The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-11
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A FIRE on West Water street. Mil
waulzee, on the night OF the goth, de.
stroyed Leiser's dry.goods store. 4.
Bowers toy store and damaged several
other buildings Loss, 500. 900; partial
" insured
THREE shocks Of earthquake were
felt at The Dallcs. Ore, at ass a. m. on
the s9th- The vibrations were north
and south and lasted about four sec
onds- No serious damage is reported.
The illness OF Chairman Springer Of
the house ways and means committee
Is the subject ofconsiderab BILE anxiety on
the part Of his friends. lie is suffering
from acute erysipelas. complicated with
nervous prostration and a severe cold.
w. w. HOLDEN. ex-governor OF North
Carolina, died at Raleigh on the lst.
Tie was, prior TO and during the war,
editor Of the Standard; was provisional
governor and later governor. but was
impeached and deposed by the senate
in 1870.
THK Ohio supreme court rendered a
decision, on the LIST. declaring the trust
agreement between the Standard Oil
co. and other oil concerns 20 be illegal.
This - regarded as one Of the most i'm
portant decisions ever rendered by that
court.
TnK New York grand jury made
presentment on the lst. exoneratinr
District Attorney Nicol from the
charges Of unfaithfulness to duty made
in sermon by Rev. DIR. Parkhurst re-
Gently.
Tux Delyannis ministry OF Greece
has resigned. and M. Tricoupis has
been summoned TO form a new govern
rnent- The trouble grows out OF the
difficulty in floating new loan.
REV RICHARD PAGE. an English Con-
clergyman. attempted 10
hang himself in . railway carriage. on
The ist- but was rescued He was de-
spondent at being invited to resign his
pulpit
IHE Minnesota horse, at La Crosse.
Wis. was burned carly on the morning
II the lss. Fred Holden. the BRO
prictor. was burned to death. and the
yucsts had narrow escapes Loss, &c.
100
ST. LorIs detectives. on the lst. ar
rested two men who are supposed to |
nave been implicated in the recent safe |
Dlowings In that city. as they had in
heir possession ret Of the most iineiv- |
finished and latcst-improved burglars
'ools and safe blowing appliances. The
men are known MS William Walters and |
j. ~ WATSON with nlfns.e
THE monthly statement prepared bv
ne comptroller OF the currency shows
hat the total circulation or national
,ank notes outstanding March l was
'i's,aio.0l3, decrease in circulation
'incc February Of s5sa.rsl, and since
March 4. 1891. OF 81. or. 1874.
ANN FRENCH. Of Belfast. formerly Of
Bangor. Me-. a widow. aged 90, and
worth 100000. has created a sensation
y marrying Herbert G. Peavey. OF Am
'erst. Me-. aged se, m itinerant ped
Ter.
=. NJ. BiLLrxosDY. a porter running on
he 500 line out Of 81 Paul. Mimi. Is
'eir TO fortune In New Mexico. An
Id bachelor uncle. 4. J. Jarvis OF
! albuquerque. died recently and left an
state valued nj $50. 900 in bonds Of
which Billingsby gets one-third.
AZ soon as the new creek ministry
completed the chamber, with which
cannot co-cxist will be dissolved
nd an appeal made 70 the country.
he crisis II the most serious which
'reece has had for many ycars
Tuy hOuse s~ommits..a -. l.t.c- -.
ppointed subcommittee 70 invcsti-
ate the question whether the eight .
our law regarding convict labor on ,
ublic works II being violated.
Hon. CHARLES FosrER, secretary OF
nc United states treasury. aad party
rived In London on tho 2i-