The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-09

A pisrArcn from shanghai announees
the death o. Prince Chun. the father o.
the Emperor ~ China
Flgr did 100000 damage IN Clinton
IN. ~ prison on this ist Three hundred
prisoners stamrcdcd In an attempt %
escape. hut they did not succeed IN get
ting out.
Tmf escaped murlercrS. Nordugo ana
Juan jacinto. were surrounded, ON the
list. IN the Black Hills. on the spur ~
the Tucson mountains. three miles from
Tucson. Arix. The refugees are Wen
armed.
| Dn. Kocn. who had left Berlin for .
short vacation. suddenly returned 70
| the city on the ist lie was summoned
back ~ attend patient 10 whom ~
accident an overdose Of the lymph had
been administered.
| JON. Il. MILLER. living near Lewis
burg, o.. was placed in the county jail
by United States Secret->ervicc de-
| tcctiye. on the 3ist. charged with MAX
ing counterfeit gold coin. Ills arrest
was the result OF a confession by one Of
his agents
| PATRICK NcCAnE. unmarried, met .
| horrible death at GARDENER 4 Downer's
ice-housc al >chodack Landing. =. ~,
on the lst. His clothes caught in a
revolving shaft. around which he was
carried until Inangled beyond reengni-
tion.
| VICTOR STrDLEy- . very fast young
man Of nineteen. was arrested in Lin
coin. Neb.. on the 3ist. for a series 81
forgeries. Studley is a son Of the late
Editor Studlcy Of the Albany ~ ~
Express. Young Studlcy's forgeries are
said to aggregate several thousand dol
lars.
ENGi>EEn Cooley. Of Minneapolis
Mimi. has created excitement among
people who own property on the shores
OF beautiful Lake Niinnetonka 10y an
nouncing that the level of he water in
the lake was exactly five feet eight
inches lower November ~, 1880. than IN
1sS2
WArnEx Cr.ouon. who has been I'M
Justly confined in the Nebraska state
pcnitentiary for fifteen years on the
charge of numbering his brother stew
art. was pardoned by Governor Thaye'
on the list. 1t appears from recent dc
velopments that the murder Of Stewart
Clough was committed by Jack Tret'
and Charley Stewart.
THE shops of the Illinois Steel Works
at Chicago, except the blast furnace
have been shut down. throwing l,5o'
men out of employment. The officer
of the company are rcticent in rcgars
TO the length of time during which thu
mills will remain closed. but say tina
some repairs are necessary and IL wa
. thought better 70 close down now thai
later on.
II DIR. HENRY CHRisTfANsoN. one 81 ths
most noted physicians in North Dakota
was killed at belmont. on the night Q
{ the 3lst- While making rather sharl
turn in the road his road-cart struck
4 large stone and tipped OVER In fallin'
: out DR.. Christensen caught his foot y
the wheel. and he WAS - badly mangle'
\ that he died in an hour.
SCOTT THOMPSON. a negro living nca
. Bavboro. y. G.. went 10 church. ac
; companied by his wife and oldest child
= leaving in his house five Of his children
i and two grandchildren. whose age
ranged from a few months 70 fifteel
}. wears. During services at the churcl
e Thompson's house took fire and all sevel
: Of the children were burned to death.
gl WHEN carload Of supplies sen
Q from Lincoln 70 the drought-strickel
e farmers Of Chase County, Neb.. reache'
s venango, the county seat. the famishe'
!. citizens. without waiting for the form
e atty Of delivering of the carload 70 tn
county clerk. broke open the car an
a devoured Or carried away the contents