The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-15

TnE crop prospect il the nakctas 4
rapidly being reduced 70 = minimum b,
the continued drought
DR fEf.IKanlN. president Of M
senate Of the Argentine Republic
threatens 20 resign. President Cclmar
has offered every post In the Cabinet 4
leaders OF the opposition. but they have
all declined.
konERr HIow~. : newsboy who runs
between Omaha and sydney on the
Union Pacific railway. was bitten hy a
tarantula that was hidden In bunch
OF bananas he was handling. His arm
became so swollen as 10 burst his shirt
sleeve. and he suffered great agony
A physician on the train took him in
charge, taking him 10 Omaha for treat
ment
WILLIAM kENNLER tho first 10 re-
ceive sentence Of death under the new
LAW Of the State OF New York prescrib-
ing electricity rs the means met his
/ fate at $40 on the morning Of the 9th.
within the walls Of the New York State
prison at Auburn.
| TIE police OF Warsaw. Poland. have
expelled from that city fifty-four for
eign Socialists with the warning fhatii
they return they will be imprisoned AZ
hard labor.
THE New York Central Railway Com
pany is said 70 be gradually dischargine
all the particularly active knights d
Labor in its employ.
THE Town Council Of Wick. Scotland.
bou fo~ he. -.
upon Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, Of Pitts
burgh. Pa.
NORTHWESTERN Iowa was visited BY
. most destructive hail-storm on the 81.
Hail-stones as large IS hens eggs fell /
10 depth Of six inches killing many
cattle and horses. and injuring persons
who We're exposed TO the fury OF the
storm. Nearly every thing in its path,
which was fourteen miles wide. was de-
stroycd
THE official rough coun. OF the Cen
sus Bureau shows the population OF
Philadelphia 10 be 1.044s.4. which IL
an increase during the last ten years
OF 1877. "a. or 1884 per cent
THERE are 2a6 oil mills in the Fini-
lay and Lima CO.. oil districts, while
aOs more are in process Of drilling.
Among those completed are number
81 gushcrs Of wonderful prod uctiyeness
City. on the 4th. the Liberals elected
heir entire ticket by liberal" MAJOR.
lies over the combined Mormon and
Labor tickets
The Egyptian Government has sent
troops 10 FL Torr to prevent the land.
ng Of pilgrims returning from Mecca.
where cholera is raging with fearful
'irulence.
o. the 9th the press OF London pub
ished detailed accounts Of the electro
ution Of kemmler. The general opin.
On expressed was that execution By
leans Of electricity is a failure.
\ MILITARY GORDON has been estab-
shed in Lisbon to prevent the entrance 2
any person coming from cholcra-in. 6
sctcd district a
The Cotton Association OF Cairo has
sued report stating that the pros q
ects for the Egyptian cottor crop are
ore favorable. The number OF cotton $
orms has decreased a
OK the 9th the agreement between ;
ngland and France in regard to Ian. r
bar was signed q
On the 9th the joint committee Of the y
runk Line Association and the Cen. d
al Traffic Association began . two
vs. session in New York City. the Il
inference being called to tx Uniform q
ass Of rates on all east-bound freight Of
ON Chicago TO the seaboard- q
DR. LoMAx- OF Marion. Ind. has given =
operty located near Indianapolis 10 n
e State Medical College OF the latter 3;
y TO the value Of 500. 0OO vi