The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-14
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS III BRIEF.


works IN 0mAla. Ntu.. ON inc uttht ~
the "a. and induced all the men ~ quit
I The furnaces were abandoned "a heavy
loss.
Tux wool yield in Utah for the pres
ent year amounts 20 1900. 900 pounds
a gain Of ,. OOO 600 pounds over TIE yield
OF 1890 II sold n an average price 81
sixteen cents and seventeen cents per
pound. II was the most prosperous
year ever experienced BY wool growers
/ All has been marketed with the excep-
ton Of about 100000 pounds which Is
being held for fancy prices.
The treasury department is informed
tha, the commercial company's steamer
-. Paul viii sail from san Francisco,
on the 18th. for the seal islands. OF
fetal mail for points in Behring sea
will he sent by this steamer
SUPERINTENDENT OWEN. on the nd.
directed that thirteen Russian He
brevs. who had arrived al Baltimore.
Nd. and were detained as assisted
emigrants.~ he released from custody.
bonds having been furnished that they
would not become public charges
LIEUT.. .loH~ r. MEIGs. of the navy.
has been placed on the retired list for
color blindness.
A NEw YORK Advertiser reporter
turned guard AZ the Clinton IN. ~
state prison. and now tells a story 81
horrible barbarities practiced there by
the officials
A STATEMENT prepared at the treas
urv department shows that the re-
ceipts from customs at the port of New
York for the seven months Of the pres
ent calendar year have fallen OF. as
compared with the corresponding
months OF the calendar year 1890. s2a.
444.37s. The receipts for July, 1891.
were sll.303. 100. while for July. 1890,
they were Si..i.3.0l6. showing a fall
ing off Of nearly ss;. oc0, 600. Other ports
show as great decrease as New York
THE National Union Of textile works
opened their second annual session at
Fall River. Mass. on the Sd Presi-
dent sullivan was in the chair. Over
500 delegates were present
THE treasury department is informed
that the consulate Of the Argentine re-
public at Satille Bluff. Ca. has been
abolished by order Of the Argentine
government.
ABRAM BRAKER. dealer in CONNER
cial paper at 295 Broadway. New York.
assigned. on the Sd. without prefe r.
ences.
Hox BAYLEss HANNA died at Craw-
louisville. Ind. on the ist. aged 81.
The foreign committee Of the Chi
cago Worlds fair arrived in Berlin. on
the Sd. from Paris TO lay before the
authorities and manufacturers the
benefits 70 be derived from exhibiting
at the fair.
DESPERATE bourse spectators in Bar
celona, Spain. attacked the garrison in
foolhardy attempt 10 produce panic
on the bourse under the impression that
revolt had begun. Several were shot
on both sides.
THE Pan-American Transportation
Co. expects to build twenty steamers
under the mail subsidy act for tho
Spanish American trade.
The British steamer vallarah. from
London for sydney, was wrecked neal
Cape Town, on the 81. and is tota
loss
SEVERAL large loans have been iaads
in New York recently in which the lend
ers insisted upon gold clause. accept
ing lower interest in consideration
thereof.
The United States immigration com
mission j. meeting with very good sue
cess in Europe.
on the Sd Mrs Leslie Carter tn
actress. came into court in New Norl
and swcre that She had no money. an
had had none for so long She had for
gotten what il was like.
NR ATKINSON. NJ. r.. who was sus
: pended from the house Of commons ~
! one week. viii have the resolution q
l suspension expupgei from the record
], or resign his seat.
\ JACKSON II. DoxSELr.y. wealth
! scptuagenarian. who lived near Arkar
! saS City. kas.. j. believed 70 have lSille
: his wife and then himself.
THE liberals carried Salt Lake City
on the "a. by 900 majority. clectin
: full legislative and county tickets
/ a KANSAS CITY Mo- alderman ha
K introduced m ordinance providing n
h license for drinkers OF intoxicatin
+ liquors.
y Rr. RFv BIsHor KHAN FrAscH (
, the la Crosse Wis diocese died on III
a "a. aged 50 years
IS is. Jackson Marion was hange
at Beatrice. Neb.. for the alleged mu
e der 81 John Cameron. Marion alwa,
II protested his innocence. Cameron b;
" turned up alive and well in kansa
i after years Of wandering in Mexico AT
n Alaska, and was greatly shocked I
IL lcarn that Marion had been hung Il
A. his supposed murder.
e. a RIOT occurred curing the proyre'
= ~ prize-fight IL a railway camp nes
Wcstlakc. La. and rumor has Il til;
fourteen men were killed and sixtee
= wounded
b. HYDE Collins, Of kcoisuk. la. WI
= was bitten BY dog about month av
: has gone insane worrying about hydr
u phobia
b. :. - PIERCE x Co. 81 Boston. ha,
~ been convicted for selling French pea
n which had been colored with prepar
u ton ~ copper. The pease were came
a in France. The ease will be appcale
IN EX-SENATOR JoHx y INGALLS, h:
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