The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-22

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

appointed receiver of the Union Pa
cific and Denver 4 Gulf railroads.
THE British home Office is reissuing.
under the explosives substance" act
of ss3, n reward of fi00 for informa-
ton that VIII lead to the discovery of
persons engaged in illegally making
explosives.
A CLASS of 500 senior law students at
Ann Arbor, Mich. became turbulent,
during one of the lectures on the 18th.
and stamped Prof Mecham, who was in
charge. out of the room. A class meet
ing was Immediately held. however.
and resolutions were adopted condemn
ing the outbreak. and fifteen minutes
later Prof Mecham resumed his lee
ture.
AUGUST VALIANT. the anarchist who
threw bomb into the French cham Der
Of deputies in Paris. on the 9th. was a
resident of Williamsport. Pa, last year
lie boarded at the Central hotel there
and had a little girl with him. whom
he claimed as his daughter. The pro.
prietor of the hotel says Valiant was a
rabid anarchist, and was continually
talking anarchy.
CHARLES w. JACOBS. postmaster of
Sun City. Kas., is reported by Inspector
Cochran to be short in his money-order
account to the amount OF $500 Jacobs
keeps store in connection with the
post Office. and does not deny that he is
in arrears, but says he has used the
government money as matter of con-
venience in the transaction of his pri-
vate business
THE printers ink works of $. L. Dixie
& Co. at Philadelphia, were burned on
the 10th. causing a loss Of about 81, O00
The ink was vaporized. but soon con-
densed, descending in black rain upon
the firemen and spectators. They pre-
scnted novel appearance by the time
the fire was conquered, and their
clothes were ruined.
EDWARD A. WILLIAMS, who under
took to walk from New York city to New
Orleans in seventy-three days, without
spending cent en- route. arrived at
the latter city, on the 18th. FIVE
days ahead Of time. The walk was I'M
dertaken on wager Of 81 800 Will
liams says he was kindly treated all
the way and is in good condition. nav
ing lost not pound of flesh.
WITH the opening Of the new year
each of the eleven heirs to the vast es-
tate Of the late Norman w. Kittson, of
Minnesota, will have about $3.50. 600
This is in accordance with the decision
Of the United States supreme court
handed down on the 18th.
THE shops of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Co. at st. Paul. Mimi, which
were kept running with very few
men during the summer, have resumed
with a full force.
Pm. ScnEIc. the defaulting cashier
Of the Bank OF Minneapolis, who was
arrested in London, was arraigned in
Minneapolis, MINI. on the 18th. and
pleaded guilty. Sentence was de-
ferred in order that he might be used
as witness against the Floyd boys,
his accomplices.
FRED MILLER, the pedestrian, and
Guess, his dog. who started to walk
from Baldwin's hotel. san Francisco,
to New York. $500 miles. on June 20,
arrived at his destination. on the 18th,
Il S'NtnbSti du't' Va tlilt- lie was
TO complete his journey in six months,
and had to depend entirely on the pub
lie for food for himself and dog en-
route.
An estimate Of the Australian wheat
crops for 1893 places the yield Of Vic
toria nj $500, 600 bushels: New South
Wales at 1000. 900, and south Austria.
liza at II. $50, 900.
THr cruiser Olympia arrived at : -.n.s
Barbara. Cal. on the 12th.
TIE nomination Of Washington Hes.
sing TO be postmaster Mt Chicago was
confirmed by the senate on the 18th.
The house committee on coinage,
weights and measures has voted to be.
gin the consideration Of the Bland bill,
re-cnacting the free silver-coinagc Law
Of 1887. on the second Wednesday in
February.
RI REV. II. H. LYMAN. Episcopal
bishop Of North Carolina, died at his
home in Raleigh, on the 18th, Of heart
failure, aged ~