The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-25

|oshua Hood. one Of the COMMITTEES
appointed 70 welcome General LaIay.
cite during his visit to this country In
is24. died recently in Baltimore At tho
age Of cighty-sevcn.
The thickest octave volume in tho
world known Is the latest edition Of
Whitaker's Reference Catalogue Of
English Literature" This book weighs
twelve pounds, and is eleven inches In
thickness.
The late Prince Schwarzenbcrg.
whose landed estates were SO enormous
IS 70 BE- called the Schwarzenberg En-
pire. left . fortune Of so. 900. 900. from
which a sum Of $500 was bequeathed TO
The poor OF Vienna. That was his sole
charitable ~bequest
James Carlyle, brother OF Thomas
Carlyle, died recently in Scotland. at
the age OF eighty-fve. lie was ten
years younger that Thomas, and Is said
TO have resembled him greatly in APP
pearance and manner
Tho Car OF Russia Is now thu
largest landlord in the world. Three
weeks ago be purchased one single tract
larger than the State OF Texas. lie has
also bought in the lands Of the Hohen-
lohc family, which they had inherited.
but were not allowed to occupy in Rus
STA.
The best reporter at the Versailles
Assembly was said to be the late Nine.
Rouvicr. who condensed the speeches as
she heard them and wrote them in long
hand for one OF the great Brussels jour
mails and posted them. without copying.
immediately TO the home Office There
was no need Of revising the proofs. for
her hastily-done copy was SO perfect
and accurate.
In order TO give Jules Simon .
pleasant recollection OF his visit to Ber.
lin while attending the recent Labor
Congress, Kaiser William presented MIN
with "a collection Of the musical works
OF my ancestor. Frederick the Great
and these appear TO consist OF twenty
hve sonatas and four minor pieces fol
the flute.
"A historian who Is compiling the
letters, messages. speeches. ETC.. 81
President Lincoln for publication has
finished a search OF the records Of the
executive Office OF Ohio. But one auto
graph letter was found. 1t is dated
April %. 1864, and accepts the offer oI
the Governors Of Indiana. Illinois. Iowa
and Wisconsin TO furnish IS. 900 troops
for one hundred days service.
Stanley. who Is a Welshman BIZ
birth. q United States citizen by afilia.
tion. and an African by exploration. ha.
as temptations TO become an English.
man . handsome. clever, and wealthy
~fiancee, a public subscription. q knight
hood, and much honor from all men.
Less than this would surely have
changed even the famous ruler Of the
Queens navee. Montreal Gazette.
-"Uncle Tom" Hardin, q schoolmats
Of Thomas A. Hendricks. once q friend
Of Benjamin Harrison. and at one time
n Of the most brilliant lawyers in In
d~ianapolis, died some time ago in Kan
sas City. Dissipation had reduced hin
from an estate OF $3.50. 600 to the necas
sity Of dying in the haunts Of his rowdy
companions. One OF them asked him
- the end drew near. IL be felt like
taking something. YES he said
rather family; "a little whisky" Hi,
eyelids drooped-there was q rattle il
his throat IS he continues: "A little
strip in the glass, boys. IL you please
But old Tom never took the drink. 70.
when II was brought from the saloor
below his life had ended.