The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE boiler of on the Big Four road
exploded at Winchester. Ind. on the
18th, killing the fireman, fatally in
juring the engineer and wounding two
others.
Two ATTEMPTS have recently been
made to wreck the st. Louis & San
Francisco night express at Aurora.
Mo-, the first time by misplaced
switch and the second time by loos-
ened rail. In neither case was much
damage done.
The Merchants bank of Ellis, kas.,
has closed its door and gone into vol
untary liquidation. The assets are am
pie TO cover the liabilities of $4,000.
State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal
is in control.
LORD" BEREsFoRD. convicted in
Rome. Ga, last year of forgery and
sentenced to the penitentiary for five
years, escaped from the convict camp
at Kramer. Ga. on the night OF the
18TH boarded train for Florida, and
Is supposed to have made arrange
ments to sail from southern port to
England. his former home.
DR. RosESTHAL., a promine Mt surgeon
| If Cincinnati, went to Columbus. on
the 10th. to introduce a measure in the
Ohio legislature to provide for the
abolition OF the Abrahamic rite, on the
ground that the operation is cruel and
unnecessary. and relic of barbarism
not compatible with the civilization
of the day.
J. w. GIRvIN, who has held the Office
Of Hawaiian consul in San Diego. Cal.
for some years past. has received notice
from the provisional government of his
appointment to the head of the postal
savingss bank of Hawaii Girvin ex.
pected to leave on the 10th for Homo
lulu.
THE first report of this seasons
British India has been issued. The
prospects are unusually good. The
area planted shows al increase of
per cent over that Of the preceding
crop.
THE secretary of the interior has ap
pointed William L. Chitty, of Illinois
a member of the board Of pension ap
peals. vice William Ii. Rupert, re
signed. The salary is $1,000 per an
mum.
The Prussian diet was opened. on tn,
10th. by Emperor William in person.
A CONSTRUCTION train on the North
ern Railroad of New Jersey wen
through a temporary trestle near Fair
view, N. j.. on the 18th. falling OF
twenty or thirty Italians who were a
work under the trestle. Two Of thu
men were crushed to death. and nearl.
every one of the others was more o
less injured---some of them, it is feared
fatally.
FIRE, on the 18th, destroyed tn
plant Of the American Cereal Co, q
Minneapolis, Mimi, involving loss o
about $4,000. and throwing over 10
persons out OF employment.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has invited tn
duke of York to visit Berlin to atten
the annual banquet Of the Knights Q
the Black Eagle.
A. II. WHITLEY, one Of the leadin
real estate dealers of Cheyenne, Wyo
was convicted on the charge of a.
temp ting to suborn jurors in an i'm
portant civil case. He was sentence
TO thirty days in the county Jail. on tn
nth, and to pay fine of $3.50. TIL
case created great sensation there. 0
Whitley had heretofore borne an e,
cellent reputation.
A ROYAL decree, dated the 1911
countersigncd by all the ministers. Ia
i been issued, proclaiming state ,
, siege at Carrara and Massa di Carrari
! Italy.
: IT has been learned that the Z
, Moorell. alias Frank Moorell, who a
sisted Chris Evans. the California on
law, in his escape from the Fresr
E Gall Jail. is Frank Morris. 70
!, Scott (kas.) young man. His father
5 wcll-to-do farmer, and was former
n in the mail service.
!. The issue Of Columbian stamps fro
a January 2, 1898, TO December 81. Il
J. period assigned TO their distribution
4 Is the subject OF a statement which h,
. been prepared by the post Office d
r partmcnt Tho aggregate number
sued to uostmasters was 1896. 9s3. 200.