The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-28

MUILu
mar AZ attention me reading Of the bill ~ss
concluded. and the committee having r'sen' sne
bill was passed.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
BARON Joxrxr. q st. Petersburg, is
dead. He was o friend and trusted al
wiser Of the Car and strong Pan-Siav-
ist-
The Queen Of Spain has written letter
TO N. De Lesseps expressing sympathy
with him in his troubles over the Panama
Canal scheme.
The British steamer Jasper, from Work
inpton for Glasgow, foundered on the
Wigtown coast on the 18th. Her crew,
numbering eleven persons, were drowned.
NATHANIEL J. BRADLEY, well-known
architect OF Boston, died on railroad
train. on the 18th, while on his way 70
Keene, n H.
GENERAL BouLAxGER strongly COM
demns the French Government FOR allow
| ing honest people to think the Panama
canal was sure Of c1icial patronage. and
| now turning its back upon the enterprise.
| The great English ship-builder and
| Member Of Parliament for Govan. SIR
| William Pearce, Bart, died, on the lsth'
| in London
Rrv. JoHx +. HooPER, pastor Of s..
| Pauls Reformed Church at Morrisania.
n. Y, has been suspended from the min
| istry on account Of the recent decision Of
q California court granting Hooper's wife
a divorce on accounto Of cruel and inhuman
| treatment
| A CONTAGIOUS form Of sore throat-it
may be called diphtheria- broken out
| among the Mexican children OF Bernalliio
County. N. NJ. and it il said that no less
than two hundred deaths have occurred IN
| the past few weeks.
| A THROUGH freight on the Erie railroad
| broke in two, on the 18th, while passing
| Friendship, n. n. About three miles fur-
| ther on the second section overlook tne
| first and caused a serious wreck. several
cars being derailed and the tracks
blocked No one was hurt.
Ex-SExAroR WARMER MILLER, OF New
York. was on the floor Of the Senate
chamber. on the 18th, for the first time
since the election. and he held quite a
leyee. In response to queries about the
Cabinet. he said: II know nothing about
any thing"
ArroRxKY-GKxERALB BAKER OF Iowa has
begun twenty four suits in the District
Court OF Scott County upon Informal
ton fled by Davenport merchants against
the Rock Island railway, for alleged vio'
lation u the State law fixing q maximum
schedule. The penalty for each violation
is 5000.
l HERR BLrMExTHAL. who was ARRESTED
in Paris. on the 10th. on suspicion Of beinl
q German spy. Is Major in the Germal
! Landwher. He had leased chalet u
| company with q supposed lady lbut WIZ
was really German cadet). and ma
} taken photographs Of the various forts
his apparatus being concealed inaperanl
bulator.
II IA PARLIAMENTARY election in Col
chester. England, on the 18th, resulted !
: the return of Mr.. Brooks. the Conserva
! | tive candidate by a majority Of i34 ont I
total vote Of 3.s12. Gurdon, Gladstonial
received 1859 votes.
- THE western bound Santa Fe traiI
d when near Santa Ana station Cal-- .
: the 18th. struck buggy, In which wei
e Joseph q. BARLEY, . native Of Pennsy
! | vania. his wife and two daughters A
four were instantly killed.
THE Supreme Court Of Connecticut. Q
= the 18th. refused new trial in the case
!, John H. Swift. sentenced 90 be hanged
I. April next for the murder Of his wife.
Y AcoAL train on the Cincinnati, Jacks
!, a Mackinaw railroad went through q hi
y frestle. five miles west Of Battle Cree
= Mich. over the Michigan Central tract
on the 18th. Two employees Of the ro'
n were seriously injured. and great destru
81 ton Of property resulted.
le THE Arab trenches around Suakim We
II heavily shelled by the forts on the ~
at The twentieth Hussars and two CO..
"a panies Of the Fifth Egyptian battali
as have arrived there.
THE force Of Arabs investing Suak
:. has been increased in number 70 4.0m.
- THE board Of directors of the Ia
- ford a Connecticut Western r.
u road Company, on the 18th. elected Jo
y, Il. Wilson, Of Philadelphia president,
= Z. p. Beard, Of Hartford secretary :
4. treasurer.
~ Two freight trains on the Nickel-Pl
railroad collided az II. Wayne, Ind.
he the 18th, causing damage 20 the amo
has Of $4,000.
are The steam Touring mills Of Jones
ted Cheney, at Bonneville, o.. were bur
ltal on the 18TH loss. $4,000; no insnraI
30. Incendiarism j. suspected.
use the Portland IN. ~ Indura q n
Company absorbed its strongest RI
the Lockport Indurnted Fiber Comp,
ged ~ snc isu, wv r,.s.na ess. =, !,
49, : capital Of <JO0,Co0-
49, IN consequence, II Il said, Of BUSH
T1,- troubles, Morris Jacobs, New York
!, - tailor. forty-sevcn years Of age,
NJ. himself In the head, on the 18th, and |
Immediately after.
THE town ~ Iron Mountain. Mich,
sion visited BY q most destructive confial
nual ton on the 18th.
aluc Two HUNDRED candidates, inclus
the Lord Russell, will be elected 10 mem
3d. ship IN the National Liberal Club e
J of IN January.
Ates. TINE civil-s,rvice stores In London
y Of nearly all destroyed BY IRE on the
The damage u estimated q cp,ool