The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-12

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Is now blocking the gulf ~ rcchili.
FRENCH troops are ma>sing in Tom
quin.
THE twenty->ixth annual meeting of
the Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee convened at Council Bluffs, Ia.
on the Sd.
THF Japanese minister Of finance has
officially made known that the war
will not b. allowed 10 interrupt the i'm
terror improvements of Japan. conse-
i quently railway construction j. IA pro-
ceed with the same vigor a. in peace
full times. The minister has arranged
that the treasury shall keep separate
accounts Of the war expenses and those
for internal improvements. in order
that the former may not ovcrshadow
the latter.
THE team Of WIN. King. a farmer liv-
ing i've miles north of Lebanon. Ind.
became frightened. on the I'd. and ran
away. His wife jumped from the ear
riage and received injuries from which
she died in about an hour. The team
ran into fence. throwing Mr.. King
ont and inhicting internal injuries
from which he will die
Mrs HERMAN oEIRicHs. Of New
York. who was Miss Theresa Fair in
the days Of her residence in san Fran
cisco. has celebrated her tweniy-tifth
birthday. and consequently the first
large slice Of devised propertr : about
Ia lie cut from the estate Of the late
Mrs Theresa Fair. IL will amount to
something like SI.5u0 COO.
On the "a the death Of Mrs. Minerva
Brace Norton. wife ~ Rev. ;. Norton.
occurred az Beloit. Wis. after linger-
ing illness. She was the cousin and
early companion of Frances Willard.
and author ~ "A Great Mother, "a
True Teacher aud other popular books
gro NoogE. night superintendent ~
the bus company at Dubuque. la. re-
turned home on the morning Of the 81
- End his wifi. lying dead on the floor.
>he was dressed just a. he had left her
the evening before. Heart trouble was
the supposed cause.
Mas .JoHN CHaI~TnAS. wife OF we'll
known Wabash lind merchant. and a
lady prominent in Women> Relief corps
and Eastern Star work. died very sud-
denly ~ heart disease. on the Cd. aged
-
GEN. GRANVILLE NJ. DoDGE. Of Iowa.
vas chosen president of the society Of
the Army ~ the Tennessee. in session
al Council Bluffs. la.
OK the fth the steamer Gaelic arrived
az San Francisco from the orient. bring
ing Hong Kong adviccs up TO >cptcm-
A..1r A..
THE British steamer Bellona. bound
from Hiogo for Hamburg. was wrecked
IN the Paracel> isles in the China
sea All on board succeeded in reach
ng the land in safety. but the vessel
was total loss
oS the "a furry of snow fell at FL
Tin. III.
On the ith the boiler connected with /
he pile driver on the Louisville and /
Jacksonville bridge exploded. and fiv.
persons We're badly injured. among i
hem two engineers, who were thought
20 be fatally hurt,
o. the night of the Sd three Chinese
gambling houses on the levee'' in Chi I
ago were raided and over fifty Chinese
arrested DO Chow. laundryman. is
10 have betrayed them in re-
renge
On the 4th the Elwood lind. window
ylass factory. the last in that city to re-
'ume. started up with a full force of |
hands
Ok the 81 Mrs Mary >trickler. as
'istant principal in the osccola public
'chool in Pittsburgh. Pa. committed
suicide by hanging. while temporarily
insane. the result Of sickness.