The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-20

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

NEARLY all the towns and cities Of
northern Mexico, except Monterey and
Durango. are affected with an epidemic
of typhus. and the rate of motality
from the disease is alarming. In the
city Of Torzion and Laredo there were
seventy new cases and seven deaths on
the sth.
q. A. GrRLEr. for many years chief
operator in the Western Union Office Mt
Cleveland. o.. shot himself twice with
suicidal intent on the 9th. One bullet
took effect in his head. and the other
in his side. Dependency. due TO sick
ness, was the cause.
CoyDUCToR w. X. BrRSIE. of the
Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne & Chicago
RI abroad. fell from his train, about half
way between Elida and Lima. O., on
the night of the 18th, and was instantly
killed.
THE Nickel Plate railway station at
Latty. o.. was destroyed by fire on the
night of the sth.
Gov. JONI +. sent his last
message to the Tennessee legislature
on the 9th.
OK the 10th the supreme court of Wis
ccnsin affirmed the decision Of the cir
cult court. giving Judgment against
three ex-Statc trcasurers for $525. 900.
interest on public funds pockcted by the
treasurers.
OWING to the severity of the weather
the president has abandoned his pro-
posed hunting trip for the present
by the sudden bursting of an i'm
mense fly wheel. twenty-four feet i'm
diameter. in the lower rod mill OF
Oliver & Robertson. at Pittsburgh. Pa.
on the 10th. one man was killed, and
two were fatally. two seriously and
several slightly injured.
THE French ministry resigned on the
10th. owing 10 differences in the
ca binet on the arres. of the cx-minis-
ter of public works. Daihut. and other
matters. VI. Ribot. the former premier.
Immediately formed a new cabinet.
PRESIDENT CREsro Of Venezuela, has
decided to call the election for the new
constitutional convention in March.
and the new convention will meet in
May.
4 DYNAMITE bomb placed in front Of
the building occupied by the Catholic
club AT Scraing. Belgium. exploded. on
the 10th. completely wrecking the front
Of the structure and otherwise causing
great damage. Fortunately not a sim
gle person was hurt
A TANE dove belonging to Andrew
Fairchilds. Of Fallasburg. Mich. few
from the dovecot into his house. ON the
10th. and alighted upon a cradle which
contained an infant. No one was in
the room except Mrs. Fairchilds. She.
attracted by the baby's cry, ran to the
cradle and found the dove picking at
the child's eyes, one Of which was pune
tured and ruined forever.
Mis-. BusnEY died in the town OF
Georgia, VT, recently. She was the
oldest woman in the state, possibly in
the United States. having lived ITO
years. A daughter 50 years old and a
son Of - survive. Mrs. lIushcv out-
lived three husbands. At the time Of
her death her hair was FURNISHED gold
color and her skin rs yellow as parch-
ment, free from wrinkles. but tightly
drawn over the face.
2 PInrrr RrDlE, proprietor Of n barber
shop in East Liverpool. o.. who had
buried his wife less than two weeks
previous. elopcd on the 10th with hia
still buxom mothcr-in-law. Mrs. .Jc-
seph Hauck. who drew several hun
dred dollars from the bank before leav-
ing.
FIFTEEN firemen' were injured In "A
g., 900, 600 fire in Boston, on the 10th.
Hccht Bros. wool dealers. lost 500. 900.
The fire burned over an area OF Is. 900
feet.
MEssRs. ALI.ES and Sachclbcn, the
two st. Louis bicyclc-riicrs who have
ridden across Europe ami Asia. are en-
route from San Francisco for New
York. The ride will DC down the coast
To Los Angeles. Thence across Arizona.
New Mexico and Texas 70 New Orleans
and through the southern States 70