The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-20

nkrInfo sensation has been caused
IN financial circles in Paris by the dis
appearance of NJ. Mace. wrll-knowr
private banker. who II known ID hav.
left debts 70 the amount 81 $1,000. oo'
behind him. and who may have com
miticd suicide.
TIM entire plant Of the Tri-State Tar
Company AT keolsuk. la. was complete
~ destroyed by fire on the 10th. How
the fire originated j. u mystery. IN.
loss 70 the company Is placed AT abou,
Sh5.ooo' hut the plant was fully insured
| The iirc will be a severe blow 10 the s0s
persons who were employed by the com
pany.
| NELSON PrcoR. Of Dubuque. Ia. tool,
out license 10 marry Miss Rosa Weber
who lives In the country. The marriage
was % have taken place on the 10th,
but did not because of dispatch re-.
ceived by the chief Of police. from Mrs.
Pecor in the East, inquiring about her
| husband.
HORRIBLE reports Of dcpredations by
wolves have been received from Szandu,
Hungary. On Baron Woodlaur's estate
alone twenty peasants have been de-
vonred by the ravenous beasts. The
government authorities are organizing
a party Of hunters which will under
take the determination of the wolves.
W. I. WHARTON, Assistant Secretary
Of state. and Miss Susan Lay were
quietly married in Washington on the
10th. Rev. DIR. McKim. rector Of Epiph-
any Episcopal Church of that city. per.
formed the ceremony.
TIE commission Of experts appointed
by the court 70 examine into the ques-
ticn Of the sanity Of James NJ. Dough-
erty. who imagines that Mary AnJer-
son is in love with him. and who shot
and killed Dr. Lloyd at the Flatbush
IN. Y.1 Insane Asylum last fall. re-
ported, on the 18th. that Boughcrty is a
monomaniac. and il '.as dangerous a
lunatic rs ii has ever been the lot of
the commission 10 encounter Dough.
crty will be sent to the asylum for in.
sane criminals.
BAsIiIp ROMERO. a citizen Of Calls
teo, \. NJ. was shot and killed. on the
night Of the 9th. in his bedroom by
some unknown assassin. 4 is claimed
by many that it is another political muir
der. Romero having been strong Re
publican.
a FAVORABLE report has been ordered
on the bill for the erection Of new
custom-house in New York CITY. at
cost not to exceed $4,000. 900.
TIE Iowa Assembly of the Knights
Of Labor convened in annual session at
Dies Moines on the 18th.
WILLIAM MARCUS MORTON. ex-Chief
Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme
Court, died at Andover. on the 10th. |
after lingering illness. He was sew
cnty-two years old.
a SCORE Of lives were lost. on the |
l2th, by the explosion Of the boiler in
the Quebec CAM worSteds factory.
For some cause the machinery was not |
started that morning and most OF the
100 employees had been dismissed and
iad departed for their homes.
GENERAL Z. +. BRAGG. Of Fond du
Lac Wis. has received $1,000 from the
T. Paul Railroad Company for injuries
'eceived by Mrs Bragg in a railroad
accident about five years ago.
W. II. ADAMS. former janitor. per
,etrated bold robbery OF the Citizens
Bank Of Minneapolis. Mimi. on the
9Th. hut was pursued. overtaken.
snocked down and jailed.
FIVE persons were seriously some Of
hem fatally burned. at four o'clock
N the morning Of the 18TH. at West La
'ayette. Ind. by terrific natural gas
explosion. which completely wrecked
he building in whichit occurred. which.
ogrther with nm adjoining building.
vas destroyed by fire.