The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-14


Department putting the San Francisco
into com mission. on tho isl unuer com
mand OF Captain Atkinson.
Ar latc hour. on the night 81 the
3lst. two men knocked AT tho door OF
the Wells-Fargp Express Office, Al
Mcadyillc. Pa. willie the agent was
making up his report lilo admitted
them. and was az once seized, bound
and gagged. and the men secured from
the open package an amount between
$1,000 and sl5.O They left tho agent
bound on the Office floor. but after a
time he succeeded in getting loose and
giving the alarm. by which time he had
become 50 nervous that he could give
little idea OF the amount Of money
! taken.
| In the course OF circus performance
al St Petersburg. on the Sd. which was
attended by the Gar and members Of the
imperial family. one OF the trained
horses suddenly and viciously attacked
NJ Ginizclli. the manager OF the circus
The manager was knocked down and
tramplcd upon by the maddcned ami
NAL. which. in full view OF the audi
encc. manglcd him in horrible man
| ner.
| TmE Grand Hotel. at San Francisco
7, opened in 1870. and at that time consid-
cred ono OF the finest hotels in the
world. was destroyed by fire. at three
| o'clock on the moraing Of the Sd. the
| frightened guests making a hasty re-
| treat At the time OF the fire the
building was under two different man
agcments. one portion oft being known
as the burlington House.
TnE independent oil companies Of
Northern Ohio. now forming combina-
tion Ia protect themselves against the
standard. throw down the gauntlet to
the big monopoly, or the 3rd, through
the Manhattan. the strongest Of the in
dependent com panies. bv advancing the
price Of Buckeye oil from thirty TO thir-
ty-two cents a barrel.
TIE barracks and arms depot at
Lyck. Germany. were burned or tho Sd.
A large quantity Of ammunition and
90, 900 rifles were destroyed.
CHOLERA Is dying out in Japan. but
the death roll is nearly &C. 900 out OF a
total OF IS 600 cases.
GENERAL CAsTELSA, once an aidc-de-
camp Of Emperor Napoleon ILL.,, died in
Paris on the Sd.
THE Belgian Government has pro-
posed the renewal Of the Latin Union
for five years.
JAY HOFFMAN. OF Ewing's Neck. n.
j., was shot and instantly killed. on
the Sd. by a feliow-hunter named John
Cruise. while deer hunting about Belle
Plains. He was mistaken for a deer.
The smallest. smart and healthy babe
in Connecticut was born at Hiliy Man
chester village, a few days ago. its
weight at birth being just one and
half pounds. The mite belongs to Mr.
and Mrs Edward Toomey. is shapely
and healthy as any infant, and there
seems to be no reason why il may not
live and prosper
THERE was born to the wife Of Frank
Stone. near Wabash. Ind. on the "a, q
baby weighing exactly one and one-half
pounds. The infant girl. Is perfectly
formed in every respect and Is but Dix
inches in length. while its head will fit
easily into an ordinary tcacup.
JUDGE j. EUGENE TExSEy died at
Lansing. Mich. on tho lst aged seven
ty-four years. lie was State Librarian
for ten years, and held many other i'm
portant offices. lie was also delegate
to the National convention which nomi-
mated Abraham Lincoln
Two PETITIONS from Great Britain for
the rcprivc OF Birchall we're received at
the Dominion Department Of Justice on
the Sd. They arc signed by persons in
all parts OF England ami Wales. The
main grounds upon which Communication
Is asked are that the case was unduly
prejudiccd by the dishonest practices Of
Birchall.
CnAS n. BLYTHE. the colored man
convicted or the murder OF Surgeon
General Jones OF the Ohio National
Guard. and whose death sentence was
committed to life i'm prisonmcnt year
age dicd in tho penitcntiary hospital
at Columbus, o.. on the 81. Of consump-
tion.
Mrs. CLARISsA TowSE, IT the age o.
one hundred years. eight months and
twcnty-thrcc days. died in Milford. n.
H.. on tho I'd. She was the daughter
Of John Holt. Of Concord. ". H.. whose
father was the second male child born
| in Concord after its settlement
4 ST. PETFnsBunG dispatch says that
| Lieutenant Schmidt. who was tried on
the charge OF betraying the plans Of
Cronstadt 10 foreign power, has been
| fond guilty and hanged.
| THE Queen Regent Of Spain has re-
piled. through the Premier. to the petit
| tion OF Catholic Bishops for her inter
| ference in behalf OF the Pope. Her
| Majesty. while protesting deep devo-
| tion to His Holiness ard the church, re-
| plies that the Spanish Government can
not justly interfere in the affairs Of the
kingdom OF Italy
| WHILE Bible class was in session al
Dover. England. on the I'd, mad dog
4 dashed into tho room, causing panic
among the scholars. Before the ami
neal could be secured he had bitten a
/! number Of tho children. The cases Of
eight OF the victims are pronounced
hopeless
Mrs. ARsExE +. JULIAN. OF South
Bethlehem. Pa, while descending the
stairs, on the ID, with lighted coal
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