The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-09

WEEKLY COURIER.
Q. DoA~E. Publisher.
TOPICS OF THE DAY
News from Everywhere.
A SAN FRAxcIsco belle was rresense
. Queen Victoria on the 2lth % . draw
ing-room reception.
the parliamentary vacancy election Z
the Doncasfer district.
KING JoHx Of Abyssinia with Rss Alull
and . large army, II advancing on th'
Italians - Nassowah.
THE grand jury Of New York city dis
missed the cases against Jay Gould an'
Russell Sage on the 29th-
Nh ERAsrus WmAS delivered an ex
haustive address on the evening Of III
25th. on the s~utjectof Commercial Uniol
with Canada"
The constab'ss who arrested the whole.
sale liquor dealers at Des Moines, L.. ant
then released them, have been indicted
for receiving hribes.
OxR OF the jurors in the Ohio tally
sheet frauds trials went on = drunk on
che s5th and necsssit ated . postpone
mem Of the trial for the day.
THE National Opera Company, Charles
T. Locke manager, disbanded At Wash
ington on the 25th- The losses for The
season are stated to Be 100000.
II il stated that the Government oI
Bulgaria has firmly resolved to reject any
proposal 70 dethrone Ferdinand. even
IL such proposal BE- supported BY the
Powers.
JUSTICE HARLAN. OF the United States
Supreme Court on the 18th overruied
the application Of the convicted In.
danapolis tally-sheet forgers for . writ
Of error.
GEORGE w. LIBBY, in . letter TO- Rich
mond (va-) newspaper. writes patheticsi-
" about the removal OF the old Libby
prison to Chicago, and its conversion into
. museum
SECRETARY Villas has ~reorganixed the
force Of his immediate ONCE, with . view
70 disposing Of the nineteen hundred land
appeal eases nov hanging IRE In the In
terror Department
Mr. ". r. FowLER and his sister,
Miss Clara +. Fowler, have notified the
City Council Of Concord. N. H.. Of their
intentions to present the city with . pub
Nc library building.
TEN divisions Of the brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers held . representa-
tive meeting in Pittsburgh, on the even
ing Of the 18Th, to arrange preiiminaries
for holding . grand union meeting In
May.
II Was reported on the 18th that q local
c ncinnatL Hamilton & Dayton pool had
secured the control Of q. coo shares OF the
stock, and would keep Ives & Co. out OF
the management Those named in the
transaction are Messrs- Dexter, Ramsey,
Hooper, Waite and winslow.
THE transfer Of the ONCE Of Assistant
Treasurer At New York, from Mr.. Canda
20 Mr.. McCue which will take place on
tire 1st prox-, will necessitats . counting
Of the cash The count will Be conducted
bv . committee OF sixteen experts. and
will consume . period Of six weeks.
At the twenty first annual exhibition
OF the American Water Color Society,
held ct the New York Academy cf De-
signs the Evans prize d 500 was
awarded 60 Horatio Walkers Evening
Mrs. Frank Leslie's prize OF 500 was
awarded to J. Alden wierss Christ
mas
MAxASER LOCKE Of the defunct Ma
tional Opera Company was sued by two
Of his late employees for issuing worthless
checks. The cases were thrown out on
sec~hnicalities. and the irate manager gave
notices Of suit for twenty thousand do
lars damages in each case for false impris-
onment
II Is said that the prospects for the
pas ~ Of . postal telegraph bill are most
encouraging. Representative vandeveer.
OF California. said on the ssth: III we
don't get . postal telegraph bill this ses-
sion We are sure to get one next year. l
tAS VI the Country -
in favor OF the proposition"
SAy RENO correspondent OF the Lon
don Erening Sfa says the bulletins re-
earding the Crown Prince are entirely de-
lnsive- A new growth under the original
one. 50 located as to make an operation
impossible. has been discovered and il Is
not thought that the royal sufferer can
live longer than i've months.
The Union Square Theater at New
York, with all its contents. was destroyed
BY fire on the .Sth, involving q loss Of
over . quarter Of = million dollars. The
Morton House, adjoining the theafer on
two sides, was badly damaged, and the
Star Theater was in imminent danger for
some time. Several firemen were injured
BY falling walls.
THE oficials Of the Chicago, Burlington
q Quincy road issusd . notice on the 18th
% their striking engineers and fremen
that unless they returned to work by the
29th they would b discharged. and only
re-empioyed a. individuals. This notice