The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

Tur uccla Iron Works NJ Williams
hurry. \. NJ. were burned. ~ the IN.
causing "a loss estimated az 500, 600
The iron works were one-~tory build
inr~. but covered an entire block.
Nrs,Arixr. la. win have a beet
sugar factory in full blast next fali'
~au.o0o having already been raised To-
ward the erection 81 the plant. The
farmers generally are taking hold Of
the matter. and hundreds II acres have
already been pledged for the purpose Of
grow ing beets.
TnE report II the army officers de-
tailed by General Miles 70 investigate
the fight between the Indians and the
troops AZ Wounded Knee Creek, >. ~
involving Colonel For>ythe of the Sew
enth Cavalry. has bcen received ~ the
War Department and is being consid.
cred hy Secretary Proctor and 6encrai
Schofield.
TuE residence Of Banker Cowle> at
Clark. Neb.. was burglarizcd on the
morning Of the sth. Cowles was
knocked senselcss and his wife killed.
The burglars secured about fifty dollars
in cash. A reward Of $1,000 has been
offered for the arrest ~ the rde
J.. A. SHrMAN. a prominent lawyer 81
kearney. Nch.. was arrested. on the
4th. al the instance Of Neil Siesso, on
the charge Of forging notes and mort
cages for $40. 900 in connection with an
Omaha land deal. The accused stands
high in social circles. and is a promi-
nent church member.
Vmr.E a train was proceeding. on the
18th. from lrun. on the Spanish side 81
the frontier. 10 Hcndayc. a small French
town-a run Of fifty miles-a gentleman,
who occupied a compartment in a hr>t-
| class carriage. was thrown from the
! train into the river and drowned. The
assassin escaped.
CHARLES A~nAsc book keeper for
Huiskamp Bros. shoe manufacturers at
Keckuk. la. shot himself three times
about midnight on the 18th. lite will die.
>andasch is the son ~ one OF the most
wealthy residents 81 keokuk. and Is q
prominent member Of the Iowa National
Guard.
TIKI Watcrvillc Me poor-house was
burned. II one o'clock. on the morning
| Of the 5th. and one Of the inmates. a
ffteen-year-old girl. persisted in the
| flames. OF the remaining thirteen pau
| pcr,. four made good their escape and
nine were carried from the burning
building by Superintendent George =.
! Richardson. and placed in "A neighbour
ing barn. where. half-clad. they suf-
| fcrcd much from the intense cold.
TnE trial of Bank-wrccker Simmonds
was continued in New York on the 9TH.
cx-President Claasen Of the Sixth Natio-
nal Bank continued his testimony. which
reflected severely upon Simmonds.
Jonx DrENAS. a miner. was killed
and two Hungarians Were 50 badly in
jured that they will die by an explo-
sion OF powder at Nelson collicry. Sha-
mokin. Pa. on the 9Th.
IL the spanish Co-tcs as now com
posed. including the representatives 81
members and the Opposition i5i mem
beers.
Az orphanage in Moscow. Russia,
was destroyed by fire. on the 18th. nine
Of the little inmates being burned 70
death.
ALARoE amount of routine business
was disposed Of by the state Prohibi-
ton conference at Williamsport- Pa.
on the 9Th. The conference closed
with a largely-attended mass meeting
in the courthouse.
HAGELow 4 B~rR~STEI~'s stable. in
Boston. was burned. on the 9Th. to
gether with sixty-fve horses. four Her
dies and a large amount Of hay. grains