The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-07
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Il "A window at Schenectady. \. T.,
vas struck by lightning few weeks
lgo. partially paralyzcd and marked
With a scarlet circle on his right cheek,
below the eve. On the night OF the
10Th there was terrific crash OF thun-
Ter and Mr.. Shaver's daughter ran into
his room, where she found him dead on
almost the same spot where he was
struck before.
TuE second trial of NJ. Il. Curtis the |
actor cha rged with the murder of Po-
liceman Alex Grant. of San Francisco,
has been peremptorily set for Novem-
Der IA.
Ir is believed that only two OF the
| 900 members of the Forty-ninth New
York volunteers who left Buffalo in
1861 are alive to-day, and both are resi-
dents OF Cincinnati One is Jacob kesa-
Ter and the other G. q. Mcssner. fore
man of the commandments JOB
rooms.
THE post Office at Great Bend. kas..
was robbed at = o'clock on the morning
of the Goth. The thieves got $40 IN
cash. but left 5000 in stamps The door
of a safe containing the registered mail
was blown off, but the safe was not
robbed.
Miss BERTHA ROSE. II years old. OF
Haverhill, o., school-teacherat Otway,
o.. was drowned. on the goth. 10y fall
ing from a swing into Scioto Brush
creek. she held to the rope suspended
over the creek. screaming for assist
ance, until her strength failed her
ONLY few small children were present
THE garrison at Fort Myer. on Ar
lington Heights. Virginia. opposite the
city Of Washington, is in deplorab Die
condition owing to deficient water
supply. Fort Myer has for several
wears suffered from an inadequate sup
ply of water, both as To quantity and
quality
THE Mexican government has refused
extradition in the case of Lewis. OF
Kansas City, Mo, charged with swind-
ling the Lombard Investment Co., OF
which he was an employee As forgery
was proved in the case of Russell, ms
alleged accomplice. the authorities have
ordered the extradition of the latter.
THE falling of the scaffolding about
the new broadway Methodist Episcopal
Sunday-school building in Camden, y.
j. on the 21th, resulted in the death OF
one man and perhaps fatal injuries to
two others.
Two BOMBS exploded outside the house
of a banker of Bologna on the Goth
Subsequently there was discovered
bomb charged with nitro-glycerinc, the
explosion of which, experts say, might
have wrecked one-half OF the city
Eighty persons living in Bologna anc
Pavia. and known to be anarchists
have been arrested.
THE grand jury of Anderson county
Tenn, found two indictments on tn
27th. against ID. H. Monroe. the allege'
leader of the miners in the Coal Cree
instruction. One indictment charge
him with murder in the first degree.
A TERRIBLE wind and snow storr
prevailed on Mount Washington. \. IL
on the night OF the Goth. the win
reaching a velocity of 100 miles pc
hour. Wire communication with III
Glenn house and the summit was Gu
off and the trains could not get dow
the mountain on account of snow an
ice.
: a FIRE. supposed to have been starte
by children, swept thewholc eastern SIC
Of the business street OF Howard
d.. on the eth. causing loss estimate
at 500. 900; insurance. $4,000. X.
Allensmouth and wife. an aged coupl
; lo,t their lives while saving houscho
goods
IosFpu FIELD. Of Middletown, one
the wealthiest farmers in New Jerss
z celebrated his one hundredth anniv'
= sarv on the 2Tth. The old gentlem
y is remarkably bright and vigorous, n
= although having just passed throu
several days sickness, he Is n
> healthy, and bids fair to live seve
}" more years
OpuIR FARM mansion. the coun
residence Of Whitelaw Reid. was
w. scene. on the 2Tth. of an INTEREST,"
= wedding. the contracting parties be
~ Miss Ella Spencer Reid. niece OF WI
" law Reid. and Judge Ralph Chand
no Harrison. Of California. The bride j
~ vears of age. while the groom is %.
rs GEN. SIR .IoHS Ross, command
the troops IN brlttsh Noi VI h'"N'
will retire soon.
lu- OK the 2,th gang Of robbcrscaptr
cn the railway station at KonolSovo, on
Isl vladilxavkas railway in Russia, attac
81, \. a train going to Rostif and, hay
- ovcrpowcrcd the officials after u
OF struggle. robbed the railway cashie
- 5000 roublcs.
WV. NJ. RICHARDS, president OF
Fidelity and Casualty Insurance
:" and director Of the Continental In
ance Go. of New York, died of heart
~ ure on ferryboat al New York on
,re night of the nth. He was "a year
:. age.
IoTrA. the actress, is being tree
~ at a private hospital in New York
~ for her old spinal trouble and will p
=" ably be unable to fulfill her eng
mcnts for several weeks.
:, THE captain Of one Of Che Br
INA, sealing vessels seized by Russian Ct
,,,- crs. saws the scheme Is to make on
80 prctcnsc to seize American vessels
rgo as to help the United states caus
,,.s the coming Ilchring sea arbitra'io
A. MAUD HIr.LMAN. while playing
i,;es leading part in Lady Audley's Sec
~. at the Breed opera house, Norv