The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-25

Tux United States supreme court has
taken away one OF the last OF
in the District of Columbia.
an appeal to IL. these appeals
as a rule being taken chiefly 10 delay
the execution of "A sentence. The court
holds that under the statutes II has no
jurisdiction over criminal appeals from
the local court
THE sixth annual convention OF the
Association of American Agricultural
Colleges and Experimental stations be-
gan in New Orleans.
JACK CHM. the starter at the East
ST. Louis lll.) race track and one OF
the best-known turfmen in the west,
was shot and dangerously wounded
at the track by Police Officer Anthony.
THE one hundred and twenty-fourth
annual dinner OF the New York chain
Der of IN was held at Del
monico's in that city.
A. S~ASDsTRoM & Co. Chicago foun-
drymen, failed for $500. 600.
HENRY l.. OWENS. after serving
eighteen months in the Wisconsin state
prison for obtaining money under false
pretcnses. was found To be innocent.
TuE chief Of the bureau of statistics
reports that the total value OF the eN-
port Of domestic beef and hog products
from the United states during October
was 50. 7l4,0i6; dairy products. sS2a,ol6.
TnK St Paul pillow works at Glad
stone. Mimi. were burned, the loss be-
ing $500, O0c.
AnRAM BI.AIy. a negro barber. died
at Johustown. Pa. He was 9s years
old and was the first colorcd man who
ever served as Juror in the United
States court.
JANIS Still. q colorcd inmate Of tho
reform school at New Brunswick. y.
j.. completed the si&ty-cighth day OF
u long fast
THE National Farmers Alliance met
in nnual session ut Memphis. Tenn.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has appointed
William Potter, Of Pennsylvania, to be
minister to Italy.
The cereal returns Of November TO
the department of agriculture place
the corn yield in the country at Co.,
600. 600 bushels and the wheat crop at
800. 600. 600 bushels.
WILLIAM BURNETT (colorcd) was
taken from Jail at oxford. y. G., by "A
mob and lynched. lie was charged
with murder.
MRs. T.. A. KINNEY. a widow living
alone at Saranac. Mich. was terribly
beaten by thieves and robbed of $1,000.
THE old homestead and birthplace Of
John Greenleaf Whittier at Haverhill.
Mass, has been purchased by a syndi-
cate and will be restored TO its former
condition and preserved as a memorial
COMMANDER BALIiSGToS EooTH, of
the Salvation Army. and his staff Off
cers in New York are making arrange
ments for a continental congress of
delegates from all of the Salvation
Army posts throughout the country.
FIRE destroyed the store of the G
4 Loeber Company in Milwaukee,, the
loss being 500, 600.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has appointed
Silas Alexander. Of New Mexico, 10 be
secretary Of the territory of New Mexi'
co, vice benjamin Nj. Thomas, de-
ceased.
MARCUS A. SCHwERT, town collector
of Hamburg. y. ", was missing. and
his accounts were short $4,000.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting
of the Army of the Tennessee convened
in st. Louis.
MIKE Brown and George Hanks. no
torious cattle thieves, were killed 10y
regulators in Fremont county. Wyo
Four other outlaws have been killed II
that vicinity within two weeks.
TIE next G.. A. X. national encamp
ment will be held in Indianapolis dur
ing the week commencing Septembe
4, 1898.
THE National League of Baseba
clubs in session in Chicago awardc'
Boston the pennant for 1892.
THE Alabama Legislature convened
at Montgomery.
MRs. ELIZABETH BERRY and Garrett
storms were placed in Jail at Hacken
sack. N. j., to serve fou days each 70
: husking corn on Sunday.
A SUCCESSFUL experiment Of a cotto
, harvester was made on a plantatio
near Dallas. Tex, and the work wa
done cleaner than by hand-piel<ing.
f., THE Robinson a Stokes Compan,
dealers i'm notions at Omaha, Ncb
Il failed Wlth assets OF S-u-.Uuu anu "a
I bilities Of 500. 900.
a THE Georgia supreme court has d
cidcd that telegraph companies nee
4 not deliver messages on Sunday, as
o the code it is unlawful for any persc
To pursue his business or the work
his ordinary calling upon the Lore
4 day.
a GIUSEPPE PETASA. an Italian in Ee
ton insane over the death of his vii
) killed his two children and then c
his own throat.
Ar the annual meeting in 81 LOT
/. Of the Knights of Labor the trcasur
h. reported that total receipts during 7
j. year were sG0,Gi4l4 and the total {
$. pc~nditures $50. 74s. So. leaving a balar
- on hand July l.. 1892. OF ss65.37. 4
total membership was given ut o'
200. 900.
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