The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


4 ~. Pa. has brought suit for $4,000 against
the Pittsburgh 4 Western road for III,
death of his son, brakeman, killed Will,
coupling cars.
/ IN the doubtful contingency OF the re.
ports OF fighting in Samoa proving true. il
is said the President will promptly call al
extra session OF Congress.
| The handsome surplus ISL, O01) re-
naming in the inaugural committees
hands j. 70 be invested in real estate se-
curities. the interest 70 be devoted 10 the
relief of the poor OF Washington City and
vicinity.
ADyicEs from Zanzibar state that the
blockade " the Zanzibar ports has not had
the effect Of stopping the importation Of
arms, which is still carried on largely.
THE Fall River tMasS.) weayers' strike
inaugurated on the 18th for an advance
in wages. is the most general in the his
tory Of that city.
The viceroy Of Shanghai. China. has
ordered the withdrawal Of the native sol
diers III Chez Foo, who were suspected Of
contemplating an attack upon the foreign
settlement there.
BOARDING the samoan troubles. Ber-
lin dispatch of the 18th says diplomatic
negotiations have removed present Diff
culties, and the conference will settle the
rest.
Prosperous in the new Lower Califor-
mia gold fields are being numerically bled
by Mexican officials. who demand half IL
every dollars worth Of gold found. and
charge the most cxorbitant duties on
every article taken into the country.
The health ~ Emperor Dom Pedro is
again failing, owing t. the excessively hot
weather prevailing in Brazil.
On. SEI.LoN, who, in January. cloped
from Nice. France. with Miss Ida Wilcox.
an American girl, has been sentenced BY
a Nice court 70 eight months imprison-
ment for appropriating a check which
Miss Wilcox took from her mother
SECRETARY or THE TREASURY WINDOW
has appointed Colonel George G. Tiche-
nor, ~ Illinois. assistant secretary, vice
Judge Maynard. resigned.
DETROIT. Mich. is to have natural gas,
70 be pipeA from Kingsville. Ont.
IL the executive session Of the Senate.
on the 18th, the nominations received were
referred 70 the appropriate committees
when completed. None Of the nominal
tions We're confirmed
OAK VIEW, Ex-President clevelanl's
suburban estate near Washington. has
been leased tor the summer by Mr.. Mar
cellus Bailey.
BIsnoP Foley 81 Detroit takes strong
grounds in favor Of public schools.
WALKER BLAINE has been appointed his
fathers first assistant secretary in the
State Department.
The Due d'Aumale. whose return 10
France has received the sanction Of the
French Government has gone 70 Chan
lilly.
Ir j. said that BENJAMIN r. Butler. John
a. Kasson and William Walter Phelps
will be sent TO represent this Government
at the samoan conference in Berlin. and
that they will be accompanied by Ex-
Consul -General Sewall and Augustus
Cowherd. Of Illinois, who negotiated the
treaty between the United States and
Samoa.
The Republican Senatorial caucus met
on the iith. and completed their list az
members 70 fill vacancies on the several
committees.
QcEES VICTORIA haS approved the APP
pointment q Sir Julian Pauncefotc as
Minister 70 Washington.
The golden wedding If Admiral Porter
and his wife was celebrated on the 18th.
The President and his family and about
twelve hundred other friends were pres
ent al the Admiral's home.
A DfABoLIcAL attempt to wreck pas
senger train On the Baltimore a. Ohio
railroad. between Chicago Junction and
Plymouth, O., on the i2th. was frustrated
by boy who observed the distractions.
and, IN spite of threats from the three
men who placed them there. tagged the
train lust in time to save II from destruc-
tion.
The leading departments IL the Read
ing Pa Iron Works closed down, on the
18th, for an indefinite period. throwing
i,HD men ont Of work.
IT Is officially announced that Count
Won Bsrchem. Under Secretary ~ state,
will represent Germany in the conferences
70 be held at Berlin regarding the settle
mont ~ samoan affairs.
The German missionaries who were re-
Gently captured by the Arabs in Zanzibar.
have been released upon the ransom Of
ESQ being paid. and the surrender OF
twelve slaves which the Germans held.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WATTS. 81 Wheeling, w. Va, Is one of
those Democrats who "never resign.v He
says II President Harrison wants his scalp,
he must "go for" il.
The election for school directors in DIS
Moines, la, on the 18th, was won BY the
women.
THE Western contingent 90 Senator
George Hearst's racing stables will leave
California FOR Louisville, KY. April 1.
The report that Mrs. Langtry had So.
cured divorce from her husband and
wa, subsequently married 70 Mr.. Gcb-
hardt j. denied by an intimate lady
friend w the fair actress.
TnE south Atlantic Telegraph Compa-
NY ~ Baltimore. Nd. which, II is said Is
10 form connecting link In the Mackay-
Bennett Postal Telegraph and Gable Com
pany, has been incorporated.
The right leg 81 Mr.. >. G. Sexas, ~ 81.
Paul. Mimi. has taken a second growth
and during the past few months has
stretched itselfv until II IL three or four
inches longer than it, fellow.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL THOMAS r. BARR
has been rcappointcd 10 his old position
of military secretary ~ the War Depart
ment
IT II stated that Sir Edward Malleft.
the British Ambassador at Berlin. will
represent his government IN the samoan
conference.