The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-20

Rv the explosion 81 ammunition ia
caisson i'm Louisville, Ky. early "a
the morning Of the nth. four members
OF Battery A Louisville Legion were
killed and two wounded.
TnK Western Union Telegraph Co..
on the nth. declared the regular
quarterly dividend OF ~ per cent.
PAYABLE October -.
Tnr grand lodge Of Coca Templars
Of Illinois. in session at bloomington.
on the nth. entered upon the discus.
sion 81 the proposition 10 establish an
orphans home for the Jurisdiction 81
Illinois.
On the nth ex-Congressman John A.
McShane. Of Omaha. and L. II. Culver.
a Chicago attorney. were arrested IL
the latter city. on warrants charging
them with fraud in a real estate deal.
A RrroRT from Havana. on the nth,
stated that great battle had been
fought in Puerto Principe. and that
the spanish had been defeated and the
capital captured by the Insurgents
Mr. JAMES GORDON BENEFITS An
Train wan the An terna tional Prix Pol
ka chick for harnesscd trotters on he
Neullv track in France. on the 18th.
and his mare Helen Leyburn. was
second.
A pIsPA ARCH from Athens. on the
llth. said severe shocks ~ earthquake
were felt on The island OF Euboea. in
the Egean sea, but no damage was
done.
A DISPATCH from Tcgucigalpa, Hon
duras. on the lath. announced a series
of the most horrible seismic convul-
sions ever known in that country.
During the shocks Of earthquake.
which continued FOR days, illuminated.
at intervals. by flames which burst
from the mountain sides, hundreds of
lives were lost, accompanied by great
destruction OF property.
The Marion county tInd.) grand jury
returned an indictment. on the leth.
against II. II. Holmes for the murder
of little Howard Pitezel at Irvington.
On the same day the grand jury of
Philadelphia county. Pa. indicted
Holmes. alias Mudgett, for the murder
in Philadelphia of Benjamin +. Pite-
eel.
DURING a terrible thunderstorm in
the vicinity Of Scituate. r. l.. on the
18th, the famous Gen. Lafayette tree
was split in two. The tree is the one
under which the marquis ate his din
ner while the continental troops were
marching from Rhode Island % Con-
necticut
A HEAVY earthquake. lasting ten
seconds. prevailed in lower east Ten
nesse, along the North Carolina state
line. at o'clock on the morning of
being mountainous. but little damage
was done.
DIR. ORLANDO + BRADFORD and John
IL. Nixon. alleged counterfeiters " no
were arrested in New York city. on
the eth. were given an examination
on the loth. Brad ford was held in s25,-
600 and Nixon in $4,000 bail.
4 PARTY of men went down Shaft
No. OF the Osceola mine at IIough,on.
Mich. on the 18th. and found twenty
three dead miners at the fourteenth
level and two at the third level. Five
were still missing.
HE province. and especially the
city Of Grenada. Spain. was visited By
earthquakes on the night Of the 18th,
but. though the shocks were severe.
no damage was reported
The United States grand jury at Will
mington De. on I he 18th. returned true
bills against the accused Cuban fill
buster. including Ralph de Soto. the
cigar dealer aud bondsman for "A num-
Der Of the accused men. The case will
come up on the 18th. TO which date the
petit jury was discharged.