The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-12

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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over Harvard hands down" in the an.
nunl college rowing contest-eights-
at New London, Conn, on the s>th.
RoBERT STRONG. familiarly known
as Col Bob strong" who executed
Guiteau. the assassin OF President Gar
field and seventeen other conyictS.
died in Washington. on the 30th, of in
firmities incident 10 old age. being
close upon his eigh;ieth year He had
been an officer Of the district Jail thir-
~ years.
ARTHUR III AiGuT. bootblacl< and
porter. will start. on the 10TH to walk
from Joliet. Ill. 10 New York city in
thirty-four days. This will bc an
average of thirty miles a day lie is
to only have two dollars in money when
he starts, and i not allowed 10 beg or
work while on the trip.
OSCAR WILDE's plays are about to
make their temperance in the En-
glish theaters in London. The Grand
theater announces the production of
The Ideal Husband" and prints the
authors name in large letters on its
bills.
JAKE GAUDArR has accepted a chal-
lenge issued by Edward Hanan for "A
Smile race on Toronto bay in >eptem-
Der This will be Gaudaur's last race.
he having decided To retire.
john f. MrNDy. who was arrested
in 81. Louis for the murder Of his wife
in Toledo. o., two years ago. and
whose body he buried under thr house
where they lived. and which was re-
Gently unearthed by a dog. con fessed
his crime while being escorted back to
Toledo.
On the Goth the associated ia nks OF
New York held So. a2j.9s5 in excess Of
the requirements Of the 25-per-cent.
rule
THE statement Of the associated banks
OF New York city for the week ended
the goth showed the followin ing changes:
Reserve. decrease, Ss.3ls Ban; loans. in
crease. S5i6, 100: specie. decrease. ~Gi3.
900: legal tenders decrease. Sa.fsO, 100.
deposits. decrease. si,O22. zoo; circula-
tion. decrease. So. 800.
ARTICLES were fled. on the 29th
with the secretary Of state OF Illinois
for the incorporation Of the Transcon-
tinental Railway Go. with a capital
stock OF $500. ooJ, ooo The company
proposes to construct and operate an
electric railway from Chicago to Jer-
sey City. y. J.
THREE thousand persons attended
the Epworth League sunrise prayer
meeting held on Lookout mountaiS on
the 10Th. The greatest fervor marked
the devotions.
On the list the Illinois Steel Co. raised
the pay Of all the men employed in
their Joliet works except the tom
mage men. 10 per cent
IIoRiANo rEIxoro. ex-president Of
Brazil. died. on the goth. aged 81 years.
lie was accounted the most adroit poll
tician in Brazil. and won military
fame in the war with Paraguay.
GES. GREEN CLAY SMITH. the veteran
preacher soldier and politician. died
at his residence in Washington city, on
weeks duration. lie suffered from "A
malignant carblncie, which resisted
all treatment.
OS the 10Th Prof. Thomas Henry
Huxley. the distinguished English nat.
uralist. died at Eastbourne. England.
lie was born May !. ls95
Mrs BESNErr. widow Of Benson
bennett. locomotive engineer who
committed suicide at indianapolis Q
few months ago. locked herself and
her two children in their home in
.Iefrersonville. Ind, and administered
poison to each. When found. on tho
lst.. by Mrs. John Gonolc, visitor
Ella. aged 10. and Omer. aged ,. ha,
long been dead. The woman wa.
gasping for breath. but unconscious
All were dressed in spotless linen fol
their burial.
TUE body Of w. l. Lothrop, an ap
prentice attached to the cruiser Con
cord, who died and was buried a
Wuhu. China. about year ago. il I,
be disinterred and brought To thi
country for burial at Cherokee, la
the former home OF the deceased.
The big Rex mine at Leadville. Col.
was drowned out. on the both. and ha
now over $50 feet Of water In the sha II
\ All the vorxmcn made their escape
The owners had spent thousands o
dollars in sinking and pumping tn
/ plant.
THE Otis Steel Co. OF Cleveland. o.
posted notice. on the LIST. Of a 10 pei
cent. increase in wages beginning on
that date. The increase affects all de
partments. There are 900 men cm
! ployed at the works.
| WORK was resumed, on the lst. a
the plant Of the Cumberland Nail ano
Iron Co, at Bridgcton. y. j.. after al
| idleness of more than a year. EN-
| ployment was given TO $50 men.
| CLARENCE AND SADIE RoRISsoN. con
victed Of killing Montgomery Gibbs n
Buffalo, \. y. will, through thei
counsel. Judge IIardesty. apply for
new trial on newly discovered evi
dence which. |, is claimed. will estah
lish complete nlibi while indication,
that Gibbs was killed by another
DIR TnEoBoi.p SMITH. chief Of tn
division ~ animal pathology in tn
bureau Of animal industry agricul
tural department, has been called to
chair in Harvard UNIVERSITY