The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Reading railroad interests were.
) on the Goth. as the result Of a suit bv
the third mortgage bondholders. rep
resented BY ex-senator Platt. placed in
the hands OF receivers. Chief-Justicc
fax>on OF Pennsylvania. President Me-
Leod OF the corporation. and Elisha +.
Wilbur. president of the Lehirh Valley
Railroad Co. are the receivers.
JOSEPH BENSON. employed as hooker
on At the Rankin wireworks in Pitts
burgh. Pa. was working near a set of
rolls on the. 18th. when a red-hot bar
OF iron. half an inch in thickness. flew
out and struck him under the left ear
IL passed entirely through his neck.
protrudng several feet on the opposite
side fellow workman succeeded in
pulling the bar out after Benson had
sunk TO the ground unconscious. but
physicians pronounced the injury fatal.
THE government Of the republic of
Colombia has granted a temporary ex-
tension Of the Panama canal conces-
sion The extension is until March 5.
OS the ed. the whisky trust investi-
cation, which had been delayed several
days owing 10 the absence Of witnesses
from Washington. was resumed.
JOSE NJ RAssos. Mexican minister to
Japan. died at San Francisco. on the |
18th. from dropsy.
The czarowitz telegraphed his con- 1
CALCULATIONS to the pope on the occa-
sion of the pontiff's jubilee.
The National Wall Paper Cos fac
tory in New York. consisting Of six
floors packed with stock. was burned
10 the ground on the Goth. Loss on
stock estimated at el5o. 600; on build
ing $50. 900.
W. y. Roach. a democrat. of Grand
Forks. was elected United States sena-
tor from North Dakota. on the sixty
first ballot. on the Goth. Roach wasthe
regular caucus nominee as per pro
gramrne. and all the democrats and
went to him
OWING TO the failure OF the cortes Ia
approve the financial schemes OF the |
the Portuguese cabine, re-
signed on the Goth.
An explosion in the Slxalis mine. in
>tvria. on the 2fst. caused the death az
fifteen miners and more or less serious
injury 10 twenty others
HE value ~ the gold product from
the mines Of the United states for lsos
was approximately s3s. 600. 600. abou,
corresponding TO the average product
)f recent years
MR. CLEVELAND will ride to his in
iugural in President Harrison's ear
-iage. a the latter dill in his tCleve-
and'sl four years ago.
IUF r.aSult ~ ,h. ,.ocf.-. =. -
'abinet meeting on the als, is stated
m good authority TO have been a de-
'ision not TO issue any bonds at this
line
Us the aist George II. jerks. IL
Rockville. Pa, was offered and ac-
opted the appointment Of attorney
in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet
Gov MCKINLEY is said TO he on
Walkers paper to the amount Of SIS
90 to 100000. A friend in New York
eiegraphed the governor on the 2lst;
Draw on me TO any amount up TO
20, 600. Do not hesitate 10 accept this
ffer make 4 in good faith and will
y glad TO help you" /,
MIRA J. GILMAN ADAMS. Of Newbprv
ark. Mass. who was badly burned ! !
cw week, ago. has submitted to n
ovel and seemingly successful surgical
peration. The wound was SO large !.
hat % was impossible 10 obtain human !.
kin Tor the purpose Of grating. 10 the
kins Of frogs were used Nearly soo !,
RATS were put on. The frogs were
hloroformcd before the skin was ,al..r
rom them. =
WHILE L. Lorillaru's stea IN Yacht vas
owing his house boat, Carmen. dow, =.
he -. Lucias river. in Florida. on The !, I
ist for supplies. il caught fire from \ =
anx Of naphtha on board and WAS Y
urned- The house boat was saved BIZ -
he use OF long tow-linc.
The president has issued a procla mn J"
'cn revoking the tolls levied on Cana. ~
ian vessels and cargoes in the saul, =
t. Marie canal. in consequence Of the
'ominion government adopting an ar '"
er in council removing the discrimipa.
on against American vessels passing :"
trough the Canadian canals %
The Indiana commanderv % IN. '"
oval Legion held memorial meeting -,
indianapolis. on the ed. i'm honor 81 ~
% late ex-President lIsyeA :.