The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-30

principal tobacco manufacturing 'i's-
tricts was eo4. $40. ITO pounds. an in
crease ~ about $4,000. 40 pounds. The
production ~ cigars in 1890 was ehs-
nomcnal. The manufacture Ia the last
half Of the year exceeded the first six
months by nearly soo.ooo.ooo. The
journal says: despite all newspaper
sensations. all acts Of Legislation and
all 'rcformers,' cigarettes continue 10
largely increase in consumption, the
increase in 1890 being about 10000. 900,
or about thirteen per cent"
Mn. AND Mrs. NEsTAL BEELER. OF
Brooklyn. Ind. have reared successfully
one of the largest families on record.
They have eighteen children alive.
twelve sons and seven daughters having
been born. one daughter being dead.
There are no twins. The parents are
about fifty-five years Of age.
CHiEF or PoIIcE MARSH Of Chicago
estimates that there are between 1000
and 1000 men in the city who are un-
able a. obtain work. Most Of them are
artisans who went there in anticipation
that work on the Worlds Fair buildings
would begin ere this time. He fears
that many Of them viii be- driven 70
crime through want.
The Farmers Alliance Of Ohio. in ses-
sion nj Gallon. on the 2lst, adopted res
olutions demanding that the Govern
ment loan farmers money at two per
cent. and that postage be reduced 70
one cent. A proposition to unite the
state organization with the Knights Of
Labor was unfavorably received.
TIE fourteen-ycar-old son Of NJ. y.
lseebe committed suicide at Denver.
Col. on the alst. by taking Rough on
Rats" The boy had been an invalid for
eight years and becoming Respondent
over his continued ill-health. took q
whole box Of the poison. This was his
third attempt at self-dcstruction.
A PRELIMINARY census report shows
that the quantity Of distilled spirits con-
sumed in the arts. manufactures and
medicine in the United States during
the wear ended December 81. 1852 was
| lo.9.o.s42 gallons.
THEopoRE NoETuwooD. boss roller
in the iron rolling-mills at Boonton. n.
j.. was caught between the rollers.
while making some repairs. on the I'D.
and was drawn through. his body being
crushed ont as fiat as sheet of paper.
The rollers turn ont wrought-iron plates
half an inch in thickness and North
woods body passed through this space.
his flesh and bones being crushed to
jelly.
The Ohio State Alliance sent tele-
A IN hA
alst. asking the repeal Of the law ex-
empting manufactured products from
taxation for one year after production
Before the House adjourned the same
evening the bill was passed with but
few dissenting votes.
The Dublin Express states that
Mcssrs. Parnell. O'Brien. Dillon and
Mccarthy have merely reached an
agreement in regard to the mainte-
nance of status quo until the coming
general election
CAPTAIN JoHS MAxEy was waylaid
and murdered. on the alst. on the road
about three miles from his home in
sumter County. 81 c. Twonegroes have
been arrested on suspicion.
SURROGATE RANSOM Of New York de-
cided. on the 22d. that the marriage Of
Eva l.. Hamilton 70 Robert Ray Hamil-
| ton was void. and that Eva is still the
wife Of Joshua J. Mann.
MISSIONER. the illustrious French
painter. j. seriously i'll with bronchitis
The violence Of the attack added 70 his
advanced age. creates extreme anxiety
as TO the result.
rADrEw~kf. the Polish murderer Of
the Russian General ScliverSkoff. is sup
posed 10 be in Colorado.