The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-14
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

town, Nv, ana shot i>ntr. "ho
vet in bed. three times. killing him IN
stantly. Black then took mule ana
made good his escape. n posse was
soon organize and succeeded in cap (
turing Black.
QUEEN VICTORIA has sent her grand \
son bv marriage. the young ear o.
Russia. a cask Of Scotch whisky from
her private stock. with nm especial
recommendation advising us use as a
remedy for rheumatism
OK the evening Of the 81 James
Bogrs. iaborer. went into White
river at Columbus. Ind. for the pur-
pose II drowning two cats. when ne
took cramps. and drowned before aid
could reach him.
Tur Hong Kong correspondent Of the
London Times reports that the For
mo>an republic j. not popular. ami i
clearly only an Official movement nav
inr- no connection with the southern
agitation
ANGEII MATHEWS. president OF the
failed City national bank of Parsons.
Kas.. was found not guilty OF fraud 70
connection with the failure. This =
the first OF the ten indictments against
officers Of the bank.
/ THF trial before Judge Butler in the
United states district court at fhila-
delphia OF Edwin Bookmyer. pension
! agent, and his daughter. Ella BOOK
mver. Of Lancaster, Pa. on the charge
of forging certificates upon pension
papers and conspiracy ended. on the
Sd. in a verdict OF not guilty
JAMES Howard. a freight clerk of the
Wells-Fargo Express Co. was knocked
down. robbed and murdered on the
street in san Francisco on the 80.
ANDREW j. >corT. who had been on
trial at Nartinsburg. W. Va. for some
davs on charge OF killing his wife by
administering poison. May : last. was.
on the 3D. found guilty Of murder in
the first degree. Sentence was de-
ferred
A DISPATCH from Shanghai. on the
I | 81. said that rioters had destroyed the
French Catholic and the English and
American Protestant missions al
| Chengtu. >zechuan- The missionaries
were given safe refuge by the native
r officials.
Tur secretary Of the interior. on the
Sd. approved lht lOiioNl" SlaHN'
J. land TO railroads: Central Pacific raul
: road IOa.as3 acres in California ane
n Northern Pacific railroad &, 100 acres II
g Washington.
:, LAWYERS from all over the Unite
'e States met at the Victoria hotel !
\. Chicago. on the 4th, to engage in OF
oanizinr a national cooperative assc
citation somewhat in the nature OF
ie trust. II was decided TO incorporai
- the association under the laws OF IN
y, state of Him Dis, but the membershi
- viii be drawn from every state an
= county IN the Union
WORD has been received from Gu
antanmo. Cuba. Of the surrender
fortv-four insurgents. who had becou
!. dispirited after the action at Jabit
!. MAY 70. in which the insurgents, und
Naceo. were defeated, and SPANS
: Col. Bosch killed.
= A TROLLEY car on the Millvill
y, sharpsburgh & Etna electric railw'
i, in Pennsvlvania. while running at
high rate Of speed. on the ith, jump
IN. track at Pine Creek station al
r< rolled to the bottom of 2O-foot e
a bankment. smashing the car 10 piec
or and injuring every one OF its ten ocS
DO pants more or less severely.
po- IN accordance with the terms OF I
I'd will Of the late Francis Ives. Of Brids
ice mort. Conn. all his fine horses a
in we'll bred dogs were painlessly put
death. on the 18th. by the use Of ch
reform. This was done 10 prevent
lon animals falling into the hands Of tn
-, L.. N.
nit THE Journal Mschak Of Tifiis asse
der that prominent Aiwasian cher
y a Trebizond. in the Armenian eparc
ase recently committed suicide In order
ing escape prosecution at the hands
no Turkish officials
THE grand jury Of Wood county,
Toledo. o.. found indictments. on
OF 4th. against County Commission
at knight and Gibson for solicit
any brihes from bidders on the new COZ
' house.
VERY favorable advices We're
%" g.. lived in II. Petersburg, on the
en- regarding the prospects OF def
"a" settlement OF the questions remain
in dispute between the powers ana
pan.
49,. The president. On sh' 49,
pointed II. Clay Armstrong. OF
bama. 70 he secretary OK legation
~ Madrid. vice stephen Bonsal. OF III
more. Md. resigned.
Ir was stated in Washington, on
- 9Th. that the president had decide
appoint Attorney-General Olney 10
secretaryship Of state made vacant
the death Of Gen. Gresham.
on the ath the president arpoii
1. Oh John {. Keenan,. OF Indiana. to be
case dian agent at Neahady agency, "
con- ington.
sem THE London star asserts that %
item. Wilde's mental condition is serio
mpic affected. and that he Is being care
de- iy watched by the medical staff OF
5 the prison
city. Tnr Formosa republic has collar
and Sepg. the rebel governor, has