The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-27

>tN THOUSAND pilgrims embarked ~
Barcelona on the 18th. on their way
To Rome. They were accompanied by
several bishops and a large number of
priests. They were not molcstcd.
MANY guests were slightly injured
by jumping from the windows of a
burning hotel in bangor, Me, early
ON the morning Of the 18th.
NINrry-rnRkr oil-paintings from the
collection of the late ;. A. Coale, Jr..
OF 81. Louis. were sold at auction in
New York city. on the 18th, in the
rooms Of the American Art associa-
ton. They fetched sia.o9.. The sale
had been literally advertised, but the
prices secured were pitifully small
when the character OF the works is
considered.
A SHOCKING domestic tragedy &C.
Cured at the courthouse in Oskaloosa,
la. on the 18th. George Croft shooting
and mortally wounding his former
wife. who had just secured divorce
from him. and then turning his re-
volver on himself with fatal results
The New York Herald says that
Mgr. >atolli. the papal ablegate. has
prepared charges against Archbishop
Corrigan Of New York. backed with
proofs, of conspiracy against him. and
that the New York divine has been
invited" to Rome. where he is TO he
formally accused OF intriguing against
the papal representative.
TIM assignment of Samuel l.. Glenn
ems. known over the entire world ~
Mark Twain" and his partner
Frederick J. Hall. who compose the
firm of Charles l.. Webster & Co, book
publishers. New York city, was filed il
the county clerks Office on the 18th.
| JAMES GoRDON BENNETT Withdrew
| his offer of $50. 900 for the yacht Nigi
liant. and, on the 18th. the syndicate
who owned the vanquisher Of tn,
Gould for $4,000. This intelligence,
will be n great surprise 10 yachtsmen
as Mr. Gould was never thought Of "a
a possible purchaser.
MAJ. CLIFTON Comfy. president Of tn,
ordnance board is dead. lie WA
stricken with paralysis on the 18th
while directing the tests of the Crosier
Burlington disappearing gun carriag'
at the sandy Hook proving station. an'
died on the 18th.
THE wedding of the Princess Vie
toria Of Saxe-Coburg and the CRANE
duke of Hesse was celebrated in CO
burg on the 10th. The city was paclSe,
with royal and imperial guests. for
cirn visitors and German sightscers
Every building in town was decorated
IN the Golden Gate park at >ai
Francisco, on the 10Th. Sequoia char
ter. California lodge of the Daughter
OF the American Revolution, plante'
"liberty tree" in historic soil tina
the women had been gathering for 81
months past.
A COOP many of the Coxeyites VIII
were carousing in the town of Han
cock. Md. when the start was mad
on the 10Th. were left, and had 10 wal
the tow-path in the wake of their mo
sober comrades.
GEORGE NJ. HOFFMAN. a wealth
butcher OF New York. aged 50 years
shot and killed himself on the 10Th
Grief over the recent death of his wit
caused the act
The brazilian minister at Washing
ton. senior Mendonca. on the 18th n
ceived cablegram officially announ'
: ing the end of the rebellion.
DURING the absence of his wife, G
the 10th. Lloyd Rodabaugh, prospe
Gus farmer OF Calhoun county. w. Va
hanged his two children. aged and
(, years. and then took his own life.
SENATOR SrocKBRIDGE. of Michiga
was reported. on the 18th, 70 be $
riously i'll in Chicago.