The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

GFoRGT A. STANTON. a well-known
insurance broker Of New York. was ar
rested, on the 10Th. on al indictment
for criminal libel. stanton is charged
with having issued a circular rejecting
on the standing Of the American Assur-
ance Lloyds.
TuE funeral Of Gen. Rufus Ingalls,,
late quartermaster Of the army, who
died i'm New York On the 18th. took
place al Arlington cemetery. Washing
ton. on the 18th.
FRANCES ANNE kEMBI-E Mrs Pierce
Butlerl. the ~weli-known actress died
in London on the 10th
TIE vicinity Of Mount Pleasant. Ia.
has nearly had an epidemic Of gold
hunting. While digging a post-hole.
recently. Farmer Riddle found a pot
containing $500 in gold. lie concluded
II was buried by his father and divided
the money among relatives. Now 9TH
ers have gone TO digging post-holes-
News wa received on the 10th tina
indicates that the long threatened rev
olution against the government of
President Hippolyte Of Hayti has bro
ken ont. 1t i stated that a battle had
| been fought in the streets Of L'Anse dc
Neau. n settlement back OF Port-an-
Prince.
By the death Of \ rich uncle in Aus
tralia william II. and Robert Mitchell
and John Duff. Of Louisville. KY. find
themselves heirs to something like
$500. 600 each. Robert and William
Mitchell are brothers and are half
breeds and half-brothers to John Duff.
All are butchers.
Ex-PREsrpFNT HAYES was reported.
on the 10th. a lying seriously i'll at his
home near Fremont q. Neuralgia oi
the heart seized him several days pre-
vious. While in Cleveland recently he
had a bad spell and was hurried to his
home. lie has since show ca bad symp
toms. and i now under tse constant
care Of his family physician.
The Massachusetts buildings at TN
Worlds fair narrowly escaped dcstruc
ton. ON the 10th. by fire. While tn
Waterman was getting drunk, nv
blocks away. a stoveupset in the struc
turc. The damage was not serious.
A TRAIN OF several cars filed wit
recruits, was running from Slatous
70 Sanara. Russia. on the 18th. VINE
flames burst forth from h foremos
ear. The train was going at ful
speed. and the tongues OF fire swer
backward. and in a few minutes a
: the ears were blazing. The train wa
: entirely consumed with the result {
fortv-nine killed by jumping from I'll
1----l q. Hath aud fyGAnf
injured.
! THr extensive tobacco and cigarct'
works. of Allen & Ginter, at Richmon'
Va. were burned on the 18th. I'll
: Valentine meat juice works were ais
destroyed. Loss. about $25o,oOo; II
surcd. During the fire two hrcme
were badly frozen.
I SENATOR GEORGE GRAY. of Delawar
was reelected to the United States Sc
ate. without opposition. on the 18th.
1. SENATOR SHERMAN. from the fnan
n committee. reported a hill, on the III
- to suspend silver purchases after ia
/. nary 1. 1894. and allow national ban
\, ~ issue circulation notes to the fl
value Of bonds deposited. IL was plac
i, on the calendar.
SECRETARY JoHS W. NonLE Of I
a. interior department j. being sued
the United States circuit court in y,
York by w. X Lapham for s25. 900
Al defamation OF character. I.apharn "
L. formerly in the service Of the depa
rg ment Of the interior rs superintendc
az Of the division of printing and ;
he tionery.
~ TnE phcnomenally cold weather G
M tinucs throughout northern Euro
liz and much suffering is reported. !
tl,e gypsies are the worst sufferers
ais band Is cncampcd rear Koniggratz.
On bohemia. On the 18th sixteen Of
band were found frozen 70 death.