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

Cor. THOMAS l.. OCHILIREE has been
served with papers in a suit, in New
York city. for $50. 900 damages for libel
and false Imprisonment. The plaintiff
is James 4. Lynch, the nurse who was
recently acquitted Of charge of lar
ceny preferred by the colonel
RI. REV. MICHAEL JosEPH O'FAR-
RErI. bishop of the diocese Of Tren-
ton. y. j.. died suddenly. at the epis-
copal residence in Trenton. on the ID
o. the I'd. Judge Caldwell. at Oma-
ha. Neb., ordered the abandonment by
the Union Pacific receivers. of the
branch line from Denver to Leadville
and Gunnison, because il does not pay
expenses
THE Buda-Pesth municipal authori-
ties have decided to rename some of
the principal streets in honor of Kos
suth.
IL the Swiss nationalrath. on the
Cd. "A proposition to abolish the Swiss
legations at Washington and Buenos
Ayrcs was rejected by a large major
ity.
THE clerk Of the United States cir
cult court at New York has forwarded
to the supreme court the papers in the
case Of the appeal of John Y. McKane,
Of New York, from the decision of
Judge Lacombe. denying him a writ OF
habeas corpus McKane is now con
fined in Sing Sing for a violation OF
the election laws.
THE treasury statement published on
the I'd showed a deficiency for the
month Of March of 81. 294, 76x. making
the deficiency for the nine months OF
the current fiscal year s55. 432 .027.
JoHS MrRREI., of Bedford. y. v,
visited a neighbor, who was i'll, on The
night of the LIST. lie took along his
gun. Ills neighbor died while he was
with him. When preparing TO leave.
Murrels gun exploded. killing him in
stantly in the room where the corpse
lay.
EMMETT SEYMOUR, who. on the %.
the Anamosa (la-) penitentiary for
grand larceny. was rcarrested just as
he stepped from the prison door. II is
understood the charge this time is for
the murder Of his father-in-law, Geo.
f. Fifield.
WALTER BEgDAS started. on the I'd.
TO ride on bicycle from Denver. Col.
to Paterson. n. J. The distance will
he $500 miles by the route he will
take. lie will strive to make long
distance record.
MARGARET WALLER, SO years of age.
was executed in Walton Jail. Liver
pool. on the ID. Mrs Walber in No
vember last murdered her husband.
The woman. who was extremely Jealous
Of the deceased. confined him i'm n gar
ret and chained and padloclcd him
until he was hardly able 10 move. and
otherwise brutally ill-treated him un-
ill he died.
ME-. BEArDA, the American consul.
and bingham, the British consul at
Blue fields, have been given their pass
ports by the Nicaraguan government
because Of their 'pcrnicious activity"
in the Mosquito territory. BY which the
rights Of Nicaragua were disregarded.
Coz ENGLISH. a brutal uxoricde,
was taken from jail at Bakersville. n.
G., early on the morning Of the slst.
confined for about a week and the talk
Of lynching, which was freely INDUCED
in when he was first incarccrated, had
died out, and the sheriff ceased to fear
any effort in that direction.
WILLIAM BARNES met with tragic
death at Ringers Lake. Ind. on the
3D. lie was breaking a colt. when the
animal threw him on hedge fence
which had just been trimmed. lie was
impalcd on sharp stick which pcne-
tratcd his neck lie was dead when
found.
THREE naval vessels were put in COM
mission on the I'd the Atlanta, at Nor
folk. the Alert at Mare Island. and the
Marblchead al New York. The Alert
is already assigned TO Behring sea serv-
ice, but the others have not yet been
Of.