The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-30


received letter. on the alst. contain
ing go and note saying: Il sent
this for Jesus Christ's sake" There
was no signature "a the note. About
eight years ago Mr. Perkins store was
robbed and about SO worth of goods
taken. and the superstition is that the
money he received was sent by the rob
Der.
Ar 81 Paul. Ind. on the 2ist An
drew Gayheimer. an aged and re-
spccted citizen. elm bed to the top Of the
railway bridge which spans Flat Rock
river. the top Of which is so feet from
the river bed. which is solid limestone
rock. and without saying word de-
liberately walked 10 the edge and
jumped Every bone in his body must
have been broken.
Princess MAUD. the youngest daugh-
ter of the prince of Wales. and Prime
Minister Rosebcry will shortly be mar
ried. An official announcement of the
engagement will be made within few
days The princess is the prettiesi and
most vivacious member Of the royal
family. She is "A years old and is a
general favorite.
DE- A. J. HorsER. of indianapolis.
Ind. who some weeks ago directed
message 20 ex-Queen LiliuokaIani ask
ing her ro-al highnes> 10 accompany
him on lecture tour through the
United States. claims To have informal
ton indirectly from the queen through
a Washington friend that She has de-
cided 10 accept his offer
Hos ANDREW ID. WHITE is about &c
retire from the Russian mission. The
mission will soon be- raised To the rank
of an embassy. and Levi L. Letter. the
Chicago millionaire. il i said. will he
made ambassador TO the court Of ST
Petersburg.
DURING a quarrel over some pasture
land al Lebanon. Ind. on the 2lst. Sew
mour Thompson drew "A revolver and
attempted TO shoot his father-in-law.
Hartley Smith. but the latter was too
quick for him and Thompson received
a blow on the head which may prove
fatal.
The coronor's jury at Troy, y. y. on
the 2lst, in the case of Robert Ross.
who was killed at the riot AT the polls
on election day, rendered verdict that
the murder was committed by Barthol-
omew Shea
on the alst Sweet Perry. negro boy.
aged 10, was found guilty at Guthrie.
Okla. Of murder and sentenced TO the
penitentiary for life for the stoning 10
death Of J. W. Chamblish, a cowboy.
about six months ago
REV. THOMAS >PURsEoS was. on the
alst. elected pastor of the London
tabernacle No mention was made of
Rev DIR. Arthur l.. Person. the Amer
lean minister, who was a candidate for
the place.
JrSTIcE OF THE PEACE NEWTON. of
Brooklyn. was. on the ed. sentenced
to nine months imprisonment and TO
pay fine of $500 for completely in the
Gravesend election frauds. lie then
Withdrew his appeal in the contempt
of court case and received an addi-
tional sentence Of thirty days impris-
onment in Raymond-street jail and a
fine of $3.50 in that case.
SENIOR IDIAgr BoRBET has been
elected president Of Uruguay and will
assume the duties of the Office at once.
He belongs to the official party and
was elected by narrow majority.
FIVE mem bers of wealthy Jewish
family residing in smorgoni, Russian
Poland, were murdered. on the 2lst.
by peasants. whose motive was rob
berry.
on the 22d the senate confirmed the
nomination of Marshal III. Williams TO
be associate justice of the supreme
court of Arizona