The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-08

preparation bill vas resumed. IN committee o.
the whole. and occupied almost the entire aay
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
THE steamer City Of sydney. from
China. which arrived ct San Francisco
1 on the eth. brings news Of the death on
| April II, OF J. 9. Weight United States
1 Consul At Manila City. Philippine
Islands. He had been in charge Of the
| American consulate there for three years.
| THK Senate committee on the Judiciary
| again considered the nomination Of Mr..
| but did not reach = conclusion. II was
| decided 20 hold special meeting on the
| case or the Slst. when il was expected the
matter would be disposed Of.
| An alleged American newspaper re-
porter. travelling with his pockets full Of
| diamonds and q. 600 bills, was the sensa-
| tior Of the last trip out Of the Allen Line
| Steamer Sar NATHAN
CHAMBERLAIN, the Monticello Qnd-)
murderer, was taken from the Wabash
| jail, on the Goth, and spirited 70 the State
penifentiary for SAFE keeping. II Was
feared that an effort would be made %
lynch him
DELEGATION Of prominent Kentuck-
ians called on the President. on the 18Th
TO urge him to visit Lexington. IN the
event Of his coming West to attend the
Ohio Valley Centennial, ct Cincinnati /,
on July 4.
EDWARD BURGEss, the famous designer
Of the yachts Puritan Maynower and
Sachem, has been appointed TO the un-
salnried position OF president OF the
Board Of Life Saving Plans.
INDIANA farmers are said to have joined
. syndicate working . corner In corn on
the Chicago Board Of Trade
c. ScHoExET, . cigarmaker, was MUIR
dered q Minneapolis. Mimi, on the
18Th
THE Manufacturers Natural Gas Com
pany Of Washington, Pa, drilled into .
natural gas well, on the 18th, Of such
enormous pressure that il Was impossible
to gauge IT, II IL estimated 70 be 81 least
one thousand pounds rock pressure.
DR- WILLIAM GoDDARD. who died re-
Gently IN Boston. was the oldest living
graduate Of Harvard College. the only
survivor OF his class and the oldest grad
unte Of the Harvard Medical School
THR closing session OF the Southern
Presbyterian General Assembly. on the
10Th, was prolonged until half-past eleven
O'Clock At night
LIGHTNING struck the parsonage Of the
Reformed Church, st xenia, O., on the
18th. setting IL on Ere. The flames were,
however. extinguished-
SNTrH's OPERA-HoUsE, the Catholic
Church, and st. Alovsius' Academy. At
New Lexington o., were nnroofed by the
terrific wind-storm that occurred in that
town on the 18th.
Hox. JOHN +. HrGHKs, OF Hillsboro. O.,
was fatally injured. and his wife serious
" hurt By being thrown from their bug
" which was blown over BY the cyclone
which struck that town on the 18th.
The dead body Of Brakeman Jas. b.
Hunsberger was found on the top Of car
at Lyons. Pa. on the 18th II Is supposed
be was killed BY lightning during the
awful storm Of the previous night.
THE twenty-eighth annual convention
Of the National Brewers Association con-
vened in ~. Paul, Mimi, on the 39th-
A PAssExsER train on the Pittsburgh 4
Western railroad was blown from the
track on the 3sth- while running ~ . high
rate Of speed All Of the passengers and
railroad men were injured. some Of them
seriously. and one, Miss Aida Rankin,
was fatally hurt
ATUREoUs storm passed over Hendrick.
| County. Ind. on the 18th doing mich dam
age. A farmer named Bunson and two
| horses were struck BY lightning and killed
| Bunson's barn was destroyed.
| THE trial OF the suit brought by Mr.
| Hugh OsDonnell against the London
1 Times for libel In its article on s.Parnell
| ism and Crime" has been nxed for Jun
| n.
BrBEAR. The English oarsman. has -
sued = challenge 70 Ross 20 row him Il
England for Goo side.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, was chosen - tn
place Of next meeting Of the Southern
Presbyterian General Assembly.
SENATOR FARE, Of Maine. delivered tn
FIRST speech in open executive session Q
The Senate, on the 18th, in opposition y
the Fisheries treaty.
more comfortable and In some respect
better on the 10Th, but IN early recover
was not anticipated.
THE Methodist Protestant Conference
at Adrian. Mich. adjourned on the 18th
TO meet q Westminster, Nd, in fou
years.
IxrxRvrKwED BY New York Sun cor
respondent, on the 9th, Governor Gray Q
Indiana proclaimed himself candidat
for the vice. presidential nomination.
The Standard Oil Company purchase
At receivers sale at Franklin. Pa, on III
18th. for 81, no, tire keystone Refinery
the original cost Ok which was <2s0.ooo-
JACK wAxxoP. the champion q
England, and ID. A. Mcmillan. wrestle
before small audience in milwaukee,
Wis.,, on the z9th. The match was catch
as-cetch-can. best three In fve. for 80
J side. Mcmillan won In three straigi
falls.
fled complaint 10 the Circuit Court. Q
dentsliy killed her husband while using
manl