The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-26

COMMISSIONER SrocKsLAoER has recon :
mended 10 tae Secretary Of the Interior
that civil ana criminal suit be instituted
against Joha NJ. Rantchler for maintains
ing an unlawful Enclosure in townships
% and "A south. ranges - and n west,
Pueblo County. Col.
ON the 10th, L. r. Wilkens, OF Wilkes
barre. Pa. while drunk. ordered rhineas
Gallagher. respectable young man, 70
get on the sidewalk 50 that Wilkeus
could have IL all 10 himself, and upon
Gallagher's refusal. shot him through the
neck. INJECTING a fatal wound.
TuE trial of Luke Emerson, the Mis-
souri, horse dealer. who In February last
fatally shot one man and seriously wound
"a another in oxford street. London. was
concluded on the 18th. The jury acquit-
ted Emerson OF the charge of murder, and
he was discharged.
kEEFE refuses 10 pitch for the New
Works for less than 5000 year. and as
Mr.. Day declines 70 pay over $1,000. 1t is
probable that Tim will not be with the
Giants this season.
Two brothers Of the man who committed
suicide at the American Hotel, Niagar
Falls. recently. have identified the body
as that ~ James w. McGann, OF Peters
burg, y. Y.
THE State Department has been in
formed BY Consul McLain. at New PROVE
lence Island. that the brig Tarifa, OF New
York. J. W. Brown. master, stranded at
Mosselle shoal. Bahama on March u.
while bound for Vera Cruz with cargo
Of crude oil. The ship i a total loss, but
the crew os nine men and part OF the
cargo were saved.
Private letters from Vienna convey the
Intelligence. undoubtedly authentic, that
the Austrian court Is exerting every pos
sible endeavor to conceal the actual con-
dtion Of the Emperor ana Empress.
Both are represented as being in the last
stages Of mental dissolution.
GOVERNOR NICHOLS 81 Louisiana issued
quarantine proclamation. on the 18th, tc
take effect May |. in accordance with the
resolutions lately adopted by the State
Board OF Health.
THE schooner Eva. Of Baltimore. Nd.
which had been missing for several days.
was, on the 18th, given up as lost by her
owners. She sailed from Baltimore for
Old Point Comfort with load Of oyster
shells. and was manned BY Captain Henry
Isaacs, Of Baltimore, and crew OF five
men.
THE condition Of Louis Kossuth was re-
ported. on the 18th. as much improved.
His physicians stated that the favorable
symptoms of his malady were incrcas-
ing.
The court martial Of Lieutenant COM
mander Book, in Washington, ended on
the 18th, but the findings Of the court
were not made public. The extreme PEN
atty that can be imposed upon a COM
mander for leaving his ship in time Of
peace is dismissal from the service. but
there are certain modifying circum STAGES
in Lieutenant Commander Books case
that will probably lessen the sentence 10
temporary suspension.
DIR. ELIOT CoUEs, accompanied by Mrs.
Coues. will sail for England during the
summer. Ii Is his purpose 70 take a trip
around the world in the interest OF the
Philosophical Society 81 America
FELIcrE WYATT, aged seyenty-two. a
profe ssional beggar, died recently Of de-
bility and neglect in New Orleans. and
when the coroner searched the shanty he
found $4,000 sccreted in various places.
PELLETTIER DELAHorssAyE. OF New
iberia. La. AMI his youngest son. Louis.
were. on the 10th. shot and dangerously
wounded by an unknown negro. The me-
gro was afterward captured and lynched
by party who pursued him.
SECRETARY BLAINE estimates that there
are upwards Of 3Jo) applications on file
in his department. for the 2l0 United
States consuls ships.
The Nova Scotian Legislature was pro-
rogued. on the 18th. by Chief-Justice
Macdonald, Administrator Of the Govern
meut.
THE National Academy os Sciences at
its session ia Washington. on the 18th,
reelected Prof. o. X. Marsh, president,
and Prof. Simon Newcom5, vice. presi-
dent