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

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mira. \. J.. on ehe 18th. aged n years.
BENJAMIN + .RNsHAw. one Of the most
prominent p' Aiticians in West Virginia,
ana Tor ten years member Of the Wet
xei co"' ty court, was arrested in
"heein &, ON the 18th, while attempt
lnr 10 negotiate forged county orders.
ne @2s caught by officers who were
~ sg in wait, and when arrested at
ernp,cd To swallow a $1,000 order he
s-eld in his hand.
4 A CHICAGO man has invented "A shield
for vaccinated arms. The Invention
consists OF an aluminium disc, with rim
beveled and center raised and perforat-
ed, and is SO constructed that it can be
fastened securely.
JENNIE LEGGIN. n negress, stabbed
William Haywood. with whom she had
formerly lived. to the heart in St Louis,
on the night Of the 18th. because Hay
wood wouldn't give her fifty cents with
which TO buy beer.
THE mystery concerning the death of
Henry Shrivers, who was shot on the
night of 18th at Salem. Ia, was explain
ed. on the 18th. by the confession of his
brot her Charles, who says that while
he was cleaning a large gun it was ac-
cidentally discharged. the load enter
ing Henrys head. killing him instantly.
The jury returned verdict of acci-
dental death
by a unanimous vote of the alder
men at special meeting, on the 18th.
the notorious ''muzzein" or ''kouta-
kouta" dance. arranged to have been
performed 10y dancers from the Midway
plaisance of the Worlds fair, was Off
cially declared immoral and banished
from Boston.
FARMERS in Porter county, Ind. are
feeding hundreds of bushels of wheat
to cattle and hogs. One farmer has fed
l.50O bushels, another 500 bushels
Wheat is worth from 30 cents to So
cents per G0-pound bushel in the mar
kets. The farmers claim il is worth to
them IS cents a bu shell to feed.
THE appraisement of the Stanford
estate was filed in San Francisco on
the 18th. The total valuation of san
Francisco propert.-, is eli. Gd9,3i9. 1t Is
as follows: Stocks, sl1. 552.4s6: bonds.
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notes and accounts, 1896. sos: real es-
tate. s9,s9s.92. This does not include
the Palo Alto, vina and Gridley prop
critics. which were decided To the uni
versity.
A DISASTROUS storm recently swept
over the Black sea. doing much damage
to shipping. A Greek steam ship is
missing and ten sailing vessels are re-
ported wrecked at different places.
The entire crews of two of them went
to the bottom with the vessels. The
number of lives lost and damage is not
known.
IS battle with gang of thieves
who were trying to rob the post office
at Danville. Pa. on the morning OF the
18th, Police Officer vangilger was shot
and killed and two of the thieves
wounded. The latter escaped
|, THE Prussian budget was presented
. to the landtag, on the 18th, by DIR.
Miguel, the finance minister. The
revenues are estimated at 1.ss2. Az, 39l
, marks, an increase Of As, 937, ISL marks
over the preceding fiscal year. The
, deficit is estimated at 20, 200, 600 marks,
, which is IL. 400. 900 marks in excess Of
, the deficit of the preceding year.
, THE United States cruiser Concord is
. at Shanghai The Baltimore, the flag
| ship Of the China station, is at Singa.
pore.
THE city Of chihuahua, the capital
of the Mexican state Of that name, was
: reported, on the 10Th, to have been
captured by the rebel leader Santana
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