The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-03

TnERK l. much excitement In Farkrrs-
burg, w. Va. over the refusal OF tho
County Court % license liquor saloons.
A loss ~ $4,000 year IN taxes viii re-
suit. Forty saloons are Affected.
JAuES ILRy. charged with highway
robbery. ana James Smith, alias Morris,
bruke jail AZ Youngstown. o., on the
night N the sith. They cut their way
through the roof aud dropped into gar
den thirty feet below.
ALBERT r. Hour. aged thirteen. ~ Law
renee Mass. was examining gun. on the
ssth. when the weapon was accidentally
discharged. the ball passing completely
through his head and killing him in
stantly.
THE New Hampshire sons Of the Revo-
Luton effected a permanent organization
az Concord on the 2ifh.
LysA~DER y. RANDALL, aged thirty \
seven. 81 Bangor, Me-. Was found dead ON
the morning 81 the stth He had commit
ted suicide by strangulation. A note was
found On his person saying Kun did \.
JoHx MAYS aud wife aud James NJ.
Linderman. r. boy OF twelve years. were
killed az Newport. five miles south of
wilmington. Del. on the cath. by train
on the Philadelphia, Wilmington 4 Baiti-
more railroad.
4 IT i estimated that two hundred per-
sons we're injured in the street-car riots
I in Vienna. on the .tth.
FrLL returns from all cities and towns
\ " Massachusetts show the majority
against the prohibition amendment IN
the elecsi III. on the p |. 4, have bsen A.
f9s
GENERAL BorLA>GER arrived in Lon
don from Belgium. on the oath. and was
received at the railway station with miu-
gled cheers and Kisses. He took quarters
at the Hotel Bristol.
AcAsE ~ yellow fever was reported al
Sanford. Fla. on the 2tth.
SECRETARY BLAINE was suffering from
lumbago. on the 18th, and was unable e
attend "a Official business.
MuRAr HALsTEAD was much improved
on the slih ana all fears % a fatal termi-
nation Of his illness were allayed.
TnE Vanderbilt roads east Of Chicago
on May will abandon great proportion
~ their sunday freight business.
The Bank 81 Montreal declared I
straight dividend u tive per cent without
any bonus. on the 18th.
TIE chief feature Ok the Ohio Grand
Army enclmpmau ut AZ Dayton. on the
aith. was the parade Of the veterans. fol-
lowed by a number D. carriages ofGener-
al officers ~ the war. the rear being
brought up by ex-Presilent Hayes an'
General Alger. II was clang OF bands
martial music and bugle calls, the col
umn with difficulty working its was
through the streets packed with specta-
tors.
AT the conference OF the National Re-
form association al Pittsburgh. Pa, q
the atth. resolution was adopted re-
questing President II arrison % mention
Christ in state papers, especially thanks
giving proclamation~. The conference
was attended by over one hundred prom
inent ministers and Others from all part
Of the United States.
CHARLES SuIrn, son IF W. J. Smith. .!
Monmouth. Ill. was killed. on the cath.
by Aicking colt. He was graduate o!
Abingdon College. aud was recently
licensed a Methodist minister.
SINCE its formation the Whisky Trus
has paid out -. 10000 in dividends. be
sides accommodating cash surplus Of 500,
Ooo.
The great Rockaway Hotel. at Rock
away Beach, y. j.. erected several year
age at cost ~ over one million dollars
was sold on the cath for 80 900.
The visible supply Of cotton Is 2,ssl, Is
/ bales. against 2.5ls9l4 last year. an
a.5.5.ss5 the previous year. Crop in sigh
G.cje, .>6 bales against ., 5ss.c53 last year
W.T.. DcLMAGE. crown timber inspectn
at Rat Portage. Man. left town suldenl
few days ago. An investigation show
him 20 he -. 100 short in his accounts.
f. l. WHITAKER. book-keeper and con
fidential clerk for the plumbing firm O
smith 4 Conners, al Cleveland. o.. Ia
been arrested for embezzling the firm
money. The shortage i said to DO Ill
900.