The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-15


HARRISON LoEi~G. Of Boston. was. OF
the lst. awarded the contract for build
ing Cruiser No n. Of the 2.0oo-ton type
for Ssj74.o00. The vessel is to be fn
ished in two and onc-half years.
x-PnEsIpENr and Mrs. Cleveland. IL
company with ex-Sccretary Bayard. ar
rived in Washington. on the 9Th. 10 at
tend the marriage OF the latter 70 Mis-.
Clymer. which took place on the 9Th.
LATER returns from Ohio show that
the Democrats not only elected their
Governor. a. at first reported. but also
carried the Legislature. thus securing a
Democratic successor 70 senator Payne.
GENERAL MALONE wa, acquitted. on
the 9th. in his hearing before the mayor
OF Petersburg. Va. on charge Of shoot.
ing Herbert T. Harrison in front OF Ma.
homes residence on the night Of the
5th.
NOTICES were posted in all furnaces
OF the Mahoning Valley, o., on the
9th, granting all employees an advance
In wages 81 ten per cent. 70 take effect
November Is. The increase was un-
solicited.
A nicn railroad authority i response
bic for the statement that the manage
ment Of the New York Central 4 IIud-
son River Railroad Company viii con-
tribute $50. 900 to the New York world :
fair guarantee fund.
The London County Council has APP
proved almost unanimously PROPOSE
tion to remove the gates from certain OF
London's streets. which have long been
an eyesore. a nuisance and an impede
ment 10 travel and traffic.
GENERAL HoLABIED. Quartermaster-
General Of the army. says there is no
legal or other difficulty in the way Of
providing place for Mrs. Grant beside
her husbands body. should II be deter
mined 10 bury the Generals remains in
Arlington Cemetery.
GENERAL MALONE was arrested at
Petersburg. Va. on the night Of the 5th.
and held in $500 for the grand jury.
charged with shooting Herbert Il. IIar-
rison. who. with number Of compan-
ions, was sending of fireworks in front
Of Mahone's residence
The English syndicate which has pur-
chased q number OF brcweries in various
parts Of the country has placed agents in
California who have Just completed the
purchase Of the Oakland Brewery for
$4,000. II is the purpose Of the syndi-
cate to spend about S7,O00,0 900 in Cali
fornia.
THE executive committee Of the
Trunk Lines Association met in New
York City. on the 9Th. and discussed the
question OF advancing corn rates from
the West The meeting resulted in the
adoption OF resolution referring the
matter 10 the Presidents Association
for adjudication.
WHILE John Uhler. a jeweler Of Men
tor. O.. was in the rear room OF his store.
on the evening Of the 9Th. back win
dow was smashed with rocks. and when
he ran 70 discover who threw them. a
sneak-thief entered al the front door
and secured tray OF gold watches
valued at $500 and made good his es-
cape.
GEORGE w. CnIfDs says that General
Grant. several years before his death.
told him that he would like to be buried
At West Point. where the remains Of his
former military superior. General Win
field Scott reposed. Grand Army men
want the body removed to Arlington
Cemetery. but army officers prefer West
Point.
UNOFFICIAL adviccs from the rcvolu-
ton in Guatemala state that Colonel
Ruana and his two brothers. who led the
late revolt. were shot four days later by
order Of President Earrilos. The reyolu-
tionists numbered only about 200. several
Of whom have been executed The oss
jet ~ the affair seemed to be TO make
Ruana dictator.
LETTER prepared by distinguished
committee In behalf u the American
Bar Association. setting forth the great
accumulation 81 the business 81 the
United states Supreme Court and max
ing a strong statement Of the urgent
necessity for the enactment OF some
measure Of relief. was presented TO
President Harrison on the 9th.
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RELIABLE citizen from the neigh
borhood Of Lincoln County. Va. where
the alleged Mccoy Hatfield warfare
exists. says that most Of the reports sent
out from Huntington and other points
near there are purely imaginary. lie
says the people are not armed nor divid-
ed into factions, and that Mccoy and
Haley are the only two persons who
have been killed.
THE coroncr's jury in the case Of the
millionaire Weldon. Of London. who
some time ago died under suspicious
circumstances, and whose body. at the
instigation of his brothers. was cx-
humed in the hope 81 fastening the
crime Of murder upon his wife. have re-
turned verdict that he died from nat
ural causes: or. If his death was the re-
sui. Of poisoning, II must have been OF
alcohol and self-administercd.
The steamers Tcutonic and City or
New York. from Liverpool. arrived at
New York City on the 9Th The two