The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PIE. iuuUttkN W. sAss<A - sAAfrSs'>& $3.50"
pr, the heir To the family property in
Dublin. is the supposed cause.
Mn JonN !. Woops. wealthy retired
lumber dealer at Cleveland, o., gave
eia5. 900, on the Goth. To the medical
college OF Western Reserve university
as Christmas present The univer-
sity has received during the past two
years gifts amounting to 100000
A STONE business block in Fort Col
Inns. Col. was burned on the night OF
26th. causing loss of 81. 900. with $1,000
insurance Chase 4 Bells livery stable,
two horses valued at $4,000.
was also burned.
"A BOLD but unsuccessful attempt was
made at Naugutuck, Conn.,, on the 25th,
10 rob the Naugutuck national bank.
After drilling through the steel OF the
side doors of the vaults and blowing the
lock off the burglars became alarmed
and fed, leaving their kit behind
them.
MRs. MILLION. widow living in Ell
wood, Ind, left her three children
alone in the house for a short time. on
the roth. while she stepped across to a
neighbors. During her absence the
youngest son lit match and set his
little sisters clothes on fire. Before
the mother returned the little one had
been fatally burned and died.
The Orphans home at Crawfords-
vile. Ind, was destroyed by fire on the
night Of the Goth. Loss, $4,000, with
~ Tlara
many narrow escapes, some of the chill
dren being taken from the building in
their night clothes. while others were
only rescued at great peril.
THE Roman Catholic cathedral at
Mullingar. Ireland. was broken into by
robbers, on the evening Of the Goth, and
the Christmas offertory, amounting To
over elOo. was carried away by the
thieves The discovery was made when
the clergyman went to count the money
and found il was missing.
MAMIE JONES. of Cincinnati. re-
ceived Christmas gift she will remem-
Der all her life. Eight weeks previous
she suddenly lost her voice and had
been speechless since. Christmas day
her voice came back.
FouR cases Of smallpox were re-
ceived ut the Riverside hospital, New
York. on the eth.
JOHN Drss, former trustee. has
been elected by the board of elders
president OF the Economic society of
Economy. Pa. to succeed the late
Father Hen~ici,
4 voc.tvAl from
Paris on the eth, there appears to be
no longer any doubt that Baron de
Reipach was deliberately murdered by
some persons connected with the Pan
ANA canal scandal to whom the baron
living was menace.
john ID. ROCKEFELLER gave as
Christmas present To the Chicago uni
versity one thousand 1000 bonds as an
addition To its endowment fund. This
makes 81. coo. 900 given by Mr.. Rookie
Teller to that institution.
IT is improbable that Lizzie Borden
will be arruigned for the murder OF her
father and step-mother at Taunton
Mass. until the attorney-gencral. who
is i'll. is able to attend court.
4 j. Ntish"'sff 800 >
and Austria. regard the situation II
France as menacing the peace OF Flu
rope, and are exchanging frcquen
notes on the subject. They have de
cided to hold themselves in readiness Z
act promptly If the necessity arises
WHILE Charles Griffith was watering
his horse Mt public tank in Ottumwa
la. on the 2Tth. he was kicked in til
head and fatally injured. His wifi
was injured in a street-car wreck
short time ago and was awarded hcav
damages
The official statement Of California
vote at the last election was given on
on the 9th. II shows that one llarr
son and eight Cleveland electors WEI
chosen. The vote was in favor Of IL
direct election of United States SCI
. ator by the people by over 10000 m
I jority.
ORANGE JuDn. the widely known Cd
tor Of the Orange Judd Farmer, of CT
cago. and pioneer western journals
died on the 21th. Death resulted fro
q a hcmorrhagic complication known
4 Nerlthoff's disease lie was 30 years
!, age
! THE Berlin Tagcblatt published
( dispatch from Nice, on the 9th. sayii
4 that Count Peter Romanon became
Il volvcd in n quarrel with Brooklyn {
l. Y. man at the Casino gambling tabl
on the night Of the 2cth. and that t
two fought duel with pistols on I
IS shore that morning, the count bel
/ killed.
II THE body Of II. J. Cults. postmas'
Is of Ardmore, I. T., who mysterious
A. disappeared about week prcvio'
&c was found frozen in the ice in one
I'd the culvcrts of the Santa Fe railro'
s. near the depot, on the morning Of
at 21th. A shortage in accounts. togetl
with hard drink since the election a
domestic troubles, are supposed TO ha
nj driven him to suicide by morphine.
" Six persons are known TO have be
~ killed outright and many Others ",
IN injured by an explosion Of dynamite
cy the yards of the New York & Long
m land Tunnel Co. in Long Island CT
'o' on the 2sth. The disaster was eau,
~ by careless attempt To thaw fros
hu dynamite.
LoEiNG PICKERING, one Of the ?
n, prictors OF the Morning Call aud Ev
- ing bulletin OF San Francisco, died