The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


left Brussels at midnight of the sth.
NJ. Tout. professional aeronaut. was
in charge Over Etaples. department
of Pas de Calais. Tout fell from the
balloon. The other two passengers
continued the voyage
SEVERE earthquake was felt in
many parts Of >ervia on the sth. The
village of velikihopovitch tumbled into
ruins and several inhabitants were
killed.
Ex-Gov. III. v. McGRAIH of South
| Carolina died at Charleston. on the
9th. aged so years. Previous to the re-
bellion he was appointed by President
Pierce district judge of South Carolina.
but on the announcement OF the cleo
I tion of Abraham Lincoln TO the pres-
dency he discharged the grand jury and
declared the court adjourned sine die
| ILLUMINATING gas in Hyde Park, Chi
cago. claimed two more victims Elof
Behson and Jesse Kendig left the gas
turned on when they retired on the
night Of the sth and. during the night
| it went out The next morning both
were found dead in bed. They were
| from Canton, o.
A FAMILY named Fentriss. living at
| Bumbus Mills. Tenn, recently received
! a barrel of molasses from n Nashville
firm. An unpleasant taste caused them
to break in the head Of the barrel. and
F! investigation showed that the body OF
a 10 or fI-year-old negro boy was in
closed.
THE mortality in the city Of New
York is steadily on the increase. IL is
accounted for by the physicians of the
health department by the epidemic of
influenza which has been raging for
more than two months. There were
1,is3 deaths from all causes during the
week ended on the sth. of this num-
Der - were caused by influenza. but
the epidemic is believed to have caused
many Of the sol deaths ascribed By
physicians to pneumonia
The United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea met in convention at Columbus, o.,
on the nth. the chief purpose of the
convention being to discuss the scale
of wages
DEATII-DEALrSe and destructive cy-
clones and hurricanes visited the states
Of Iowa. Kansas, Missouri. Illinois and
Indiana, on the 18th. leaving ruin and
lamentation in their track at many
points
As A result Of the investigation made
by Special Treasury Agent Noyes at
Portland. Ore. as to the Illegal land
ing of Chinese at that port, Secretary
Carlisle has dismissed from the service
Deputy Collector Cardinell Inspector
Armstrong. who was suspended pend
ing the investigation, was restored to
duty.
The New York committee on colonial
, and revolutionary exhibit at the Chi.
, cago Worlds fair have issued circular
! asking the lovers of history and art 10
assist in forming the exhibit of colo
. NAL and evolutionary relics in which
ii is proposed the thirteen origina
states shall join.
. ALL franchises and rights Of way
/, have been secured or guaranteed. IL n
y said. for an electric railway between
. Baltimore and Washington City. Worl
, will begin at IN early date. The roat
I, is TO be thirty-cight miles long. an,
n capital 10 the amount Of $500. 900 ha
been subscribed therefor.
ABOUT ~ o'clock on the night of til,
/. 9th. the Young Mems Christian asso
: citation building. the largest and fines
n in New Castle, Pa. erected by the ia
= nous singer. Ira ID. Sankey. was com
y pletely Quilted by fire. The flames orig
! mated in the cellar OF the building
- from spontaneous combustion. Tn
|, loss is partially covered by insurance.
BARoS IIoUGHroS. lord lieutenant q
~ Ireland. las issued an order limitn
.r the importation Of arms and ammun
- ton into ireland.
JArAS has seized the Pelcw island,
n a group in the North Pacific, $50 mile
N east Of the PHILIPPINE islands. at tn
Or western extremity Of the Caroin
archipelago. The islands are elaine
by Spain by right Of discovery.
a Ex-PREsIDENr MANUEL GONZALES, +,
r. Mexico. died in the City of Mexico o
a. the 10th The members Of his family
ne President piaz and other friends wcr
ne present at his bedside. He admonishe
r- his friends to obey and honor Diax.
ID EMPERog FRANCIS JosEPH gave a
n audience To M. Stambouloff. the Bu
garian prime minister, on the lith-