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

Mss LIZZIE MILLER. aged IS, high
unexpected young lady OF SPRING
field, o.. committed suicide. on the
nth. by shooting herself through the
heart She was engaged to wed Stew
art Gresham. "A cadet at the Annapolis
Md naval academy. and no cause Tor
the fell deed is known.
A DiCHARGED cellar man named
Cholics IN the palace OF Cardinal vas
zary. in Pesth. attempted TO assassinate
his eminence. on the 10th. with huge
knife. but was seized and held by Rec.
DIR. Kohl, the cardinals secretary. who
received five ugly wounds from the
knife Of the enraged ex-cellar man.
Az exploding gasoline stove started
fire in the Capital lodging house at
Guthrie. Okla. on the night of the 9th.
which resulted in loss Of ESQ. 900, four
business buildings being burned.
WILLIAM WALDORF AsroR has bought
the splendid estate of Cliveden. on the
banks OF the Thames, from the duke of
Westminster The sum paid is stated
To be 81. $50, 900. Cliveden is one OF the
ancestral estates of the duke
A DISASTROUS fire in ST Mary's, o..
on the night Of the 18th. destroyed
every business block between the city
building and the Fountain hotel.
JAMES DwyFR of Geneseo. n. r.,
aged 20 years, proposes to make a trip
TO the Worlds fair on his bicycle. lie
is well-to-do and quite an athlete in
spite of his years.
FRANCE had the honor. on the 1ath,
of being the second country whose rep
resentive. NJ. ratenotre. was formally
received by the United States in the
capacity of an ambassador.
ArPocahontas, w. Va. on the 18th,
Ham Buffalow shot Fannie Taylor and
himself in the breast Both will die.
Buffalow is brother of Charles Buffa-
low. who killed an Englishman at
Pocahontas last fall.
SrockMES at San Antonio. Tex, have
completely blockaded the Santa Fe
railroad II is estimated that, on the
ia,h. there were fully $4,000 head of
sheep and 5000 head OF cattle being
held near that city awaiting cars for
shipment.
a TORNADO wrought damage amount
ing to sl0O, 900 at kolSomo. Ind. at 4
o'clock on the morning of the 18th.
The American straw board mill was de-
stroyed and Robert Douglass was
killed.
| WARREN BLACKWELL, one OF the
wealthicst men in Dekalb county, was
shot and killed at Butler, Ind. on the
18th, by Thomas Revell, night police
man. while resisting arrest. blackwell
drew his revolver and. saying he would
not be taken alive, shot at Revell three
times. all the shots missing In return
Revell shot him through the heart.
KING HrMBERT. accompanied by Sig
Benedito Brini. minister Of foreign af-
fairs. and by the royal suite, arrived at
| Florence. on the 18th, on visit 10
Queen Victoria, WHO'S spending several
weeks at the Villa Palmieri, near Flor
ence.
Mrs. T.. c. THOMAS. of Dubuque. la,
demented woman so years old. satu-
rated her clothes with kerosene and
set fire to them. She was fatally
burned She made a similar attempt
sixteen years ago.
DAsTAKDLY outrages upon native
Christians. in some cases resulting in
death, are reported from Toa Tusi,
China. The matter has been brought
to the notice of the United States con-
sui at Ameri.
THE town of Saline. of i,4o0 popula-
ton, in Washtenaw county, Mich.
was entirely wiped out by tornado on
the night OF the l2th.
: Mrs. CLARK and two little children
Were caught in prairie fire in Rawlins
county, Kas., on the ieth. and received
fatal injuries