The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

As A result OF the charges that the
New York Mercury is a iibelous publ
cation. the Dominion Post-Ofice and
Customs departments have ordered that
all imporsations Of that paper be sent
to the customs officials for examination.
SEVERAL persons were a~rraigned be-
fore Commissions Shields in New
York City. on the 9th. for refusing to
answer questions asked BY census emu
merators. Some who had acted under
q misrepresentation. were discharged,
and others were held for further inves-
tigation-
THE board OF walljng delegates Of
the New York City building trades
workmen declared : strike. On the 9th.
on six buildings for which Peck. Martin
& Co. are furnishing the material. In
all nearly 1000 men stopped work. and
it may be some time before the difficulty
is settled
ALAHGE party Of Northern and East
ern capitalists. sixfy-six in number.
representatives Of various financial and
industrial interests OF New England
and New York. arrived in Washington.
on the sth, on their way South 10 par
| ricipatc in the ceremonies incident TO
the Inauguration Of the new town ~
Kimball. q few miles west OF Chatta-
nocga. Tenn.
The statue Of the late Governor Rich
ard y. Hubbard. OF Connecticut. was I'M
vailed at Hartford, on the 9th, in the
presence Of a large concourse Of people,
the Governor and other State officials,
members 81 the Supreme Court, etc,
taking part in the exercises.
JAMES BARTON and VIM. Johnson,
cattlemcn Of Cheyenne, wyo.. who
have been active in the campaign
against cattle thieves. were ambushed-
on the sth. BIZ George Mcdonald and a
companion named >inscum. the Leaders
Of the cattle thieves Barton wa
killed at the first fire, but Johnson Is
capped uniniured.
THE saw-mill and sash and door fac
tory Of the Zacto Manufacturing Com
rany. at Bucoda. Wash. were totally
destroyed BY fire. on the eth. togcthc
with three million feet Of dressed lum
Der. The fire spread 70 other houses ii
I DMtNuA~ anu LNN nAA A8
about Ice inhabitants. was threatened
The Minnesota editors with thci
ladies' to the number OF $50. arrived Il
Washi ngton. on the 9th, on 4 spccia
train over the baltimore * Ohio rail
road for a four days visit An claboi
ate programme for their entertainment
was prepared.
REV. J. III. KxTr~T. aged ~ffty-ivs
died. on the sth. in his pew in III
Emanuel Lutheran Church in Philadc'
phia. the passionate OF which he r,
/ signed two years ago after a paralyti
stroke. lie was for twcnty-t three year
J pastor OF the Reformed Lutheran Churc
in buffalo. He was vicc-prcsidcnt OF th
general synod Of that church in Anne
y lea and had written a number u work
on theology.
4 Nix. TrrIY. ciito- Of the Ro.commo
: urciandl Herald, HIS been convictcl
, under the Crimes act oi publishing a
article dcncuncing land-grabhcrs. an
has been s~ents nced 70 three months in
prisonment without bard labor.
GrnR.E Il. BLACK. representing III
jewclry house of Jonas. Dorst x co
Cincinnati. was drowned. on the nigh
3 o. the 10Th. in the Mississippi river q
! Memphis, Tenn.
. RonEnr II. WALLACE anG ,. X Low
liz. the two men who robbed the prs
o prictors 81 Wallace's Monthly Magazin
Of $50. 900 and hod to Cuba under a
: sumcd names. we're brought back
New York, on the 18th. By detectives