The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-02
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


OF insurgents. stated To nave num-
bered 1000. and body Of Turkish
troops. II is reported that the latter
were de fcated with "A loss of COO men.
MINNESOTA. which was once consid
cred outside the corn belt, reports this
year l.o5a. 600 acres planted 10 corn. or
200. 600 more than last year. The crop
i in a finer condition than ever before
A grand plant is the maize. and the
boom il promises means wealth.
GEORGE A. lloLzER and Frederick
storms. Chicago policemen. were sen
fenced on the cath, TO imprisonment
in the penitentiary for four years and
two years respectively for aiding and
abetting conspiracy 10 deprive voters
of their rights at West Pullman.
The cemetery of the Iowa soldiers
home at Marshalltown was entered
on the night of the ead. by an I'M
known miscreant, who. with a sledge
hammer. defaced and broke off at
the ground forty-six marble slabs
erected by the government at soldiers
graves.
ApoLrH MEYER "A l6-year-old boy,
jumped from the Eads bridge at ~.
Louis. on the 2lst, just for fun. lie
was uninjured.
TIRE twelfth consecutive season Of
the 81. Louis exposition will begin on
September for the usual period of
forty days and forty nights, and the
directors give assurance that the eff
forts they have put forth will result in
the grandest and most costly display
yet made in that city.
The wages of the puddlers of the
Columbia Iron Co. at Lancaster. Pa.
were increased. on the 2ad, from So. so
to So per ton. The pay of other en-
ployes was advanced proportionatelly.
The increase affects 500 men and boys.
The most successful long-distance
heliogra phic conversation of which
there is any record took place, on the
2ist. between Mount Hood and Port
land Heights. Ore, distance of 70 or
50 miles. The conversation lasted one
and half hours. and was a perfect
success.
ADDITIONAL details of the collision
between the Italian steamship Ortigia
and Maria F.. and the sinking of the
latter in the Gulf of Genoa. on the
2lst, include the testimony of the look
outs on both vessels that they sighted
each other too late to avert the COLI
sion.
THE emperor of Austria will arrive
in England on his first visit 10 Great
Britain about the end Of August. IL
is expected that he will spend three
weeks deer stalking in the highlands
as the guest OF the queen.
JoHS GTLE < Sons. of Cleveland. O.,
have been awarded the contract for
building the new courthouse in Balti-
more. Md The price is 81, $40. 900.
PRoF. RuDoLPn GNEIsT. director Of
laws and philosophy and professor of
Jurisprudence in the university of Ber-
lin, died. on the e2d, aged -.
As "A result Of the gold exports. on
the 20th. the treasury reserve stood at
Sos. 100. 95,. on the 22d, loss of
81. 0dl. 900.
king" CALLAHAN. n New York bar
tender, dropped from the Brooklyn
bridge into the East river on the esd
lie was picked up by two men in a row
boat and taken to the hospital in a
dangerous condition.
The Norwegian steamer Terrier,
which arrived at New York, on the
e3d. from Demarara. reported that, on
the l2th, outside the harbor at Dema-
rara. She collided with the schooner
Eagle. of and from Barbados. and
sunk her. Twenty-four persons were
saved and FIVE lost.
Oh the esd the president committed
to imprisonmen for life the sentence
of death imposed on Thos. J. Taylor,
who was to have been hanged in Wash
ington city on the 25th for the murder
| of his " ife.
The total returns from the British
parliamentary elections up TO p. IN.
of the odd showed the election Of 3Os
conservatives. rs unionists. ia libcr
ais. Sc McCarthyites and Q Parnellites
REV J. ID. LEE died at lIenncs sc Y
Okla. on the 23d, of old age, He wa
81 years old, and for the past 'twenty
four wears had been nissionar,
among the Cheyenne, Arapahoe an,
kiowa Indians, receiving his appoint
mcnt from the VI. T.. church. Through
his efforts a dangerous outbreak 81 tn
Cheyenne Indians was averted in 1875
Hos. u. T.. CHENEY. president Of tn
American Express Co. died. on TIN
.3d, at his home in Wellesley. Mass.
OF intermittent fever, aged 80.
SIR WILLIAM VERNON HARcouRr. VIII
was beaten IN Derby by the conserve
tive candidate, was elected, on the 90
from West Monmouthshire by mi
joaty of 5.2s-. The ex-chancellor wa
opposed by w. y. Williams. conservs
tive. The vote stood: liarcourt. Z, "a
} Williams, 1856. In 1sg2 the libcr;
majority in this district was 5,3lo.
On. THOMAS n. Mryy died ut Cha
man, I<as., on the a3d, as the result ,
fall down his Office stairs the eve,
ing previous. His skull was crnshe
and back broken. lie was "A lcadin
democratic politician, and was to Ina,
: been appointed surgeon of the Leavel
[ worth military prison.
: GEo. NJ. MAVERICK, an attorney Ii
9 ing ut s-2s Locust street. 1T. Loui
E and who is visiting nj Arkansas Pas
7 Tex. holds the record for the bigge
: catch Of tarpon this year One Ola
I he landed four large fish, measuring
Z feet - inch. feet ili4 inches. ) feet
4 inches and feet 6 inches. In the san
party were four other gentlemen wi
landed tarpons measuring more than
q feet.
\ SHANGHAI dispatch. received 4