The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-01

TnE channel ~ Swift, river having
hcen chang.si u, BYRON. Ne. gold has
been discovered in the old bed Miners
are focking there in great numbers
fgE the third time within six months
the pc~t Office al t;rccnyille. n,l.. was
robbed. on thc s.d. and the thief
caught In the act Two men are now
serving terms for rcb'ir- the sane
Office
GOV MERRIAM IL Minnesota issued
n rcqui~ition On the governor ~ New
York. On the I'D. for the return Of carl
Benson now under arrest nj buffalo.
charged with emhexxling $4,000 from
the Scandia MIMI bank i'm June last
srArfxr~r prepared az the treas
ury department shows that the receipts
from customs revenue AZ the port u
New York for the first twenty DAYS in
April. 1871. were Si..si.O3o. as against
>>.s's. COZ for the corresponding period
Of last year. making the falling of
nearly 80 per cent The receipts from
customs at New York are about two
thirds Of the total receipts from Gus
toms 81 the United States
IL the British house 81 commons. on
the asd- Chancellor Of the Exchequer
s;o~chen submitted the budget lie said
il showed an excess Of ei..5G.oo0 in the
surplus over that which he had sug-
gcsted in 1890 would bc shown. There
was no certainty. however. that the
ratio cf Increase would b. maintained
in ccmingyear~. The Irish relief meas
N -. hal .fr..~I - - -.
lures s2oOo00-
ELIZABETH MrLvEHitLE- Of Frcder-
lex county. Va. tainted in the treasury
department. on the I'D. Just after she
had finished signing her name for 81
345.i7 and received the draft for the
same. The money was due her under
the Bowen act for property destroyed
by the federal army during the war.
and the claim had been pending for
years
The insurgents Of Chill have had an
Other engagement with he government
forces in which the latter were de-
feated- The hattie was fought at
Iquique. April =. but no particulars
are given. The insurgent war vessels
are concentrating about Valparaiso.
and a bombarlment Of that city is
threatened
The zoo members Of the New York
Stone Nasons' Protective union struck.
on the .Sd. Cor the eight-hour rule
The union j. composed almost entirely
Of Italians who have been receiving
- so day Of nine hours They now de-
mand the same wages for eight hours
THE outdoor May-day demonStra-
tions of the wOrkmen Of Brussels have
been authorized by the burgomaster.
who will him~f II decide upon the route
Of the procession.
A PORrvGr EsE newspaper. in com
rnenting on the recent incident on the
Pung~e river urges the government TO
speedily conclude treaty with Great
Britain. good or bad in order to avoid
further complications Other papers
give similar advice.
ALL the plasterers in Minneapolis.
MINI. ninety-seven in number. went
or strike, on the I'D for an increase
from 50 to $50 day. All the bosses
except one were willing to grant the
| demand. and the strike was declared in
| order TO force the one boss TO capitulate.
| ROME vas shaken 10 its very founda-
tions. on the sd. by the explosion Of a
| powder magazine several miles from the
| city containing go tons Of powder.
| Seven persons were killed and large
number injured. Forty houses were
1 demolished. and throughout Rome many
buildings were badly shattered. includ-
| ing portions of the vatican. King
/ Humbert with his ministers. FASTENED
TO the scene and aided in ministcring 70
the injured.