The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-18


rriDArnn GENERAL BENJAMIN II.
GEiEI:>o~ vas placed on the retired
list Of the army IN the sth.
STEAMERS will commence plying be-
tween German ports and Delagoa BAY
on the sd.
TnE supreme Lodge Knights Of
pythias met in Milwaukee, Wis. on
the sth.
A >rNnrE Of petitions from 4 half
dozen or orc States sycrc presented in
the senate. on the sth, praying Tor the
acknowledgment 81 Almighty God and
the Christian religion IN tho Constitu.
tion 81 the United states.
BARON NIssMA>> has not resigned.
rs reported. as German Commissioner
10 East Africa.
A GENTLEMAN who lives al Navcrly.
O., the former home Of Miss Lcroncy.
who was murdered al the house OF her
uncle in New Jersey about 4 year arc.
says that since Chalklcy ~L.cconey's ac-
quittal important evidence has been dis
covered tending not only 70 establish
his innocence. hut pointing strongly in
the direction Of another.
DUEIND the race for the Drexcl stakes
At Washington Park. Chicago. on tho
sth. Jockey Abbas. who was riding No
rctta. was killed. hts mount falling and
rolling over upon him. breaking his
neck. The horse was not seriously
hurt.
Agrl - enthusiastic anglers al
~Brigantine Beach. y. j.. made the big
gest catch Of the season on the >th. IL
was f~ifteen-foot whale which had be-
come stranded in shallow water. They
had a lively circus. however. before
the monster was overcome and hauled
ashore.
THREE riotous strikers at
tempted. on the 9th, 10 put a stop 70 all
labor in West Superior. Wis, and had
well-nigh succeeded when they were
dispersed BY officers and firemen with
drawn revolvers. Their idea was to Sc
cure 5, a day for ell common labor.
ALAEGE number OF negroes. who were
taken from Virginia. to work in the
brick yards along the Hudson river.
left for their Southern homes on the 9th.
The experiment proved a failure and
occasioncd considerable trouble and
loss 70 the brick manufacturers.
AcoTI.lslo> between a freight and a
passenger train on the Louisville 4
Nashville railroad. forty miles south Of
birmingham. Ala. on the 9th. caused
by a disregard Of orders. resulted in the
OF five persons and the fatal
wounding Of another.
An issue Of bank notes to the amount
500, 600, 600 for the relief OF the finan-
cial crisis has been authorized by the
Of the Argentine Republic.
The nomination Of General Batchel-
der, Y. ;. A.. 70 be Quartermaster-Gen-
.ral. was, on the 9th. confirmed BY the
senate.
MRS ELIZABETH WniTE. OF Newbury,
died. on the 9th. aged one humid
red and one years and seven months.
TIE present cotton crop OF South
CAROLINA promises 70 be the bost on rec
ord.
WV. Woop~IpE. the b~icyclist, died Of
fever al Rio lie Janeiro recent
y.
TmE Fort Dodge la servant girls
forming q protective union.
ARTHUR BoosISGEE. aged twenty.
while getting hay in out Of the rain
Springfield. o.. on the 9th. was
and instantly killed By light
His clothing, with the exception
4 r.rt Of his shirt. was torn from biz
,ody.
By the capsizing OF a sailing vessel
which was being launched at Osaka,
last month, fifty-nine people gu,
# one hundred who were on board we're
Irowned- The bodies Of fifty we're re,
'oyered. About twenty Others were
or less injured.