The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-19

JENNIE. e-year-old daughter OF Com
ductor Lancaster, Of the Missouri Ia
cifc railroad. was burned Ia death, on
the 9th. at farmhouse T. miles south
Of Olathe. kas. where Lamasters chill
dren live with their grandmother. The
child was playing with the fire in the
kitchen stove. when its clothes caught.
INVESTIGATION by the police has re
vealed the terrible fact that forty old
soldiers have been robbed and muir
d.red al the national military home at
Dayton. o., and only passing notice
taken Of the crimes. The grand army
has taken the matter in hand.
GEORGE LAMoRE. AN acrobat, fell
dist. nee OF forty feet during per
Torrance in Chicago On the 9th. Has
right leg was broken in several places
and il was thought il might be ncces-
sary to amputatc it 10 save his life.
MISS FRANCES +. WILLARD. worlds
president Of the W. {. T. u. who went
to Cincinnati 10 address the Ohio state
convention. was reported seriously ~
in that city on the 10th Lady Somer
set was with her.
A GREAT temperance meeting was
held in the Auditorium in Chicago, on
the night Of the 10th. to give voice tt
the opposition Of the holy see To the
saloon.
PROF. LEypE>, Of Berlin. WAS again
summoned by wire to attend the car
and started for Livadia, on the 10th. tc
remain some ting
TnE treasury department is prepar
ing custom regulations to govern tn.
entry Of exhibits for the Atlanta ga.
exposition.
ON the 10th the Hungarian house Of
nagnatcs passed the third reading OF
the bill providing for civil marriages
SIR .IonN DUGpALE ASHLEY. baronet
the wcll-known sportsman. died in Lon
don on the 10th.
Ar 1880 o'clock on the morning Of
the lith. burglars blew open the SAT,
in the New Lexington tO) post ofiic,
and secured $500 in money and stamps
The explosion knocked out the whole
front Of the building and awakened
the entire populace, but the burglars
made their escape.
OxF man was killed and six men anJ
one woman were badly burned or in
jured by jumping and dropping from
the windows OF four-story wooden
tenement house which was burned in
Boston on the 18th.
il the United States circuit court al
Omaha. Neb. on the 18th. Judge Wool
son decided chat the receivers may
not cut the salaries Of the employees o.
the Omaha Il -. Louis IVA bash road
y. ID. SMITH. an employe of the bu
rcau IF engraving and printing. was
arrested in Washington. on the 18th
charged with stealing 10000 two-cen'
stamps from the bureau.
TmE Minneapolis Il II. Louis railroad
was sold in Minneapolis, Mimi. on the
18th. at sheriff's sale. and purchased
for the stock holders committee foi
s.. 600. 900 cash.
PEIScE~s MARIE. wife OF Prince Fer
linand Of Bulgaria. gave birth 10 q
daughter on the 18th.
THE amecr Of Afghanistan was re
ported. on the 18th. 10 be very i'll.
FoUg earthquake shocks Were felt al
Athens. Greece. on the night of IN,
18th.
JrTICS LIcHTENBEEG.a member ~ the
board Of education Of Detroit. Mich.
charged with accepting a bride. made
an unsuccessful attempt at suicide or
the nth.
Two MEN were burned To death an,
one probably fatally injured. on tn,
18th. by the burning Of barn nea
Fort Recovery. O.. which was fired b.
spark from thrcshing machin
, engine.