The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-24

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Lincoln's medical staff during the war.
died in Cincinnati. on the isth. from
, the effects of fall which occurred Z
: year ago He was ~ years old.
, PRESIDENT PElxoro of Brazil is not
trusting to the United States alone 10
supply him with "A navy. bargain
was concluded on the 18th whereby the
Brazilian government became practi-
cally possessed Of nine torpedo boats
built by leading continental firm.
These are guaranteed to steam twenty
eight knots an hour and are to be dis
patched Immediately.
AuGUsr Law. citizen of Turner.
Kas., committed suicide at that place,
on the i2th. by throwing himself in
front of a south-bound Santa Fe pas
senger train. He was killed instantly.
lie was Respondent over his financial
condition.
THE crew of the whaler Aurora.
which arrived at Dundee. Scotland. on
the 18th. report that they discovered
in Baffn's bay the wreck of the schoon-
err Ripple. together with several hui
man remains. This is the vessel in
which two Swedish men of science.
Biorlfg and kalyennius, left st. Johns.
y. f.. in June. 1892. To collect speci-
mems of the fauna of Greenland along
Davis strait.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL GARD. who
hunted down Sontag and Evans, the
twoCalifornia desperadoes. last summer.
has arranged with Gen. Cook to run
down the Apache Kid" for whose ar
rest a reward of so. 900 is outstanding
THE steamer China arrived at San
, Francisco on the 18th. She left Homo
lulu on the 18th. making the trip
in days. IA hours and 20 minutes,
which is the fastest time ever made be-
tween Honolulu and San Francisco.
Mrs. PLArT. wife of Senator Plat.
: Of Connecticut, died of paralyis at the
Arlington hotel, Washington, on the
18th.
LATE news from Japan record the
loss of hundreds of human lives and
the destruction of numerous fishing
boats and other craft by recent heavy
storms and floods
On the 18th the sheriff took posses
/, sion of the Washington state building
at the Worlds fair grounds. acting on
I attachment proceedings brought by the
!, Union national bank Of Chicago to en-
! force a claim for 1885. money ad
vanced on a check on Tacoma bank
which suspended and refused payment.
| A PLAN has been perfected at Wash
!, ington by which the treasury gold re
: serve is to be restored to 100000. 900.
!, The Column bian congress of the Sal
-. IL
:. the 18th.
: A REVOLT against the'French was re
!. ported from the Tonquin country on
;, the 18th.
On the 18th Maj.-Gen. Stabel re
ceived medal recently awarded by
congress for conspicuous gallantry dur.
!, ing the war of the rebellion.
!, The l3-year-od son Of John Burgaff
!, living two miles from Running Water
5. d.. took up gun. on the i4th. for
|, the purpose of soaring two younger
: brothers. and in the attempt 10 shoot
: over their heads he blew the head of
!. one and dangerously wounded the 9TH
err. who will hardly survive.
GRAND army men at Hartford, Conn.
o are indignant over the action of the
o post at Wethersfeld in burying witt
q grand army honors the body Of Fran
A els Gerhardt, a convict. serving "A sen
4 tence of eight years for burglary.
n PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his fam
n lily somewhat unexpectedly returned
5 from .'Woodley," their suburban home
on the 18th. to the White House. where
they took up their residence for the
; winter.
. GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR, brother Of
: the ear. arrived in Vienna on ths
\ l4th. During his visit he will reside al
E the new palace at Potsdam.
\ HERR ERNEST voy PLoSER. the new
2 Austrian finance minister, says that
D upon assuming Office he found tn,
: finances of the country in a favorable
condition.
MMF. MrScK. n noted socialist. wa.
n sentenced at Lille, France, onthe 18th
4 TO weeks imprisonment for insulting
: the police.
!. The net treasury balance. on tn,
: l4th, was s9s. $40. TO. of which $50. 4j4.
I Isl was gold and l.4aa, oi9 currency
/ EXTERIOR WILLIAM has decided tina
o the next maneuvers of the German
e army shall be held in Silesia.
e BARON KoSIGswAERTER, a million
c aire of Vienna, died, on the i4th, o
apoplexy.
The San Francisco Examiner tdem.
e and Chronicle trep.). in leading edito
4 rails on the Hawaiian situation. cal
y for PresidentCleveland's impeachment
d IT is authoritatively stated that un
n less immediate and extensive repair
4 are made 10 the Chicago board of trad
C building, that structure may collapse
4 THE coroner's jury rendered yer
$ die. in the Grand Trunk accident a
70 Battle Creek. Mich. on the 18th. hold
ing Conductor Scott and Enginee
Woolcy of train No. for murder il
10 the second degree.
q TnN steamer Cant steo. thought :
- have been lost on Lake Michigan. m
rived az her dock in Chicago on III
7 18th. While passing through IN
Y straits She collided with another yes
y sci.
y THE safe in v. Rochon's saloon q