The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-27

A sHIrs boat belonging 10 the bark
entine North BEND. containing i've OF
her crew. was capSizcd in gale near
Port Townsend. Wash. on the nth
Two Of the sailors were picked up by .
passing vessel after drifting about for
some time. hut the other three became
exhausted and were drowned
TESTERS boot and shoe factory a.
Lestershire. ". ". employ ing 200 hands,
was partly demolished by high gale
on the 10th. The north wall went
down with . terrific crash. and the
hands. panic-stricken. rushed for the
doors and Windows Men trampled on
each other in their mad flight. but for
tunately no one was fatally injured.
The employees OF the nail department
Of Oliver q Roberts works ut Pitts
burgh. Pa. were notified. on the 18th.
Of = 20-pcr-cent reduction in wages
The men are not organized. and Will
accept the reduction
NEWS reached St Paul. Mimi. on the
night Of the 18th. that wolves had
killed three children OF Andrew Gullick
during the day near the rolling mills At
New brighton. ten miles north Of St
Paul
PRoF. LIBREr has presented TO the
Princeton college library the library Of
the late Prof Guiot. which consists Of
5000 books and pamphlets and 1000
maps This collection came into Prof
Libbey's possession through Earnest
San Dose and has been catalogued-
The collection is very rich in books Of
early date and contains complete sets
Of scientific magazines
FRED koHIER. a plumber at Sioux
City. la. was overcome with gas. on
the 18th. while repairing broken
main in an area way and persisted. lie
was discovered by clerk named Zim-
norman. who was overcome and came
near pcrishing in an effort 10 rescue
kohler
at Leadville, Col. on tho 18th. and
while going at terrible speed collided
with an immense ore team. All were
badly bruised. while one. Willie o. Neill.
was thrown under the horses hoofs and
fatally injured
CHARLES NELSON. living south Of
Goshen. Ind. attempted 10 burn what
he thought was paper wad out Of
gun with hot iron When the hot iron
was applied in the muzzle load was
discharged into his groin. tearing him
in q terrible manner and causing him
to bleed TO death.
on Police Commissioner Sankey's
farm. south OF Terre Haute. Ind. on
the 18th. Joseph Carter. foreman Of the
farm. was gored 10 death by a bull
which he was trying TO manage lie
died in short time
An aged couple. James Ellis and wife.
were found dead in their home at Troy.
O.. on the 18th. from inhaling natural
gas and their three children were I'M
conscious. The fire was left burning
in the cook stove. but from irregular
pressure the FIRE went out The valves
being open the gas soon filed the
room.
SHERIFF HARTMAN. Of Blair. Neb..
returned home. on the 18th. with Ar
thur Sloan. the Fontanelle murderer.
He found him husking corn for farmer
near slater. Ia. Hartman. with a
deputy. secrefed himself in the farmers
house. and when Sloan went in to sup
per arrested him before he had chance
to resist
Prior BoAT No. 10. the Jesse Carroll.
0. New York. reported. on the 18th.
that when six miles southeast Of the
lightship. at IA m. cries were heard
Of men adrift in a boat II was blow
ing hard from the northwest at the time
and the ship wore down. but owing
TO the darl<ness the castaways could
not be discovered.