The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
IT Is said that Protestant natives il
Africa are waging war upon Catholic
missionaries
GEN. Era HrSrOS. who was ap-
pointed by Cox. Mckinney Of Virginia
10 sncceed senator Harbour, deceased.
was law partner of Hon JEFF Chan
der. Of Missouri. prior to his retire
ment from practice ia Washington. lie
has for some years beer living in retire
mcnt az his home in Warrcnton. Va
NnS CHARLES FosrER wife Of the
<ecret.z~r Of the treasury. saiiel for Eu-
rope on the City Of Paris on the lst-
A DECISION was rendered by Judge
Ecokwalter. Mt Danville. ILL.,. on the
s0th. bv which the officers Of the town
Of Fairrnont were deprived Of their po-
>iti0ns. The ground Of the decision was
that the town had no legal existel nee,
having never been Incorporated.
Cart. PArHrck W. EGAS. the shipping
clerk Of the Lake Carriers associatio
y no mysteriously disappeared several
weeks ago. has returned to Chicago.
He SAYS he was abducted by two men.
carried TO Rochester. y. ". and robbed
Of $500 which was in his pockets.
IN a sham battle en- Woodsdale is
land. thirty miles from Cincinnati. on
the 10Th. five men Were seriously in
jured BY Saber cuts. and one had an eye
injured by gun wad-
JoHS PAESET.L. brother Of the late
Charles stewart Parnell has declined
TO contest Limerick for parliament
BARoS TIIRscH. the wcll-known
philanthropist- is suffering from an at
tack Of influenza and congestion Of the
lungs His condition is serious.
Nix q. Il. GEEArEEx. wealthy citi-
zen ~ bennington. England. was shot
and killed. on the 3lst. by his son. who
declared that he killed his father. be-
cause his allowance Of ll.OO0 year
was too small The son is 40 years old
and the father was 30. Two shots
were fired. The tragedy occurred in
the street in the presence Of many peo-
PIE
SIR FRANCIS BrRDzrrE. cousin Of
Baroness Bursiette-Cou.ts. died in Lon
don. on the slst. aged 70.
Bon FLOYD. the last Of the Florida
express robbery murdercrs. was rur
down at the house Of farmer in Jones
vile. twenty-five miles from Gaines
vile. Fla. on the ed
an explosion Ok gas occurred in th'
West End coal mine at Mocaquaqua
I Pa. on the 3Oth. VI mere eleven rner
were a. work Two Of the miners ar
| dead and an the Others are scriousl,
burned. The cause Of the explosion i
| unknown.
4 SIMON LocKRor writes that the kim
and court party u Italy are in favor 0
war. and that the king will endcavo
\ To provoke q war between Germany an,
\ France in order % divert Italy's atten
\ tion from domestic financial Difficult
\ tics.
i ir j. officially stated that acceptance
have been received BY the United State
i government from eight countries D
Europe Of the invitation to participant
In the bi-metailic conference
/ ADvIcEs BY steamer from Honolulu
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instruction there few years ago. AM
sixteen others have been arrested 70
| treason
MISS Lille NORFOLK. aged 20. quit
wcll-lxrown IN brooklyn society an
amateur theatrical circles. conmitte
suicide. on the night Of the 30th. y
choking herself to death. She lxncl
beside "a washbasin and held her throa
against the marble until she was saffs
Gated
All. the Europeans have left Scrin;
II CUR. bengal. There were 2.45o death
from cholera there from May eth to ii
slst.
SIxTr-rwo business houses Of Maso
City. H.. MA rc closed. On The sfst. .
account ~ the religious awakcnin
sweeping the city. Daring the cigi
days preceding there had been go con
versions and the work was scemingl
only begun Evangclists Munhall an
nireh. assisted ~ Doctors Parsons. pa
terSon. sIillikan and Johnson. are col
Quoting the work.
Gov. MckfStrY az Ohio has receive
letter from enc who signs himself Il
leaderol the '.Resi Mountain Still Gang
If Red Mountain, near Birmingham
Ala. which claims that the gang con
mitted the Columbus Grove bank ro
bcry and murder last August. for n bic
Frank Won l.oon il now awaiting ~
eution at Columbus.
st A sorSG italian IN Rome has rcccn
" perfected TIN invention which wi
prove "a immense value In future WA
} fare. Iteonsist~ % species III cand
intended 70 W. projccted fron catno
On striking any solid Substance
y breaks and. taking fire. produces iii
\ Of 100000 candlc-powcr. which illnir
mates the field for d great distance.