in the
paper. on the 81. and the printers demand
that all advertisements shall be set In the
composing room
JACK DxxfsEy. the California light
weight u anxious n fight Billy Myers II
lSS pounds. He has no hackers. and
ANTS 20 fight for a purse Myers refuses
70 meet him for q purse or less than $1,000
joan RoSExsxRG and Harry Scoheld.
laborers, residing In Warren. o.. were in
stantly killed. on the 5th- by an accident
on the Cleveland a Mahoning railroad.
caused by the spreading Of the rails.
JoHx X HosG. who helped 20 lay the
frst railroad in this country upon which
steam WAS used died az Elkhart, Ind, on
the "a
FoRESr fires are raging in the vicinity
OF Ashland. Wis. md considerable dam
age has been lone.
THE Standard, Of the eth. says that the
Irish Land bill has been abandoned by the
government. ard that = land commission.
10 continue in session for three years. will
be substituted
NEWS from Zanzibar states that the
Sultan Of that country has not only refused
to ratity . convention agreed upon by his
father. which ceded certain territory 70
Italy. but has sent . discourteous reply
20 King Hrmbert's letter respecting the
matter The affair has been referred
to England and Germany for arbitration.
The American Bankers Association
will hold its annual convention at Cincin-
natl on Wednesday. October 3. next
The fine mansion belonging TO Mrs l.
n. McColl. at Bridgewater. Mass, was
burned on the 9th. Loss estimated from
$4,000 20 $4,000; partly insured The
hre is believed to have been the work OF
incendiaries. The house was u~noccupied.
~ FEDKRoFT. the editor % the yoroe
vremya. was sentenced. on the 9Th 20 six
weeks'imprisonment for libeling General
Won Schellendorf, German Minister O
War.
The Sultan OF Muscat IL dead.
The steamer Cephalonia- from Boston
for Liverpool. arrived a. Queenstown on
| the 9Th She was detained twelve hours
on the Irish coast by fog. On the eth, she
supplied the Norwegian bark Beatie.
which had been partly devastated. with
provisions.
The reports Of Improvement in the con-
dition Of Emperor Frederick continue
The boiler OF a portable engine in the
Union Depot Company's yards Il st.
Paul. Mimi. exploded shortly before SIX
o'clock. on the 9Th, killing Phillip Fischer,
John I. Duffy and Hugh n. Nevin. beside
injuring James r. Dufey. John T. New
ms, join Nohigen. Ed Wallace, McCor-
mack aid Edward Limsted-
EnPERoR DoM PKDRo passed . good
might at Aix-les- Bains, France, and ven,
driving q the 6fh-
NsR- PERsrco vas still IN Edinburgh,
Scotland. on the 6th- awaiting further
commands from Rome.
The walls OF the Land and River I'm
provement ~Company's new building II
Superior. Wis., fell. on the sch, buryinG
I'VE men and irjuring a. many more
The south bound Rapid Transit train
from Yonke-s ran into . gar OF italian
photographers on the New York City 4
Northern railroad track near High
Bridge. on the 9Th killing two Of them
and fatally injuring two others