The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-05-01

-."'' i."AANii>h tAtniS, OF WOOD
clin, \. a.. after years Of hard work
has suddenly found herself hciress /,
the enormous fortune of si7. OOO. 600
LETT her 10y her godmothcr Emile III
maud, of California.
lELK6KAPHsc communication with
huiuwayo was cut off at Fig Tree, a
small place near Mangwe. southwest
"i iulnwayo. on the s3i. ART view
OF the serious condition of affairs, IL
caused considerable anxiety in Cape
Town.
The joint conference OF Indiana
oi'nminous miners and operators at
ierre haute. on the ED, agreed to dis.
agree, and there may lie n strike MAY |.
A NEW YORK sculptor is the first
american artist 10 whom permission
mas been granted TO erect an outdoor
statue in France. The statue will be
that OF George Washington, and will
be erected by American women in
iaris IL viii be the only outdoor
monument of an American in Europe.
AT Tampa. Fla, on the 23d. Hazel
james, who was wayward. shot her
SER She was IA member Of leading
Georgia family, her grandfather hay
ing once been governor.
WILLIE SHAEFFER a schoolboy OF IA
Years hanged himself in the cellar Of
ms home. in Philadelphia, on the esd.
some weeks ago the boy told his moth. I
or .hat he had been studying science.
ana learned from it that he was af.
nicted with typhoid pneumonia and
would not live long. lie continually
orooded over his supposed diseases, and
frequently predicted that he would not
live long.
LITTLE u. ANDREWS, a bicycle rider.
while racing with an electric car nj
baltimore. Nd, on the ed. was thrown
IN 'front.' OF the car and killed.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND recently spent
DAY at ex-President Harrison's pri.
rate fish pond near Lecsburr. " Va
&c lshed hard all day. but only sue. {
eeded in landing few croppies
GEORGE DILLINER. one of the first }
ettiers OF Douglas county. ILL.,. died I
n the I'D, aged 90 years One of Mr..
'iiiiners peculiarities was his belief Il
nat the earth was fiat. and notwith. o
'anolhg the fact that strong evidence a
the contrary was presented to him. IL
i opinion was never shaken. N
The wife Of Herman Scharnitzka. n d.
ood carver, / 10 ionkers street, Cleve. II
ma -, on the 23d. tried To l<indle n
e with the aid of coal oil. The oil d.
n exploded, burning her fatally. and tn
70 of her children, five and three M
ars old. who were clingin- TO her %
lrts' were burned to a crisp. pi
he ., 100000 Cuban republic bonds Tel
icea on sale in New York were all mi
zen by investors.
NH-fIAM WILLIAMS, aged 20. died M er
irsaw. Ind. on the a3d. lie served bu
the forty-second and Forty-third c
'greSses. and was minister To Uru- tic
~ and Paraguay under the Garfield !
r;a
'ooTH- uckER, the Salvation ARMY cou
lihander, knocked out a tramn In thi,
v York and reduced the bellirer. Tn,
y ~ another tramp who attempted on
assist his companion. The tram ert,
TX q pm IN tender part OF the En-. Il
hihah anatomy. and he was MOI farr
IN demonstrating that he could sue,
i as well as preach. thu,
80 - ~ hthS OF steel nails, in pate
sequence Of the rise in the price OF that
\ have advanced the price Of their that
luct. 49,
sERIous conflict between Christians dow,
turks occurred at Episkopi. in the year
"a OF crete. There were two DAYS Pc
'ing, and 50 persons were killed dian,
]. "ounuea- me Cretans have APP Z. W
- " orecce Tor aid. vice