The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-08
CURREN I TOPICS.


A VIZ. W. wrriG. the biggest boy Ia
Maryland. celebrated his seventeenth
birthday anniversary a. his home ia
Frostburg. on the 18th. Throughout
the country he il looked on as giant.
lie was horn In baltimore. but with hi,
parents moved 70 Frostburg in March
1879. For the past two years he has
been growing at the rate Of half m inch
per month His height is feet 81.
inches and he weighs ls5 pounds
Bon SINS. the Alabama desperate,
with his gang surrendered. on the 25th,
10 q posse which had trained a cannon
on their house. on condition that he be
protected from violence On the road
20 Butter mob took the prisoners
away and hanged them This closes
the career Of . remarkable outlaw who
was the head Of remarkable religious
sect Sims is said 10 have had list Of
forty names Of people whom he meant
70 wipe out"
WHILE two Finlandcrs were brand
ishing knives in the street 1t Lake Lin
den. Mich. on the 27th. Marshal Ma
waite and Justice Brule attempted Ia
arrest them The Fins stabbed both
the officers. when the marshal shot and
instantly killed Alexander Berola.
Michael kotila. his companion. was
also shot ia the back and will probably
| die.
| THOMAS = APPLICABLE. proprietor Of
the Adrian mich Times died sudden
~ Of heart disease on the 27th He
was one Of the most prominent repub-
lican politicians Of the state. and for
many years q member Of the board Of
control Of the state school for the
| blind.
/ OVER half million dollars worth Of
business property in Chattanooga.
Tenn. was burned on the Goth. BY a
| fire which started in d. II. Loveman &
Co.'S dry good store There were many
narrow escapes from a horrible death
among the employees Of Loveman & Co.
| HoS- DAVID l. HAWKINS. Judge OF
| the Tenth judicial district Of Missouri.
and who was assistant secretary of the
| interior under the Cleveland admins
tration. died at Blodgett. No. on the
| 10th.
| Az insane man. giving his name as J.
Bonaparte. entered the Office Of George
w. Childs of Philadelphia. on the even
| ing Of the Goth. and demanded TO see
Mr. Childs- Inreply to question as TO
, the nature Of his business the man re-
piled: II intend TO kill him Upon
being intercepted by clerk the fellow
drew a Misunderstanding knife: but
| whatever his intentions Were. he evil
IDENTIFY changed his mind when he saw
- =
him. and made his escape Late in the
evening the man was arrested and sent
| TO the Pennsylvania hospital
WHILE ont shooting in the game pre-
serves near Osborne castle. the queens
residence on the Isle Of Wight on the
Goth. the duke Of Connaught the third
son Of the queen. accidentally shot his
brothcr-in-law. his royal highness
| Prince Christian Of Schleswig- Iiolstein-
Three shots entered the face Of the
prince. one OF which. il is feared will
destroy the rgat eye. which il pene-
trated-
N. RrBoT- French minister Of foreign
affairs. stated in the chamber Of depu-
ties. on the esth. that France must OBJ
tain satisfaction from Bulgaria She
would not act hastily. but would act
firmly.
Ii has become known that the bond
given 10 the United States government
by Jefferson Davis. 10 answer TO the
circuit court in Richmond. Va. for
treason. is missing from the court
records The paper bears the signatures
Of Horace Greeley John Minor Bolts.
Gerritt smith and other prominent
persons
THE Victorian parliament was pro-
rorued. on The roth. py the governor.
who said he regretted that difficulties
had arisen in dealing with the common
wealth bill. but he believed the feder-
alton 81 the Australian colonies was
only question Of time.
SECRETARY FoSTs.E visited the treas
urv department. on the 2sil,. for the
first time since his illness His last
previous appearance at the department
was on November ~.
Two Foreigners. one q Spaniard and
the other native Of Chill. supposed 10
be spies in the employ Of the Gillian
government have been arrested in san
Francisco.
THREE trainmen and about 100 head
Of cattle were killed in freight wreck
on the Hannibal 4 81 Joseph railroad.
near Wheeling station. Mo. on the
morning Of the 29th- Two trains met
on curve and the smash-up was most
complete.
II j. believed that Salvador and
Nicaragua vi i'll send plenipotentiariest ~ |
Comay agua. the capital Of Honduras. 4
10 demand nm explanation in regard 10
the presence ~ Gratemalan troops in
Honduras territory
A DESIGN for the monument "a the
late superinfe ndent Of the New Orleans
police. David G. HenneSsy. who was as
sassinated by mbcrs Of the malta.
has been accepted. II is = plain shaft |
RI Hallowell granite. 20 feet high. sur
mounted by fringed drapery. upon
which hangs the dead chiefs belt and |
baton.
THERE IS . runor in London that I
Lord Randolph Churchill will be ap-
pointed ambassador TO St Petersburg.
The striking printers Of Germany
have yielded Internationally 70 the /
terms ~ thar n,ox.1<.~~