The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-28

Grx. n. a. iiowaRr. United Sta'~s
army. commanding the department Of
the east. in his annual report TO the
secretary ~ war. makes sosnr linror-
tant recommendation touching the Ma
tsonal guard If the United States. lie
SAYS the military under lis new name
~ National guard has reached deg
Of excellence never before attaincc.
AUGUSTUS II. KERR. an accountant.
who was arrested in Liverpool on a
charge ~ forgery and embezz.ement
preferred by his late employers. the
Jarvis-Conkiin Mortgage Trust Co. OF
Kansas City. was taken to London, on
the 10th. 20 be arraigned in the Bow
street extradition court
Four Mexican outlaws. formerly
members Of t;arza's band. who have
been committing depredations in Texas
border counties. have been captured
and will nc tried at San Antonio
Ix late encounters reported from the
island Of Crete four Christians and four
teen Turkish soldiers were killed and
twenty of the soldiers were wounded-
A LARGE sewer in course OF construc-
ton in the Steinwacrder portion oil
Hamburg. caved in. on the 10th, bury'
ing fourteen workmen-
ALI. Of the main business places in
the village Of Bccton. Ont. were de-
stroyed by fire ON the night of the 18TH
The total value of property in Illinois
listed for taxation by the assessors ane
board of equalization is 1881. 3io.sod.
The Iron Age reports most cncour
aging outlook in the iron trade.
THr Protestant Episcopal convention
at Baltimore madca separate diocese OF
western Tennessee
AcroE louS r. SHERIDAN has returned
from professional tour OF the glob'
that lasted ten years
THE death of Miss Mary Atkinson
aged %. i agitating the people Of New
Castle. Pa i; is believed that she die
while in a trance.
on the 10Th TWO distinct earthqrah
shocks were felt in Morgan county
Ind.
REGISTRATION Of voters closed in -
Louis on the night Of the 18TH Abou
-. 900 names are on the list
SECRETARY HEsTE. of the New o.
leans cotton exchange says that tn
south wants no change in the form {
cotton contracts
W. VI. FLINT died at st. Joseph. Mo
on the 10Th. of alcoholism. lie was To-
! merlv n wealthy banker at Gallatir
Mo. and afterwards lived in Gorde
Plains. kas
Mrs. Lucy WHALEN. q neice OF Js
seph smith. the Mormon prophet. die
I, at Burlington. Ia. on the 10Th. aged >
y She was a firm believer in her uncle
inspiration.
CHARLES BAKER. a farmer residing
johnson county. Ind. sold and deli
: cred 1000 bushels of wheat for si.6o
! For twenty years he had no: tast'
! liquor. but his appetite returned.
drank TO excess. was waylaid ar
robbed OF all his money.
OK the evening of the 18th. viii
: serving cannon at republican raj
!, at Emporia. kas.. premature al
!, charge occurred. seriously cripplil
Julius Kowaisixi and Lane s Adair. I
= formers arms being torn nearly to fra
! mcnts and the latter losing part of o
hand.
The four children of Josh Matthe
!, and wife living near Claremont- >
!, were burned to crisp on the 10
The father and mother had been in
" tendance upon some religious obse
- ance. and had locked the children
- the house. which eau ht fire.
= AT Junction City. Kas-. on the 10
Miss Lotto Southwcll. - years of al
- took strychnine and died Cnrecip
! Gated love is assigned as the cause
i. the act Her parents reside in Iowa.