The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


The coinage executed at the mint
OF the United states during the montl
OF February was as follows: Gold. 81.
: 1855 500; silver S49i. 900: minor coins
= 1880. Total coinage. Sd.69a, 100
On the Sd, by the explosion of a tanl
OF sulphuric acid at the Mckeesusor,
pa tube works. two men were in
stantly killed and two were injured
The whaleback steamer CITY O,
Everett, the first Of her kind 10 be
built on the Pacific coast, arrived AT
, San Francisco. on the 4th. three and
half days from Port Townsend. The
new steamer was constructed III
Everett, Wash, and this was her initial
trip.
THOMAS JONES. who elped ]. Wilkes
Booth 10 escape TO Virginia after the
assassination of President Lincoln. died
at La Plate, Nd. on the 4th. aged -
years
SIR WILLIAM >covrLL SAvogy. one Of
the surgeons extraordinary to Queen
Victoria. died in London on the 4th.
A TERRIFIC explosion of natural gas
at Anderson. Ind. at 4 o'clock on the
morning of the 5,h DESTROYED the bust
ness block containing the When cloth
ing store. Prather's shoe store. Had
ieys drug store. and large number
OF business Offices. and demolished the
fronts of all the stores in the vicinity.
The street was ripped up and tele-
phone cables torn down. Loss. fully
! Si00.O 600
| CRAWFORD VI. KESDRicx and his
brother Charles. who have stood high
in st. Louis business circles. and who
have had the entree to the best society
OF the city for twenty years, have sud- /
denly disappeared. leaving an alleged /
Indebtedness of 100000 with very /
small assets They are supposed To 4
have gone TO Mexico
Ii HrSG CHANG and suite started .or !
Japan. on the 5th. armed with full |
powers to treat for peace All of his
rivals have been dispersed. and the old
diplomat is once more on the top runp
OF popularity at the Chinese court.
JOHN NrFFER. The engineer whose
recklessness is believed to have caused
the Interoceanic railway disaster in
Mexico, by which so many lives were
lost, Is said to have eluded the Mexican
authorities and escaped into Texas.
IHE United States supreme court. on
the 9Th, decided that il is morally and
legally justifiable to entrap suspected
criminals by means of decoy letters.
IT was reported in Wall street, New
York, on the 5th. that the Union Pa
cihc reorganization committee would
dissolve on account of the impossibili-
ty OK accomplishing any results until
after the next congress convenes
The Chinese war-ships captured At |
Wei-Hai-Wei have arrived at Yolso- a
mama, Japan, in charge of Japanese I
crews The Japanese government will
make every effort to raise and secure
rs prizes the Chinese warships sunk at !
Wei-Hai-Wei .
lHE treasury statement of circula- )
ton Tor February, issued on the 5th. I
shows a decrease for the month OF :
February Of $50. l2a ,95s, reducing the 9
aggregate circulation of all kinds OF a
money TO sl.514534. 557. decrease for {
the year ending March of SIG. Ooo.- l
600. The circulation per capita. based
on co,ssi.ooo of population, has been I
reduced to s22.60. O
The last measure signed by the \
president, on the sth. was the anti .
lottery bill. in which a great deal of n
interest has been manifested. q
PRINCE ALEXANDER Vox UoHESLog. n
youngest son of the German chancel. Il
or. has been betrothed to Princess
Emanuella of m-Spraunfels. y
SouTa-BoUND steamers arriving AZ 4
New Orleans, on the 5th. reported the !.
burning OF the little steamer Laura !
Banks in the Tennessee river with the :,
oss of several lives. the victims all be- Z
ng negroes, excepting lad named =
Knight. the 12-year-old son OF the cap
ain Of the boat who was in the boiler !.
Dom when the fire started and could Il
lot escape.
STATISTICS from the immigration bu- /,
eau show falling Oft Of 40 per cent. !,
n arrivals during the past seven
aonths. :,
rEEcErrrELE shock Of earthquake !,
gas felt at Wytheville. Va. at g45 a. :,
,. of the 5th. The disturbance lasted n
ali minute, and manifested itself !,
Y shaking houses aad causing win
ows and furniture to rattle 4.
TnE president left Washington. on n
he 5th. on the lighthouse tender v;c- q
y for an outing OF a week or ten DAYS -
'r duck shooting in the North Caroli- !.
"A sounds. ~
News from Havana. on the 9Th, i.
iated that the Guantanamo troops Z,
ld attacked and dispersed TIE insur- g,
ent band under Bercz Brooks at Luzo. ~
everal 81 the band were won ded. The -
oops captured nil their arms, ammu- -,
ition, etc. The provinces Of Puerto n.
r'ncipe- Matanzas, Pinar, Rio and 80
avana were quiet. /,