The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| LAKE ERIE - frozen from the Amer
lean 70 the Canadian shore for the first
time in six years. Lake St. Clair il
also frozen solid from shore 70 shore,
and the ice is so thick that race-courscs
have been laid upon il and races are
held daily vessel-owners are pleased
with the situation, As il is likely to
make the opening Of navigation late,
which will insure better rates OF
| freight
T. w. HUTCHINSON. . wealthy Ne
braska farmer. who. last A pril. muir
dered an adventures who. he claimed,
had tried to defraud him OF his prop
erty, and who was afterward sent TO
the insane asylum. was discharged. on
the LIST. as cured. after two months in
generation.
THE proprietor and the editor Of the
Beaver pa Star were sentenced. on
the list, to six months imprisonment
and fine Of 5000 each for charging
senator Quay with completely in the
Bardsley embezzlement
A SPECIAL prayer for relief from the
ravages Of influenza has been issued BY
the archbishop Of Canterbury.
A MESSAGE: was received in Pitts
burgh. Pa. from New Orleans. on the
LIST, saying that Frederick G. Fitzsim-
mons. the murderer Of Detective Gilke-
son. who escaped from Jail in Pitts
burgh last fall. had been captured in
the Crescent city.
One Of the greatest compliments ever
paid 70 a mans commercial integrity
has been accorded to :. " White by his
New York creditors. representing obi
cations OF $1,000. 600. These have given
Mr.. White full legal release on his
simple word that he will pay out with
interest when he gets On his feet again.
OK the ist q queer religious conven-
ticn began ut Findlay. o., 70 continue
for nine days The delegates are from
all over the country. and represent
faith-curc adherents. sanctihcationists.
Christian scientists and others holding
to equally peculiar doctrines About
200 delegates are present. and the pro-
cecdings are Of highly entertaining
character.
AT Cote st. Louis. m outlaying sub
urb Of Montreal. Can. several frozen
dynamite cartridges, which had been
placed on a stove to thaw out. cx-
plodcd. completely wrccking the house.
A. Duprc. the owner. was terribly in
jured. and his two little daughters
we're fatally burned. A third daugh-
ter's skull was fractured and she will
probably die. Mrs Dupre escap ped unin-
jured, but on seeing the injuries OF her
husband and children became insane
and Is now a raving maniac
BOAT belonging 70 II. NJ. $. Belle
Isle. the coast guards vessel ut Kings
town, foundcrcd in Dublin bay, on the
2d. and four Of her crew were drowned.
II. II. YARD. who was arrested
charged with aiding and abetting Gid
con W. Marsh and Charles w. Law
renee In the misapplication Of the funds
Of the Keystone National bank. OF
Phiindclphia. was given hearing BE-
fore United states Commissioner He'll.
on the "a. Special Agent Barrett, of
the United States treasury department.
testified that Yard had rcceived over
ss9:.oov Of the banks funds. AZ the
conclusion Of the testimony Yard was
held for court and his bail increased
from sis.OO1 10 s2oOO0.
JAMES McCrILorGH. the last surviv-
ing son 81 the distinguished traQedian.
John Mccullough. died at the old home.
stead In Philadelphia on the ist Nc
Cnllough's daughter. Lctitia. Il now
the only surviving descendant OF the
great actor, and viii inherit nm estate
valued u Soo.Ooo.