The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10
CURRENT TOPICS.


N'fh> Nus ihANt the operatives angry.
They contend that a cessation ~ one
week per month would answer the
same purpose and avert distress II
has been decided by the workers 70
send sixty Of their number To America
10 ascertain the prospect for profitable
employment here. American agents
are there buying the latest improved
ma chinery and are offering more than
double the wages paid on that side Of
| the ocean.
| AT Buffalo Valley. Tenn. ON the Goth.
| two witnesses in a murder trial, named
Jim Mitchell and Oscar Plunkett, be-
came involved in a quarrel in the court
room. They drew revolvers and Began
| firing az each other. and kept il up I'M
| iii both had been mortally wounded
| VIcE-PREsiDENr MORTON has secured
the camp owned by Arson Phelps
Stokes, on an island in upper St. Regis
| lake. in the Adirondacks The camp
ing party viii comprise the vice-presi-
dent, his private secretary. X. 5. Hill
ton. his two eldest daughters and their
governess, and they will be Joined soon
after their arrival by Miss Rachel Sher-
man. daughter OF Gen. Sherman.
| ASSISTANT SECRETARY NETTrEroS
has decided that the two japanese men
| imported by Mr.. Wolff. Of Chicago. to
propel two Japanese vehicles known as
jinrikishas, his intention being TO place
them in the public parks Of Chicago for
, the purpose Of hauling children free Of
charge. must be returned 70 Japan
AT meeting OF number Of promi-
ncnt Irishmen in Philadelphia a rcsolu-
ton was unanimously adopted 10 az
| filiate with the Irish Federation Of
America. which was organized in New
York a few weeks ago. and cut off con-
nectior with the Irish National league.
Parne ~as repudiated.
A CIEARLY-DErINED case of hydro
photia was that OF Reuben Drew. a
prominent farmer, aged 70, who died in
commissions at his home eight miles
west Of Fort Wayne. Ind. on the 10Th.
after an awful torture. six weeks be-
| fore Mr.. Drew was bitten on the back
Of the hand by pet spaniel.
| ON the 10th the census Office issued a
| bulletin on the schools for the blind in
| the United States. II is shown that
the total number Of such pupils in lssy
| was 1881, while in 1850 the number was
| 2.O41.
| THE wife Of an emigrant on his way
| to Montana gave birth to twins on
Kansas City train near Dubuque. la. on
the 10Th. The conductor prepared a
| bed in the baggage car .and made the
mother as comfortable as possible.
| SIEGFRIED JAIN, son Of Frederick
jain, founder of the German turner's
societies. was buried at Graceland Gem
etery. Chicago. on the 2sth. The re-
mains were followed to the tomb by 600
| Turner's in uniform. He was born in
1915. and for many years had been to-
tally blind.
| THE boiler of shifting engine No 2s5
on the Central railroad Of New Jersey
exploded near Nesquehoning Junction,
Pa. on the 30th. and Engineer Thos
Trip. Of Mauch Chunk; Fireman j.
Pope. Of Linsford, and Brakemen Gal
lagher and Smith. Of Mauch Chunk.
were instantly killed.
ARCHBISHOP TAcHE. who for two de-
cades has been the head Of the Roman
Catholic church in the Canadian north
west and the foremost Catholic prelate,
is lying at the point Of death at Winni-
peg, and his recovery is believed to be
impossible.
ALL the mills in st. John. N. b.,
closed. on the 2-th. TO the demand
OF the lumber worlxmen for nine hours
instead of ten.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
May statement shows: Gross earnings
. s2.6is. 7o7 decrease. $685. s4: net earn
! ings, S233. 23s. decrease Of Sl3.070.
, LADY MACDONALD has been raised 4
! the British peerage. with the title o
, countess Of Earnscliffe. Queen Victori;
) taking this method Of testifying her an
probation of the services of the lat,
Canadian premier.
LIEUT. Con-. GEORGE A. NORRIS. o
4 the United States steamship Omaha
!. died at San Francisco. on the Goth, o
] pneumonia. He was born in Main
! and graduated from the naval academ,
Y in 1866.
e The Central Statistical society Of IT
i Petersburg announces that in Decerl
Der last the inhabitants Of that cmpir
numbered 10 100000. showing ala an
e nual increase Of |. 500. 900.
; By the stoppage Of the Welsh tin
4 plate works 100000 boxes Of tin-plat
I viii be kept off the market. the aver
7 age consumption being 100000 boxc
n a month
z SECRETARY NOBLE has appointe
i Hon. II. G. Italian. Of Illinois, TO be a.
sistant chief clerk Of the pension office
vice Green Il. Raum. Jr.. resigned.
g ADyIcEs from Santiago. Argentir
4 Republic. are to the effect that the r.
> cent peaccablc revolution in tina
I province Is supported by all its in
X fiucntial citizens Troops have bee
n dispatched To the scene by the govern
7, ment. A commission has also bee
= sent TO the province to arrange the di
t ficulty.
wiz OK and his wife. Di Toy, cut the
tongues out in an underground den !
e. the Chinese quarter Of Sacramento
,c Cal. on the 3Oth ok bled TO death an
r. the woman will probably die Of her il
is jurcs. The par were old and poo
% and for the past two years the Chin
in mans sight has been failing until i
a. had to give up work.
NJ KH.BuRx J. Brown. sleeping-c;
D. conductor between Montreal and 30
ton, has been arrested for smugglin
goods into the United States by concea
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