The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
MAYOR GRAxr's Rapid Transit bill was
passed by the New York Senate on the
Goth.
Tur Rhode Island legislature adjourned
sine die. on the a6th, after killing the piii
to regulate medical practice.
Hox. WIN. II. BARNrM. chairman Of the
National Democratic committee, died AZ
Lime Rock. near New Haven Conn, on
the 3Oth.
Postmaster f. $. JAMESON Of Ash
bourne. Pa. shot and killed burglar
Who was trying to break into the post
Office, on the 18th.
IT il rumored al Alexandria Egypt,
that Sheikh Senoussi's Lieutenant, Abou
Cinema Iva, took Khartoum three weeks
ago, and that the Khalifa fed.
RrxJ. LAW. a convict in the Jefferson
Vile tInd.) penitentiary, has fallen heir
10 $4,000. He has almost ten years 20
serve He has three relatives in the same
institution.
CARL Rosa. the famous opera-singer,
died in London. on the 3)th. OF perltonius
Mr.. Augustus Harris. manager OF Covent
Garden. was summoned and was present
when MIR. Rosa died.
KING MAIIEroA ~ samoa, VINO was
made prisoner by the German autnori-
ties. has apologized for the action which
led 10 his arrest, and the Emperor mas de-
cided that he be liberated
LoRp LoxspALr left SAN Francisco, on
the Goth. for tue East to meet Lady Ions.
dale on her arrival FROM London. he VIII
stop al Victoria, British Columbia, one
day, and then go TO Winnipeg.
Mrs. KfxyEHER was expelled. recently,
from the Presbyterian church at Rock
ford. ILL.,. for worshipping false Christ.
Mrs. Kinneher believes that Rev. ;. ..
Schweinforth. leader Of the Beekmanites,
Is Christ.
Mr.. BATES. Samoan Commissioners, ana
Lieutenant Parker We're not permitted 70
enter the exhibition opened by the En-
peror OF Germany. in Berlin. on the 'uth.
because they wore frock coats instead ~
dress coats.
A DISPATCH received IN Hartford. Conn,
on the 27th. announced the death. in Mex
leo. OF Thomas +. Plunkett. defaulting
treasurer Of the Union Manufacturing
Company and president Of the Hartford
Silk Company.
on the 18th. Second Assistant Postmas-
ter-General Whitfield directed the estab-
lishment Of a messenger service from
Guthrie to Lisbon. Okla. , distance Of
tnirty-five miles. the cost not TO exceed
s., 900 per annum.
DR.. CHARLTON, OF Columbus, o.. editor
Of the Mason's Chronicle. the American
Odd-Fellow and the Knight Of Pythias,
dropped dead. on the 1st, OF heart DIS
ease, from which he had been constant
sufferer for the past year.
THE earth over the Boston mine al
Plymouth, Pa, operated by the Delaware
& Hudson company, caved in, on the 2oth
causing the colliery to become flooded
and throwing 700 people out o. work until
the water can be pumped out
SoxE anxiety is felt at San Francisco BY
the owners for the safety Of the bark J
b. Peters, Captain Lane, over 100 days gu
from New Castle, N. =. w. The British
ship Buteshire. which left New Castle aftel
the Peters, Arrived on the I'D.
KANSAS man named Stevens was sho
and killed in the presence OF his wife an'
four little children on claim near Al
fred. Oklahoma, on the oath. The muir
derers fed, and the unfortunate widow
walked to Alfred with the news.
Ex-PRKsrDESr HAYES and the Obi
centennial commissioners and their ladie
were entertained at dinner, on the LIST. b
Mr.. and Mrs. Caldwell. Of New York City
and reception was held at which larg
number OF resident Ohioans we're present
o
Mr.. r. r. BrsH's schooner-yacht Cor
onet. in which its owner left New Ior
for tour OF the world about year age
and for the safety Of which some fear
have been felt, arrived at home on ia
18th. and dropped anchor Of Staten Isl
and.
TwExry-sEvEx archbishops and bisi
OPS. who are In attendance at the Cath
Ole congress in Madrid, paid visit
Quttu htAtnt Ill AcAth& tA tAF -f~.@s
object OF the visit was 20 show that Il
prelates are not in sympathy with n
Carlists.
THE Lincoln tNeo.) Branch OF the Iris
National League rendered banquet
Hon. Patrick Egan. the newly appoints
Minister to Chill. on the 18th. Over thr'
hundred plates were laid, and numero'
responses 70 toasts were made BY prom
inent citizens.
THE Ave- masted schooner Governs
Ames. the largest schooner ahoat, sale
from Portland. Me-, on the Dth, hayir
on board ,sOo,OJo feet Of spruce and PHI
lumber. valued at $4,000. This Is 4
largest cargo, with perhaps. one exec
ton. ever taken by schooner
THE New York Bar Association te
dercd reception, on the lst, 70 the ia
tees 81 the United States Supreme Cou
distinguished array 81 Legal celebriti
being present. including Chief-Justi
Fuller and Justices Blatchford. Field Al
Strong (retired), aud Ex- President Cles
land.
Jos. SrrroS. aged ffty-hve. and A
drew Lawson, aged forty, while retur
ing home to Vernon Center, Conn, FRI
Manchester, on the night of the -