The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.


, uu>uduA> Mtrt mA>>ArrrI NJ Mlntrur
have each been accorsied pension 81
Si.,oo per annnm
A DELEGATION of French fire fighters
numbering $40 persons. arrived in Lon
don. on the I'D. % study the system
and methods ~ the London fire depart
ment.
IT i reported that sir Charles Tuppel
will h offered the seat in the house oi
commons for Kingston made vacant by
the death ~ Sir John Macdonald
FiRE az the Border City mills. In
BONNEVILLE. Mass. on the I'D. damaged
a storehcu>e and contents 10 the extent
0f Sloo-oo,. The storchouse contained
about 100 bales 81 cotton and guam
tity ~ farcy cloth. owned principally
bv commission houses and stored await.
ing shipment. The loss i covered by
insurance.
Ar Batoyna. town ~ Hungary. a
GROVE ~ field lahcrers. inclted hy 50
cialist agitators. made an attack upon
the town hall. Had il not been for the
determined resistance offered by a
small force ~ policemen the mob
would have wrecked the building The
officers killed four and wounded seven
n .ne MOP
HENRY SCHULTZ. Of Buffalo. " ". a
herman n">> carpenter. attempted sui
ciue' ON tne night 81 the I'd. with an
AK. pick and a poker. and finally
cut his throat with razor. He NAV
possibly recover. lie has a family.
BUSINESS rcverses had unbalanced his
mind
I~tp"L2T>tDo >A>G", the Japanese
police oflcer who attempted the life OF
the czarow'tz was tried in the district
SQUIRT AZ otsn- on the i'th- found guilty
OF an attempt 70 commit wilful murder
ana sentenced 20 Imprisonment for life
az haru labor
~ election riot - BOLOGNA Italy on
the zSd. growing out 81 the defeat Of a
socialist candidate resulted IN one man
oe'ns Killed and many others seriously
wounded Inc police dispersed the
mob after making number OF arrests
BAND ~ armed hurds are holding
an English girl named Katy Greenfield.
aged II years. who was abducted at the
Turkish consulate In Soujbolaka- Per-
Ia n defiance Of the English consul
= SANTIAGO pE Chill dispatch from
baimaceda government says that the
r. peis have lost all their moral force
and that resistance on their part in the
south has come 70 an end.
MRS JOHN LARSON. wife OF farmer
living near HUDSON Wis. drowned her
three little children in Lake st. Croix.
during nj ~ insanity. on the evening
~ the I'D Mrs Larson has been taken
70 an insane retreat
A PLOT to rob the express car on the
Cedar Rapids & Northern near Column
bus Junction la. was foiled by one Of
the conspirators putting note 10 a pal
IN the wrong envelope. thus giving the
snap away
1 Col = n WoOD. the most noted man
IN western Kansas was murdered. on
the ed. BY James brennan At Hugoton.
The tragedy Is the latest Of the long list
growing out Of the notorious Stevens
county-seat war.
FRAScn II. BRowS. the well-Inown
composer and author. died It Stamford.
Sonn-. on the I'D aged ~
The sentencing Of Treasurer Rarvls-
ley. Of Philadelphia was indefinitely
postponed. on the I'D. At the suggestion
Of District Attorney Graham. in order -
allow the expert accountants to pursue
their investigation further. and Bards-
ley was remanded 70 prison.
Il CATHERINE n >IScLArR. the widow
Of Edwin Forrest. the tragrdian. died
recently in New York city. AIRED "A
years. Broken in health and fortune.
she lived her last days beneath the roof
IF an I'D friend. and went to her yrav
almost forgotten
The Chicago Posts Washington ccrre-
spondent says that rumors are again
rife that Mrs. John a. Logan i soon to
marry George r. Lemon. the Million
aire pension agent.
ACCORDING 70 statement issued by
the commissioner ~ pensions. On the
I'D, there have been paid 10 the sur
vivors Of the war Of the rebellion. the
war ~ isi1. the Mexican war. and the
var o. the revolution. since July |. 1851.
an aggregate ~ si.esf. 10000. Pension
certificate NJ s0o.0eO. for disabilities
incurred in the late war. was issued on
the -aI.