The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-04

AT a tenenent-houSe FIRE in New
York. on the aed. panic-stricken
mother wrapped her babe in bed cloth
ing and threw it from the window.
The little one was caught By a fireman.
but was MORALLY hurt
THERE had been no railway commu-
nication between Constantinople and
western Europe for several days. up TO
the I'D. owing 10 heavy foundations
which swept away the tracks and
bridges in many places.
A MEs. RoBERr RErxs. living few
miles from Seligman- No. across the
Arkansas state line. is charged with
having poured coal oil over her Swear
old step~on and burned him 70 death
TIE lower branch Of the New Jersey
legislature has passed bill appropri-
ating $50. 900 more for the states ex-
hihit at the Worlds fair. There was
no debate. This makes $4,000 in ali
for the New Jersey exhibit
THE car has appointed Prince Calf
zen 10 restore order in the administra-
tive branches Of the government at
TohoIsk. the capital Of western siberia.
where considerable confusion exists.
BExIAMIS ErJEE. Of Philadelphia.
aged 81 years. died. on the ED. from the
effects OF landanum taken with suicidal
intent because OF his rejection by his
sweetheart
a Moscow dispatch says the Rus
sian government has ordered Count
Tolstoi 70 return 10 his estate. being
displeased with his letters In regard 70
the famine.
A PARTY Of young people who had
been attending a dance al Braddock.
Pa. on the night Of the 22d. were run
down by train on the Pennsylvania
road while on their way home. One
was killed and two <thers seriously in
jured. The party had missed the train
and were walking home.
VAST crowd surred through the
White House from until III o'clock on
the night Of the sd 70 paw their re-
spects TO the president and Mrs. Harri-
son. IL was the closing reception Of the
season. and was given in honor Of the
public. Mrs. Morton and the ladies ~
the cabinet assisted the president and
~ - iIAtfl~tn III RECEIVING
THIEVES al 81 Joseph. No. on the
night Of the cd. stole about two miles
81 trolly wire from tho Union Electric
line in the suburbs OF the city. They
must have understood what they were
about as the wire was fully charged al
the time they cut il. The loss 70 the
company IS about 81. 700
n.r..
wounded was the result Of desperate
fight with burglars at Beaver Fails
on the night Of the sd One of the
wounded men is an officer.
In the Mitchell case AZ Memphis.
Tenn. on the I'D. the motion Of Miss
MitchclrS counsel &c compel the state
10 show certain letters was overruled.
and testimony was taken in the appli-
cation Of Miss Johnson for writ OF
habeas corpus
The large chimney Of Thornton's
mills. Checkheaton. England. tower
ing IN $50 feet above the ground. fell.
on the cath. almost completely demoi-
ishing the mills and killing a great
many Of the employees. most OF whom
'ftt+ WRt'tNhs A'tN tnINtiH& Otutr&
LESLIE STEPHEN. NJ. a.. the we'll
known English author and journalist.
proposes that fund be raised IN En-
gland for the purpose Of erecting a
monument, Ia London or elsewhere. to
the late James Russell Lowell.
AT Franklin. Ind. on the 2sth. Rev.
Prank : Kirtley. son Of one Of John
son county's most prominent citizens.
was sentenced 10 one year in the peni-
tertiary for forgery. During the last
few years he has committed numerous
forgeries, amounting in the aggregate
TO $1,000 lie Is preacher Of the
Christian denomination.
A VERY rich strike was made. on the
24ih. in the Spring lode NJ Brecken.
ridge. Col. a four-foot body II white
quartz heavily impregnatcd with gold
in every form. with many nuggets. was
uncovered. This a. the richest strike in
that vicinity for the past fifteen wears.
A. usual. the miners are crowding into
the locality.
The New York Evangelist announces
that DR.. William G.. Roberts. president
Of the university 81 Lake Forest. Ill.
has been called 20 the senior sretary-
ship Of the Presbyterian boaru of home
missions, and that he has accepted the
call.