The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-21

| ANTI MINISTERIAL riots occurred. on
/ the 18th. In the cities Of Brussels. Client
aud Liege. Belgium. The rioters came
| into collision with the police IA numerous
! instances. ana as result many were
4 wounded.
| BERTHA MANN. domestic, was fatally
! burned. on the night Of the 10th. by an
explosion Of gas, al No. ~, Manhattan
avenue. Brooklyn. The building. three
story structure. was partly demolished.
| TnE directors ~ the Manhattan Eleyat-
ed railway, on the 10 IA. declared the reg
ular quarterly dividend Of one aud one
half per cent, payable in scrip converti-
BILE into four per cent. bonds.
! The marriage Of the Duke 81 Portland
| "a Miss Dallas Yorke took place ia Lon
don on the 18th. The church was crowd
ed with aristocratic guests. aud the we'd
ding presents were numerous and costly,
including gifts from the Prince and Prn-
cess Of Wales and Lord and Lady Sails
bury. The Bishop Of Lincoln performed
the ceremony.
THOMAS FoRrIEa, one OF the Gang ar
rested IA Boston for the murder of
Charles +. Gibbard. confessed on the
18th, that he was the one who fired tue
fatal shot. but claims il was done IN self
defense. Tie murderer Is twenty -four
years old.
GOVERNOR HILL OF New York. on the
18th, signed the bill making II mis-
demcaor 10 keep what IS known as a
"hucket- shop for betting and gambling
purposes.
A. A. ApEE. Second Assistant Sccrc-
tary Of State. sailed for Europe. on the
18th. to be absent several months for the
beneft 81 his health.
THE Comptroller Of the Currency. on
the 18th. authorized the Commercial Ma
tional Bank Of Salt Lake City, Utah. 10
commence business with capital OF
Sai0.00o.
WILLIAM w. SIMPSON, postmaster at
Silver Springs. Prince George County.
Md. seventy-six years Of age. was mar
ried in Washin gton. on the i2th. to Miss
Winnie {. Willis, q the same county, who
Is but nineteen years old.
The regents az the West Virginia State
University. AZ Morgantown, decided. on
the 18th, 10 open the doors Of the univer-
sity 10 pupils OF both sexes. This settles
a question which has been before the re-
gents for several years.
AT meeting in Sau Francisco. on the
18th. OF contributors To the Johtstown re-
lief fund it was voted 70 send to Seattle.
W. T.. $4,000 Of ths money collected.
Over $1,000 has been raised in San Fran
cisco for the two places.
FRANCIS JAMES, who was caught in the
cellar Of prominent citizen OF Bowling
Green. o., on the night Of the 18th. with
a dynamite cartridge ready 10 blow up
the building, was. on the morning Of the
18th. found hanging in Jail by his sus-
penders dead.
FoRTY-oSE business houses, compris-
ing nearly all OF the business portion Of
the town Of Grinnell. H.. were burned on
the 18th. Seven years ago the town was
devastated by cyclone, by which seven
ty-fiye houses were blown down and
forty persons were killed.
ADvIcEs from Westiield. Wis, say the
dams Of the grist and pulp mills at Law
renee, on Duck creek. three miles above
that place, have been swept away by a
flood.
A PLOT has been discovered in the royal
palace at the Servian capital 70 dethrone
Alexander and proclaim the pretender,
Prince Peter karageorgieyitch. son-in.
law Of the Prince Of Montenegro. King Of
Servia.
4. II. Shook, Of Detroit. was. on the
18th, appointed superintendent Of sup
plies in the Office OF the First Assistant
Postmaster General
The Republican central State commit
tee OF Iowa has called the State conven-
ton 70 meet ia Des Noines, August IA.
The convention will consist OF Las dele
gates.
WHILE crossing the Fort Wayne track
at Louisville. near Canton, o.. on the
18th, Lawrence aud Edward Streb, Cam
ton business men. and two Catholic or.
phans named Seifert. whom the Strcbs
had adopted. were struck by the limited
express. and all were instantly killed.