The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-07


n che Southern Anfi-Sub-Trea>n..
.cavne. has issued a call for I stat,
convention. 70 lie held IN Jackson
Miss, on August ~ 20 select delegate
~ the National Farmers Alliance con
vention which is 20 be held by the mel
who oppose the sub.treasury scheme.
The congress Of Colombia has appro
priated $4,000 in gold for making 1
proper representation 81 the resources
81 that country at the Chicago cxposi
ton. Commissioners have been ap.
| pointed 20 take charge OF the prepare
/ ton OF an exhibit, and have already be-
I gun their labors-
| WHILE the employees Of the Peconic
bank OF sag llarbor, l.. l.. were watch
ing the passing Of procession. on the
seth. thief entered the bank and
grabbed package containing 50. 800.
with which he escaped.
The prohibitionists Of Maryland met
in convention at Glyndon. on the GOTH
and nominated a full state ticket. All
the nominees are gentlemen Of excel
lent character.
The treasury surplus. on the eos.
aggregated So, az. 0s4. Of which amount
50. $50. $50 is in depository banks, and
sl9. 50yli6 in subsidiary coin.
EN-SrFAKFR Tnos Il. REED was
among the passengers arriving on the
steamer City Of New York from Liver
pool on the 10Th.
A MECCA dispatch says there are l4o
deaths al that place and thirty at
Djeddah from cholera daily.
Col ERHARDT. collector of the port
Of New York, resigned his office on the
Goth His resignation was accepted by
the president and Hon. J. 5. Fassett
was appointed as his successor.
THE heavy iron and steel framework
Of the new finishing department Of the
Elba iron works at Pittsburgh. Pa,
owned by the Oil Well Supply Co.. col
lapsed.'on the Goth. killing an unknown
laborer and seriously injur-
ing j. Parker, George Baker. Lemon
Schmidt and II. v Cobra. Several
other workmcn were painfully injured.
Ir is announced that the wedding Of |
Miss Lincoln. daughter Of Minister
Robert Il. Lincoln. with Mr.. Isham, |
will take place early in September
On the 3oth Jesse Feathergill. En-
,lish novelist, died in London
On the a9th william Hacker. vet |
ran freemason. died at his home in |
'helbyvlle. Ind. aged 81. He leaves
widow and six children. Mr.. Hacker
vas made a mason by St Johns lodge. /
70. *. at Dayton. o.. in ls2a. and
assed through all the grades of ma
onry. including the thirty-third de-
rec. He became member OF the
rand lodge Of Indiana in 1885. and has
cen working member ever since /
on the soth niece Of NJ. j. Carpen-
r.. general manager Of the Duluth &
ron Mountain railroad. died suddenly
n hsr uncle's special car, between
Mimi. and GAINESVILLE. Wis.
lille en- route to Chicago.
THE reciprocity treaty between the
nited States and San Domingo has
zen signed. and will Be proclaimed by
,e president soon.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand people At
'nded the funeral Of the victims of the
Ailway disaster at Saint Mande.
rance, on the 30tb. There were twen-
flour hearses in the line. Thousands
the spectators were in mourning at
re. and all the houses were draped.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of the 30th
ated that Secretary Mobiles resigna-
on was in the hands Of the president.
here Is said 70 have been no friction
tween the secretary and the presi- |
mt, but the Office had become simply
kscme. Gen. Noble may 60 abroad
r time.