The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-16

Hos. MOODY MERRILL. who for thir-
ty.four years has been connected with
the business interests of Boston as
lawyer. street railway president. legis-
lator and agitator for public improve
ments and reforms, Is missing. lie lef'
his business affairs in very bad
dition.
DURING friendly scuffie in Z
ating room OF the Western L ' 49,
graph Coin Chicago,on th' ~ Th'.m,x
stack. who had an open -, 80. !.
his hand, accidents ,ss.,,sJ .nd
killedGeorge Grain na,A ,S.r. mcsscn.
ger boys crair .znadr an an,e-mor,em
cidental a IA ex,neratinp stack from
all blan e.
tn postmaster general has formally
an .,ounced that disease germs, or other
things of like character, no matter
how securely put up. are OF the nature
Of poisons and extremely dangerous to
health. and that they are. therefore,
absolutely unavailable. Postmasters
are instructed to see that no such things
are allowed Ia enter into the mails
THE bodies of William q. Gray. aged
IS. and Miss Dora A. Velsie. aged %.
the latter but partly dressed. were
found in "A room over an undertaking
establishment in Grand Rapids. Mich.
on the eth. Both had beer shot
through the head. as is supposed. by
the woman.
Amour "A dozen fine residences. most
of which were of r.,sat construction,
were destroyed ~ fire in San Fran
cisco early on tn morning of the ,th
Three tremen were in family killed by
falling chimney. an. fourth was
badly burned
>ArIoNE MARTrIIo was executed by
electricity in Danncmora IN. I.)prison
at 1851 a. m. on the 9th. for killing n
fellow Italian named Giovanni Parello
on March ). 1892, in Saratoga
u. Il. MONROE. leader of the miners
in the Coal Creek (Tenn.) war last Au-
gust. was sentenced at Clinton. Tenn.
on the eth. to the penitentiary for seven
years. The sentence is regarded by
many persons as light one.
RECENTLY Tom Curtis. the veteran
safe blower. and kid" Smith were
arrested in Detroit. Mich. in the act of
passing spurious money. with which
the city had for some time been flooded.
On the sth the police raided a house in
Dane street and arrested an old man
named jackson and his son. A
search of the house revealed guam.
tity Of bogus money and good lay out
of counterfeiting apparatus.
SAMOAN advices received. on the sth'
per steamer Alameda. from Apia. May
"a. SAYS: 1t may be safely predicted
that Samoan affairs are approaching a
climax. Indeed. before this reaches
, America Malietoa and Mataafa may
. have tried conclusions. and the all-im
portant question as To which Is the
| stronger party may have been decided
/ forever.
An Arrangement was perfected. ON
the sth. by the representatives of the
PENNSYLVANIA. Big Four. Chicago
Hamilton 4 Dayton and Monon rail
r roads providing for cheap excursions
: to the Worlds fair from Cincinnati
| DAYTON. Louisville and other points.
E RETURNS for May to the London
I board of trade show that imports I,
( the United Kingdom increased ei.soo,
o 600. and exports increased 100000, a
/ compared with May. ls9..
A NEW ministry was appointed in the
: Argentine Republic. on the sth. TO take
e the place Of the cabinet which re
. signed on the eth.
r WoRrHISGToN FORD. Of Brooklyn. SAT-
!. to be worth nearly $1,000. 900. inherited
. recently from his fathers estate. was
!. appointed. on the sth. by Secretar,
e Carlisle. chief of the bureau of stats
tics. treasury department.