The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-01-20

Il
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
THE Empress OF Austria is suffering
from severe rheumatic pains and Is unab'e
70 attend court fstes. Her doctors have
advised her TO spend the vsma Of the
winter in Egypt
ArrRnmLr railroad disaster occurred q
Haverhill, Mass, on the 10th. in when
| nine persons were killed and over hfty
injured.
| OF Miss Campbell against Coffee Merchant
Arbuckls at New York, returned q verdict
| on the 10th in the sum Of $4,000 for the
| plaintiff. Dea Bunniei
THE Berlin National ZeifHng says the
| belief that peace 10 70 be maintained -
growing, but it Is clear that the
toward : solution can proceed from Rus
sia only.
THr Berlin National Zeifnng says il Is
expected hat the Powers will soon take
steps for the removal Of Prince Ferdinand
from the Bulgarian throne.
SEcRETARY LANAR took formal leave OF
his assistants At moor on the 10TH As
sistant Secretary Muldrow assumed the
duties Of the Office Of secretary, pend
ing the confirmation Of Mr.. Villas
1HE BENZ (O00ty \&VH
Las Animas was burned on the 10th, all
the records being destroyed The loss IL
: very serious one. but can mot be com
puted in dollars and cents. No p~articu.
lars are known
TIVE bronze statue OF Pierre Menard.
FIRST Lieutenant-Governor Of Illinois. pre-
scented to that State by Charles T. Chou
teau, of St. Louis, was unvaiied at
| Qnr;nO6 I'D. Ill IN the 10th.
Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY operatives I'm
CIarkess O. N. r. thread works at Newark.
n. j., struck on the 10th against an al
legged t~yrannical superintendent
BrrwKES three and four O'Clock on the
morning Of the 10th the aims house and On
adjoining dwelling located in East VII
lage. near Munroe, Conn, VAS burned q
the ground. Three persons perished ~
the flames.
the Pest Ndplo publishes : letter from
Russian landowners stating that thu
Russian Government has ordered the con
scription Of AL horses, cattle, pigs and
sheep TO be delivered to the authorities
within three days after war has been de
clared-
ApvicEs from Madagascar say ths
Hova Government has exiIed Genera
Wlloughby. formerly Malazassy Ambas
sador 1t London. charged With misap'
propriating : large sum, pending scquitta
or expulsion.
THOMAS BoUr1S, OF st. Rounald- Ont.
while under the influence Of liquor, o.
the 10th, visited the house Of Mrs Cyril
Lsrouks q that place. A he was leav
ing he slapped Mrs. Larouke in the face
: whereupon she shot him in the back, IN
Aictinr injuries from which Boutin die
y - 49, Raj
ton. near Wigton. England, commits
suicide on the 10th BY shooting. Previou
to the at be had received : summons .
answer . s~candalous charge. Decease'
was . cousin OF Lord Lonsdale and . rela
q tive or Right Hon. James Lowther.
: GAS Vas struck at Seneca Falls, n. Y
3 &C q depth Of 1,<50 feet, on the night Of tn
9th. When the gas va ignited 1t pro
duced . flame eight feet high. Driilin
q was recommended, and 1t noon OF th'
10th . ten foot fame was burning. Ey
4. perienced gas men regard the Indication
Is excellent for : large and steady h,'
4 Of gas At q not much greater depth.
Al DR- PETER PARKER died ct his res
dence in Washingt ton. on the 10th, ase
eighty.four. He was Unitsd states Min
q lister TO China thirty years ago and he
lived in Washington since 1S5s. He hel
the o6ics Of regent OF the Smithsonia
n Institution for many years, and was o.
1t Of the most eminent and respected cit
70 Gems Of the capital.
70 The New York Herald exposes what
q calls . gigantic redwood timber Ian
g steal by an English and Scotch syndica
IN California
e AZ Hallock. Mimi, o. the 10th, . spir
- Thermometer registered ifty -four degre
a below zero, and the mercury was then
- the bottom Of the instrument
= THE Hungarian Diet on the 18th, 81
n mitted some very important interrog
tories to tho Foreign Department Is
- Russiass apparent preparations for VI
THE roliing-mi1 and nail works Of :
Oxford Iron Company. - Oxford, n.
have shut down, q hundreds Of ham
ars thrown out Of employment
e ABOUT forty delegates representing Z
ths National Association Of Wool-0ro
~ ers Wool Manufacturers and Wool Dc
q q. mel IL conference at Warrington.
ors the 11th, for the stated purpose Of ayr
Ing upon : mutually Satisfactory
wool substitutes.
Az war council IN Sofia, on the nth
was decided to adopt measures for
defense Of Bulgaria against any invad
but not 70 take part In aggressive acti
a Dispatch Of the !
from Berlin aid Emperor Williams D
dition was worse, and thu iatenss anxl
- prevailed.
FsRE wac discovered IN the barns Of
horse railroad company q Nerd
,ern Conn.,, on the night Of the 10th,
on although b entire IRE department
urcr called out. the entire man barn bur