The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-05
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


TWO young .nen' I'D two young ladies
whose names nav not been learned were
drowned on w H3d. in tho Schuylkill at
Paramount = ~. Philadelphia their row.
boat being cAsvied over tho dam.
A ROW. eost containiug eight persons
was dri scH"ver tho falls az Three Rivers.
ose- On ske ed. Los Rivard and his two
chn{rvs, George Hamlin, b. Bellerive
aud Mss Bellerive we're drowned.
WALrKR and George Lyford, aged ten
and sixteen years, were drowned near
| Westville, N. J., on the I'D. Walter had
cot beyond his depth while swimming,
and George tried 10 save him, but they
sank together aud were lost
| MICHAEL s. HARRoLD, a wealthy resi-
| dent OF Valparaiso. Ind.. shot himself IN
the head after returning from church on
| the sd: Too close attention to business
had unbalanced his mind.
/ KrDDER, PEABODY a Co.. OF Boston,
have received subscriptions 70 the Johns
town fund, aggregating Sl45,0oo
| GEORGE w. BRADLEY, the leading third
party politician OF tho Newburg IN. ID
district died suddenly, on the 9Th aged
sixty.two years.. He was travelling
salesman for Durham. Buckley 4 Co.,
New York, and at one time was manu-
facturer In that city.
THERE was quite crowd present when
the President arrived at Camden, y. j.,
on the 23d, on his return trip from Cape
Nav 10 Washington. aud the people
closed in on him and tried TO have some
hand. shaking, but the President man
aged 70 avoid this, and, lifting his hat,
escaped into carriage
The eleventh annual convention OF the
Roman Catholic Union Knights OF St.
John opened in Washington on the 24th.
About $50 delegates from various cities
were in attendance.
Bishop JAMES v. CLEARy, Of Kingston,
Ont. has been nominated as the success.
sor Of the late 1t. Rev. Pierce Power,
Bishop Of Waterford and Lansmore, Ire
land.
THE attendance at the Turner'S athletic
exercises in Cincinnati. on the 2sd, was
immense. There were fully $4,000 spec
tators present. The exercises continued
all day.
THK fortieth annual convention OF the
American Medical Association met IN
Newport. r. l., on the 18th. Two thou
sand physicians with their families we're
present. The association includes the
leading doctors in regular practice, col.
lege professors, hospital surgeons anc
| specialists.
THOMAS GAvAx. a absolute young mar
OF New Brunswick, y. j.. demanded money
OF his widowed mother on the cath. Upor
her refusal 10 comply, he beat her about
the head with hammer. He then put
kerosene on the door and set fire 70 the
house. Neighbors managed to rescue tn
unfortunate woman, who was very badl!
hurt. Gavan was arrested.
EARLY ON the morning Of the Path
I fire. which was caused by an overheates
furnace, occurred in the buildings occa'
pied BY the Manhattan Brass Company
OF New York City; loss $500. 900.
THE President, on the .4th, signed IA
warrant for the extradition OF Martin
, Burke, the Winnipeg suspect
TAX Reake Congress opened in Paris o.
: the 2S1<r Mrs. Love and Mrs. Belva Lock
wood we're elected honorary members.
Ara gala performance given in Berlin
:, on the night OF the 23l.in honor Of Prince
Z Leopold's wedding. the Premiere Bal
: lerinas' costume caught fire and she wa
!. seriously burned.
A THREE DAYS celebration OF st. John
;, Day By French Canadian societies bega
at Fall River, Mass. on the sd, with sol
emu high mass at the four French Cath
a Ollie churches.
' THE Pacific Mail Steamship Company
a steamer Granada, which left San Fran
d cisco, on the 18th. for Panama, was report
e ed ashore sixty miles south Of Mania
e nilla on the 18th. All the passengers AM
crew are safe.
GABRIEL RExvrLLE Chief OF the Sissc
! ton aud Wahopoton Indians, had an II
8 terview with Acting Indian COMMISSIONS
L Belt, on the oath. and urged settlemer
= OF back annuities due the tribe since 1856
= amounting 10 about $4,000 He ais
urged that the Government purchas
their surplus lands, 10000 acres. M
10 Belt favors commission 70 ascertal
ut their value.
b, EDWARD BURGESS writes to the Ne
4, York papers that the Volunteer il a
Is right and will not be sold 70 any one VIII
id will not race her II called on.
A GAxG OF colored men and one Of Hur
rerans engaged ia serious riot
y Jones' Point. n. r., on the 70 the resu
~ OF which was the shooting Of four HUI
~ garians BY colored man.
Y, The residence Of John Ockershause
~ the sugar retiner Of Stamford, Conn, vi
~ burned on the night Of the 23l; los
$1,000.
s. ExocH TOWNSEND. os Saco, Me-. on Il
ne tls N'NVfill Al-A Aii' tFAt Va .ttH- - n
81, Boston 70 Portland. Me-, on bicycle IN
H. single day. He started seven miles we
he Of Boston Al a. m, and arrived Ia fo'
land az y. M. in good condition.
IN. distance traversed was about III miles.
LORD CHARLES BEGEsfoRD. Consers
"a tive member for Marylebone, will resi-
III his seat ia the British Parliament 70 =
~ cept command OF an iron clad.
ng THE annual class day exercises q
na Senior class of Yale College occurred
ne the 18th. and were attended by twothe
rg sand people. After thehistories W
read, the class ivy tree was planted
,rd one Of the walls OF the new recitat
on building during which an ode was su
All The ivy planted was slip taken lroi
W. vine which covers famous castle
he France.
Id CHARLES DE- BAUM. the default
~. cashier OF the National Park Bank OF
York CITY, was sentenced. on the sith
ave years aud seven months impris
~. ment.
ma News was received from Arlee.
ian principal town on the Flathead Reser
90. ton in Montana, on the 18th, that She
life Heybarn Of Missoula County and
MIR. posse who went 70 the reserve 70 arr
md three Indian murderers, were hayinl