The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE government Of Portugal has re-
piled TO the demand of President
Peixoto of Brazil for the surrender of
the insurgent refugees who sought an
asylum on Portuguese vessels after the
surrender in Rio harbor. refusing TO
surrender them. 1t maintains that-to
comply with the demand would be CON
trary 10 the principles Of humanity
and opposed to all precedents OF inter
natione, law.
On the morning of the Goth Alex
Paris. aged IA. Office boy at the Chesa-
peake * Ohio Office in Cincinnati. was
sent to the Market national bank with
sa5. He forged "A check for $685.. sign
ing c. H. Ryan's name it, got the
money and decamped.
H. l.. >ToUT. the Dubuque la mil
iionaire. has made gift of his prop
erty on the corner Of >.inth and Iowa
streets to the Young Mems Christian
association Of Dubuque 1t IS valued
at $50. eco
STEPHEN T. GAGE. Mrs. Leland Stan
fords representative in the Central Pa
cific Railway Co.. has resigned. the ul-
innate object being the withdrawal Of
the Stanford estate from the Central
Pacific.
AT the suit of RUSSELL Il. Harrison,
ex-Prcsident Harrison law partner.
Howard Cole. was. on the 2.th. APP
pointed receiver Of the Queen City
Electric Railway Co. of Marion. Ind
WEMY>s Bios. Of Boston. manufac-
turers of furniture. made an assign
ment on the 2-th. a recent balance
sheet showed assets of about 500. 900,
and a surplus Of nearly so, 900.
The engagement of Howard Gould
and Miss Bessie Kirkland. better known
on the stage as Odette Tyler. a promi-
nent member OF Charles Frchman 5
company. about which there had been
rumors for scrne time past. was an
nounced on the 2.th. as a positive fact
REPRESENTATIVE BoEy. of Mime
sofa. has introduced a bill for the re-
duction of compensation Of persons in
the government service. The bill re-
cites that the unit value of money i
decreasing and that private wages are
falling. while public salaries are kept
up to their old figures
JOSEPH LEcH. an extensive mill own
er. who employed 1000 hands when his
plant was in full o2eration. died ut his
home IN BRIDGEPORT, Pa. on the eth. Of
blood poisoning. lie was C5 years Of
age.
TnE secretary Of the interior. on the
I 2.th. issued a requisition on the secrr-
Z tary ~ the treasury for slO. III COO 20
be used in the quarterly payment Of
4 pensions on April :. The amount will
bc distributed among agencies as fol-
lows: Chicago. g.. $50. 900. Ds.s Moincs.
Ia, Si.eOo,CO0; Milwaukee sl.1o0 0lo.
buffalo. 81 500, 600: Pittsburgh. si.450.-
600; Concord, y. H.. 5000. 600; ,ston.
S32j. 900. and Detroit. Ss0O0O0
A rroT was discovered on the 27th
by which three notorious murlcrcrs
expected 10 free themselves from the
county jail in san Francisco. Already
the tunncling through the jail wall
had bcgun. The three men who
bad done this work were hurricdlv
transferred 70 the county jail al ~an
lose. They are Thomas II. Clair. Her
man spark and John Hanson
TIKI European Union 81 Astronomers
have announced the discovery If a
faint comet By W i. Dennirg. of Bri,-
tol. England. Its position j.: March
~. 800 Greenwich mean time: RICH. as
cension . hours and - minutes; dccli-
nation north ~ degrees and i, min
utes The daily motion Of the object
j. south following degree.
TnE anniversary Of the birthday Of
Gen. II. :. Grant. which occurs April
-. will be concentrated by The liam
iiton Republican club Of New York
city. which will give dinner on that
night Among the invited guests are
Gen. Horace Porter. John ;. Wise. Cor
I nelius y. Bliss. John A. Cockeriil. ID.
Ii. 81 John Eossa. Roswell G. IIcrr and
+. Congressman Lcmuel l.. Quigg.