The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-24

TnE province u Quebec was the
scene. on the 18th. ~ 4 fearful storm q
wind and hail. which spread death,
manning aud destruction over wide
expansc ~ country. lis effects were
most severely felt in the demolition ~
school buildings. and the killing and
injury ~ the pupils. The storm ex-
tended through New irunswicl. and
Nova Scotia.
Mrs. DEACON. the cause Of the tragedy
NJ Cannes. France, in which NJ. Abeille
was shot and killed in her apartments
in the hotel by herhushand. hasarrived
In san lose. Cal. and is living IN retire
mcnt NJ the home Of her brother,
Charles Baldwin. short distance from
san Jose
THERE is serious disagreement on
the wage question between the Anal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers and the Pennsylvania iron
manufacturers. and unless there is q
compromise effected there will bea gen
eral strike on July 1.
DIR 4. w. JOKES. formerly purveyor-
general Of the confederate states, died
at Richmond. Va. on the 18TH. aged ~
years. lie had resided in Maryland.
Mississippi and Tennessee since the
war When his health gave way he
went to Richmond. and lived 50 quietly
that but few people knew that he was
a resident.
RATION. y. NJ. celebrated an impor-
tant epoch in its career on the 18th,
when the water-worls company con-
nected the city water mains with the
reservoir. seven miles up the Chicora.
and filed them with mountain water,
thus ending what has been almost
water famine for the past two months.
WILLIAM HENRY PAlxrox. who.
while robbing old Mr. and Mrs Mi
chael Strominger. at Lewisburg. Pa.
March 81. overpowcrcd and bound
them. from the effects Of which Mrs.
>trominger died. was hanged al York,
Pa. on the 10th. for the murder.
A MEETING Of American hardware
was held in New York
GA the 18th. The session was secret.
and IL was rumored about among retail
hardware men that gigantic trust was
about to be- formed BY the wholesalers
and manufacturers.
The indictments found in New York
against Messrs Ives and Staynor for
appropriating money belonging to the
Cincinnati, Hamilton 4 Dayton rail
road have been dismissed. The district
attorney did not think conviction
could b. obtained
FRANK TURNER. white. was fined s1OC
IN each of l.5.7 cases for Illicit whisky
selling in the local-option town Of Lam
.aster. KY. and John Smith, a negro,
Judgment i'm l.533 cases.
THE British house of commons in
ON the 10TH authorized the
10 purchase the telephone
runk lines throughout the country at
cost of 1000. 600
A SHELL exploded at Magdeburg.
germany. on the 10th. while some mu-
,itions were being unloaded, and two
ergeants were killed and five soldiers
erribly injured
A CYCLONE wrecked several buildings
( Badalona. Spain. including two fac
cries, on the 10th. Eight workmen
we're killed and number injured
vEsuvIUs continues in active erup-
ion. The sight is a magnificent one.
md thousands of excursionists flock &c
witness it. The lava has formed
fridge across the valley between Monte
'omma and vesuvius
THE French government has decided !
Q blockade the coast Of Dahomey.
EARL AUEEAIS. aide to the earl Of
ersey, was accidentally shot. on the
9TH. while out with hunting party.
lie died soon afterward.