The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-04

NAPOLEON com SroRr"0 CAarANA.
the pedestrian. applied i'm Chicago, on
the cath, for license 10 marry Miss
Mary J. Dalton. His request was
granted "Old Sport" is 6d years old.
ne SAYS. but at the marriage license
window he was just IS.
JrpoE HENRY w >corr. 81 the dis
trict court nj Oklahoma City. on the
a5th. sentenced j. j. Burke and T. r.
Brown. publishers ~ the Daily Times
journal of that city. tn the county jail
for ten days and 10 pay fine of 500
each for contempt of court in com
menting upon his judicial character.
A great sensation was created
SHrARIN@ was begun in The three
sheep camps southwest Of Salt Lake
City. Utah, on the 25th. The sheep
were driven in from the desert where
they were wintered. II is estimated
that at the three camps fully 100000
head Of sheep will be shearcd this
spring. Last season the record was
3.5, 900, but the number of wool bear
ers in the western part of the territory
has increased materially during the
year.
REPORTS received at the United States
geological survey from twenty three
states and two territories give "A total
production Of 1897 so. long tons Of
iron ore in 1893. This amount is smaller
than that recorded for any year since
1851. aud is decrease of almost 30 per
cent. over 1892.
GrN. NELSON 4. MILES has ordered
that charges be preferred against
Lieut. Nancy. recently acquitted OF
the charge of numbering Capt He'd.
berg at Fort Sheridan, Chicago. and
that he tie tried 10y court martial for
conduct prcjudicial TO discipline in the
service.
REPRESENTATIVE O'NEirL, of Mis-
souri, on the a5th, introduced bill Ia
protect free labor from the injurious
effects of convict labor. by confinina
the sale Of the products Of the latter
class of labor TO the state where they
are produced.
WM. \. PENCE. a prominent farmer
died near Huntington. Ind. on thu
25th. from peculiar trouble. bon,
substance had grown around and in
cased his heart. causing heart failure
REV NATHANIEL BrrLKE. who wa
President lIamlin's private secre
tarv from sol To 1865. and who served
in the Maine legislature in 1850, dies
, at Burlington, Wis. on the .5th, age'
20 years.
OK .he 21th Gen. X. :. Granger
United states army. retired. died II
: Washington, aged - years.
The president has approved the &C
authorizing Commander Dickens
United states navy, 70 accept decora
: ton from the king Of Spain
I The government of Great Britain ha
demanded OF the government OF Me
: aragua an explanation of the Will
2 drawal of the exequateur OF the BIRTHS
, consul at Greytown s>an Juan dc
\orte).
. REPRESENTATIVE JERRY SIMPSON. o
l Kansas. was able To sit up few mir
4 utes on the Goth. lie was considere
out of danger. but it will be som
, weeks before he will be able to resum
i his public duties
e DURING terrific thunderstorm nea
c Glatz. Prussian Silesia. on the night I
r the 18th. several farm houses wei
, struck by lightning and burned. an
three persons were killed.
e by the burning of Philip Schneider
= dwelling in South Scranton Pa. 9
e the morning Of the Goth three of y
y children. who were in an upper room
were burned to death.
GES. FgyE's army Of the Commo
veal arrived at Indianapolis. Ind. {
= the aGth. on freight train which tn'
e had seized At Brazil. Ina.