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

Dn'o. Cfx. n. $. STANLEY. comrand-
ing the department. ~ Texas. was
placed on the retired list, ON the ist. on
account ~ are. and Brighten. G. II.
FELTON,. acknowledgement. will close his
active service in the army for the same
reason on the 2ith.
TnE Hoods in indianapolis and vicin-
ity caused by the heavy rains 81 the
last days 81 May caused the loss Of a.
least thirty lives.
DyElNG Il fight between factions 81
Chinese in Chinatown. Sacramento. OF
the night ~ the Slst. two Chinese We're
killed and several wounded.
TEAiS No. - on the 81 Paul 4 Dn-
lu;h road was dcrailcl fifty miles south
OF Duluth. Mimi. on The LIST. by strik-
ing two oxen. The engine and seven
teen cars were ditchcd. killing Fireman
DAVID Burroughs. Engineer John kers-
land sustained a broken lc,. and the
brakeman. name unknown. WAS badly
injured.
AT the New York produce and cotton
exchanges ANIMALS. on the i>t. the for
mer reported "A years business 81 s4iv,-
.od,ooo. an increase 81 sco.oo0.coo over
the previous year The cotton eN-
changes report showed: Total transac-
tions for future delivery. 3s.4ss. 500
bales. against 2d.3se. 800 bales last year.
and 81 .C>4. 100 in $780,. spot sales. H.
80 bales. against ls..64s and ai5.44s
bales in The ether two years Themem-
bcrs of The exchange now hold the
largest stock ~ cotton in the port Of
New York ever brought there. $4,000
bales. amounting 10 more than half the
entire stock in the ports 81 the United
states.
THE cash balance in the United States
treasury. including the gold reserve. AT
the close Of business May 81. was $780,
COS. $500. Decrease during the month
OF May. s5.5ia.1.5.oo. The aggregate Of
the pub lie debt al the same date, in
GLIDING certificates and treasury notes,
was 81 Cos. iiu.g.o.oo.
Miss ..MiDnr" MORGAN. the foremost
woman writer On topics connected with
horses and cattle in the United states,
died. on the list. al -. Francis hospital.
Jersey City. ~ j.. aged o.. She was
known TO every cattle breeder Of any
prominence in the country. and her
opinions were eagerly sought The
bulk Of her ample estate passes to her
sister Jane. q well-known artist.
THREE HUNDRED MEX are at work on
the Wolfey canal in Arizona. and il will
be rapidly pushed to completion. 1t
will be seventy-six miles in length. and
the largest irrigation canal in the United
States. The darn in the ella river. from
which the water will be supplied. has
been completed. II will open 70 Guilt
walton 600 acres Of land heretofore
part Of the desert
GEORGE SEBASTIAN. aged IS. once
wealthy citizen Of New Orleans. who
went to Monte Carlo and lost his entire
fortune. and returned and took posi-
ton as porter in the establishment he
once owned. committed suicide. on the
iSt. by shooting himself in the head.
lie was in love with a young woman.
but his impoverished condition pre-
cluded the idea Of marriage.
A DISASTROUS crevasse occurred on
the right hank of the Mississippi. thirty
miles above New Orleans. on the ID.
In one hour il had widcned TO forty
feet and was Eve feet deep
A CONSERVATIVE estimate Of the
amount Of damage caused by the high
waters from Kansas City. Mo-. TO New
Orleans. places the loss at the enormous
figure of $4,000. oo5.
CLARENCE q. WILSON. Of burlington.
Ia. superintendent Of the Iowa lines Of
the Chicago. burlington 4 Quincy. was
washed from the railroad track at Dud-
ley. Ia. on the I'd. by sudden wave in
the Dcs Moincs river and drowned.