The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-19

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

having devei oped some OF the best
horses now on the trotting turf. Con
sumption caused his death.
FRANCIS CLARK, who succeeded the
late John Brown as Queen Nictoria's
personal attendant. died on the nth.
OS the >th Recorder Goff of New
York city sentenced Vinccnzo Vino,
the wifemurderer. 10 be elcctrocuted
some time during the week beginning
Monday. August l9, 1T Sing Sing.
The Valkyrie started up the Clyde
in tow. on the >th. for Henderson,
yard where she will be fitted for her
voyage TO New York. for which port
she will sail on the 18th.
TIE royal proclamation dissolving
parliament. signed by the queen at
Windsor. on the sth, fixes the date %
the assembling OF the next parliamen,
as August Y.
The business portion of Ncwburgh,
y. y. was wiped out by fire on the
>th The estimated loss is s15. 900,
with insurance of about So. O00-
Two DISTINCT earthquake shocks
were felt at Springfield, Mo. on the
eth.
WILLIAM Best. the most notorious
resident Of the vicinity Of Paint Lick,
Ky. was shot and instantly killed at
Paint Lick, on the sth, by Speed Num-,
as the outcome 81 quarrel. The kill
ing of Best wipes out a family Of out
laws who have been the terrors Of that
section for many years.
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train on the Grand Trunk railway
from Sherbrooke Cue, carrying pill
Crims 10 the famous shrine OF Ste.
Anne de Baupre. stopped ut Craig's
road crossing, at 3:45 a. m. on the 9th,
when il was run into by the second
section. causing a frightful wreck in
which thirteen persons were killed
and twice that number injured.
On The sth the bodies Of eight Chi
nese were found in the San Joaquin
river at MADEIRA, CAL They had been
working in the mines situated in The
mountain. miles distant. Foul play
il suspected.
A TROLLEY car with thirty passen-
gers on board became unmanagea bic
at East Liverpool, O.. on the sth. and
slid down the Franklin avenue hill on
the north side OF the city, killing one
man and injuring eighteen other peo-
pie. two Of whom viii die.
DAVID MERCER, or j. West Mercier,
better known by his stage name Ned
West all over the country. was. on
the sth. adjudged insane by the coun-
" court Of Madison county. Ill. West
was at one time famous minstrel.
and also an acrobat and aeronaut.
The secret service Of the post Office
department has issued a circular offer
ing a reward Of $1,000 for the capture
of Joseph killoran, Harry Russell ant
Charles Allen. who escaped from the
Ludlow Street Jail in New York city
July 4. The men are wanted for pos
Office robberies and other crimes. Ont
thousand dollars will be paid for Thu
return OF any one of the trio to tn,
United States marshal in New York.
SoME OF the German newspapers ar
now charging that the costly kiel ca
nal j. practically worthless
JONI CASE. alias Mcdowell. was pos
lively identified at Riddles. Ore, o
the 9th. as the man who went throug
the coaches and took the booty in tn
4 holi-up Of the Oregon express in Coz
Creek canyon. recently. He was hel
in $4,000 bail. James Pool was ais
held in $1,000 on suspicion Of bein
one Of the robbers.
THE San Francisco Examiner sale
on the 9th. that the stolen will ~ e.
Senator Fair was in the possession I
a detective named John Curtain. thu
he stole IL from the clerks office Jar
uary - last and had offered to surrci
der il TO the executors for -. 600. ~hic
offer had been rejected on advice I
Judge stock.
JrDcEGAYSoR Of the supreme coui
of New York. on the 9th, admitted e
Police Inspector VIM. w McLaughlii
who had been convicted Of extortio
TO bail in the sum of $4,000. Mr.. NJ
Laughlin was still under $4,000 ba
on indictments which had not yet bee
tried.
Two BURGLARS were shot at Polan
Ind. on the night Of the sth. On
3 IdTFA iiDtth INV
90 crook was killed. and anothe
named Arch Agar, was fatally woun
ed lie was from Terre Iiaute.
!, third man. named Ed Barker. made
escape.
a cAIssoS of large bridge in cour
Of construction by n firm at Nasa
Hama. Egypt. sank, on the 9th, wit
forty worknen, all Of whom we
killed
By the collapse of aplatform upc
which 1000 persons had gathered
participate in the Elk festivities
the Inlet Casino at Atlantic City.
j.. on the evening Of the 10th. 100
their number were precipitated 70 u
floor below. "A distance OF - feet, all
whom sustained more or less seiio
il injuries, while some, II was though
/ would die
il THE Cornell crew was hopeless
e beaten by the Trinity Hall eight
v Eenley-on-T on theslOth. r
5 men were either overturned or, as {
e London Times suggests, had be
e tempered with before the race, as &
~ OF the eight showed signs Of phvsiC
collapse.