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

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The issue of standard silver dollars
from the minis and treasury offices Of
the United States during the week
ended March - was $3.50. 364: for the
corresponding period of ls9. the amount
was s40i. Si?
MAFFEo BARBERINo CoLoSSA III SCI
RARRI prince of Carbaganano. has been
sentenced TO three months imprison-
ment and TO pay n fine OF $500 lire Tor
having sold works of me old masters TO
persons outside of Italy without the
consent of the government
In the senate. on the eth, ma jority
reports were made by Mr.. Hoar in ia
vor of admission to their seats Of three
senator's appointed by the governors of
Montana. Wyoming and Washington.
and soon after the senate proceeded to
executive business
WV. IsBrRr. of Salisbury. Pa. was
arrested. on the 25th. on complaint of
his wife. for sleeping too much
JOHN II. ISMAS has purchased 5000
shares of the stock of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Co. paying therefor
s625. 600. This gives Mr.. Inman con-
troll of the company.
THE German government will raise
the Washington legation TO an EN- bassy
in view Of a similar change being made
in the representation of the United
States in Berlin.
The preliminary trial of the cruiser
New York proves her to he the fastest
armored war ship afioat.
Rev. DIR. RICHARD GASrER. rector of
st. Pauls Protestant Episcopal church
of Akron, o.. died on the morning of
the 27th. after an illness Of many
months lie had been for twenty-three
wears rector of St Paurs church. and
had long been one Of the most promi-
nent clergymen Of the Episcopal church
in the west
THE revival meetings at English.
Ind. are the most successful ever
known in that section. Many persons
stop business to attend. and the mem
bership Of all denominations has been
greatly increased. Sixty persons were
baptized by immersion in the stream
near that place on the a6th.
| GEORGE II. GAIT. one of the best
known men in the art world Of New
York. died suddenly in his studio in
that city on the night of the 2'th. lie
was English by birth. but had dwelt
in New York for many years
SECRETARY CARLISLE. on the 2sth. ap.
pointed DIR. Joseph A. Senner commits
sioner Of immigration at the port OF
New York. vice Weber. resigned.
FERDINAND J. THRUM. the man who
is charged with one OF the bigges,
schemes 10 defraud an insurance com
panv on record. appeared before Justice
Merrill. of Oshkosh. Wis. on the 2sth.
for a preliminary examination. but the
case was postponed in order 10 give
more time for investigation by the at
torneys.
PETER W. Person. wealthy livery.
man Of South Omaha. Neb.. who was
living apart from his wife. was found
dead in bed in his Office on the morn
ing Of the asth with his skull fractured
The murder had evidently been com
mitted with a club found on the prem.
ises
PRINCE BISMARCK. the famous "Iror
Chancellor" Of the German empire. !.
very near death. according to a privat.
cablegram received in New York OF
the 2sth. The person who received thu
news is DIR. Emil Dorm. who was fo
many years an aid-de-camp on Coun
Won Moltke's staff.
REV. JAMES HILL. Baptist minister a
Cascade. Ia. has received from tn,
war department medal Of honor
awarded by the secretary for distin
| guish ed conduct at the battle az Cham
pion Hill. before VicSsburg Mr.. Hill
was at that time first lieutenant Of Co
!. Twenty first Iowa infantry. and tn
act was the capturing of three con
federate pickets single-handcd an,
bringing theri into camp.
JAMES WHircoNB RILEY, the poet. i
supersti,ious. Upon his arrival at
Baltimore hotel. the other night. tn,
clerk gaze KEY to the bcll-boy an.
told him to show the poet No IL. on,
, OF the best rooms in the house. What.
, exclaimed Mr. Riley. as he sharpl,
eyed the bcll-boy. "A cross-cved coor
TO show me To room No. i3 Well. no
! tonight" lie was given a room witt
. . number more To his liking.
n MARTHA BELL who for years boaste,
! that she would come hack after dealt
, and demonstrate the truths Of spiri,
! ualism. was stricken with apoplexy =
! her home in Brooklyn. N. Y. on tn
night Of the 9th, and died before med