The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-09

Ma. CLINT McCLARry >a..r,,s
vile, Ky. on the 3ls' .a.a rs lars
MaJ ',, AIRY was the founder of the
~ mghousc. and was one
- ~. aown men in the financial
49, - kentucky. lie served in the
sa' .erate army as soldier in the
- nous Orphan brigade.
FIRE in the shops Of the Newbury-
port Nass.) car factory. on the 3lst,
destroyed the large wooden structure.
The flames communicated with the
large fivc-story wooden shoe factory OF
Burly & Usher and it was burned.
Several frame dwellings were also
burned. The loss will probably ex-
coed ss00oO.
A SERIOUS epidemic, pronounced by
the physicians To bc continual ma
larial fever" has broken out among the
students OF Wesleyan university. Mid
dleton. Conn. Several students have
been sent 10 their homes. and one ease
has developed into typhoid fever.
PRESTON WEST. - years old died. on
the 3lst. at his home in Charleston.
Ind. lie ranked as one OF the best
known turfmen in the country. and
was the father of q. o. West. Sr.. also
we'll known in turf circles. Mr.. West
was kentuckian.
An official examination shows that
the Parthenon at Athens was seriously
damaged by the earthquakes that DC
cured last spring. The structure is
reported to be in a dangerous condi
ton. Measures to restore il will be
taken Immediately.
4 NOTICE was posted in the Lchigh
Valley shops. at West Chester. Pa. on
the 3lst. informing the men that, com.
mencing November /. a reduction of &c
per cent. in their wages would be made.
This i the third cut within year.
WILLIAM JONES and George Buck
land miners. were drowned. on the
3lst. by rush of water from an old
working while they were cleaning up
an old gangway, in the mines of the
Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Co.,
near Manticole Pa.
TnE Sioux Indian murderer Two
Sticks received his sentence at Dead.
wood, ;. d., on the 3lst. and will he
hanged in that city on December IS.
This will be the first time an Indian
has been legally executed in the state.
CHARLES WILKINSON. for live years
assistant cashier Of the First national
bank at Huntington, W. Va. who was
TO have been married TO the daughter
of the cashier during the holidays. j.
said to be a defaulter To the amount of
$4,000.
CoUNT ENDo SToIBERG has been APP
pointed Prussian minister of agricul-
ture, domain and forests. to succeed
Herr Won Heiden-C adow. whose resig-
nation was announced on the 3lst.
LEONARD i. LECnAvALIEH. one OF
the pioneer residents Of Ocean Grove.
~ j.. and the owner of LeChavalier
hotel at that place, died on the LIST,
aged - years.
1T is said that the force now at
work on the Gulebra branch of the
Panama canal will soon be increased &c
LOCO men.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND Japanese sol
diers were reported. on the lst to be
in China.
THE Japanese have placed three
bridges across the Yalu river.
TWENTY boys celebrating Halloween
halted in front Of Mr.. Haywood's home
in independence, Mo. at midnight of
the 3lst. Haywood raised win
dow and fired both barrels of shot.
gun into the crowd. and five boys were
wounded.
CAILus MUELLER. for twenty-five
years chief clerk of the Northern Hi
nois prison, and who introduced into
the prison the Bertillon system Of
measurement of prisoners. shot him
self through the heart on the list.