The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-02-03

I'm lock.out q the Central Glass Works
q Wheeling. w. Va, WAS ended On ~
25th by the decision Of the arb'trAturs "
whom Il was referred In favor OF sns
operatives.
Tar eighth annual session OF the Amer.
lean Horticultural Society convened ~
San Jose. Cal. ON the 10Th, many % we
most prom inent men In horticultural ana
agricultural circles In the country being
present.
THE stove works Of n. Duncan a Co, o.
sharon. Pa. have been closed by the
sheriff to satisfy Judgment Of <su"
The works have been running steadily
Tor three years. About one hundred men
will b thrown out Of employment by the
failure.
The French Government. contrary %
custom. has consented 70 ouer reward
for the discovery Of the murdercrs Of
Archibald Mcneil, the English sporting
reporter. whose body was found on tho
beach at Boulogne.
Born houses OF the Iowa Legislature
met 1t noon on the 18th, and after com.
pairing Journals on the vote for United
states Senator, President Hull declared
James Wilson elected Senator from Iowa
Tor six years. beginning March 4 1850.
PYxK. the Irish member q Parliament
who has eluded the police 80 long. has
been traced TO London, and warrants have
been indorsed for his arrest in Engl and
DURING the great snow storm In Nova
Scotia on the night Of the cath, the post
once at Annapolis was bargIarized Of
$4,000. A dwelling-house at Boula nders
was burned and three persons lost Their
lives by the fire.
The celebrated trotfing stallion Happy
Medium. valued At $4,000 died at Lex.
ington, Ky, on the 2jth. He was foaled
in 1s6a Thirty mine Of his get have rec
ords OF $3.50 or lower. He was owned by
General w. 7. withers.
Hox. CHARLES p. DAILY, president Of the
American Geographical Society, was be-
fore the Senate committee on foreign re-
lations on the 18th, and made an argu
ment in support Of the bill introduced BY
Senator Edmunds, to incorporate ths
Maritime Canal Company OF Nicaragua
Two persons died OF starvation In Belle
vue Hospital. New York, on the night OF
the 25th, Peter Flynn, aged sixty-six. who
deliberately starved himself to death, and
Francis Sseffenbach. aged seventy. who
was without food and too proud to ask
for aims. They were too far gone 20 re-
cover before their condition was discov.
cred.
THE fire that broke out at Newark, O.,
on the night OF the cath. was got under
control at three O'Clock the next morning.
and was entirely subdusd by daylight
Besides the complete destruction Of o. @.
Kings hat and shoe store, considerable
damage was done to Sprague's jewelry
store, d. l. Jones, hardware, and Grams
Bros. millinery. The total loss Is esti.
mated 1t $4,000
The anniversary Of the marriage of the
German Crown Prince and Crown
Princess was celebrated at San Reno, on
the 25th. Englishmen and Americans
contrib uted MANY bouquets
Ir is believed that nearly ninety lives
were lost in the Wellington colliery ex.
on the 2fth- Three-fourths Of the men
explosion took place Is q mystery.
In the Massachusetts, House Of Repre-
sentatives, on the 18th, the constitutional
prohibition resolution was passed to be
engrossed. In concurrence with the Senate,
by vote Of 100 10 20. with one pair, being
six more than the necessary twothirds-
UNITED STATES TREASURER HYATT says
that arrangements have bsen made with
the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing 50
as TO have by the end Of the month . sup.
ply OF one, two and five-dollar silver GER
tificates sufficient TO meet In part the
present heavy demand for small notes in
business centers-
Mr. KENNEDY and Mr.. Fitxgibbon, Of
Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland, Lave
been sentenced 70 six weeks each at herd
labor for acting as president and secre-
tary respectively OF q proclaimed Ma
tional League meeting at Tarbert In
November last.