The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-05

The Princess Augusta, sister Of the
Queen Of Denmark, was reported aging
on the sfth.
WHILE loading oil at Ventura, CAL. on
the e6th. the steamship w. L. Harrison,
owned by the Mission Transfer Company
OF santa Paula, caught fire and was
burned TO the waters edge. The loss will
reach about $4,000.
MICHAEL RlxziLLo (Red Nose Mike) was
hanged az wilkesbarre. Pa. on the 18th,
for the murder Of Barney Mcclure. pay
master for Contractor McFadden. Of Phil.
adclphla. aud Hugh Flanagan, his body
guard, on the wilkesbarre mountain,
three miles from Miners Mills, on FRI
day. October ~. lsss.
| THOMAS HARpcAsTLE, OF Lancaster.
Pa. employed by Contractors Flynn and
Mcknight al Johnstown, drank quanti-
~ OF einbc lining fiuid by mistake on the
cath. He may possibly recover.
TwESrY-FouR Of the ready made Chi
cago houses arrived at Johnstown over
the Baltimore & Ohio railway on the 18th.
| THx Swiss cantonal authorities have
| begun the construction OF unique con-
| trivance 10 connect the summit OF Mount
Pilatus with the highest point OF the
/ Klimsenhorn. This will consist or cables
swinging in mid-air between these two
| lofty eminences AZ many points hum
| dreds Of feet from the ground below. An
| omnibus large enough 70 carry eight per-
sons will be propelled over pulleys along
these cables by steam engine 70 be
| placed on the top Of Mount Pilatus near
| the Bellevue Hotel.
| Ex-MI>IsrER McLA~E says Edison's
| exhibit attracts more attention than any
-. h.
| exhibition.
| Alabama Mining Company. died sudden
| ~ at his office. No. Nassau street, New
York City, on the 10Th.
| GEORGE LoRrxG BRowx, a noted paint
er OF Maiden. Mass, died suddenly, on
the night Of the 10th. OF apoplexy. H'
was seventy-fve years old.
THE commencement exercises OF the
University Of South Carolina took place
al Columbia on the sGth. The address
was delivered by Hon. Edward Atkinson,
OF Massachusetts. who received the hon
orary degree OF Doctor ~ Laws
The statement Of the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Company for the
month OF May shows that the net earn
ings were sGj9.a40. a decrease Of S2l6. l6l
as compared with May, lsss. Since Jau-
uary |. 1859. the net earnings have been
-. 23...5s6. decrease Of 5.,a54 as com
pared with corresponding period last
year.
THERE was no argument in the Stewart
viii case, on the 10th, neither the Surro
gate nor the counsel appearing in court
Ii Is probable that the case will not come
on until after the heated term.
49,, Eprnrfr Sr<SgV aged re
spectively twelve and twenty years. wer
drowned in the Des Moines river at De
Moines, Ia, on the 10Th Freddie los
his life while seeking 10 save his brother
Georges body was recovered.
Hon. WILLIAM W ALTER PHELPS, OF New
Jersey. ex-member of Congress, and
J member OF the Samoan Berlin Commits
sion, was appointed Minister 70 Berlil
on the Goth.
GENERAL SIMON CAMERON, ex-Senato
| OF Pennsylvania and a member Of Presi
dent Lincoln's Cabinet. died at his HON
in Lancaster, Pa, on the a6th. Just be
fore his death he appeared TO recogniz
J several OF his friends.
THIRrY-oyE freight cars and a locomo
tive were demolished. and nearly scor
! 81 lives we're lost in a collision at Loya
Hanna bridge, near Latrobe, Pa, on n
F20th.
/, WHILE discharging part Of her cargo !
} Las Gonaives, Hayti the America
steamship Ozama. Of the Clyde Steam
; ship Line. was seized by the Haytie
war-ship Belize and taken TO Port-at
) Prince. The United States man DIVA
4 Ossippee. however. happened into th'
port aud Immediately secured her re
lease.
GovERSoR FORAKER Of Ohio was re
; nominated by the Republicans on q
10th. This makes Mr. Foraker's four'
! nomination and third term II re-electe
-. as0ssso s-eaao