The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-02

MEs oRvILr.r Coon was suddcnl,
seized with an epilep.ic III during al
vine worship AZ Syracuse. n. ". on the
10th, and despite the efforts Of physi
clans who were summoned died soc'
after.
lsAnoR WHINE. formerly Of Charles
ton. :. G.. and chief officer OF General
B~eauregari's staff during the war o.
the rebellion. died suddenly In New
York on the aist. After the surrender Of
Appomattox he moved North and en-
gagged in several business enterprises.
all 81 which ended in financial disaster.
TnE Ohio House OF Representatives,
while in session. ON the 2ist. was inter
rupted by q fight in the lobby between
Acknowledgement Morton l.. Hawkins
and Colonel SOL y. kennon. an officer Of
the Firstohio Regiment. who were dis
putting concerning regimcntal matters,
when kennon called Hawkins a liar
and was Immediately knocked down by
the latter.
JONI +. CowpFS. Of Amcsbury,
Mass. said TO be the Oldest Odd Fellow
in the country. died on the Goth. aged
eighty-two years lie joined the order
in Philadelphia in 1881.
LARGE number Of men were inn
prisoned in the Rock Springs Coal mine
No. 4. At Cheyenne, Wyo.. on the I'D.
Volunteer rescning parties were driven
back by successive explosions. all more
or less injured. When the work OF res
cue was finally abandoned thirty men.
all supposed 10 be dead. were left at the
bottom Of the burning pit.
SHERMAN L. KNIGHT. a country school
teacher. obtained 81. 900 at a bank in
Tihin. o.. on the I'D. on a note purport-
ing 70 be signed by his father. a wealthy
farmer. The g~enuineness Of the note is
questioned. the young man having dis
appeared. He had borne a good charac-
ter.
Ex-MAyoR Eli Colby. OF Fitchburg.
Mass. went out, on the alst, for the
first time after a long illness. His dead
body was afterward found near the bank
OF the reservoir. His illness was an az
lection Of the brain.
The New York State Senate, on the
22d. passed the bill recommended by the
Governor TO require party agents. com
mittees. etc. to file statements Of cleo.
tion expenses.
The Republican State Central com
mittee Of Iowa. at its meeting in Des
Moincs, on the I'D. decided TO hold the
next State convention at Sioux City,
June IS.
EDWARD HASL.Ax and Fred Plaisted
have been matched to row three races
on the Tennessee river at bridgeport
Ala, On May 9. Z and 5. for the one-
mile championship Of the United States
and a purse OF $1,000. Each race will
be one mile straight away.
THREE men were killed and six badly
wounded By an explosion at the Etna
mills At New Castle. Pa. on the sd
THE Pennsylvania railroad statement
for March shows an increase Of SIS III
in net earnings over March. 1850. For
the first three months Of 1890 the net
earnings have increased S3S7. ITO over
the same period Of 1881.
The Prince Of Wales VIII visit HON.
burg in July.
TEE Massachusetts, Legislature he
adopted . constitutional amendment
providing for biennial elections.
RANDOLPH DUBOIS Who murdered his
wife, two children and mother-in-law IN
the village Of St Adams, Canada, ! couple
Of months ago, has been sentenced 70
Be hanged
THE ice broke up and went out Of the
Lower Saranac lake on the 2sd.
The main shaft Of the Sanders power
line 1t Haverhill. Mass, was twisted
of on the Esd. and over 2. 500 hands were
rendered idle for twodays. Onequarter
Of the shoe district was shut down