The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-13

JAMES H. lFoMANs, named for tina
Interstate commerce commission, is
now "A state senator from Woodbury.
county, la. Up 10 five years ago he was
resident OF Buffalo. and was n warm
friend Of President Cleveland In his
early career. lie is considered very
able man.
CONGRESSMAN w. L. WILSON. who Is
near san Antonio. Tex. took horse
back ride on the "a, and is rapidly
gaining strength and health.
JAMES OWEN OCoNNoR, whose aspira-
tions 10 fame asa Shakespearean scholar
gave him much notoriety in lsss. died
recently in the insane asylum at Nor
ris Plains. y. j.
Mas. MARY w. FAULKNER widow of
the late Hon j. C. Faulkner. and
mother of senator Charles j. raullS-
ner. OF West Virginia. and Of Judge
Boyd L. Faulkner, died suddenly. on
the Sd. at Winchester, Va. of conges-
ton of the lungs
THE Spanish Ga binet has resolved to
esta blish public works i'm the provinces
of Granada. Cadiz and Andalusia for
the relief of the thousands of unem-
ploycd workmen.
TIE Iowa state senate. on the Sd,
killed the valued policy bill By tabling
an amendment, President DUNCAN rul-
ing that the bill went To the Ia bile with
the amendment.
THE propeller William H. Barnum.
which left Chicago on the list. loaded
with $4,000 bushels of corn. was lost in
the straits of Mackinac on the 2d
The nomination Of Michael RYAN to
be assistant treasurer of the United
states at Cincinnati was ordered To be
favorably reported. on the Sd. by the
senate committee on finance.
\ FRfE-roR-ALL fight between about
thirty-tive tramps ON one side and rail
road trainmen, under the leadership of
Detective Graday. occurred Us the west
bound mail train pulled ont of Leb-
anon. Ind. on the 18th. Two of the
tramps were seriously hurt.
EN-sHERIFr LEONARD TREssEI, re-
Gently convicted at Mansfield. O.. Of
embezzlement on the first Of several
indictments found against him. was.
on the 4th. sentenced to two years inn
prisonment in the penitentiary.
PAUL J. SoRG. of Middleton. was
nominated by the Third (O.) district
democratic convention. on the 4th. as
its candidate for congress to succeed
the late George w. Houk.
The pope had n fainting fit. on the
Sd. which lasted half an hour. He
rallied. however. and showed no signs
Of weakness thereafter.
GFS. FRYE's peace army crossed the
Mississippi river at 81. Louis. on the
18th. and proceeded eastward.
THERE is deficit of sl2j.OO0 in the
Kentucky state treasury.
BY the caving-in of one of the shafts
of the koschelen mine. near Breslau.
on the 5th. eleven men were killed and
a large number injured The killed
were nearly all buried beneath the
falling earth and debris.
IT leaked out. on the 5th. that the
Exchange national bank of Eldorado.
kas.. had been robbed some DAYS be-
fore of sl5.s00. The robbery was kept
a secret in the hope Of catching the
thieves.
CARDINAL JosEPH BENEDICT DIT SMET,
archbishop of Cantania. died on the
9Th. He was born in ISIS, and was
created cardinal in 1859.
THE execution of Prcndergast. the
assassin. has been further
postponed u.til July O.
TAFF's grain wharf at Woolwich.
England. was burned. on the 5th: loss.
$3.50. 900.
THE United States cruiser Lancaster
arrived at Suez on the 9TH.