The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-09
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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lyn, y. y. early ON the morning of the
2sth. He was o2 years of age and
spent the greater part OF his life IN
the ministry.
DURING cyclone at the town OF
Three States. Mo. on the 2.th. seven
persons were killed By lightning:
while at Barnes Ridge, miles west.
a man and his wife persisted from the
same cause.
HENRY BRAIs. aged years. was wad-
ing in Long pond, near Prov idence. II.
L.. on the 29th. when his brother
Chauncey. aged 10 years, playfully
pushed him and he fell in deep water
and did not rise. Chauncey tried TO
rescue him, and both were drowned.
locked in each Others arms
The Manx lugger Zenith. with a
pleasure party on board. caught fire,
at midnight of the ssth. A. miles
southwest of Queenstown. Ireland
Eighteen of the lugger's passengers
and crew were rescued by the coast
guard. but nine others were missing.
The barge Republic, loaded with
coal. and being towed from Cleveland,
O.. to Detroit. Mich. foundered. on the
30th. off Lorain. 0. The waves washed
the coverings from the matches and
she filed and sank in rs feet of water.
Her crew of five men got of in a yawl
and we're picked up
The courthouse at Fresno. Cal,
which cost the county $50 900, was
damaged by fire. on the night OF the
Goth. TO the extent of $4,000 The fire
started in one of the upper floors. and
is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin: fully insured.
FIRE on the island of Steinwarder,
in the harbor OF Hamburg. on the
Goth. DESTROYED several warchous
and their contents. causing loss OF
over !. 900. 900 marks
OFFICERS Of the United States reve-
nue. cutter fleet in Behring sea report
the total absence Of seals in northern
waters this season.
THE keystone national bank Of
West Superior. Wis. capital 500. 600,
was closed on the 30th, by order OF
Bank Examiner Brush.
( Mas FANNIE FORD. wife Of the jani-
tor who has charge OF building until
recently used by the health officers ..
the District of Columbia. recently
found two 1000 bills in the a ttc Of the
building. SO far no one has claimed
the money.
Mrs l.. +. GARDINER. Of Arcadia,
I \ch.. who went To Boston rs dele
I gate to the Christian Endeavor con
vention. had not vet returned to her
home up to the S0th. and report OF
her death in boston. which was sent
out. Is not supported by the city records.
WHILE Pennsylvania passenger
train was rounding the bend at SCOTS.
burg Ind. on the evening of the 30th,
il struck a buggy containing man,
woman and child. The man and won
an. whose names have not yet been
learned. were killed and the child In
iured The horses were also killed
The London Daily News published
dispatch from Berlin. on the 3lst
which said that the Tageblatt hat
word from Constantinople that Turkey
had accepted in their entirety the re
forms which the powers had dema ndes
in Armenia. after receiving tirn not
from the Sails bury government.
On tie 3Oth EroolsSide. Ala. a mining
camp OF the Sloss Iron and Steel Co.
was tie scene of one Of the bloodies
race riots in the history of Alabama
A. result two deputy sheriffs ant
four negroes were killed and sevcra
other negroes seriously. two proba bl
fatally. wounded.
JAMES II. CocKRETI, aged Ca
farmer near Lafayette. Ind. was, OF
the 3oth. blown to atoms by the eS
plosion OF twelve pounds of dynamit
cartridges. which he was carrying j
a BASKET while engaged in blowing u
stumps in field.
The monument erected in Louisville
XIV. in memory Of the Kentucky COZ
federates was unveiled. on the 30th.
!. the presence OF vast concourse I
! people.
THIRTY horses were burned 10 deaf
in the destruction by fire of Dan berg
livery stable In Wells. Mimi. on I'll
sist. The fire Is charged TO tramp
. loss. e4o, 600, insurance. slo.000
On the 3lst the British admiralt
!, placed orders with the Messrs. Thom
son. shipuuiaets VI NiaSSoN. h'f W
!. construction Of three torpedo destro
:, ers ca pablo of maintaining A speed
thirty six land miles per hour. III
intention il that these boats shall
the fastest vessels of their kind fioa
DrnISe the "A hours ended at q "A. 4
!. of the 3lst. the converting depar
inent of the Carnegie Edgar Thor
!. son steel works at Braddock. Pa
:. made the unprecedented run Of |. 4
= tons and 30 pounds, being sevent
! three heats of the two l5-ton CONVEX
I, ers.
& RICHARD n. HUNT. architect OF u
= Adm inistration building at the Worlc
= fair: Of the new Vanderbilt villa
Newport. Il. l.. and many other prol
{, incn, buildings Of his class. died
). his summer residence at Newport
IN the 3ist.
t. The spanish cabinet, at its meetin
Ia on the 3lst. formally approved 4
" amount Of the indemnity TO be paid
Id settlement OF the Mora claim.
BISHOP HOWE. Of Pennsylvania. di
to al his SUMNER home in Bristol, T.
on tho slst.