The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-26
CURREN I TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

q guests IN the house and the Servan,
Il escaped uninjured after an exciting {,
Il pericnce.
, SAMUEL r. NoRss. the new cons,
general 10 Paris. has appointed Nj
clyde shropshire. of Georgia. vice-cor
sui general in place Of Mr.. RIM Hooper
who has been connected with the otiic
ever since the war
The Russian and English govern
ment> have agreed 10 prohibit sealin.
vessels from operating within 10 mile
OF the Russian coast and within 30 mile,
Of Robin and Commander islands durins
, the present year,
Tar state press associations OF Nortl
Dakota. Minnesota. Texas and Florida
visited the Worlds fair on the 18th
There was no routine laid out after
the various associations reached the
grounds and they Were soon scattered
through the various buildings seeing
the sights.
CAPT. III.GINs has been removed
from the command Of the United states
steamship Atlanta for dilatorines> in
sailing for Greytown. Nicaragua. and
has been ordered home. Capt. Bart
lett succeeds him
MR. GEORGE KEENAN,. the well
known writer on Russia. sailed for Eu-
rope on the 18th He will be absent
six weeks or two months.
RI Rrv. WILLIAM HENRY ArGrsTrs
BI>sELI. bishop OF the Episcopal do
cese OF Vermont died on the 18th. aged
70 years.
J"HN TERRELL. who murdered Con
dnctor l.. I. Price at Seymour Ind.
was taken from the Jail at Bedford.
Ind. on the 18th. by n mob and hanged
to tree in the jail yard
NUMEROUS kilograms have been re-
ceived at the treasury department re-
>pecting the decision Of the sAreme
court IN the Chinese exclusion act.
most of them asking that the law be
suspended for at least six months
\ GREAT meeting Of English church
men was held in Albert hall. London.
on the 10th. to protest against the
Welsh suspensory bill. pending in par
lament, as threatening the existence
of the established church.
The Paris police found several pow
erfui bombs. many pounds of dynamite
and chest of burglars tools. on IN,
10Th. buried in lot surroundings shed
in the suburb of Tavallors.
THE mill Of the Wilbraharn Mass,
Moolen Co. was destroyed by fire on
the 18th Loss-s'5, ooo:partially insured.
BEFORE leaving Havana for New
York the Infanta Eulalie. her hns-
band and the duke Of Tamamas rave
1880 10 be distributed in charity and
A. gifts
'Eo.GE IL. ABBoTT, alias Frank l..
Amy, the murderer of Christie War
len. July Il, 1891. was hanged in the
all yard at Concord. y. H.. on the 10Th
fisIERMES found badly decomposed
'ody in the Hudson river in the vicini-
y Of Sing Sing. y. v. on the 18th.
which proved. on examination. to be
nat OF Pallister. one of the two con
Iemned murderers who escaped from
ne prison at Sing Sing. a few weeks
go. ;oth are now accounted for ,
scehle's body having been found sew
raj days before. ;
FORMAL charges have been filed
gainst ex-tommissioner Of Patents I
imonds and Foster & Freeman. the i
Washington attorneys for the Bell
telephone Co. alleging improper in
pection Of the secret files in the ceie-
rated Drawbaugh telephone cases.
nj the unlawful taking Of copies
hereof for the private use Of ~imonds {
nj Of the Bell Telephone co. 7
HE kio Grande river was rapor,ad I
n the 18th. 10 be out OF it, banks and ]
oing much damage both in Mexico /
NJ Texas Thousands Of acres If bot :
Pm land were inundated. and the losses 9
cattle and horses were very heavy. !
ne Matamoras branch If the Mexican {
ational railroad was washed away in y
ANY places Several lives had been
III. r
Lou IREN-K. who murdered Henry 4
aedier- on the 9Th. was hanged az y
rownstown. Ind. at , o'clock on the -
orning of the 10th. by a mob from Il
'ymour. the lynching party being e
imposed of the same men who hanged a
urley. at Bedford ON the 18th. Il
LATER particulars from the great fire
Nam III. china. state that over 900 |.
yes were lost While the fire was rag Il
< band Of well-dressed Chinese mn n
lown 70 the natives. rushed in and n
lied the best-looking young women II
ID girls to the number Of thirty or n
rty. and carried them away. m
lHE government Of Queensland has n,
oclaimed holiday for one month in
{ gold fields in order 70 ena bile mine 4,
sners and others EN- barrassed A. 10 :,
cir business by the recent failures To j
axe new arrangements a. 10 their !,
lancial affairs. =
SECRETARY HrRBERr has issued an =,
der directing Lieut.. Com. Rcedcr. ~ i.
e>ent In command of the Santee ~ j.
G naval academy. 10 report for duty
executive officer on the Charleston 4.
nich viii soon sail for the Pacific II;
asst. ~
" - said that Rear Admiral ,.her;,r,ii /.
n he assigned to command the New
'rk navy yard. relieving Co.nmo,orc \,
ben. who will h. given an acting
ir-admiral'> commission and sent 10 !
( European station. n
IHK tug Continental and scn,y wcr. y, :,
'>hci out into the lake from con- II
aut. O.. on the 18th and found.r,,a n, ~
ven men and two women ..-ha ,,....-< -