The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-12


rar trial OF Miss Lizzie Beechier for the
arrder Of A. W. King, 81 Chicago, was
begun NJ Omaha on the ~. The defend
ant was ia court. dressed a. deep mourn-
ing. She appeared 20 BE- nervous.
Bids for the construction ~ me ar
morcl coast vessel provided Tor hy Con-
grcS~ were opened az tho Navy DEPART
ment on thc 81 Cramp a sons. ~ Phila-
delphia. were the lowest bidders, their
bid being = .uiiop1.
THE central committee formed IN ber-
lin for the relief 81 the sufferers ~ the
floods III East Prussia last year has dis
bursed the nnexpendcd portion % The
funds raised for that purpose IN relieving
the needs OF the victims of the recent
floods. and a call for additional conlripu-
tion~ has heen issued.
WIN. J. ARKElL sold the Albany On NJ
Evening Journal. On the ~. 20 VIM.
Barnes. proprietor OF the Albany Express.
Mr.. Barnes Is descendant OF Thurlow
Weed, the founder ~ the journal. and ~
this sale the property reverts 70 the fam
lily Of the original owner.
O> the "a. the police Of Warsaw. Russia.
discovered and seized a large establish
ment devoted 10 the printing aud dis
semira,ion OF Nihilist literature, and
made numerous arrests in connection
herewith.
lr i reported that an early restoration
Of peace ia Hayti j. probable.
Tux mounted skin Of the celebrated ele-
plant jumbo presented by L. 4. Bar
mum 10 the Museum Of Natural History AZ
Tufts College, Boston, has been placed IN
position.
THr American plan Of monopolizing
the production and sale OF marketable
commodities has spread 10 Ireland an
enormous whisky trust having been
I formed in Dublin. II l. understood that
the capital involved in the pool Is all
Irish.
/ ROBERT GARRETT ridicules the story
that lie gave up his proposed Mexican
trip for fear ~ being kidnapped.
WHILE playing in the second act ~
I .Dfhello" at Rochester y. ". GA the
night II the "a. Edwin Booth was stricken
with paralysis. ana Lawrence Barrett an
nounceh that the audience had probably
witnessed the last appearances q the
greatest EngliSh-S peakiug actor
I ALLof the Erie Switchmen al Buffalo,
y. ". went on strike. on the 3l, On ac-
count of the discharge Of couple ~
union men aud TIE placing " non-union
men IN their positions.
/ PRAIRIE fires continue % lay waste
large areas ~ country IN DAKOTA Terri
tory.
\ on the 81 John l.. West. the New Orr
leans embezzl~r, agreed to give up the
money stolen from his employer. Charles
7 Teainey. and the charge ~ ''haying
brought stolen money into Canada" was
Withdrawn and West WAS released.
1 COLONEL GEORGE a. WILLIAMS. re-
tired United States army officer. died ~
his home In Newburgh. n. ~. On the night
of the a. He was with Grant at Vicks
burg. and received wounds there that con-
I tribnted ~ lis death.
\ REV. DR.. EDWARD BEEcHEE. aged
eighty-fye, q brother of the late Henry
4 ward Beecher. fell bcneath train II
Brooklyn. On the evening ~ the 81. ms
/ left lex being run over and crushed
owing 70 hi- advanced age the injury may
have serious consequences.
4 THE recent hurricane ia the South Pa
4 cifir ocean swept over LOO Biographies
miles. embracing in its track tie Herye,
and Society groups OF islands. Ih'
4 American ship Red Cross. from New
south Wales for San Francisco. wa
driven ashore at Raratonga and wrecked
\ The crew We're saved.
I wRKcKAGE from the British ship Sua
kim. from New South Wales tor sri
| Francisco. has been seen al Altuiaki.
Is supposed that the crew perished.
q. W. griffin. Consul at sydney. ~
w.. and formerly United States commls
sloner 10 Samoa. says whichever part.
the United States supports Will y. ~
preme in tie samoan Islands. the "a
means like tie people ~ this country, be
cause the United States has never op
pressed nor extortcd money from them
as other nations have done.