The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-20

THE agricultural department will
soon issue a bulletin on the san Jose
scale OF California. considered the
most serious parasite with which Cali
fornia fruit growers have To contend.
Active measures will also be taken by
the department 10 destroy the insect
in all localities where il may be found.
JoHS GRAHAM, OF New York. the IA.
nous criminal lawyer. died on the
9th. following the -nputation OF his
right leg the day before.
By an explosion Of dynamite in dy
Mantle laboratory near Docmi,z. in
Necllenburg->chwe on the 9th. the
bodies Of three workmen were literally
blown 10 the winds. while five Others
We're horribly mangled and fatally in-
jured. The wreckage Of the buildings
was strewn about the adjacent fields.
some Of the debris being carried halt
a mile away.
A DAsrARpLy attempt was made at
Huron. O.. at midnight OF the 9th. to
wreck train No. 5. the east-bound flyer.
on the Lake Shore road. BY the
merest accident the attempt was dis
covered in time 10 prevent what would
have proved a rival of the grea. Ashta.
hula disaster.
GEORGE WILLIAM THOMAS BRupEN-
ELr-BRrcE. marquis of Ailesbury, died
in London on the 10th. lie was born
in 1868.
THE rockingham arcade. one Of the
finest four-story business blocks in
Scranton. Pa. was completely de-
stroyed by fire on the morning Of the
10th.
THE second trial Of Richard :.
Heath. charged with the murder Of
Louis Il. McWhirter. prominent poll
tician Of Fresno. Cal. resulted. on the
18th. in another disagreement. the
jury. which had been ont five DAYS,
standing ten for conviction and two
for acquittal.
The United Nineworkers' conyen-
tion at Columbus. O.. on the nth. or
dered a general strike. 10 begin April
2i
TnE snow at Northumberland and
bloomsbury. Pa, was two feet deep,
on the nth. and still falling.
TnE Rock Island officials have COM
plimented Engineer J. d. Mckinney
and presented him with $3.50 gold
watch for ignoring the signal of train
robbers few months ago and prevent
ing hCldup. Six of the shots fired
at the engineer struck the cab.
DURING the temporary absence at
noon. on the l2th. of the clerk and
cashier of the Wallace Exchange bank
at Beaver Falls. Pa. "A thief. who had
gained an entrance TO the cellcr. cut a
hole through the vault floor and robbed
the bank of $500 in cash. making
good his escape and leaving no clew to
his identity.
The town Of Belview. Mimi. had a
narrow escape from being completely
destroyed by fire on the iath. Eleva-
tors belonging to Milford Elevator Co.
and the Interstate Grain Co. Of Min
neapolis, were burned. with 5000
bushels of grain; loss, $4,000.
MAJOR. the anarchist. who was ar.
rested in Paris. on the 18th, on sus-
picion Of having exploded bomb in
front Of the house of Judge Pele. in
Argeuntel. was liberated on the 18th.
for want of evidence.
A NATURAL gas explosion wrecked
the home of William Malseed, of Me-
keesport. Pa, on the i2th. Mrs Nal
seed and her la-year-old daughter Ellie
We're fatally burned by the explosion.
Two NOTORIOUS anarchists having
loaded bomb in their possession were
arrested in Rome on the 18th.
THE budget was approved by the
ministers at the British cabinet meet.
ing on the 18th.