The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-01

WEEKLY COURIER.
G. DoANE. Publisher.
JASPER INDIANA
Ex-PosrxAsrRR.GExE J. A. J.
cREsswKrI- died suddenly II Elkton.
Nd. on the sd
GERMAxr. Austria Switzerland. Italy
and Greece have Aigni6ed their willing
ness 70 continue their present CONNER
cial treaty relations with spain.
The duke OF Devonshire. who died At
Holker Hall. Milnethorpe. England. on
the night Of the eist owned l9S.00o
acres Of land lying in fourteen counties
The rent-roll Of the estate amounts 70
over Gl7o. 900 per year.
THK Indiana state fair grounds ut In
diAnspolis were sold. on the ed. for
os7AO00- A syndicate will subdivide
the land into town lots, IS il islocated
in the interior Of the city. A new fair
site will Be purchased
The remains Of Senator Plumb ar
rived a Topeka, KAs. on the sd. and
were escorted from the depot to the
capitol with all proper ceremony. The
public schools were adjourned. immedi-
ately after the opening exercises, out Of
respect to the memory Of the dead sen
otor
"A DISPATCH from Santiago de Chile
20 the London Timcs says that in con-
sequence Of the delay in the trial Of the
persons concerned in the Baltimore in
cident the Chilian congress will shortly
pass measures providing for public
trials in place Of the old. secret Span
ish system OF procedure.
Gov. HoRACE BoIEs Of Iowa, has is
sued . proclamation calling upon the
people Of that state for contributions
for the relief of Russian famine suffer
era A committee. Of which H. c.
Wheeler. late candidate for governor.
Is ! member. has been appointed 70
have charge Of the matter.
LYpE CLARK. the largest grand army
post in Iowa. has adopted resolutions
against the building Of q soldiers mon
umens or . memorial hall with Iowa's
share Of the direct war tax The post
favors. instead. the building Of cottages
~ the soldiers home It Marshalltown
for soldiers. their wives and widows
As THE steamer Corona from South
ern California was approaching San
francisco through the Golden Gate, on
the aIst. big wave swept her deck.
carving overheard j. c. Bailey. busi-
ness man Of Los Angeles, and a waiter,
name unknown Several passengers
were knocked over and washed along
the deck
FArnER KRoEGER. priest Of St. Vim
cents parish of Elkhart Ind. has fed
che town. and Is thought 70 be in Can
ada. lie has left debts amounting TO
about s15.ooo. and his creditors can find
hut little to liquidate their claims
Many Of his practitioners are sufferers,
and il Il thought that the church funds
have suffered BY Interpretations
Nh SrIcKLER. one Of the Worlds
fair commissioners from Germany.
landed in Hoboken. n. j.. on the god.
having in his possession what is said "
be the sword carried by Christopher
Columbus at the time Of his discovery
Of America The sword belongs to the
museum of Salzburg. Germany. and
has been lent Tor exhibition at Chicago.
The Osborne Hargreavcs libel suit in
London was suddenly terminated. on
the ed. BY the discovery. beyond
doubt. that Mrs. Osborne was really
the thief who stole Mrs Hargreaves'
pearls sir Charles Russell, counsel
for Mrs Osborne. at once withdrew
from the case and the jury. under in
structions. found verdict for Mrs Har-
greaves-
The first full carload Of American
Gin ever produced from an American tin
mime was received by W. w. Stewart
at San Diego. Cal. on the ead. from the
Temescal mines. The shipment con-
sisted Of over $1,000 pounds If tin. The
output Of the Temescal mines Is being
rapidly increased. and American tin
will be regularly put on the market in
carloads.
The report Of the cham her Of com
merce Of swansea, Wales. shows that
the direct exports of tin plate to the
United States from Swansea in 1850
amounted to los. SO boxes In 1890 the
amount was e.s5s.sfs boxes. and dur
ing the three months ending June 80 Of
che present year II reached l.o,.. 323.
or say az the rate af 1000. 600 boxes for
the present year
Mn. LE FABRE. one Of the Canadian
fisheries commissioners. in an inter
view published in L'Reclair. Of Paris.
Is quoted rs saying that he is certain
that Canada will secure a union with
Newfoundland on the fisheries ques-
tion. and that there il no doubt that
the imperial government will exercise