The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AN officer of the Reading ,oal an"
Iron Co. stated. on the 27th. that the
various anthracite companies wonlc
make a reduction in the price OF coal 81
from a5 to 80 cents on or about April !.
OFTEN VICTORIA and her daughters.
the German empress dowager and
Princess Beatrice. arrived at BuckinC-
ham palace. on the 21th.
GEN. JoHS c. NEw. consul-general at
London. expects 10 retire on May 18TH
next
A coyrASY with six citizens of St
Joseph. Mo. and one OF Wyoming rs
trustees has been Incorporated at Chey-
enne. wyo.. with capital of 100000.
TO work in the placer fields of the Bald
I Mountain district, near sheridan, IN
the northwestern part of wyoming.
The company holds nearly 1000 acres
Of the nav gravel, with bed rock fifteen
To twenty feet below the surface, be-
sides valuable water rights
HARRIET HuBBARp AVER. OF New
York. who obtained divorce from
Herbert C. Aver, Of Chicago. and has
since been making money as manu-
| -
a sanitarium at Broxville. y H., under
an order Of Judge McAdam. of the SUI
perior court She is victim OF over
work. morphine and alcoholic stimu-
lants.
The Cleveland (O.) district furnishes
one of the multi-millionaires for the
next congress W. j. White will rank
with the richest congressman, as ne Is
worth In the neighborhood of $500 600
He did not inherit his money either, but
made il out of chewing gum
PRESIDENT HARRISON. with a large
: party. visited Philadelphia. on the 2sth
E to witness the launch of the United
States war ship Indiana
BY the falling of the walls of Johi
Works new dry goods store, at Hal
G stead and Nineteenth streets Chicago
Z at leo o'clock on the morning of tn
: 2sth. eight occupants OF adjoining
a houses were instantly killed in thci
e beds and FIVE were seriously injured
d The walls had been considered dan
rerous ever since the fire. in June last
which destroyed the store and cor
II tents
:, wurx the legislative visiting con
V m;,,ee went through the West Tel
&c nessee ASYLUM for the insane at Boil
IS var recently. their attention was ma
Q, urallv directed more To Alice Mitche
than to all the other patients put L
cether. They found the slayer of HI
N girl sweetheart in fine physical cond
ID ton. She has never been sick a day
| - an a.,v,
he has gained twenty pounds in weig
es and is as handsome girl as one cou
IS wish to see. Mentally she is unchange
ne ABorr SO, 900 in cash belonging
the Pagan misers, the two brothe
who were found frozen to death
ID. their house miles north of lioll
TO Mich. on the 25th. had been unearth
y" up to the 2sth.
on Rrplry. the assailant OF John
ed Mackav. was still alive on the Isl
ng and in somewhat improved conditic
ak NEARLY one-half OF the business p'
ton OF the little town of Leigh, !
was destroyed by fire on the nth. n
OF buildings were burned The buildir
ew were all frame ones, and the total /
a. will not exceed $40. 900.
eo- The house, on the 2sth. passed
lne bill placing pig tin and ore on the I
ny list
ne ACCORDING to the report made TO
led ,~,.,a..s "a ~. cr,r, Monument n,
citation by President Horace Porter,
the 2sth. sufficient money has at
ny been raised TO complete the monume
re, and from now on the work will
geh pushed. 1t is hoped the Eonum
en- will toe finished by the autumn of \
~ the action of conference g
mittee Of the two houses Of congr
~ l, is provided that hereafter the pr
cent can send ambassadors To fore
10 wers instead Of ENJOYS extraurdin
aud ministers p.enipotcntiary II h
NJ. desires. For years there has beer
- effort made in congress To get the
-" Of American foreign ministers chanl
Tux British steamer II. y. Matthc
~ Can't stewart. from baltimore for
49, terdam. nineteen days oct from
s.n former port, arrived at Halifax. n
60, ON the list She had terrible weaI
! "a from the time 81 leaving. and was
,rr. days out when her high-pressnrc
ginc broke down