The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-07

icai attendance could reach her. Miss
Bell was 60 years old
A DISASTROUS fire at Alton. la. ON
the morning Of the 2sth. destroyed a
half block Of the business portion Of
the city. causing a loss Of thousands o.
dollars This i the second confiagra-
ton within few weeks. both fires de-
stroying about $4,000 worth Of prop
erty.
FRANK NlcoLIS. the big mill owner
at Jordan, Mimi. has made an assign
ment for the benefit Of his creditors
! The assets and liabilities can not be AZ
ccrtained. Careful estimates, which
include 100. 900 bushels Of stored wheat [.
make the liabilities bout slao. 900. The
assets will be about $4,000.
The cholera scare j. back again A
train load Of $50 immigrants was
stopped at Windsor. Ont. on the 2sth.
upon orders from Washington DIR.
Imftield refused them entrance into
Detroit until satisfactory evidence was
furnished that they had undergone a
proper disinfection.
The captain of a cattle steamboat
sailing from Liverpool. marooned nine
American stowaways at Capel island.
of the Irish coast. recently, which i
uninha bitcd. They were rescued by
the crew OF fishing boat and conveyed
To the neighboring headland Of knoclSa-
doom. whence they proceeded to Queens
town
SEvESrY-FIvE corc-makcrs employed
at the Worthington pump works at
Elizabeth. " j.. struck on the as,h.
on account OF the firms refusal 10 dis
charge a non-union man who had been
employed at the foundry for two
weeks
CHARLES ToMEs. local manager for
the American Preserves Co. Of Buffalo.
y. Y. has disappeared leaving letter
stating that he is defaulter The
amount of his shortage is placed NJ
somewhere between $4,000 and s2o.o
OK the Goth. 81 Barnabas' Protestant
Episcopal church. Of Baltimore, Nd.
was entirely destroyed by fire. The
rector. Rev Joseph f. Fletcher. says
the loss will be about $50, 900.
The first official act of Judge Scruggs.
Of Memphis. Tenn. who succeeded
Judge Dubcse. impeached. was To dis
miss the ease of Lille Johnson. charged
with being an accomplice of Alice
Mitchell in the killing Of Freda Ward.
JosEPH SUFFER- was arrested in 81.
Paul. Mimi. on the 10Th. for asking a
passerby for twenty-five cents TO get a
meal. When searched there were found
upon his person certificates of deposit
on a New York bank for $50. 600. bank
book showing an open account of l.50o.
patent papers for motor and greasy
Old wallet containing sis4. He is 60
years of age.
CHOLERA has again made its appear
ance in St Petersburg, and. although
the authorities are pursuing policy
Of repression and withholding all in
formation from the public. it is known
that fatal cases are of daily occurrence
On the 30th Gov. Pattison of Penn
sylvania signed the pardons Of Abe Bug
card. the Lancaster outlaw, and James
:. DUNCAN. the cashier of the bank of
America OF Philadelphia. and one of the
wreckers of that institution
A TYPEWRITER company with a cap
tai of $50. 600 600 has been formed in
Trenton. y. j.
The annual report of the Freeman's
Journal. published in Dublin. shows
losses in the last year Of eIs.coo.
whereas before the split in the Irish
party the annual profit was fls.oo0.
Ex->EcRETARY BAyARD's nomination
a. ambassador to Great Britain was
promptly confirmed by the Senate in
executive session. on the 30th. without
the formality Of reference to coU-
mittee.