The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-22

The Wave Crest Hotel at Far Rock.
away, n. ". owned by ex- Assem- blymar
Edward Darragh, was burned on the
morning Of the 18th. The inmates es-
capped in their night clothes BY jumping
| from the windows. The total loss l.
estimated at $4,000. Leander Petit, fire.
man. was severely injured.
On the 10th railway traffic was inter-
rupted and the telegraph wires we're pros
trated throughout England. France and
Germany by terrific snow storms accom-
panied BY high winds.
4 The House committee on public lands.
on the 18th. directed favorable report
on the bill to provide for the sale OF the
Fort Laramie Military Reservation. Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, 70 actlfG settlers.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt at Bolton
and Manchester, England. on the 18th.
The local operators al Mount Carmel,
Pa. report an Improvement in the an :
thracite coal trade. Two thousand men
resumed work In that district on the nth.
The Paris Presse prints denial from
General Boulanger that he had said he IA
vored the establishment in France OF a
constitution similar TO that OF the United
States.
Ok Inc 18th, crank named VIM. Reed
attacked and killed Father Ashfield. a
priest attached to st. Peters Catholic
Church at Memphis. Tenn. Father Ash
field had helped Reed in many ways, only
recently procuring his release from JAIL
JUDGE LAMBERT TREE, United States
Minister 70 st. Petersburg. took his de-
parture from Berlin, on the 1lth. for
Brussels.
The station master at Williams Bridge.
y. ~, says that ten dynamite cartridges
We're placed by the side 81 the railroad
track on the 18th. train on the New
Haven road In passing exploded them.
The glass in the car windows was shat
tered. and number Of passengers re-
ceived slight injuries, but no one was
seriously hurt.
The value OF the plumber secured blythe
mob in the recent riots in Rome Is esti-
mated at f11,001 The Italian Government
possesses evidence that the Anarchist
leaders fomented the agitation.
A GREEK who has just arrived az Cairo,
Egypt from Khartoum. reports that
Senussi had taken FL Obeid, and that the
Mahdi i Charmed.
The chemical laboratory Of the State
University at Columbus, o.. was totally
destroyed by fire on the 18TH. Loss, sjo.-
900. The fremen had great trouble in
saving the main building. The origin OF
the fire Il unknown.
JoHN DoSoHuE returned to New York.
on the 18th. wrapped in the glory Of many
victories and the title u the cha mpion
amateur skater Of the world. He was just
eighteen years old on the 18th.
ANDREW CARNEGIE returned to Pitts
burgh, Pa. on the 18th. from trip TO Bir-
mingham, Ala. He expressed surprise az
the extent OK the iron business in that
city.
VIM. ST. Clam, proprietor OF gentle
mems furnishing store al Williamsburg. a
suDdrb Of Pittsburgh, Pa. was fatally
shot by burglars In his store on the nth.
The murderers escaped.
THE jury in the Brown murder trial AZ
Mason City, Ia. returned verdict ~ not
guilty on The 18th. The verdict gives gen
eral satisfaction.
GOVERNOR SAWYER of New Hampshire
has appointed Gilmer MarstOn. ~ Exeter.
as United states Senator for the interim
between March and June ~. when the
Legislature will meet u choose sue.
cessor 20 senator Chandler.
TnE Senate. on the 18th. confirmed n
number q Judicial appointments.
a vOLrMiSoUs substitute was. on the
18th, reported % the senate for lie bilI
pAssed BY the House to prevent the use ~
the mails for the purpose of swindlinr
bywhat ispcpularly known a. sthe greens
goods game"
In TEMPS, in commanding tho early
presentation 81 ne budget. says IL IL de-
sirable for the interest " the Paris az.
hsriticn 10 vote II as soon a. possible.