The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-21

SWITZERLAND has instructed her rep
rcsentatives 10 invite other governments
70 participate in the approaching labor
conference az Bcrnc.
TnE latest decree Of the provisional
government ~ Brazil establishes nine
national holidays. July isincluded in
the list, presumably by way Of comp.i-
men. =, the United States. Other holt
days ace 10 be November Is. the day the
monarchy was ovcrthrown; September
Z. the anniversary Of Rrazil's indcpcn-
dence % Portugal. and May Is, the da y
that slavery was abolished.
Mn. lloAH introduced in the senate,
on the 18th, bill providing that lin all
the States Of the Union. Representatives
10 Congress shall be- elected in and for
the districts now prescribed by law I'M
Ill the apportionment Of Representatives
shall be made by Congress according TO
the census 10 BE- taken in 1890, any law
Of such States hereafter to be passed 70
the contrary Notwithstanding.
mourn Zoo, in the Bingo district OF
Japan. began to rumble on January 10.
and the inhabitants OF the ncighboring
villages rushed away from their homes
in great confusion. Soon the top OF
the mountain was lifted of. sand and
stones being belched forth. some OF
which fell al Midsunomimura. village
six miles away. Only one man lost his
life. but ffty-hve houses were de-
stroycd. and the total loss sustained is
estimated at So. 500. 900. Thisis the first
recorded eruption Of Mount Zoo.
A SHUTDOWN Of the wrapping-papcr
mills Of the country is probable. owing
70 oyer-production.
HERR GEEIIARpT RHoLFs, the African
traveller. has suggested that the Ger
man people subscribe fund OF Sla5. 600
TO enable Emin Pasha to extend the in
fluencc Of Germany in Uganda and re-
gain the lost province.
ARiSTipEs LoRo, brazilian Minister
Of the Interior. has Withdrawn from the
Provisional Cabinet. and Ccsaria Alycna
has been appointed TO succeed him.
THOMAS KANE was hanged in the Jail
yard at Toronto. Ont. on the l2th for
the murder Of his wife in November
last. lie met his fate rcsolutcly.
OK the 18TH Tommic Sanders. nine
years old. entered the residence OF 4. X.
sheldon at Marion. Ind, and stole gold
watch and chain. valued at 500. The
young thief was arrested and the prop
erty recovered
X. Il. Tv~sEy. for four years district
clerk in Adams County. Neb.. was ar
rested al Hastings, on the 18th. for en-
bezzlement His shortage amounts to
something over $4,000. lie gave bonds
in the sum Of 81. 600.
ABOUT noon on the 18th Thomas Bry-
ant. a boy sixteen years Of age. shot his
mother dead at her home in Butte.
Mont. robbed her trunk OF $500. and
made his escape to the hills. A sherif's
posse was at once put on the track Of
the murderer.
DURING recess in the trial OF VIM.
Mayne, at San Diego. Cal. on the
18th. on the charge Of assault 70 murder.
Bertha Johnson. the prosecuting wit |
ness. shot Wayne three times. taking
effect in the head. neck and shoulder,
infiicting probably fatal wounds.
WHILE returning from a visit to rela-
tives in carriage, on the 18th. farmer
William II. Marsteller and wife were
struck by passenger train on the Pitts
burgh. Youngstown 4 Ashtabula road.
at Grand Crossing. o.. and killed. Their /
were horrible mutilated. The \
vehicle was completely demolished.
CORONER LEWIS, Of Phillips County.
Col on the 18th. committed Sheriff
and his brother, together
with George Payne and Swan Nelson. to
jail for a term OF four months. They
were convicted Of being implicated in a
outrage at Holyoke last De-
,ember.