The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AT Pixies Peak. Ind. on the night Of
the 10th. lightning struck the frame
barn Of John Altis. tearing II 10 pieces
and burning il. with $1,000 worth Of
IA rning implements. At >tonehead.
near by. during terrific thunder
storm. on the 18th. lightning struck
the residence of Dolk Shoemaker. in
stantly killing his i7-year-old daugh-
ter.
TIE total number Of deaths resulting
from the explosion that occurred In "a
mine near Troppau. in Austrian >ilesia,
recently. was 232.
THE steamer City of Madison struck
the wharf at Madison. Ind, on the
18th. staving in her side and sinking in
five feet of water. The passenger list
included $50 mem bers of the Kentucky
League of American Wheelmen re
turning from the greensboro tky)
tournament All were rescued with
out injury. The boat will probably he
raised.
FREDERICK +. SWAIN. president OF
the Swain Lubrica ting Co. of Chicago,
while sitting in his office at ~, south
Water street. on the night of the 18th.
was shot and MORALLY wounded by
Henry Vaughan. an engineer, whom
he had discharged year ago for in
competency. The assassin was badly
beaten by other parties in the building
before the police appeared to arrest
him.
A MEAGER report has been received
of the loss of the American whaier-
n k$1 .ul.. x.l
miles west Of Alaska on May H. The
steamer Dora picked up two Of hel
crew on Benen island, on the I'd, in
J starving condition.
Two FINE veins Of coal. one eight fee
! in thickness and the other ten, wer'
discovered near kentland. Ind. on TIL
18th The seam was struck while drill
/ ing an artesan well at depth of fort.
, feet and sixty feet. 1t is Of fine quail
/ itv. and preparations are being made Z
. sink a number Of shafts. and the pric
5 of land has gone mp To- $50 an acre
5 Jomx W. EAs8y. United States navy
retired. died in Washington. on III
18th. aged Is years. He was an in
c spector Of governmentgunboats durin
' the late war. and subsequently becam
= a naval constructor. During Presiden
c Garfeld's administration he was az
: pointed chief Of the bureau of constru.
! ton and repairs.
The Spanish war ship which was sen
with treasury officer to Mazagan :
y receive the first installment of the wa
{ indemnity which Morocco agreed
y pay to Spain as a result of the uprisin
! Of the Rifiians and he attacks upon III
: Spanish troops at Melilla. returned I
r Tangier, on the 18th. having been Ut
: able to obtain any of the money prom
!, ised.
FoRTy-FIvE ont Of party Of sevent
:. young people of the Russian govern
ment % Samara. returning from fet
i on the 18th, were drowned by the sinl
" ing Of the boat on which they wei
crossing the River Jek.
/! CARRIER pigeon arrived at Al
= napolis. Nd. at p. IN. Of the i>tl
: having left the United States practi'
" ship Monongahela. Capt Johnson con
handing. with naval cadets aboard, !
$3.50 a. IN. The ship was 90 miles fro
!. Cape Henry and 40 from land. and y
= miles from Annapolis. The bird bca
=, all records of the academy loft.
- THE Deckertown express. due
~ Paterson. n. j.. at s:2i a. m. on u
\, 18th. crashed into a trolley car at u
!, Riverside crossing at s:iG o'clock
that morning. wrecking the ear and !
juring eight persons, two Of whom a
- expected 10 die.
~ THE supreme lodge Of the Anciel
;, Order Of United Workme "A in session
! San Francisco on the 18th. fixed Il
n date end place of the next meeting 4
.. the second Tuesday in June. isy5,
II. Atlanta. ia.
q on the Goth the czarowitz. on boal
re the imperial yacht Polar star, arriv,
e. atGravescnd, England lie was receive
bv the queens equcrry.