The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Rev. DR. TA,MAGE. in his pulpit. on
the 24th. proposed a grand interna-
tional jubilee to celebrate the dawn Of
the twentieth century of the Christian
era.
The resignation of NJ. +. Smith. as
say.r of the United States mint at
Denver. Col. has been accepted.
OS the a5th Comptroller Eckels au-
thorized the First national bank Of
Hawarden. Ia. which recently sus-
pended. to resume business.
AT a meeting of the Brooklyn Ele-
waited railroad employees. on the 25th,
it was decided to agree to a reduction
of 10 per ceSt. in salaries.
WHOLESALE arrests Of anarchists
have taken place in Austria. where the
existence of a widespread anarchistic
plot has been revealed.
The Ne~wburyport Mass Car Co.'S
works. which had been closed for two
months. resumed operations on the
25th.
THE United States cruiser Newark
left her anchorage off Stapleton. :. L.,
on the 25th. for Rio de Janeiro. expect
ing to make the run in twenty days.
FIRE. on the Goth. DESTROYED the best
business block in Sa bctha. Kas., caus-
ing a loss of $40. 900.
CHOLERA has appeared at Eowley, a
village in Staffordshire. England.
PAID admissions to the Worlds fair
on the Goth were le4. as3.
TIE ID. d. Merrill company and d.
II. Merrill. Of st. Paul. one of the
largest book dealers and publishers in
the northwest. have made a voluntary
assignment for the benefit OF their
creditors.
A HEAVY electric storm passed ovcr
Cape May. y. j., on the night OF the
18th. 1t was accompanied by a ire
mendous downpour Of rain and hail.
Several fishing boats were wrecked.
and the switch back at the steamboat
landing was blown down.
JOHN u. HYER. of Pennsylvania. and
William Bourke. OF Wisconsin. princi-
pal examiners in the pension Office,
have resigned.
The l formation Of one uf the most
gigantic trusts known in the CONNER
cial history of the country has been
brought to light by the filing at Clin-
ton. la of the articles of Incorporation
Of the Mississippi Lumber Co. with a
capital stock of $1,000. 600. The new
concern embraces every lumber and
log magnate doing business on the
Mississippi and its tributaries between
Paul and 81. Louis
ON the 2sth a solid cast-steel projec-
tile was fired through seventeen inches
Of steel armcr plate at the government
proving station at Indian Head, and
q unharmed. 1t is considered
by the officials of the nav ordnance
bureau to he the most satisfactory test
yet made. The ~projectile was impcled
a velocity Of $500 feet per second,
and with a striking energy Of over
IL, 900 tons
CHIEF SwESIE Of the Chicago fire de-
partment WAS = dly injured. on the
night Of the 10Th. while superintend-
ing the fight against a planning mill
fire. A heavy timber fell on him,
breaking his right leg and badly bruis-
ing him about the body. Chief Swcnie
n n Of the b~cst-known ircmeR in the
country
POSTMASTER Porter OF Giles City,
ARR. and Robert Roberts were muir
.ered there. on the 25th. their skulls
tseing beaten in by unknown persons.
One body was found in the post Office
and the other rear t. The murdercrs
are believed 10 have been Indians, who
mining near ella.
TnE French flagship Naiade and the
cruisers Nelly and Rigault are in New
York harbor. Rea~-Admiral Lamornaix
flies his flag aboard the Naiadc. The
men and officers will have a few days'
vacation and visit the Worlds fair.