The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

SUPERINTENDENT PFRcr. 81 the Nov
York Brush Electric Light Company
was acquitted. on the 10th. Of ths
charge Of causing the death Of ilenr,
Harris. who was killed By coming II
contact with an electric lamp.
WILLIAM RICHARD Hi>roS was. OF
the aeth. appointed superintendent o
artesian irrigation. Department Of Agri
culture. with an appropriation Of so. 00'
70 expcnd before July | proximo. in as
certasning whether the agriculture 81
the Dakotas and adjacent States can b
benefited hy the artesian system.
GKoEcE pfAFF. aged t~wcnty-four. one
81 the employees o. the Unicorn silk
mills AZ Catasauqua. Pa, who was in
jured during the late fire az the mills,
died. on the 2sth. OF his injuries.
THF Fish Commission steamer Alba
tross, having been thoroughly repaired
al Mare Island Navy Yard. California,
Is now on her way 70 the Aleutian Isl
ands.
Wolves have been doing such grca'
damage in Iowa that the citizens are
going 70 ioin forces and exterminate
them In a grand wolf hunt
IT was stated on good authority, on
the aath. that the governments OF the
United States and Great Britain were
further apart in their negotiations in
regard 70 the question as 70 whether or
not Behring Sea is a closed sea. tina
they had been al any time since the ne
gotiations were begun.
TWO negroes entered the Georgia
Southern 4 Florida depo; at Jasper.
Ca. about one o'clock on the morning
OF the 2gth. and called for a ticket
While Nj. Haley Frink. the night agent.
was preparing the ticket one Of the ne
groes shot him. and then they robbed
the Office and fed. One Of The negroes
was subsequently, captured at Melrose.
MINISTER TO STAIN PALMER. who had
been mentioned as a candidate for the
G~oyernorship Of Michigan. and was en-
route home 10 take part in the cam
paign. On the s0th cabled his with
drawal from the race. The death OF
his niece. his last living relative. has
broken him down completely.
JvnrE WALi.AcE'S action in signing
the kemmler writ Of habeas corpus. is
criticised as Unprecedented by competent
legal authority. especially since the
writ was in itself defective. lacking
Reminders signature and the seal Of
the court.
Z. l. BiILISGsLEy. a grader and con-
tractor Of 81 Paul. MINI. while exca-
under a house. on the 30th. pre-
paratory TO moving it. was killed by
the house tipping over and crushing
him beneath the timbers.
The British press speaks in compli-
mentary terms Of the skill il
and effectiveness Of equipment OF
the American squadron Of evolution in
the Mediterranean.
The immigration season opened at
Quebec. Can, on the roth. with the ar
Of 1000 immigrants.
RICHARD SMEITKA. a German farmer
Rochester, MINI. committed suicide.
the 29th. after first taking the life
p his three-year-old boy. He had just
iuarreled with his wife. from whom he
separated.
JAKE AckEENAS. a thief with a Ma
'ional reputation. was shot and killed
N the Memphis lTenn.) police court,
IN the 3oth. BY his wife.
The Massachusetts House. on the
BY a vote Of ia to 20. passed the
constitutional amendment abolishing
he roll tax as q prerequisite K voting.
The union and non nion fishermen
lad asanguinary u on the 2sth,
the Columbia river. about forty
niles from Portland. Ore. Both parties
armed with rifles. One OF the
was killed outright and two
rere seriously injured.