The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-17

HE bark Liberia. from Liberia and
| Sierra Leone. which arrived at New
York recently. brought with her eleven
negro emigrants from this country.
who evidently prefer America TO the
| land Of their fathers. Of Sierra Leone
Rev. A. Mccullough. Of St Paul. who
returned from a missionary tour. says
that the negro elnignnts there have not
| found it a paradise II is cursed with
practical slavery and intempcrancc. he
reports. and consequently offers no in
duccments TO the colorcd people of
America.
FRANCE is t..lling the English gov
eminent 10 ar account for r...ent mas
sacres Of French Catholic missionaries
in Africa by British Protestant soldiers.
EDWARD MCMILLAN. the w.fe muir
derer. was hanged in the Jail rard AZ
Willesbarrc. Pa. on the 9th. Tie drop
fell at io:2s a. m and in nine minutes
he was pronounced dead. His n eek was
broken. He killed his wife while drunk
on February %. 1921.
EDITH GoEpAS. the Little Rock Ark
cook who was under arrest charged
with putting poison in the food Il the
Wooten house. has been held to await
the action Of the grand jury.
AUSTIN PORTER. a wife murderer. was
taken from the jail at Grayson. Ky. by
a mob. at o'clock on the morning ~
the 9th. and hantcd TO railroad
bridge.
On the 9th the famous Mrs Jose ,hin-
Ammon died in Cleveland. O.. Of u..erzs-
ton Of the bowels Her career had
been an exceptional on She became
famous throughout Ohio five years ak-o.
when Judge Hamilton committed her
10 Jail for contempt in refusing TO ar
swer questions in the celebrated Josie
Balm habeas corpus case. she renamed
in prison forsy-one days before sh
yielded.
BOILER exploded in the Tile works
Of kinsey. Caughill 4 Co. near Ada
Vile, Ind. on the 9th, and Daniel Tay-
lor. James Caughill and h-t Roller
were killed. George Williams was IA
tall v injured. Caugiiill had only been
married three weeks The q hers leave
families.
The Baptist ministers .of New YORK
have voted confidence in Re-. Thomas
Dixon. now under arrest for .ibeling an
excise commissioner.
DIX. BUCHANAN. cf New York city.
was arrested. on the 9TH. charged with
killing his wife BY poison.
NEARLY l.Coo men resumed work at
the large Sprccl'es sugar r-fineries in
Philadelphia. On the 9th. after shut
down Of nearly three months. General
Manager Peterson says they will at
once put new sugar on The market
again at such prices as thy deem re-
muncrativc. without reference to any
prices any trust may BE- disposed to die
tate
AT the Hills stone-quarrics near
Greencastlc. Ind. on the 9th. fright
full accident occurred. caused by the ex-
plo<ion Of pound case ~
powder Charles williams was killed
and John Williams and Frd Goddard
we're seriously injured.
THE rebuilding Of Jimtown. Col.
destroyed by fire on the 5tn. will not
take tangible shape until the in<ura nee
on the burnt town Is adjusted. a
search Of the ruins reveals M skeletons
and the reports Of loss u lives were
pure fabrication. The loss 10 property
Is still estimated at q. OK. 0Oe
| CLARK's mill-dam. at Union City. Pa.
burst. on the night Of the ,th. and .
wall 81 water swept through the town,
carrying thirty houses from their foun-
dations. and while many prisons were
badly hurt. none lost their lives. Hun
dretls ~ horses and cattle were drowned.
| ~ the explosion Of Goa oil stove az
Jeffcrsonville. Ind. on the evening az
the 5.h. Misses Lizzie Davidson and
Katie Mccain were badly burncd about
their faces waists and arms.
| MARGARET ELLEN CLARK. q lady well
known In Dubuque. Ia.. for thirty
years. fell down stairs. on the sth. aud
broke her neck. Death was almost in
Simultaneous She was the daughter Of
Engineer John Clark. OF The Chicago.
Milwaukee 4 81. Paul railway.
| Two sHocks Of earthquake were felt.
NJ midnight on the 9th. ~ Carosa. a
town In the Province Of Kari. thirteen
miles southwest Of Barlstta. Italy.
The shocks were felt at Rome, shcugs.
not 20 severely.