The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-09-23
CURRENT TOPICS.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

4 tNt'itA rtAktttItHt III
I county, Va. on the 18th.
| SIXTY DELEGATES representing unions
Of street-car employees in twenty-five
cities met in Indianapolis Ind. on the
18th. TO form an international union.
| THE French forces in Dahomcy ad-
vancing into the interior of the coun-
| try are meeting with little opposition.
| On the 18th President Harrison tele-
graphcd to Chairman Hackett Of the
New York Republican state executive
committee that he greatly regretted TO
confirm the report that Mrs. Harrison's
condition was such as TO make II i'm
possible to take the contemplated trip
| through the state.
| EDWARD HAxLAS. the oarsinan. will
challenge James Stansbury, Of Austria
4, liza, to row for the championship Of the
world, naming either England or Cali
fornia as the place Of the race. The
stake will be $4,000 side.
The trial opened in Vienna, on the
18th, of twenty-five customs officials
and merchants Of the duchy Of BulSo-
vina, charged with accepting and Civ
ing brides. Among them are said to be
the imperial financial director at Chen
owitz. the capital Of Bukovina. the
finance inspector and the director Of
customs.
MRS. GEORGE MIRACLE. wife Of a
prominent Allen county Ind farmer.
imagines that she has been buried alive.
Her maniacal meanings are distressing
and her attempts to iiberate herself
from the coffin are painful 70 behold.
Nothing that her troubled family can
say or do can convince her otherwise
than that she is buried under ground.
AN organization is declared 70 exist
for the purpose Of bringing the Central
American states into the United States,
first as territories and then as separate
states. II is claimed that ex-Secretary
Blaine is interested in the scheme.
Among other prominent men spoken Of
in connection with the plan is Secre-
tary of War Elxins.
AFTER pitiful experience in quar-
antine the passengers Of the steamship
Normannia were landed from the
steamer Cepheus on Fire island. on the
18th. and provided with comfortable
accommodation at the Surf hotel. In
tho presence Of an armed force the
brutal mob on shore who had refused
them a landing suddenly disappeared.
THE Seaside hotel at Rockaway, \.
j.. was burned to the ground early on
the morning Of the 18th. Loss. esti.
mated at SIS, 900.
i SHORTLY before midnight Of the 12tl
Mr.. Ed O'Meagher Condor. inspector o.
buildings for the United States treasury
department. called at the Associated
! Press in Cincinnati in perfectly sount
health and full Of vigor. lie desired Z
I contradict dispatch sent ont from
7 Washington announcing his death.
THE gross earnings of the Wabash
E railroad for the year ended June 30
1892. were s143s9. 33l.l3 operating ex
pcnses. $40. s3.. h2G. 95; net earnings, So,
: $50. s09.ls: miscellaneous receipts, $3.50,
453.ss. Total. SO. 747.257.6G. After pay
ment OF interest on bonds and mort
cages there remains surplus OF sol,
475.s7.
ARTHUR MCKEE RANKIN was. on tn
18th. denied divorce from his wife
whom he sued at San Francisco on tn
ground Of descrtion.
: 1T is reported that Jay Gould will !
Z elected president Of the Wabash Raj
road Co. at the meeting Of director
!. soon to be held in New York.
A IT was rumored. on the 18th. that
!" band Of oppositionists in the Chocta
:" nation had murdered twelve progre
sives near McCaulley's in the row b
r. tween the two political parties. III
,e nationalists were concentrating al
~ arming themselves. Gov. Jones HI
IL sent military force to the scene OF u
"a trouble. and on the arrival Of q
=. troops more bloodshcd was looked Il
m GEORGE FORREST, nephew OF &
~ celebrated confederate general OF tn
name. attempted to kill Col. J. L. ia
lor in Memphis, Tenn. on the l3'
ne and instead fatally wounded clerk
Pm the store of Roat, Taylor & CO.. who
IS he mistook for Taylor.
AZ ForR miners were killed by an I
u plosion Of gas in the Nottingham mi
g. at Plymouth, Pa, on the 18th
- Deputy SHERIFF WITTY, Of Vasal
m Constable Hill, OF Sanger, and seve
Others came upon Sontag and Eva
ed the train robbers, at Sampson fiat, q
in on the 18th, and attempted to arr
de- them, but they escaped after fight
led which Marshal McGinnis. Richard
ing zen and man named Wilson "
nd killed, and Deputy Sheriff Witty '
The again wounded.
re- TmE steamship companies are pay
a heavy penalty for their carelcssn
in accepting steerage passengers.
lily may be seen from the fact that
ms Hamburg American steamer Colum
the sailed, on the 18th, for Southamp
'ast without passenger. either cabin
! - steerage. or single ounce Of frcig
'scu Other vessels have Jared but little
Pen ter.
no Ixa duel at The Hague, on the nj
Of the l3th between Baron Won 81
n ner'Gricbnow. attache Of the Germ
~. legation, and the Marquis De vallad'
- secretary Of the Spanish legation.
.s,.' latter received a bullet in the leg. wi
M" mcndcd his wounded honor and took
~ the fight out Of him.
IN. REV. DR. TAIMAeE and Mr.. TX
IN. Klopsch, who visited Russia 70