The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-24

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winner Of the sioo or;,. nw,.red last
" ~ ~ .,icaragua canal eon'
1910" ~ louis for the best essay
=. .' s"s ~. ~ Atage OF the speedy comple-
~ g canal To the United states,
s,a. specially TO the north central
A siLk-wEAviSa company In Shak'r,
Japan. which employed 1900 hands
and manu- featured g.. 900 worth Of silk
fabrics daily, has gone into liquidation.
The lower house of the Prussian diet,
on the 10th, passed To third reading
bill to reform, the present complicated
system OF elections
LOUIS Il. MATHEW. now under ar
rest at San Francisco for q series OF
burglaries in Oakland. Cal, was iden-
tilted. on the 10Th. rs the chief man
who robbed the payinaster OF the JUDI
son powder works last year Of $l5,00o
on the Berkeley train. Matheny is
son of DIR. 4. j. Matheny. Of Auburn.
Ind.
II. c. Fox, collector for the First
national bank of Chicago, was held up
and robbed of 81 500 on one OF the
stairways of the Chicago courthouse at
noon on the 10th. The robber chokcd
the collector into insensibility and.
grabbing the money. rushed down the
stairs and escaped into the crowded
street.
THE administration has under con-
sideration a proposition to leave Minis
ter Fred ID. Grant undsturbed in Wen
ma. The proposition is favored by Sec
rotary Gresham. who is also in favor
of making no change in the English
mission. Minister Robert L. Lincoln,
however, has indicated his wish to be
relieved.
Mr.. Bowen. an extensive operator of
Buffalo. y. y. will be immersed in
Tiger creek at Enterprise, n. ", on
May ). in the name of Cleveland and
Free Trade" by DIR. John l.. llobbins,
in settlement of wager on the presi-
Dental election. Mr.. Bowen is 81 years
old He duclSed DR.. Robbins in the
name of Harrison and Protection" four
years ago.
THE name of Secretary Greshams
new private secretary is Kennesaw
Mountain Lands The father of young
Mr.. Lands was soldier in Gresham's
regiment. When Gresham was wound
ed in the battle of Kcnnesaw mountain
Mr.. Lands insisted on bcstowing the
peculiar name upon hisinfant son, born
about the same time.
Mrs. SARAH II. Hicks, who was I'M
d oubtedly the Oldest person on Long
Island, died at her home at Westbury.
on the evening of the 18th. Mrs. Hicks
was in her one hundred and third year.
She was born al Cedar Swamp, Queens
known as Greer vale. and was the
daughter of Stephen and Sarah Rush
more.
THE original constitution of the
United States. during its exhibition ut
the Worlds fair will form part Of
the state department exhibit, and a
new case has been constructed to pre-
serve the old document from possible
injury or loss. II is in u fairly good
state of preservation. though showing
the effect of years of repose in n cylin-
drical tin case, which slightly mutt
lated the edges.
+. EDWIN EpwrLr.. the sculptor. of
New York city. has received the con
tract from the Gettysburg Monument
commission to make an equestrian
statue of Edwin Winfield Scott Han.
cock. to be erected at commanding
point on the Gettysburg battlefield.
The statue will be of he. ole size. and
will represent the hero of Gettysburg
seated on horse and directing the
movements of the troops on the historic
field.