The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-06

|. JoHS n. INGRAM. treasurer OF IN
. school fund OF .Icffersonyille. Ind. wa
on the .5th said to be $4,000 short 1
his accounts.
= Tuk main building OF the Idaho n
sane asylum at Blackfoot was burned q
the a5th. and five inmates persisted i
the flames.
The defendants in the Cronin murdc
: trial in Chicago after introducing tw,
or three witnesses on the a5th I.
strengthen their alibis for Kunzc an.
O>ulliyan closed their side OF the case
and the State began al once 70 offer il.
!. rebuttal testimony.
JAMES II. CARNEY, an employe OF tho
kinslcy iron works az Canton, Mass
was accidentally shut in an oven OF tho
works, and when found on the a5th he
was completely baked.
THE bodies Of two moro victims OF the
flood were found at Johnstown, Pa, on
the 25th.
II ABEAM ii. LIcnry. administrator for
several large estates at Mount Carroll.
Ill, and guardian for number OF heirs.
was on the 25th said TO be dcfaultcr
for from 1000 to $50. 600.
II the two weeks ended on the o5th
over one thousand hogs had died OF
cholera near Seymour. Ind, and many
more were affected.
lsADoR ii. SUFFRAGE. retail cloth
ing dealer at Philadelphia. failed on the
25th for $4,000
The capstonc Of the bennington battle
monument at bennington. VT. was laid
on the 18th with much ceremony.
| The hoSe Of Scott Hawthorne at
Dayton, o.. was blown to atoms on the
18th BY an explosion Of natural gas. and
twochildrcn were killed and Hawthorne.
his wife and father were probably fatal
ly injured
The report on the 25th Of Mr.. Lacey.
theComptroller OF the Currency. showed
that there were in existence 1919 Ma
tional banks. the largest number since
the Inauguration of the system. The
aggregate capital was $500. ls4.365. The
amount Of circulation outstanding was
s2o3,GGa, 732. OF which sl3a. 3s3. ss4 was
secured by United States bonds. and the |
remainder, s2.as9, 500. was represented |
by the deposit OF lawful money in the |
Treasury. Within the year forty-onc
banks went into voluntary liquidation
and only two failed.
WELLINGTON HART. OF North Smith
field. and X. 4. Smith. OF Mohecan. we'll
known Rhode Island farmers. each over
sixty years Of age, drove into pond on
the 25th and were drowned.
a CYCLONE swept through Beaufort
County. ;. g.. on the 18th, causing ter
rible destruction At Campbcll's Creek
several houses were blown down. and
Dick Phillips tcolorcd) and his five chill
trcn were killed and several other pcr-
sons were badly hurt.
FIRE on the 18th at Edwardsyille.
ILL.,, destroyed Kehlor Brothers mill.
elevator and warehouse and other build
ngs. Loss. 100000
AT Manti. Utah. on the 25th Parlane I
Mcfarlanc shot and killed +. q. Han
zen and w. 9. Golding. The trouble
'roso over game Of pool. II
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 25th the
pennsylvania Wool-growers' Associa- y
Ion passed resolutions against any mod :
hcation Of the tariff. o
ARGUMENTS in the matter OF admitting 4
iormons TO citizenship were finished az
alt Lake City on the 25th. and the court Q
eservcd its decision. u
HETTIE BUTLER (colored) seventy-six n
ears old, Of indianapolis. Ind. was
urned TO death on the 26th. her clothes =
athing fire from pipe she was smok- p'
~. ol
Two MES were killed and another II
ltally injured by the explosion OF a
oiler on the Goth at the steel works az
nquesne. Pa =.
McLEoD 4 ANDERSON. tobacco ware *
ousemcn AT Louisville. KY. failed on lv
10 Goth for Sl000 y,
a STEAMER which left Port-au-prince AZ
ovembcr 20 and arrived at New York
the 10Th reported that five thousand \,
aytians had risen in revolt against r.
resident Hippolytc. al
a FIRE on the 10Th al Lecehburr. "a Il.
'stroyed twenty-five buildings. Loss.
On. 900. n,
IN horses were crematcd In Knorr 4 ca
cisenbcrger's livcry-stahle al 81. Of
Ouis on the Goth. III
oN wager Of ten dollars .Dublin
IN ate eight and onc-half pics On tba n;
IN az Pontiac. ILL.,. in eighteen min NJ
es' and Patsey Riley ate thirty hard m.
lied eggs in fifteen minutes. ~,
an express train on the Topeka q
nta re road was held Up and robbed Re-
SSo'voo by fifteen masked men on the VII
sht Of the Goth at Bcrwyne. Ind. r. Gro
TIE last Of the North Pacific whaling gul
ca arrived in San Francisco on the VIII
p. The catch this year was the ms
Drest In ten years. and COMPRISED 4
600 barrels o. oil and $4,000 pounds the
bone. tho
HE steamer Santiago, valued al $780, apr
!. was burned Of Nantucket. Mass. pro
the 18th. No lives were lost. I
y. y GEEsrEf.. Peoria (Ill.) tobacco Mi,
'ler, was on the Goth charged with bee
rauding creditors out OF $40, 900. IIc I
4 fed. ~,
HoMAs DAVIDSON. q wealthy farmer. for
q scyenty-fivc years. who lived alone con
farm near Arcola, Ind, was found the
q in his stable on the a6th. lie was 4
rdered ~,
NJ National Silver convention met new
=. Louis on the .Gth with $50 dele and
Is present from all parts or the coun- tior
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