The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-03

TIM eoo-fpt bridge 81 the No"t"ern
Pacific railroad across the Aminicon
river i'm Wisconsin was entirely de-
stroyei 10y forest fires on the s4th. II
will take crew working night and
day a, least a week TO replace u
Tux seconds respectively ~ Deputy
Denou~ and Jean nrault, II the social
lit journal La libre Parole. ~ Paris,
agreed. on the 25th. that there wa> M
ground for duel between the two
gentlemen.
REPORTS from central and western
Kansas are very di>couraging. The
corn crop Will he failure in more
than half ~ the state. In the western
third Of the state the crop j. totally
ruined. while in the central third a
fair crop will L. raised only in sections
where local rains have fallen. The
corn in many fields has burned mp.
DETECTIVES from Denver arrested
John Mullins. Herman Rubhake and C..
I, Mex imme nj Colorado springs. COL.
IN the .5th, for completely in tarring
and feathering Adjt-,;en. Tar>ney.
They were held in bonds If 5000. IL
i said that enough evidence has been
secured toconvict the suspected parties.
SIR JnnN AgSorr. a wealthy mer-
chant Of Cork has offered a cup valued
at 100 guineas 20 he competed for in an
ocean race between the Nigilant. the
britannia and If possible. the >atanita.
the date To be determined upon by the
owners of the three yachts mentioned.
IL the United States court in ,hica.
GO on the s5th. Judge Woods over
ruled the motion 10 qua>h the in
formal ion against Dehs ~ al. and
postponed the further hearing 81 the
case until September s. The defend
ants viii now give bonds
Orro q. kIR-cHBAIN. merchant. real
estate dealer and manager of a million
dollars worth Of ~. Louis property
owned hy the Iurne~ estate. ~ IT. Jo
>eph. Mo. has mystcriouslv di>appeare'
from IT. Louis. and no clew 10 hi
wherea bouts can h. learned.
THE house. on the 2ith. passed Dele
gate Flynn's bill empowering fourth
class po>tmasters Ia administer oaths
in pension eases. The object j. 10 avoic
the Inconvenience experienced bA
those who live in >par>eiy-set tleC
places.
AsHARK nine feet long. captured il
the sound off Oyster BAY. Long Island
was towed ashore on the 18th. Wher
the shark was cut open it, stomach wa
found 10 contain a child> finger. vhlcl
had been badly laccrated.
CHARLES WILSON was hanged in tn,
~, Louis Jail. on the morning Of tn
eGth. for the murder Of Nose Hodges
Novem Der :. 1>g..
Az exploring party of prominen
men was descending a mine in IVES
Piston. Pa. on the Goth. when th'
cage fell To the bottom. Col. A. q
Mason superintendent Of the Lehigl
Valley Co. was instantly killed. an,
three others are believed to- be fatally
Y injured.
THE Bennington sailed from La Lib
t-rtad. on the 36th. for san Francis ca
via Aca puleo. with Gen. Ezeta and tire
other >alvadorcan refugees on board
PROF FALB. the Vienna earthquake
expert. prophecies that New York cit
will be destroyed by seismic disturb
ance August 10
CoxEY has abandoned his delude
followers and gone back To Ohio. wher
his private affairs imperatively deman
his attention
The anti-anarchist bill passed tn
French chamber Of deputies to 10
on the 10Th.
Three men Were arrested in Denver
.n - 4
the 25th. for completely in the tarrin
and feathering of Adjt.-Gen. Tarsne
at Colorado Springs