The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-13
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


~ AlirAul -V,V0 >IluAit> anu tl-I
looms had stopped and the thousands (
hands who operated them were idle.
THE Honolulu Commercial Advertise
denies the report published Ia Americ
that United States Consul Severance wa
not we'll received by King Kalakaua, an
saws MIR. Severance was most cordial
received by tho King. who sent his ban
10 serenade him at the hotel.
MRs. w. T.. CHRISTIAN. nee Julia Jack
son. only child OF Stonewall Jackson
died at Charlotte. N. c.. on the 3oth, afte
two weeks illness Of typhoid fever.
| ESTIMATES from forty counties. half III
entire number in the State OF Minnesota
confirm the fact that Minnesota's whea
crop will be the largest that state has
ever produced. aggregating betweei
forty five and fifty million bushels, with
an average OF sixteen and one tenth bush
! els to the acre.
| MISS BEAUMONT. the American para.
chute performer. while giving an exhi.
bition OF her daring al North Shields,
England. on the 3ist, became entangled
| in the rigging OF her air-ship. aud only
saved herself BY grasping the lightning
rod Of a lofty building as she passed II,
where she renal ned suspended in mid
air until rescued from her periious posi-.
ton by men with ladders.
BALLOON race from Brussels 10 Diest
took place on the 3lst. Ten OF the ball
looms fell behind aud descended before
half the distance was covered. The other
three were carried hither aud thither by
the varying currents encountered, and
the winner finally landed within q mile
OF its destination.
A DEPUTATTOx representing eighty OF
the leading ship-owners OF London call
ed upon the managers OF the dock COM
panies. on the "a. and urged them to per-
nit vessel owners 70 make their own ar
rangements with men TO load and dis
charge their ships pending settlement
OF the existing troubles. This request
was refused.
The Ohio State Democratic executive
committee met at Columbus on the 81.
DARWIN A. HENRY. superintendent OF
for the East River Electric
Company OF New YORK City. was Instant
ly killed. on the 81. By receiving shock
from current sail TO be one thousand
volts.
The Fourth New York Cavalry and
Tenth New York Infantry dedicated
memorials on the battlefield Of Gettys-
burg on the 81.
AMONG the horses sold by Scoggan &
Bryant, al Sheepsheal Bay race-c course.
On the "a. were Proctor Knott to w. A.
FARES. for Sl..l00; Hindoocraft. 7. r.
>il.sp0; Come to- Taw, NJ. Kel-
lar. -, 25); Uncle Bob. NJ. Kellar. S2.jj);
Robin Hood. X. Porter Ashe, $1,000. Bet
ina. W. A. FARES, >l.ajo.
Mrs. ALLEN HAMILTON. OF Fort WAYNE,
md. sister OF Congressman Holman, OF
Indiana. and mother Of x-Corgressman
hamilton. Of Fort Wayne. bequeathed
]. 900 10 the cause Of woman suffrage. the
money to be held il trust by Mrs. Lucy
Stone and Susan b. Anthony.
The Protestant Alliance Of London. On /
he "a. formulated its objections 70 the
proposed establishment Of q Catholic l
in Ireland.
The excitement growing out OF the !
.ondon labor troubles spread to Roches-
er on the "a. Coal advanced there two
killings per ton in consequences OF the |
toppage or al handling from vessels. |
md strikers exercise extraordinary vigil |
ance TO prevent the importation Of la |
orers To work on the docks. i
LABOR DAY was generally observed. on |
be III. throughout the contemporaries.
icnics. speeches and social gatherings /
eing the order % the day.
FIFTEEN threshers were poisoned. on
be 81, near Tiffin, o., by eating cheese.
III were taken Ill, some OF them danger
usiy.
A MEETING OF merchants and others OF |
lelbourne, Australia was held. on the
!, TO express sympathy with the London
trikers. and the sum Of fi,50) was col !
'cted 10 assist them in their fight !
gainst the dock companies.
The Khartof police have seized large /
uantify Of Nihilist documents. Many |
rrests have been made in connection
18th the seizure.
The public debt increased during the
ionth Of August S6,07G.6s2. making the
,fal increase for the first two months "
be fiscal year. S',0gi.ou3.
ABOUT one hundred gentlemen OF Bos-
ia res ponded ID call issued for a meet
az. on the 81. the purpose being. as
tated in the call, 70 support none but
Republicans ia the approach
1g campaign and 10 oppose the candi-
acy or J.. Q. A. Bracket, Lieutenant
Governor. for any official position.
THE strike Of the Wilmington (Dei.)
feavers ended OF the 81. the mcr accept
NJ the ten per cent. reduction. Work
gas resumed Immediately.
THE President denied plrdons. on the
IA, to Tom Cody, sentenced ia the North
I'm district % Mississippi for selling
iquor without license, and Thomas Shell
lon. II Montana. who was given ten
ears sentenc. Ia 1853 for mail robbery.
,ody's request did not 60 before the
President until his sentences had expired.
Z. r. TAFT stated. on the 81. that there
vas no truth Ia the report " the smut
Town Of the Nottingham (Mass.) mill.
The mill Is run as usual, and shutdown
IS not contemplated at present.
THE harm or Rev. Andrews, OF Blue
Springs. Neb.. was set on fire. on the "a.
Dy two children OF David Gay. VIII, were
playing In it, The children were burned
10 death.
IL the Wyoming Constitutional con-
Fention the Republican faction, led by
Governor Warren and Delegate Carey.
its first defeat on tho 81.
They had designated Judge Conway Of
5weetwater, as permanent presiding Off
,er OF the convention, but after short
contest NJ. G. Brown, OF Albany. was
made president by small majority.
THE BODY Of man supposed 10 be that
u Johnstown victim. from the length
~ time il had evidently been in the wa
er, was found ia the back-watcr west of
he island at Wheeling, W. Va. on the