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

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

chllu, u months OLD. perishcd. also TWO
children Of George Cage, aged respect
lively 2 years and days
THE Grunewald opera house at New
Orleans. valued at 100000, was de-
stroyed by fire at an early hour on the
morning Of the the Sist; insurance,
$40. 900.
A. NJ. BELL, n prominent young at
torney of Washington, delayed ut Pee
blcs. o.. by case in court, spent the
day in smoking cigarettes. lie went
to bed Mt . o'clock and died before
morning. The doctors say death was
caused by nicotine contained in the
cigarettes.
Coz WM. III. STHAcHAN. of the Ninth
regiment. NJ. y. g., was killed in u
runaway accident at l,eachmont. Mass,
on the sOth. His wife, who was riding
with him. escaped uninjured.
In calculating the wages Of miners
and lahorcrs Of the Schuyllsill (pa.l
region for the last half of October and
the first half 81 November the >chuyl-
kill coal exchange fixed the rate at >
per cent. above the $3.50 basis. This
is an advance of . per cent. over the
wages of September
HERR THIEL. editor of the social dem
ocratic paper vollsswait, in Breslau
was sentenced, on the 29th, ~ nine
months imprisonment for lese majestic.
WHILE funeral procession was
crossing bridge over Oil creek, ten
miles from English. Ind, on the Slst
the bridge gave way and prccipitated
seven two-horse carriages into the
creek Anthony Robertson's collar
bone and right arm were broken, and
Thomas Rathbone suffered the dislo-
cation of hip. Three horses had to be
shot.
Ir is the general impression in En-
gland that the chances for the release
of DR. Gallagher. Curtin and fothcr
dynamiters is remote. 1t is pretty GER
tain. however. that the appeal from
Washington will cause relaxation in
the discipline to which these prisoners
are subjected.
Mrs HANNAH ANDREWS, aged 13
years, was burned to death, on the
3ist. in her house near Batesvillc,
Ind. In her cnfceblcd cor dition the old
lady got too near the fire. when her
clothing ignited, and she died in few
minutes.
WHILE oiling the journals at the
Horton Manufacturing Co.'S plant at
Fort Wayne. Ind. on the LIST. James
Mcmillan was caught by his clothing
i'm the gearing of the shafting and
whirlcd to death.
MRs MARY u. MAREAS was taken
before Judge Amy ~ East Cambridge,
Mass, on the LIST. charged with the
murder Of her aged mother. whom She
killed with heavy furnace-shaScr.
The case was continued and the pris.-
oner was committed to Jail without
bail
Hos. JoHS d. WAsHBuIN. of Worces-
ter. Mass. envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Switzerland, sent his rcsig-
nation To the president on the list.
A STEAM PIE on the tug Col. +. Il.
Grub. lying at the foot of Summit
street. Brooklyn. burst. on the LIST. IA
tally scalding William Bultz a. Wal
tiers and William ellison.
GuSNER's MATE ETIERs of the cruiser
Philadelphia has been promoted TO chief
gunner for an act of bravery on board
ship in preventing. at the risk of his
life. sparks from reaching the maya
zine.
THE British authorities have ordered
that no one be allowed to attend the
execution Of Posoner Thomas NELL.
excepting the sheriff and the prison
officials. so press representatives will
be all owed inside the prison.
About 3 a. m. on the I'd. Lieut..
Frederick Schwatla the famous Arctic
explorer. was pickles. up or First street.
in Portland Ore. in an unconscious
condition. Beside him lay bottle Of
laudanum. A patrol wagon was called
and the lieutenant was removed ~ the
police station where he soon died. II
was undoubtedly IA case of suicide.
IL view of the practical disappearance
OF cholera from Hamburg the healtl
authorities have stopped the issue OF
the daily report of suspected eases and
will report only certified cases Of Asiati'
cholera. The last genuine case was &c
tobcr H.
THr supreme military council OF Mex
leo has confirmed the death scntenc'
passed upon Col. Nievez Hernandez
who is charged with treason in failirI
to capture CARA. the rcvolutionist.
Tur British board Of agriculture ha
ordered all the cattle recently lande'
at Dundee from Canada by two steam
ers slaughtered, owing TO the discover,
of pleuro-pncunonia among them. TIL
steamers landed | 200 head.
on the Ist two brothers named Bur
CESS, charged with murder. were take
from the Jail at Lebanon. Va. hand
cuffcd together. hanged and riddle
with bullets.
ARcrBIsHop VAUGHAN is making al
rangcmcnts to accompany the pilgrim
age Of British Catholics To Rome. whc
Is headed by the duke Of Norfolk. an
is. in point Of wealth and numbers. I'll
greatest that has left Great Britain i
: three centuries.
liz order to ascertain whether on nc
plcuro-pncumora has any existence !
Canada. the Dominion government ha
dispatched veterinary inspectors {
every district whence cate for I'll
British market are collected.
! THE unemployed Hebrew working
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