The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

EIGHTY Bohemian miners met instant
death by an explosion in the Fort
schritt mine at Dux. in bohemia, on
the cath. and scores OF others were IA
tally injured.
Cor c. C. ORR died at Sioux City. Ia.
on the 18th. aged 70 years. He had
lived tn ere since 1851, and by many
was considered the wealthic~t man in
Iowa. BESIDES immense holdings OF
mortgages ana Sioux City real estate he
owned $4,000 acres Of improved farm
lands in Iowa. Nebraska, South Dakota
and Kentucky
Tn nomination Of Judge Jackson
Of Tennessee, to be associate justice of
the supreme court Of the United States.
was favorablv reported by the senate
judiciary committee in executive ses-
SION on the 18th Objection was made
and under the rules the nomination
went over
JONI SrRoHr.. aged 70 years. pioneer
resident Of EllShart, Ind, committed
suicide, on the iath. by cutting his
throat with razor Ill-health and the
recent death of his wife are supposed
to have unsettled his md
THE supreme court O, Peru has de-
cidcd that the appropriation providing
for the expenses of an exhibit at Chicago
was illegally made. This viii make
Peruvian exhibit at the Worlds fair
/ impossible.
DR.. No8vrS GREEN. president OF the
( Western Union Telegraph Co. died at
his home in Louisville. Ky, on the
18th. after a short illness.
A SLIDE occurred in the wall Of rock
in one of the tunnels OF the Orient
mines OF the Colorado Fuel * IRON Co
III villa Grove. Col. on the 18th, and
six men were killed and six injured.
THE sundry civil appropria bill
will carry additional appropriations for
the Worlds fair aggregating over sl,-
COZ. O0c.
nrGGY containing Mrs II. D. Me-
Sweeney. Miss Mary McSwecney and a
a-vear-old child was upset at Lima, O..
on the 18th. the horse becoming I'M
manageable. The two women received
fatal injuries, but the child escaped
with'a few scratches
TuE widow of David Butler Nebras
ka's first governor, is sl25.oe0 better on
than she was For some years suits
have been pending to recover the value
Of her dover interest in certain Lin
; coin property. and decision in hei
favor was rendered on the i4th.
Az Illinois Central train ran into ;
. sleigh at a crossing about three miles
north Of Waterloo. la. on the 18th
Mr. and Mrs Fairchild. the occupants
: az the sleigh. were found on the pilo
e Of the engine after the collision. Mrs
= Fairchild was fatally injured and he
: husband wa, seriously hurt.
V GRFAran~iety is felt at Crested Butte
z Col. for twenty miners employed in TIL
g Cumberland mine on the north side 0
4 Butte mountain. twelve miles distant
l. Nothing had been heard from them 70
: more than month. up to the 18th. an'
IL Is feared that they may have met viii
death from snowslides during the re
- cent heavy storm.
A SHOCKING suicide occurred AT Or
!, manvillc. la. on the i4th. Mrs Luihe
II Atwood, whose mind was affected b
the instant death ~ her hus hand. VIII
was killed in "A railroad accident recent
= Is. saturated her clothing with lscrc
- sene and set fro to them. She wa
L. burned 10 crisp.
A. A. BARTLETT and George Snool
who left Akron. o.. last December i
- boat for New Haven. Fla. were lost o
~ Britain island. gulf Of Mexico Thci
!. boat was light steam launch. in whic
\ they went through the Ohio canal. III
\. Mu~lSingnm. the Ohio and Mississippi
III rivers. They were lost ON their tri
ii across the gulf from Florida.
n. The island Of Samothek in III
as Grccian Archipelago. was shaken bv a
M earthquake on the l4th. All the BULL
en- ings on the island were destroyed an
&c many lives were lost Several sevel
shocks were also felt in zante.