The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THOUSANDS Of people thronged to the
capitol grounds at Washing ton ON the
night of the 18th. 10 hear the ringing
of the chime of bells on the rev library
building and TO attend the open-air
concert by the Marine ba nd and the
grand chorus of l 800 voices given in
honor of the capitol centennlal
A LARGE number of cotton gins in
Bienvillc parish. La. haze been pla-
carded with notices 10 the owners TO
discontinue all ginning until further
notice under penalty of having their
gins burned out The notices further
state that IL the merchants press the
farmers for not marketing their crop
they will be waited on By regulators.
MISS VIOLA DIETRICH. aged 20, of
kokomo, Ind. headed a band Of high
waymen who robbed four people in
one night Her plan was to induce rep
utable citizens To protect her on the
plea that she feared to be on the
streets alone She took her victims
down a dark street where her ac-
completes lay concealed.
THE London Times says that. not
N.
British yachtsmen, who appreciate Mr.
CAROLS pluck and persistency, will be
please to learn that he will not return
to America empty-handed. The Nava-
hoe won the Brenton Reef cup on her
merits. and she has quite redeemed her
character as a hard-weather boat
a PECULIAR condition of a fairs exists
among the farmers in dozen or more
Of the largest cotton-producing coun-
ties in south Alabama. They have
formed a combine and swear that no
cotton shall be ginned or sold before
October in order to force the price to
ten cents per pound.
HUNDREDS OF covered wagons are re-
turning from the Cherokee strip. The
parties were unable 10 get claims and
are loud in denouncing the sooners,
who. they claim. got all the best lands
There are a large number of people
leaving the strip on every train who
are in destitute circumstances.
REV. MERsFELDER. Methodist min
lister at Spencervillc. o.. was knocked
insensible and awfully beaten, on the
night Of the 18th. by a hoodlum who
was offended by remarks made during
the delivery of his sermon.
The elements made plaything OF
st. Paul, Mimi. for time, ON the 18th,
and the dry spell was etfectually
broken by steady downpour Of rain.
THE remains OF man and -four
women were found IN the burned ruins
Of "A house in Whitechapel, London, on
the 18th.
The will Of +. H. Ames. of Boston.
was fled for probate on the 10Th II
contains no public requests The real
estate and personal property in North
Easton is given To the widow. to-
gcther with 100000 outright and an
annuity Of $4,000. The residue i
given in trust for the benefit Of the
widow and children.
As A result of the unsatisfactory out
come Of the experiment OF settling
Scottish croftcrs in the Northwest ter
ritory. the British government has de-
cidcd to abandon all efforts az state
colonization.
The paid admissions TO the Worlds
fair on the 10Th were i12,50s.
A TORNADO at Augusta. wis. ON the
18th. blew several frame buildings off
their foundations, took the roof off
Williams store, lcvclcd barns and
fences and pulled trees up by the roots.
REV. SAMUEL u. HALLIDAY. former
ly assistant pastor to Rev. Henry Ward
Bccchcr, was stricken with apoplcxv
in the parlors Of Plymouth church. \
Brooklyn on the goth.
ELIZA PORTER aged lOi wears ana 4.
days died, on the 10Th. at oak Mills. \
kas. Mrs. Porter was born in vir. \
glnia, and was owned by near relatives
Of George Washington.