The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-16
CURREN I TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.



Sandy. The stea mer Bedford was also
slightly damaged. A fireman was
overcome by the heat and became in.
sane
A STRANGE freak of electricity was
the striking by lightning. on the 5th.
Of the dwelling of James Reed at
Barnesvillc. q. There was no rain and
the sky was almost clear. The Chin
ney on the east end Of the building
was knocked down. and the water con-
ductor al the other end of the build
ing was unsoldered. Ii left the con-
ductor and shivercd 10 atoms post in
the picket fence adjoining. making a
large hoe in the ground. Several
people were considerably stunned.
Mr. LorIS STERN, Of New York city.
was sentenced at kissengen. Germany.
on the 9Th. 70 two weeks Imprisonment
for insulting a public official. and 10
pay a fine II 600 marks for resistance
70 the authority OF the state The de-
tense pleaded not guilty 70 the charge
Of resistance, and asked that Mr.. Stern
be found guilty on the charge of In
sulting pu bile official.
ADvicEs received at the agricultural
department annor nee that manufac-
turcr atAnniston, Ala. has secured the
contract for equipping the city Of
TolS 10, Japan. with water pipes Man
ufacturers in England. Germany. Bel
GUM and other European countries
com peted in the bidding.
The stock barn on Il. Il. McDonald's
noted Rive rside farm nea- Fort Wayne.
Ind. was burned on the night of the
9Th. Ii was valued at $4,000 The
$1,000 California stallion Truman.
with mile record of s:l.. and five colts
OF Electric King fast stock, valued at
Sl0. 600, were burned.
IT was stated. on the 5th. that Of the
81, 200, 900 Louisville & Nashville bonds
pure hased ny Kuhn. Loeb < Co. of New
York. $1,000. 900 had been sold in Eu-
rope Ii is understood that the larger
part of the issue will be placed abroad.
BANK EXAMINER CowDgY. on the 5th,
closed the Citizens State bank at South
Sioux City. Neb Liabilities are about
$50. 600; assets. SOB. 900. with affairs in
bad condition. This bank was the
county depository. and over $4,000 was
on deposit
THE steamship Topeka arrived at
Port Townsend. Wash, on the 9Th.
having on board the survivors of the
crew Of the sealing schooner G. G.
White. which was wrecked on Wood
island. Alaska. early in the spring.
The party consisted Of seven men. all
that remains of crew of twenty
seven.
IN fight between officers and riot
ing farm laborer> in Argentina, re-
Gently, five persons were killed and
six wounded. The buildings upon the
estate where the riot occurred were
entirely destroyed. and all the horses
and cattle were burned to- death.
THE total expenditures of the patent
Office for the last fiscal year were ST.
l95. 557; the balance of receipts over
expe nditures was si5,.3oI. The total
balance of receipts over expenditures
now in the. treasury TO the credit of
the patent Office is si,556. 75s All but
one of the thirty-four divisions had
their work within one month Of date.
and :his one was less than two months
behind At the close of the fiscal
year 4.g27 applca tions were awaiting
action.
WHILE John J. O'Brien, a drainage
canal foreman, was on his way come,
near Lamont, ILL.,. on the 4th. ne was
attacked by two colored men. lie
shot Grip Gillet in the leg and threw
the other man into the canal. where
he sank like lead. and was drowned
On the 9th someone detected among
the new decorations Of the Pension
building in Washington "A representa-
ton of The Little Red Schoolhouse
we'll UP on one o. the pillars II is
very distinct. and the smoke curls out
OF the chimney. Objection was made
10 il. and il is rumored that high
pension Office official directed the artist
to efface IL lie refused to do 90.
News that the Cuban expedition
which recently sailed from Bahama,
reached the southern coast Of Cuba in
quarters in New York city on the 9Th
THE last dispatches from the Ban
mock country show that there was no
cause for the cutlery raised by the
Wyoming settlers against the Indians
The Bannocks have returned quietly
TO their reservation, and have begun
the making Of hay. leaving their gricv-
ances to the Justice OF the white man
MR. Preston, the director of the
mint. in explanation OF the recent ship
ment Of SIC. o00. 900 in gold bullion from
New York TO Philadelphia. said tina, II,
was the present purpose OF the govern
ment 10 coin with reasonable rapidty
all of its $1,000, 600 stock of gold bull.
lion.
The state department distinctly
approves United States Minister
Terrills demand upon the porte for
the punishment O. the three kurds
who murdered young Lentz. the biz
cyclist, who was making a tour Of the
world.
AT a meeting of the high court OF
Forcsters at Brighton. England, on
the 1th, the American subsidiary ex-
ccutivc appealed for the courts sane
ton for new ritual. affirming that
the future success OF the order In
America depended on the question Of a
ritual. The sanction vas granted.