The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


/ PERSONAL AND GENERAL
TIfE fear that trouble in Africa viii
come out Of the action of Serpa Pinto i
: growing rapidly in London. and tn.
\ probability that il will lead 70 seriou.
! complications with Portugal increase.
. with the general belief that England
has been grievonsly afflicted in the ma :
ter. Both Pinto and Consul johnson
are q int'ammahle temperament. und
neither j. likely to withdraw excep,
under the pressure Of his government.
TnE Marquis de Caux. formerly the
husband 81 Adelil1 Patti, died in Paris
on the 18th.
THERE were. on the 18th. $1,000 cases
u influenza in the civ OF Berlin.
klSG HUNnEEr has instructed the
Italian Ambassador 70 express his sym
sathy with the English people in their
loss q the poet Browning.
a IAsGE portion o. the CITY 81 New
York j. left in darkness IS the removal
u detective and dangerous electric
light wires.
4 HEEE THOUSAND miners assembled
at Essen, on the 18th. and adopted rrso-
buttons thanking the German Govern
ment for is expression of sympathy.
and declaring their readiness to await
the goyernment's promise 70 intervene
between them and their employers
ENrEEnn WILLIAM has conferred upon
Etnin Pasha the second class order II
the Crown. with tn star.
Mrs. Jou~ A. GREEN. mother Of the
late General John a. Green died a. Syra-
cuSe. y. a.. on the 10th. aged ninety
years.
The French Chamber Of Deputies has
decided. by . vote Of a5j against sg2.
that the recent election Of NJ. Naauet.
Boulangist. was invalid.
The project for a floating German ex-
hibition has been publicly denounced
BY the Hamburg Chamber Of Commerce.
IHE town Of New Carlisle. O.. was al
most destroyed by fise on the 18th.
DIR N. T. RICHARDSON. OF Boston. on
the 10th. successfully operated upon Mr..
Lawrence Barrctt's throat. removing
about fifty OF the Emphatic glands.
Mr. Barrett easily rallied from the ef-
fects Of the operation. and ii is believed
that the trouble with the glands. from
which he has suffered more or less at in
tervals for years. has now been perma-
nently obviated.
WHILE the clevcn-year-old son Of Eze-
kiel Shute. 81 Champlain. y. ". was
skating on the river near that place. on
the 10Th he broke through the lee. Ills
fourtecn-ycar-old sister was on the
bank, and seeing his peril she hurried |
70 his assistance The boy in his strug-
giles drew the girl into the water and |
both Were drowned Their bodies were
recovered
Ex->EcEErAEy or STATE BAYAEp has /
accepted in invitation Of the Hu1uenot /
Society Of south Carolina 70 deliver the /
anniversary address al Charleston.
II Is estimated that the damage by the
recent storm 70 property in the vicinity
Of San Diego. Cal. will reach Si00. 900 10
500. 900. The California southern rail
road suffered heavily from the storm.
W. T. MCCLURE. newly appointed
agent for the Pueblo Indians. died AZ
santa Re. y. NJ. on the 18th. Of neu-
ralgia q the heart lie was apparently
IN perfect health when he went TO bed
the night before. He was born in vir-
GINA in ls2s. and served through the
war a. Colonel Of the First Iowa Cav
airy
OH LARSEN. the faith-curist. who was
arrested in brooklyn for violating the
health law by refusing 70 allow medi- /,
line or medical treatment TO be given 10
bis wife and child when they were sick
with diphtheria. was convicted on the |
10TH The penalty is one years impris- ,
,nment or 500 fine. or both. n.
IT Is stated that the municipal do
lciency incurred by the late syndic 81 ,
Rome. the Duke Of Torlonia. Il inward
u :. oo0oo0 lire.
e"rNT NoS TAAFE- president Of the y
AUSTRIAN Council of Ministers. replying
. an Interrogation in the Reichsrath /.
declared. on the 18th. that the govern t.
ncnt would not az present advise the
emperor 70 have himself crowned King =
4 bohemia a. Pragne. N
NAIL advices received in GERMANY :
rom Rio de- Janciro are 10 the effect !
hat the republic was greeted With great !
ntnusiasm in all the German districts
I Brazil
ASSISTANT SECRETARY EArcrErrrn !.
n't Washington. on the 18th. fos New \
'ork- obe absent several days.
kEroErs have reghcd Lisbon OF great !.
isconicnt in the Rio Grandc provinces I
Brazil. whose inhabitants have de-
Jared that they would rather unite with !.
'ruEnay n an consent y . federation =
the Eras ilian states. q
ihk police 81 baltimore. Nd. have n
rdered William J.. Croslcy. a dealer in Il
green goods. y leave tho civ.