The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16

PERSONAL AND GENERAL

CoUNr SopERTSE. Pope Leo MIL =
chamberlain, has written pamphlet
entitled Rome and the Government
During the Past Twenty-Five Years. :"
The author maintains that it is essen
tial for real liberty that the pope
should recover Rome. but adds that
Leo NIL. will readily discuss other
means. if any are suggested. as his
dearest wish is the welfare of Italy.
ANOTHER successful test of armor
plate by the bethlehem pa. Iron Co.
was IN ade on the 3D. at the company's
proving ground at Reddington. Pa.
The test involved the acceptance of
nearly 400 tons Of armor intended for
the monitor Puritan, now being con
structed at the brooklyn navy yard.
The plate tested was Is feet long. 6
feet wide and III inches thick A 10
inch gun was used in the test
AN explosion occurred in the Barrett
tar factory in Minneapolis. Mimi. on
the 4th. Several hours later the dead
body Of Night Engineer johnson was
found in the building. " is supposed
that the pipe Of the still clogged up
and that he went in TO discover the
cause. lie was hurled twenty feet. and
his body was terribly mangled.
SO MANY bonds of small denomina-
tons are wanted by the bidders for the
new treasury loan that they cannot De
made ready for delivery before about
the goth.
THE barn of Travis Ashley. of Oak
Hill. Tenn. was destroyed by fire,
thought to be of ineendiary origin. on
the 4th. Forty mules four horses, GOO
bushels of wheat large quantity Of
feed stuff and farming implements.
were burned. Loss. about g. 900; insur-
ance. $1,000.
DIR. A. T.. BoLsAR, a veterinary sur
geon and wcll-known borseman Of
Richmond. Ind. committed suicide. on
the 18th. by shooting himself through
the heart.
albert WALTON, 81 years old. ma
tive Of New York. has been arrested
in Copenhagen for swindling 1t is
said that over 400 merchants in Ham
burg. Berlin, Switzerland and Russia
have fallen victims tn his operations
SEVEN of the most conspicuous lead
ers in the late anarchist outbreak in
Carrara and Massa di Carrxra. Sicily
were sentenced. in the latter city, on
the 9Th. TO terms of imprisonment
varying from two TO eight years.
FIRE destroyed the telegraph Office.
part Of the county jail and opera house
at Pomeroy, o., on the 4th: loss, over
$40, 600
OSE HUNDRED AND sEvESJy-EIGHT
negro converts of all ages. sizes and
colors were baptized by immersion in
the canal at indianapolis, Ind. on the
4th. The weather was cold. aud raw
wind from che northwest prevailed.
ID. Y. JoSEs. Of Illinois. chief clerk
in the life-saviuy service. treasury de-
partment. died in Washington, on the
si.h. Of pneumonia. after two weeks
illness Mr.. Jones was so years old.
and had been in the treasury for
twenty years.
ONING to the illness OF the car all
the Russian court fetcs have been
abandoned. Banquets and balls that
were 10 have been given by the ambas-
sailors at 81. Petersburg. have been
postponed for the same reason.
TuE thermometer registered is de-
grees below zero az Plattsburg. y. ".
on the morning Of the 5th. AT Sara
nae lake Al degrees below was recorded.
being the coolest weather in the his
tory of that region.
a MAN from Chicago has been taken
down with smallpox at Lnzcrnc. la.
Many p,Dple have been expp~cd nd N
epidemic is feared. a quarantine has
been csta blishcd and every precaution
is being taken to prevent spread
SAVANNAH, Ga. suffered from a
$500. 900 fire on thu 9Th. the worst since
the great con1sxration Of 1850.