The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12

JASPER. INDIANA.
The British gunboats Bramble and
Peacock. stationed al Cape Town, have
been ordered 70 Delagoa Bay.
DURING the last three months OF the
fiscal year. ended on the 3oth. 1913 patents
were issued By the Patent ONCE.
FRED MArRrR. an old pioneer. died a
his home in Urbana, Ind. on the ist
Deceased was eighty-two years old, and
leaves large family.
NINE. CHRISTINE NILSSON is making q
soiourn in London. II is not probable
that she viii ever again sing ia public, az
she Is afflicted with deafness and loss
Of memory.
OK the LIST Governor Beaver ordered
two hundred two-story houses built for
the Conemaugh Valley food sufferers as
soon as possible. and the work CONF
menced Immediately.
Owing 70 the political situation result
ing from the correspondence with Ger
many and Russia regarding foreign So
cialists. the Swiss Bundesrath will not
adjourn as usual this summer.
The London Chronicle says that when
the Pope received the Spanish Ambassa-
dor he spoke OF the possibility OF leaving
Rome. and adds that arrangements for
bis refuge in Spain have been made.
A THIEF entered Sol Mer's Bank at
Ligonier, Ind. through a side window, on
the "a. while the cashier was at dinner,
secured nearly $1,000 from the cash
drawer, and got of without detection.
BIDS were opened, on the ID. by Third
Assistant Postmaster-Genaral Hazen for
an improved form Of registered package
envelope. There were forty-two bids.
embracing great variety o. designs.
The sales agents OF the coal producing
companies in New York City. on the LIST.
issued schedules at the advance ordered
at the recent meeting. The new prices
are slightly above those Of year ago.
THE Shah OF Persia went 70 Windsor
Castle 70 see the Queen on the ID. He
held reception on the same morning, at
which Lord Salisbury and the members
Of the diplomatic corps were presented.
AT the recent examination in Wash
ington for assistant surgeons in the Ma
rine Hospital service. there We're twenty
six candidates examined. OF whom only
four were found qualified for appoint-
ment.
was announced in Rome, on the 10th
that the Pope would shortly issue an
encyclical letter on the spread OF atheism
in Europe and the semi official protection
thereof by certain continental govern
uens'
A NUMBER OF rolling mill firms in the
Schuylkill Valley. Pa. advanced the
wages or puddlers from 50 TO 1926 per
ton on the lst' This advance y que 20
the better tone prevailing ID the iron
market.
srvrx SIGNATURES to the iron WAGE scale
were received bv the officials OF the
Amalramated Association OF Iron and
Steel Workers. al Pittsburgh. Pa. on the
lst. making twen'y-one signatures up 70
nat date.
~rrrrxa "a the pottery manufact-
urers Of the United states was held at
Cresson. Pa. on the "a. 10 consider the
adyisability OF forming a combination to
eoualize prices. prevent cutting ana main.
tain prices
GEORGE STARR. agent for r. T. Barnum.
on the 10Th. signed contracts on behalf OF
the American Snowman. giving him con-
trol of the OLYMPIA. the largest building
IN London. IN which 10 give exhibitions
next wear
NOTWITHSTANDING the prominence which
counsel On both sides secured ia The
Chetwynd- Durham trial i'm England.
their bills Tor services were not appre-
ciably lightened on that account. The
costs TO each OF the litigants amount 10
f1o.OOO
THE London Standard has telegram
from Berlin which says that the Care
witch was received there on his return
from Stuttgart by only the staff Of the
Russian Embassy. II is considered
doubtful il the Car will visit Berlin this
month.
MRs. ANNA GRoss. aged thirty-four, a
patient al the Buffalo IN. w State Asy-
lum for the Insane under treatment for
suicidal mania. hanged herself in her