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


THE Marietta o. Chair Co. resumed
operations on the I'D. giving employ
ment 10 nearly 600 hands. who are 70
work ten hours for eight hours pay.
THE senate committee on pu bile lands
has authorized Senator Pettigrew to
prepare bill looking to the payment
of damages 10 settlers who were driven
out OF >equoia and Yosemite national
parks hy the order Of the secretary OF
the interior when those parks were es-
fablished-
ABoUI $50 in counterfeit money was
unear;hed al Louisville. Ky. recently
by Z woman who was digging some
roots for tea Each piece Of coin was
wrapped in tissue paper. and but little
Of X was furnished The find con
sisted Of dollars and quarters. The
coin i very dangerous counterfeit,
having an excellent ring.
BRICE STEWART. aged So for sixty
years q resident II GAINESVILLE. Tenn.
and one OF the most conspicuous char
acters in the history. progress and de-
veloprnent OF middle Tennessee. died
on the I'D He was one Of the first en-
gagged in establishing tobacco mar
ket in GAINESVILLE. operating stemmcr-
les also in Missouri and Kentucky His
wealth j. estimated az $1,000. 900.
IrDcE L. L. HANNoSD. or the federal
district court in Jackson. Tenn. on
the I'D concluded the famous ease Of
the nited States against q. r. T.
Howard ty refusing 10 direct that his
writ OF error shall operate a. super
sedeas and 10 Tx a bail bond pending
decision Of the supreme court Howard
has been taken 70 the peniten,iary al
Columbus q.
SUIT >rr,rr ~ the immigration bu-
reau. on the I'D. intimated that he
would take early action in the case Of
the alleged Importation Of nearly 300
cirar-rlalers from IIa-ana to work in
the cigar factories az Key West. Fla.
II j. believed that he s~ill order the re-
turn Of the men 70 Havana. and posi-
bly, the prosecution of those who
brought them over
UNLESS the unexpected happens the
Kansas City Mo. exposition building
will - sold under foreclosure Of mort
gage The foreclosure will be made
uadcr the first mortgage. which j. for
about sl50.C01- The incrmbranec was
placed on the property by James Goodin
when the exposition building was built
THE historical exhibits and the other
relies from the vatican. which were
loaned 70 the colrm bian exposition.
are not "a te returned TO Rome Ak
present They are in the hands ~
Archbishop ireland and will appear ia
the Columbus museum in Chicago
when that II opened for the public.
AFEKR celebrating FOR three hours.
on the night ~ the ed. the jury in the
case ~ joan u. ko.ting. cashier Of the
defunct ~oath side savings bank. Mil
wanSee. returned verdict Of guilty
on tie second count This count
charges kocting as owner Of tile
bank. with having received a deposit
after he knew the bank to be insol-
sent
Mrs NfT.fIAM PHEASANT. n farmers
wife near ColuEnbls. Ind. was found
dead in her bed on the I'D. She helped
her husband saw wOcG ali the day be-
.o.e- Foul play j. suspected Pheasant
had served a term in the penitentiary
foran attempted outrage six years ago.
IN i reported that gold ore to the
value ~ gigS 600 was taken from the
Little Johnnie mine at I.eadvillc. Col.
II one DAT recently. This beats all
Leadsiiie records, the largest previous
ontpu; for q single day being siI0.0
worth ~ silver ore taken from the Rob
ert =. Lev mine
A TENwr was found frozen to death
on the highway near pittsburg. Kas.
On the morning ~ the 24th. In Fort
scott and Lcavcnworth several per
sons had their fingers and toes frozen.
and a. either places there was intense
suffering. Coal CIR ro5beries were re-
rcrtcd at several points