The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-02

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Tmr famous trial Of Eyraud. the Par
islam stranger. and his accomplice. Ga
brielle Bompard. was concluded on the
10th. the jury returning a verdict Of
guilty rs to both culprits. but with cx
tenuating circumstances as 70 the Won,
an Eyraud was sentenced 10 death by
the guillotine aud Gabrielle Bompard
received sentence Of twenty years
imprisonment with hard labor.
The ease of ex-Mayor Pcndlcton Of
Fort Worth. Tex. promises some inter
e~ting developments. II appears that
| the law firm Of Hughes 4 Campbell. Of
New York City. who procured" the
diverce for Pendleton. forged the docu-
mcnt and also had made 10 order a
counterfeit If the seal Of Cook County,
/ H.. wherewith to authenticate the
document rcndlcton j. after the law
ycrS with blood in his eye.
| SEVERAL of the English iron masters
! in the Cleveland district have given no-
tice that on account Of the condition Of
/ trade they will be compelled u make a
| large reduction Of wages il January.
! GUSTAV REvn.LIoD. the noted Swiss
writer and archspologist. died in Cairo.
| Egypt. on the I'D. lie bequcathed his
valuable private museum and 4 fortune
Of over KIG0.OOO "a his native place.
| Geneva. lie was seventy-three years q
age.
! EDWARD DUcKERT. New Orleans
| hoy Of nine years was murdered on
| the I'D. bv an insane man named Frank
| Morris. aged twenty->ix years. The
| boy was passing Morris house on his
bicycle when Morris rushed ont of the
gate with an AK and struck him on the
back Of the head with the edge Of the
weapon. killing him instantly
| A BALTIMORE man signing himself
| William Duvall has been working all
| the prominent Senators al Washington
by pretending 10 have named his first
born son for them and appealing to
their generosity and pride for material
assistance. and in man. eases was sue
cessful senator Henderson. ~ Ne
braslSa. however unmasked the fake.
REV. DIR. Ar.Mo~ NEIoE.. a minister
" the Baptist church. died az Fort
Wayne. Ind. on the ed. aged ninety
two years.
THE citizens committee. consisting of
members Of the Board of Trade and
the Oregon Board ~ Immigration. have
raised guarantee fund If 100000 for
the purpose ~ starting an independent
Democratic newspaper IN Portland. Gre.
TnE trial Of the cruiser Newark. on
the I'd. was pronounced success. and
was completed without any hitch or ac-
..t.l ~. "A
tanned Of 1916 knots per hour. while the
engines developed little over 1900
horsepower. II this Is borne ont by the
official report the Cramps Will realize
$4,000 premium.
JACOB THESIs, aged sixty-three. died
at Madison. Ind. on the I'D. Of an awful
and peculiar disease. Huge ulcers
had formed all over his lower limbs
eating holes in his flesh as big a. tur-
nips These sores gradually extended
up until they reached his heart and
lungs. hence his death.
Tns Boston Chamber of Commerce
has adopted a memorial 10 Congress
urging the negotiation ~ "A commercial
treaty which will allow ~ the free ex-
change Of certain specified products Of
the United States and Newfoundland 10
the advantage of both. and which
should secure To all our vessels the
entry to all ports and bays Of the col
onv for trading and fishing. subject
only 10 the conditions imposed on YES
sells Of the colony.
BEE ErBANKs pleaded guilty to the
I murder 81 his sister Mary az Bedford.
! Ind. on the 22d. and was sentenced "a
life Imprisonment. Ills father Mortimer
Eubanks indicted as accessory. also
pleaded guilty, but sentence was de.
: fcrrcd
a Scorcn syndicate. with James
Logan. ~ Glasgow. Scotland, az III
head. has secured control If the plant q
I the Forest Milling Company At Cedar
r Falls. Ia. The sale also includes five
i other oatmeal mills ia that vicinity
& -Tmr Kansas Insane Asylum al Topeka
Il l. ~ crowded with patients that the 81
i pcrintcndent has notified the Probate
v Judge ~ Atchison that thirteen IN III,
Z thiriy-fivc Atchisun County patient.
q therein confined will have TO NJ remove,
Is 70 some other place
N Thomas IInnnISs. employed in The
n It. Peter starch Works nj lies Moincs
la, fell against : rapidly-rcvolvinl