The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

: lHkRE seems 10 be no doubt that In,
result OF recent scandal charges arains
Dr. Townsend, director of the Phila
: delphia mint, will result in his dis
charge. The president is said TO be-
highly indignant over the shameless,
conduct OF Townsend. and to be deter.
mined on general publication of the
Philadelphia mint.
A CONCERTED movement is now q,
loot 10 induce the Illinois legislature
To take the Lincoln monument out of
the hands OF the monument associa-
ton which now has control of il. and
turn II over to the control of the state
authorities, and TO secure an aDpro-
priatlon OF $4,000 or 500. 900 for the
repair of the monument, badly defaced
by vandals and Old Father Time.
The home of Rev. Solomon Becker
man. OF Cleveland. o., caught fire at
o'clock on the morning of the nth. and
ms two little daughters. aged : and IL
years. were burned to death. The
o.her members OF the family had great
difficulty in escaping.
AT the opening of the supreme court
OF the United States. on the 18th. Chief
Justice Fuller announced that upon
adjournment, on the 2lst. the court
would take recess until Monday.
January Z. 1895.
JOHN CRoNIN was hanged at 1:Ol
o'clock on the morning of the 18th. az
the Connecticut state prison in
Weatherfield, and was pronounced |
dead nine minutes after. The auto |
matte gallows worked perfectly.
The marriage at Trinity church.
GAINESVILLE, Wis. on the evening Of the
nth, OF Miss Florence Lillian Wickes.
daughter Of Vice-President T. II.
Wickes Of the Pullman Car Co. Chi
cago, and George o. Ford, of GAINESVILLE
was surprise party for the relatives
Oh the bride in Chicago as it was in So
ciety circles of GAINESVILLE.
One of the most important murder
trials ever held in Oklahoma resulted
n the conviction at Perry, on the 18th.
d Ira n. Terrell, formerly member
d the territorial legislature, of the
murder Of William Embree, . wealthy
citizen of Guthrie.
HE next regular examination for ad-
mission to the classified postal service
VII be held at all Of the free delivery | .
'hces on the first Saturday in June.
s93, with the exception Of fifty-three /
'ffices that were classified prior 10 jan i
larry /. 1898. /
The president has approved the Sets
rowling Tor the de iication Of the d
and Chattanooga national {
ark.
|
HE New York Sun, on the 18th. :
aid: We are enabled on the highest D
minority to state that Joseph II =
hoate and Clarence A. Seward regard :,
ne new income tax as unconstitu- =,
'onai' and that these eminent law .
ers VIII represent large body Of !,
ublic-spirited New York merchants :,
nd business men who propose IN tat
ne constitutionality OF the law n the =,
)urts." -
'oAL operators met at Pittsburgh. a,
a. on the 18th. and decided to reduce !,
ining TO fftv-fve cents. a cut OF four- =,
en cents The miners determined to :,
DID meeting and a strike seemed j
'obable. Thirty thousand men are Il,
fccted. "
NE post Office department has is
ga fraud orders" against Sears. =,
'beck 4 Co.. the Alva Manufactur NJ
90. and a. ourti. & Co.. operated Il,
W. ,. Abbott and Fred Eli. at Min
apolis and Chicago. denying them 4,
G use OF the United States mails.
'bott claims to have cleared $40. 900 !.
OF the swindles within the last -
months.
IL
~ the 18th Ambrose Daugherty and '"'
orge Huffman. farmers. living "'
les south of Eldon. la. engaged in lrl
extempore duel with pistols. and as pa
consequence both were fatally oy
unded. Both insisted on driving
It over the same bridge. arr
HENRI BRrssov (radicaD was. IN un'
18th. elected president of III. sep
rnch chamber Of deputies by a vote for
249 to 2i3 ant
lie contest over the will Of the late wol
MEL u. Fayerweather. Of New YsrL I
decided, on the 18th. in favor ~ wh'
plaintiffs. and Dartmouth. Amherst ate
lliams, Hamilton and fifteen Other clue
'egcs and the university Of Rocbes. OF d
VIII probably get big slices Of the him
tic. estimated To be worth between Al
1000 and $1,000, 600 The case viii colt
'pT called by the executors the