The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-09-30

seventh encampmenL In 1893. without
opposition The date will he fixed by
the counsel Of ton after con-
ference with the citizens.
QvARrfENAsrER.GES TAYLOR OF
the q. A. X. reported TO the national
cncampmcnt, on the cist: Receipts
for the year. s35. 800. II; expenditures.
ESQ. ci6.l0; balance ON hand. e7.54s. 20
Assets including United states bonds
and supplies, s29. 1858 The Grant
monument fund amounts 10 ell.77S.63.
Of which $2a6.i6 was received since the
last encam pment-
AccoRDI SO 10 the report Of Inspector
General John +. Pratt Of the q. A. X.
the total number Of posts now in ex-
istcnce Is 1865; total number 81 post
members in good standing. a9i. 500:
number OF musl<ets owned by posts.
3o.o5s; number OF posts having rclicf
funds, zoos; total amount OF relief
funds. $4sG. sos: total amount expended
for relief. <3l0,44s; total amount Of post
funds in hands Of quartcrmastcrs, sss9,-
$40: total a mount Of property other than
in quarterrnaster and relief fund owned
by posts. sl.si2, isS; total members in
good stand ing. 4os ISL.
Mrs. HARRISON reached Washington
on the morning Of the 2ist. having
stood the trip from Loon Lake without
any apparent evil effects. She was
taken at once TO the White House in an
ambulance that was in waiting. and
seemed 10 be well pleased to get back
to her old quarters.
TIE Womans Relief corps conven-
ton met in Washington on the a2d.
The report Of President Sanders showed
that during the year Si4.3ii had been
turned over TO the posts; cash for re-
lief. SOL 4G;s: relief other than money.
So .94l. Balance in the relief fund Of
corps. s7s.5i'; general fund. si22, 535sl.
The assets showed a decrease. since the
date OF last report. Of nearly so per
cent.
THE executive committee Of the CO.
lumbar cx position issued a prospectus.
on the ED. announcing that subscrip-
ton books would be open from October
10 to October u for e.. 700 OF the
registered debenture bonds Of the
Worlds Columbian exposition. The
bonds will bear 9 per cent. interest and
will be dated November |, ls92, pay
able on or before January l. 1894.
As THE Rock Island passenger and
mail train No 4. from the west. was APP
proaching the side track at Farnum,
Ia. little before a. M. on the ed. il
crashed into hcavily-loadcd freight
pulling from the main line onto the
side track. The engine was struck
square in the center fairly splintering
eight freight cars.
THE Paris Figaro states that Edward
priss on the aist. The paper adds
that Mr.. Deacon intends to reside in
Paris and prosecute legal proceedings
for the custody Of his children.
Ok the 22d Secretary Foster ordered
DIR. Hamilton to turn Camp Low. n. j..
over to DIR. Sawtelle and return to his
station at Chicago. via Washington.
THE National Association Of ex-Army
and Navy Chaplains was organized in
on the I'D
Ex-Gov. GRAY. Of India ma. paid visit
to ex-President Cleveland Ut Buzzard's
Bay. Mass, on the 2lst.
WISsLow WILKES broke the track
record at indianapolis. on the ed. by
pacing mile in 2:l1&
MARION HEpcErETH. the leader Of the
Mo- train robbers. for par
ticipation in which Adelbert Slye is
now serving twenty-year sentence.
has about concluded to withdraw his
plea Of not guilty and take twenty
year sentence rather than allow his
mother to sacrifice her property in
hopeless effort for his defense.