The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12
CURRENT TOPICS.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

4 several business blocks were paiil nopt
ed. and the damage 10 property Is esti
mated at $4,000. Sand was washed upoI
! the railroad tracks in such large quantl'
| ties as to altogether prevent transporta'
ton.
EXAMINATIONS for admissions 10 Har'
ward College were held, on the 2>th, al
Cambridge. Quincy and Andover. Mass
Exeter and Concord. n H.; New York,
Albany. Philadelphia, Cincinnati. Chi
cago. st. Louis, San Francisco and Bonn,
Germany. The total number Of candi-
dates is about seven hundred-greater
than in any previously ar
TREASURER Hrsro~, on the 10Th. mailed
Si,3l6 checks. aggregating ss.s2..SS, IN
payment OF the interest due July l, 1852
on United States registered tour-per-
cent. bonds. and on bonds issued ia aid
Of Pacific railroad companies.
THREE persons were killed and large
number injured by the ditching OF the
limited express on the Boston a. Albany
railroad. near New Haven, Conn, on the
29th.
quantity OF machinery, were destroyed
BY IRE at Luneburg. Germany. on the soth.
The roof OF the st. Nicholas Church was
the cooperage workshops. The loss Is
12.0oo.ooo marks. Six hundred workmen
are thrown out Of employment.
THREE OF the Telluride tCol.) bank rob-
bers have been recognized and il is be-
lieved they will be captured Their names
are Thomas Mccarthy, Billy Madden and
Matt Warner.
The jury in the Mellow murder case at
- ~ furf
hours. returned verdict Of mot guilty"
on the 10th.
RELIGIOUS services were held il the
various churches at Johnstown. Pa. on
the 30th. which were largely attended.
The ex-supreme treasurer o. the Orr
der OF Tonti. George w. Wright. was
Goth. in default Of $50. 900 bail. on q charge
OF embvzzlement.
The British Cabinet Council. held on
the goth. decided to send additional war
ships to Delagoa Bay, Africa, immedi-
ately.
Tux bctrothal OF Princess Louise 10
which were prevalent short time ago Of
GOODNESS between the Prince OF Wales
and the Duke Of Portland. which, it is
permanent rupture.
DAVID WARD. residing near Martins
vile, Ind, reproved his nineteen-year-
old son William because he had done
some work IN an unsatisfactory manner
and also for participating in charivari.
The young man brooded over the matter
and, on the 29th. shot himself through the
head. dying instantly.
a A. - - 4
General Assembly has been called for
the 9Th
The president aud cashier OF the First
National Bank OF Indianapolis. Ind.
have been sued for misapproprlation OF
funds involving loss OF $4,000.
THE objections TO the Chicago ready
built houses have disappeared. aud they
are now eagerly sought after for tenn
porary habitations by the food sufferers.
in the Conemaugh Valley.
Mr.. WILLIAM O'BRTES. who was ar
rested in Cork. Ireland. was, on the S0th.
released on bail to await trial for adj
dressing prohibited meeting.
The Pope strongly protested at the Sc
cret consistory OF Cardinals against the
Bruno fetes.
The first annual art exhibition at Mu-
mich was opened on the LIST.
DURANGO, COL, was visited BY de-
structive confagration. on the lst, which
totally destroyed eight business blocks,
including all the principal business
houses. three churches and portion OF
the residence part Of the town. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. with light insur-
ance. The fire Is supposed TO have been
Of incendiary origin.
with one Of Henry NJ. Stanley's expedi-
tons, has been restrained from publish
ing book, with Stanley's Rear uard. |"
the court holding that its publication
would violate the agreement made by
those engaged in the expedition not To
publish any account of II until the Official
reports We're issued.
EMPEROR WILLIAM Witnessed the naval
regatta at Kiel. on the lst, from the deck
o. the royal yacht Hohenzollern.
THE Emperor William left Kie. on the
Isl. on the royal yacht Hohenzollern FOR
his trip along the Norway coast.
WM. JoHS LANE, Member 81 Parlia-
ment for Cork, Ireland. was arrested on
the lst. On the charge of melting the peo-
pie - adopt the plan o. campaign. lie
was conveyed 70 Tipperary for trial.
Nix. JAMES WlSsrA>LEY. Protestant
alderman aud an ardent Parnellite. was,
On the Isl, nominated for Lord Mayor If
Dublin.
BY the explosion OF a boiler, on the
Isl, AZ the works u the Asphalt Paving
Company o. Wilkesbarre. Pa. the en-
ginecr, John Boyle. was blown atty feet
in the air and killed
The reduction IN the public debt during
the month Of June. as shown by the
statement issued from the Treasury De-
partment on the LIST, was $40. 255 va, and
for the fiscal year just closed, -. 93s OBJ.
During the preceding fiscal year the debt
was reduced Sii3sH.0So. The total debt
now, less cash In the treasury. Is 81, org, :
GAG. G2l.
The State commissary department
AZ Johnstown. Pa, was, on the I'd, turned
over 10 the citizens.
Tue ship carpenters OF East Boston on
what Is termed ssnew work. struck. on
the lst, for niue hours work and ten
hours pay.
FRANK MoRRts, OF Cleveland. o.. SEN
fenced TO hang July 10 at the penitentia ry,
has been granted communication Of sen
tcnce 20 Imprisonment for life.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND workmen struck at
Brunn. Austria, on the ist, including all
the bakers in the city.
CARDISAr GrnnoxS has 70 ceivcd n beai,-