The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-22

Trr American Sugar crsincries ca
~ Jersey CITY. n. j.. Mt u Stockholders
meeting. on the 18th. voted 10 increase
The capital stock 81 the company by
So. 900. ooa
Inn American and French squas.rons
ia Chinese waters have tecn instructed
70 winter on the Yangssze- kiang.
Jonx q. WHITTIER. the poet. has the
grip
CRAzEp by the grip. Frank Rather
ford. Of Cincinnati. stabbed his wife. on
the 18th. with pair of shears. killing
her almost instantly.
THk friends Of DR.. Graves are indie
fatigable in their efforts 10 secure new
evidence in his behalf
Princess MARY VicroEiA or Tick.
FRUSTRATED with grief IT the death 81
her betrothcd. the duke Of Clarence
and Avondale. By whose bedside she
watched until the last, immediately
took 10 her bed. herself quite i'll.
llox. RonERr J. CHESTER. the oldest
Mason in the world. died at Jackson.
Tenn. on the lstS. aged ~ years
rRAix-LoAp of 81. Paul boomers
has gone 70 Washington 70 urge the
claims Of 81. Paul for the democratic
national convention.
The works OF the Waterbury Conn.,
Brass Co. were burned on the 18th.
The loss will reach $3.50. 900: well in
surcd. Two hundred and fifty hands
are thrown out Of employment
The machine shop Of Rose Polytech-
mic institute al Terre Haute, Ind. was
damaged by fire. on the 18th. 70 the ex-
tent OF SIS. 200. The fire Is supposed TO
have been caused by spontaneous COM
bustion in an exhaust chute used for
removing dust from the carpenter shop.
The costly machinery with which the
machine shop is equipped was not
damaged TO a very great extent; loss
covered by insurance. The shop will
be rebuilt at once
The steamship Fulda arrived at
Genoa. Italy. on the l4th, after temp
estuous voyage full Of sad incidents a
stoker jumped overheard and was
drowned: a sailor died Of influenza; q
steerage passenger died Of apoplexy
and was buried at sea; Mrs Harold
Courtney, Of New York. saloon pas
senger. while suffering mental aberra-
ton. made two attempts on the life OF
her husband During the last three
days of the voyage she was confined in
the cabin under guard Of sailors
THERE is extraordinary activity in
the Waterviiet IN W arsenal govern
ment gun foundry. Instructions have
been received to rush all orders for big
guns. and waste no time in final polish
or fancy finishing touches Thirteen
s-inch guns are now being finished with
the utmost speed. and large number
Of Calling guns are under way.
THE frame of the battleship Oregon.
under construction at the Union IRON
works in San Francisco. having been
completed. the work Of putting on her
outward plate has been begun. The
Oregon will have displacement Of TO-
500 tons. and is the first battleship 70
be built on the Pacific coast
CARDINAL SIMEoSI. project general
Of the propaganda, died in Rome. on
the 14th. as the result Of an attack q
the prevailing epidemic. Influenza lie
was in his seventy-sixth year. Cardinal
Serafino vannutelle will succeed him
as head Of the propaganda
GEORGE 5. KNIGHT. the actor. died 1t
the home Of his mother. Mrs Rebecca
Sloane. in Philadelphia, on the 18th
Mr.. knight was stricken with paralysis
-four. years ago in California. and had
not been on the stage since that time.
A CABINET officer is quoted as saying
that the president was growing verv
indignant about the Gillian outrages
1T looks" said he. much as il we will
have to give her a good licking"