The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-04
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIER.


per stories OF their homes by the rush
ing waters. which filed the streets h
the depth Of several feet Over ei00.
900 damage was done TO buildings Rns
stocks Of goods.
n A CRAZY man named Anderson. VIII
had been attempting 10 sell tickets I.
Heaven for ffty cents and TO hell ~
ten cents In the streets Of Duluth
Mimi. on the cath. attempted TO shoe
George Ripley. general manager o
the Lake Superior Elevator Co, Of tina
city.
CHANCELLOR voS CArEIvI has ac
coded 10 the request made by Unites
States Minister Phelps and will allow
Herr Wermuth. the German commits
sioner TO the Chicago fair. to accom-
pany the American commissioner,
when they return to the United States
Two FREIGHT trains collided near
Palmer. small station on the North
ern Pacific railway 80 miles east OF
Tacoma. Wash. on the gath. Engineer
David Young and Fireman Frank
Cooper Of the west-bound train were
killed.
| THE canning houses Of Maryland are
buying peaches as low down as i've
cents basket, and have had TO refuse
offered invoices ut that price because OF
the lack Of labor TO handle them.
| The tenth annual encampment of the
Sons Of Veterans met in Minneapolis.
Mimi. on the cath. with about 5000
members of the order in attendance.
| Mr.. AND MRS. STANLEY have left
- -
| to have almost recovered from the in
| jury to his leg which he sustained
through fall while at Muerran.
THE receipts of wheat at Kansas
City. Mo-. on the gath were 667 cars.
which Is the greatest number OF cars Of
wheat ever received there in one day.
The largest number received in one day
heretofore. was 60l cars. in 1852
JONI Rowland. a wealthy hat manu-
facturer Of Yonkerx n. y. aged "a
years, fell from . window Of his fac
tory. on the 18th. and. striking on the
stones 100 feet below. was killed
In letter TO the Pail Mall Gazette.
an English clergyman living in the
province of Kazeen. Russia. gives bar
rowing details of the sufferings Of
peasants by reason Of the failure OF
the crops. Many have been unable TO
obtain bread for weeks, and are dying
from starvation. There is no prospect
of betternent in their condition. and
uprisings arc looked for, as the people
are desperate.
A SALT LAKE city carpenter named
Will Sheriff.. while out driving. stopped
his buggy in the residence part of the
city. and. tying his horse 10 telegraph
pole, shot himself through the heart
The effects Of the morphine habit led
to the suicide.
FRED MASON. secretary Of a cattle
company, was shot and fatally wounded
near Elizabeth. Col. on the cath. BY
one Of the herders Of the company
named s. w. Parry. who escaped. Ma
sons home Is at vergennes. VT
The socialist workingmen's congress
AZ Brussels passed resolutions, on the
cath. condemning he sweating system
Of piece work.
r. W. PIfLsRrRY's cooper shop and
eight residences in Manchester. n. H..
were destroyed by fire on the 2sth.
Loss. 10000. partially insured
By the premature explosion of
dynamite blast in quarry At Kingston.
n. j.. on the a5th. Daniel Hagerty was
killed and five Of his fellow workmen
badly injured, some perhaps fatally.
The sixth annual encampment Of the
Union veterans opened al Cleveland.
o.. on the cath. with number Of old
soldiers present from all parts OF the
country.
The state department i informed
that President Balmaceda Of Chilli has
removed r. A. Beelan as Gillian con-
sul-general at New York. and appointed
Mr.. Eeelan has represented Chill at
New York for twenty-six years Sym
pathy with the revolutionists is given
as the reason for Mr.. BeeIans removal
EDrToRs and reporters in Mexico
whose productions do not suit the gov
eminent are being ordered out of the
country or imprisoned on trivial
charges The government Is just now
trying To trace the identity of an Amer
lean writer who sent to his paper long
article rejecting upon President Diaz
duh HIS lDllbWlUR.
II the Doodle investigation at OF
tawa. Ont. on the Goth. Mr.. Langlir
testified that $4,000 Of the subsidy 10
the Bal Des Chalcuras railroad had
been embczzled. lie read deposition
OIL A. Taylor, . contractor, 70 that
effect
A CONSTRUCTION train. uth-bound.
on the railroad between Savannah.
Ga. and Columbia. ;. q. was wrecked
40 miles west Of Savannah on the Goth.
Two men were instantly killed and five |
wounded. probably fatally.
The sixth annual Minneapolis Mimi |
industrial exposition was opened with |
due ceremony on the 18th. The siege |
81 Vera Cruz" and the Mexican band |
are among the leading attractions
TgE only surviving officer Of the bat |,
lie ~ Waterloo Gen. Nhichotte. died l
In London on the 25th
MAJOR FRIrcHEY. OF Harrisburg Pa.
has OPP ned war on the electric street
car company, and. on the 18th. put .
OF its employees In jail for at
tempting ~ make "a unauthorized /
between its two lines.
VERA xcafz. Mexico. II still infested
nth ycllw fever. many deaths occur
ring.