The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-16

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Hox. =. A. COLLINS and r. II. Fitz,
Boston trustees Of the Irish Tenants
Defense Fund. cabled $1,000. through
the Maverick National Bank. to Messrs.
Webb and Kenny. the trcasurcrs, on the
9TH.
IioN. PAUL G. CAMERON. a prominent
citizen and one of the great public ben
efactors Of the South. died at Raleigh.
n. c.. on the 9th. He leaves an estate
worth sl.500. 900.
TIlE Dreber Watch Case Company Of
Canton, O.. made an assignment. on the
5th. to Mr.. Howard Douglass. The
nominal assets are 81. 500. 600; liabilities
including preferences. si5o.ooo.
GENERAL Mills surprised party OF
Indians consisting Of young Jack Red
Cloud. Big Road. High Horse. Lone
Rear. Tall Hawk and five others. who
came in from the hostile camp. on the
9th. to have talk with him. by telling
them CURLY that he was not there 70
hear their complaints. but 70 receive
their surrender. after which they could
be heard al Washington.
A SIorx runner went to the CUur
D'Alene Indian Reservation and en-
dcavored TO induce those Indians to join
the hostiles. Chief Ice. Of CGur
D'Alene. learning his mission. ordered
his arrest and confinement in the guard
house and had him whipped. after
which he was taken to the limits Of the
reservation and dismissed with warning
not to return.
FIRE in a densely-populated Hunga-
rian tenement section Of Bayonne, n.
j.. on the eth, left nearly 1000 IIunga-
rians homeless. The persons deprived
Of their homes had bssn quartcrcd in
three double wooden buildings. which
were entirely destroyed The loss or
the buildings is about $4,000; partially
covered by insurance.
| The correspondence between Gen
eral schoneld and General Miles rela
| tive to the relief Of Colonel Forsyths
was made public on the eth. II shows
| that General Miles suspects Forsyth
| Of having SO placed the troops a
Wounded Knee that they killed eacl
other.
1T has been determined by the Eas
Indian Government - amend the mar
riage code by raising II } age Of consen
from ten years TO twelve. II refuses
however, 20 interfere with existing law
or the subject.
JoE DoNoGHrE. amateur champion o
the United States and Canada. won III
international mile skating race at Am
sterdam. Holland. on the 18th. in 3D.
and followed this up by winning tn
fivc-mile race in 1902 III.
Two boys romping in Sn aisle Of tn
Miilersburg school-horse at Goshen
Ind. on the nth. rudely jostlcd Milf
Rcdman. and in falling she struck he
head against one Of the desks, rcsultin
In instant death.
THE ltehring Sea dispute continues !
engross public attention in Canada. an
I many Canadians are discussing the pos
sibilities Of war IA study Of the quc'
ton seems 70 show that Canada coul
prevent any serious inroad in the olde
provinces until the English regulars ha
arrived on the scene"
A NEW daily paper Is to he started !
New York City. and Il j. TO have one {
the oldest of names. to-wit: The Wa
street Farmer. II will be the sem
official organ Of the Farmers Alliance
"A. r. MILLER. a drayman at OelweiI
Ia. shot himself through the head. Q
the evening Of the eth. and died instan
~. lie leaves a wife and three chi
dren. The cause is unknown.
SAMUEL TrBBITTS. formerly propricte
II the Tibbitts Hotel 81 Batavia. n. Y
threw himself from the fifth story Of
hotel in Buffalo on the .th. lie wcighe
$50 pounds, and all his bones WEI
broken.
o. r.. MCDONALD. an employee Of u
Dcs Moincs DAD Saddlery Compan,
dropped dead at his bench on the I'll
II was caused by the breaking 81
: blood vessel during severe TT 81 cougl
ing.
/ BisHor a. }. JESNER Of the Angelica
+ Free church cut down ten shade-trc'
in front Of his house In Detroit Mich
: in violation Of the city ordinance. 4
( was fined so, on the eth. and in dcfau
! Of immediate payment. sentenced to
committed 70 jail for thi' ~ days.