The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

mllllOn ~ MS klil> 70 thN Nhittpo uui-
vers;ty on Christmas day. Opinions
may differ concerning the way Mr.
Rockefeller got his money, but no one
seems to demur as to the way he
spends il.
MARIAN FARcHnD. a New York
teamstcr. was instantly killed by the
explosion of dynamite cartridge, on
the 3Oth. while passing pier IA.
J. ". BACON, wealthy resident of
Sioux City. Ia, committed suicide. on
the night Of the 3oth. at the Sanitarium
in san Diego, Cal. by blowing out his
brains with pistol. Dependency is
supposed 10 have been the cause.
RREAKlNG ice and the food in the
Raritan river caused the complete wash
ing away Of the temporary bridge at
New Brunswick. y. j.. on the I'd. caus-
ing loss of s25, 600 TO the contractors.
The mayor Of the city of Limerick.
gave banquet. on the evening of the
I'd. to rarneilite and anti-parnellitc
priests. The principal toast Of the
evening was ireland, Nation" All
the customary toasts To the queen. etc. +,
were omitted.
A WARRANT was issued in Vienna, on
the %. for the arrest of Ernest Roe
dercr, journalist, who is accused of
swindling John Simeon Bergheim. an
American miner. out Of 500, 900.
JoHS OBADIAH WFsTwooD. NJ. AZ. l..
$. honorary president of the British
chronological society. died in London
on the 81. Prof. Westwood was born
in Sheffield in 1905.
II the criminal court of Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the Sd. Judge Stowe presiding.
placed on trial for the murder of james
II. Stevenson. aged II years. on De-
tober Is last. during quarrel bout a
cat.
The cashier of the bank Of Laurens,
Ia. was held up by two men. on the I'd.
while alone i'm the bank. The robbers
got $500 that was on the counter, but
did not wait TO unlock the safe.
THE treasury statement, issued on
the 81. shows that within ten days the
net gold in the treasury increased
nearly $4,000, 900. being si:l. oG6. GG2
l.. c. MARTIyDATE, the wcll-lSnown
scientist. who was connected with
many learned societies of the country.
died in Camden, y. j., on the 81.
THE customs receipts ut the port of
New York for December were $40, 0.0.
O0i an increase of more than 81 900. 900
over December 1891.
The secretary of the navy has APP
pointed a board To consider and report
Il g.
the Gillian indemnity fund Of $4,000.
The board will prepare a record of the
injuries received by the sailors Of the
Baltimore in the riot AZ Valparaiso, and
will recommend a pro rata distribution
~ the money in proportion To tie in
juries sustained Ivy each.
HENRY COOPER. "A colored man. said -
be i0s years old. died at the home of
his son-in-law eight miles northeast Of
Oklahoma. on the 3d.
DAVID MILLER. " East Providence.
II. L.. found n petrified eat i'm the tim
bers of an old barn while demolishing
il on the Sd.
THE armatur or are department o.
the Fort WAYNE lind Electric CO. i
works was damaged by fire and water
to the extent of $4,000 or $4,000 on
the evening OF the 3D. The insurance
on the plant is s59a. 800. and a. the main
shops are intact the company will not
suspend operations longer than a few
days.
The public debt statement for De
Gem Der. ing 10 the intervening ~ a
sunday and a holiday, was not issued
from the treasury department until the
?d Ii shows that in the last month Of
the year there was n net increase Of the
debt of the United States TO the amount
of S5ls,2s3
or the 700 Hungarian laborcrs en-.
ploycd in the works Of the Phnnix Iron
Co. at Phunixvillc. Pa. about three
fourths are preparing 10 leave rather
than work for ninety cents n day. Re-
Gently reduction OF 10 percent il the
wages was made.
Mn DILLON made an earnest plea nc.
fore the evictcd tenants commission in
Dublin, on the 4th, in behalf OF the re-
instatemcnt ~ cvicted tenants and
produced statistics showing the num-
Der Of good settlements made through
the plan Of campaign between land.
lords and tenants.
On the 4th the pctrifcd body ~ a
man was dug up I'm the western part .!
Salt Lake City, Utah. The figure. which
IL perfect. was found four feet below
the surface. Its weight Is abou. .oo
pounds.
Gov. NELSON was formally innugur.
atcd as the chief executive ~ Mime
sofa, on the 4th. In tht presence Of fou
cx-governors, the aged war governor.
Ramsey, being one of the number.
TIT upper floors OF ST. Thomas col.
legc at Scranton. Pa. were burned. on
the 4th, and the lower floors were
badly damaged nv water.
TnE transatlantic oil steamer Bca,
Creek, lost in mid ocean. was owned y,
the Bear Creek Oil Co. OF Pittsburgh
Pa She was new 3.sO0-ton singi.
screw iron steamer The crew wcr.
rescued and returned to Queenstown
She cost 500, 900 and had 5000 barrel,
Of oil aboard.