The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

in Siam. as well as European. 1t seems
there is street-car line in Bangkok
constructed with American capital and
operated by American citizens. We
may vet have to send squadron to
Siamese waters.
A NUMBER of Philadelphians are in a
sad plight. The government wanted
to buy some Of their ground. but they
put the price SO high that Uncle Sam
wouldn't buy. Now the tax assessor,
hearing of the increased valuation they
themselves put upon their property.
has raised the assessment on it, and
there is consequent wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth.
ALFRED PACkyR, the man-eater. who
ate five of his companions in mining
camp some ten years aga. and who is
now in the Colorado state priso., under
a cumulative sentence of forty years.
is reported to have become insane. a1,1
an investigation has been ordered.
SPEAKER CRISP and Secretary Car
speakership. held close consultation
at Speaker Crisp's apartments on the
9th. II was confined TO the discussion
of the rules to be adopted for the gov
eminent of the house Of representa-
tives.
THE Italian government has decided
to forbid all pilgrimages to Rome in
the evertof cholera continuing abroad.
GILMoRE's band made its debut at the
Columbian exposition. on the nth. and
the musicians received generous
greeting. Their work justified the APP
plause bestowed at the end of the
numbers. The first concert was given
in the Music pavilion on the lake shore
from 10 to 3 o'clock.
CHRISTOPHER EVANS secretary of the
American Federation Of Labor. esti-
mates that 100. 900 men are out of work
in New York city.
A SEVERE rain-storm occurred at
Lynn. Mass. on the 9th. The base
mcnts Of business houses in the central
part of the city were flooded from two
to five feet. causing heavy losses. a
NUM- Der Of places were struck by light
ming. but no fatalities occurred
+. SALAvERIA. "A rich coffee planter
OF Salvador. who, recent aorived in San
Francisco says band Of $50 brigands
swooped down on his coffee plantation.
60 miles from Salvador. and after bind
ing and beating Salaveria and mis- aged
wife. secured s2c. 600 in coin which had
been provided To pay the coffee piclSers.
The robbers were tracked to their
mountain retreat and seventeen of them
captured, who, after brief trial, were
shot.
The directors of the Lchigh Valley
railroad in view Of the default of the
Reading railroad on bills due. have dis.
solved the lease Of the road to that
corporation
EMPEROR WILLIAM left Cowes, on the
9TH, where he had spent week at.
tending the yacht races. As he sailed
away salutcs were fred and he was
heartily checred by the crowds that
had gathered TO witness his departure.
COMMISSIONER JoHN TwoMBr.Y and
Hon. Isaac n. Stevens. of Denver. Col
consulted, on the sth. with the Provi
dencc Or. /. witnesses in the case o.
7. Thatcher Graves for the murder o.
Mrs. Barnaby. The witnesses hav,
agreed to attend the second trial which
will be held about the middle Of Octo
her.
THE 900 employees OF the Lalance
Grosjean works. mt Harrisburg. Pa
who were locked out because Of the cf
fort to form branch Of the Amalga
mated association. decided to abandon
the attempt. The result was com
municated to the management. on I'll,
sth. and operations were resumed.
The Hungarian minister Of agricul
turc has ISSUED statement shown,
that there will be decrease Of abou
1900, 900 meter cen.crs in the whea
yield, 100000 in rye and 800, 900 il
barley, as compared with the crop 0
those cereals last year. The quality 0
the grain crops this year is much abov
the average.
JONI PLoTNER, Of Cherry Run, w
Va, met with a horrible death on th
sth. lie drove two oxen to pastur
and was attacked by one Of the AMI
mails. He was gorcd and his bod
mutilatcd almost beyond recognition
The ground for 100 yards around wa
torn up in the struggle with the ma,
beast.