The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-19
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


l-Ar between l.Nl strikers AAt a uouf OF
police AZ Dnlrth, MINI. on the bth. After
a pitched battle ~ half an hour the mob
was dispersed by the arrival ~ tho
militia. Many ~ the wounded viii lie.
Two coins filed with the charrei re-
mains o. seven victims os the railroad
disaster at Thraxtous Va. were buried
AZ Roanoke On rhr 6th. There we're six
spinal columns and one heart in the col
lecrion.
THE express train between Cologne aud
Frankfort. Germany. On the TN. ran into
a train ~ empty freight cars standin :
upon side track. wrecking the locomo r
tive and several passenger coaches %
the express. Eight persons were killed
outright and eleven severely injured.
The accident was caused by the blunder
90 a switchman. who fed when he saw
the result ~ tn accident
PRos. DAVID n. Tom. ~ Amherst COL
lege Observatory. received notice from
Washington. on the ,th. 81 his appoint
ment a. chief OF the expedition to OBJ :
serve the total eclipse OF the sun. visible
December -. in Southwestern Africa. A
large party 81 scientists. headed by Prof.
Todd. Will leave New York about Octo-
Der I.
GENERAL Brace was dropped from the
list D. members .. the Fond dl Lac wis
Grand Army post On the 9Th.
The titan xool output for 1859 will be
nearly IL 10000 pounds. at prices ranging
from "a to ~ cents. with an average Of
IT, cents The quality j. excellent ow-
ing Is the fine feed secured by the May
rains. The exports Of mutton have been
very brisk- 50 that scarcity has been oc-
ca<ioned, and prices will be stiff all SUM
m@r.
The committee on rules OF the Mon
tana Constitutional conrention at Hell
ena. on The 9Th. reported substantially
the same regulations which governed the
convention Of ISL.
The arlxe-fght. on the Sth. at Richburg,
Miss. between sullivan AID Kilrail, for
stake " $4,000 and the worlds cham-
pion~hin was won By the former IN the
seventy-fesh round.
DoSSELLy. the murderer, who escaped
from New Orleans year ago. was arrest
"a on one IL the special trains going 70
the Sullivan Kilrain dyht on The -th.
SCORES ~ persons rode On the trucks
and on the top OF the ears going to the
Sullivan Kilrain fight. and many we're
put II D. the train az the muzzlc 81 the
pistol.
Brrs for furnishing as tons Of steel
plates u be used in the construction Of
the new cruiser Maine. which j. being
built AZ New York. were opened at the
Navy Department On the ~.h- The bid
ders were tho London Steel Company,
Pittsburgh. Pa. 50. .sic). and Carnegie,
Pnipp- a Co. Pittsburgh ~, -.
JAs. A. CHAMBERS. the Pittsburgh pal
glass manufacturer. sent in his resigna-
ton oil the >th. from the wage commit
tee % the Western Window Glass Work
ers' Benefit Association. The resi- gnation
% Mr. Chambers created sensation ia
the glass trade.
\ Russia has refused TO participate in
4 the coming international labor congress
\ 70 be held At Berne. Switzerland
4 The striking seameu at Liverpool de
cid-d BY ballot. on the sth. 70 continue the
strike until the companies cOncede their
demand.
NIcE-PREsTDE~r HAYDEN of the New
York Central road has been selected a.
chairman ~ the trunk line executive
committee during Commissioner Flnk's
absence.
OK man. supposed to have been a
tramp. Ma killed In the wreck ~ a freight
train at Walls Station. Pa. or the sth.
The accident was caused by q broken
axle.
II the South Dakota Constitution al
convention. on the 9th memorial was
received from large colony 81 Russians
who want the Constitution % the new
State 70 give them absolute exemption
from military duty. as they have consci-
enri0us scrnple- against taking up arms
agaiust their f-llow-men- TIE memorial
was referred ~ the military committee
WILLIAM KIRBY, one ~ the assistant
bathing masters AZ Long Branch. n. j..
WIS drowned. On rye e,h. while attempts
in- ~ save the life y. WIN. Hirsch. ~
NV York. WIN had got beyond his depth
while bathing. Hi-sch was brought
ashore ID an exhausted condition.
CorST HEREgEr BISMARCK i, quietly
Spending his holiday IL the Taurus
mountains.
C0UScILoR ALTMAN and his son. Franz,
engaged Jointly ia the banking business
Al Binsen. Germ.nv. were. On the 9th.
convicted os fraudulent practices and
sentenced the father u three years aud
IT, -on - four years 81 penal servitule-
The general term ~ the New York
City supreme Court. On the 9th. snstaine 4
the action VI tile Surrogate ia ADMITTING
- probate tile win 81 the late Louis g.
Hammersley. hy which all the testator's
IENR~Etf NA% lflL - Ills Nitts Av" tAt
Duchess ~ Marlborough
In j. significantly commented upon IL
Berlin that the Emperor has not 81 lats
invited Count Herbert Bismarck p ac-
company him on any 0t his numerous
excur~ions.
BrssELL HARRfS1S. who i ia England
% business connected with his newspa.
per. attended Lord Salisbury garden
party At Hatfield On the sth. X j. stated
that Nr. Harrison Is negotiating with Z
syndicate OF English capitalists who made
an o-er % purchase his paper.
THERE j. considerable rnensiness II
the Pension once over impending
changes. especially Ia the Board 81 Med
ical Examiners This board Is composed
81 twenty-five members. and il j. said q
be almost unanimously Democratic.
Ox the Sth Governor Hill of New Yorl
appointed General Dan d. Wylir an'
EIgar l. Kiigway emigration commits
siOners 10 I'LL vacancies.
A carr LOAD " canned fruits and wines
/ donated 20 the Johnstown sufferers b,
. the citizens " Los Angeles, Cal, wa,
sold at auction ia Philadelphia. on thu
: 9TH. aud realiz "a Sl.3is. The money wa.
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