The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-18
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the United States fish commission, re-
turned TO San Francisco from nalaslSa |
on the 9th He declared that pelagio
sealing would soon exterminate the |
great heards
OS the eth the reichsbank of Berlin I
increased its rate OF discount from
three TO four per cent.
OK the 9TH. Secretary Of the Treasury
and Mrs. Carlisle left Washiu gton for
a short sojourn at Bar HarOor. Me. as
the guests of Comptroller and Mrs
Bowler.
ISAAC CARYI, OF New York, a guest
OF the Wandell family at Allendale. y.
( j.. was shot down in cold blood, on the
eth. by VIM Doing, who has been
coachman in the service Of the family
4 for 10 wears. Carvl was killed and
4 Doing. failing in an attempt 10 muir
der Frank Wandell, took his own life.
REV. PHILIP l.. PHEITs. ID. d.. one of
the most prominent elergymen Of the
Reformed Dutch church. died. on the
9TH, at the residence of his sister in
I Albany. y. \.
THE Smithsonian institution al WASH
inpton celebrated, on the 9Th, 30 years
of existence. While there was nopub-
! lie dem on stration, the regents ordered
an issue of a valuable work containing
the achievements and history Of the
great seat of science.
CoscoRRo. Cuba, is in ruins. and an
other step has been taken toward the
ultimate expulsion Of Spanish troops
from the island The forces of Rosa
and Pena have laid waste the entire
heart of the town. leaving the occu-
pants of the forts in a precarious posi-
ton.
ALLEN SIX, a travelling veterinary
surgeon, charged with having seven
living wives, was arrested AT Fort
( Scott. kas, on the 9TH, on complaint
of Mrs. Six, No. &, from Frontenac,
Kas., who charges him with bigamy-
THE warden of the Provincial Fish
and Game club at Montreal, Can, on
the 7th. caught four wealthy residents
of New York on board train bound
from st. Faus tin 10 Montreal with 400
hounds OF fish taken in Lake Bullrush,
1t. Faustin. They had no license.
Ex-USITED STATES SENATOR HENRY
H. PAYNE, of Cleveland, O.. who re-
Gently suffered stroke Of paralysis,
has been unconscious most of the time
since. Little hope is entertained for
his recovery lie is nearly 30 years
old. and one of the wealthiest men in
Ohio.
TIE twenty-ninth annual Trades
Union congress Of Great britain opened
it's sessions at the assembly rooms,
George street. Edinburgh, on the 9Th,
with about 800 delegates IL attend
ance.
; PARTIAL returns from the election
in Arkansas. on the 9Th. indicate th'
success of the democratic ticket bl
a ma jority in the neighoorhood Q
: e5. GOO.
:, TIE Consolidated street railway o
Fort Wayne. Ind, was thrown lAu
the hands Of receivers, on the sth- OF
motion Of the president, John Sher
q ard and Director r. Deilass Robson
i ~ Cleveland. The NJ. J. Degnon Cor
b struction Co. filed lien of se6-Ol
e against the property. }. IA. Bass an
NJ. :. Robson. director and genera
$ manager, respectively, were named .
I" receivers.
y Two MEN on Wards island. New Ior
harbor. on the night of the 9Th, saw
big balloon. in the basket of which w;
ID an unknown man. burst into ham'
" and then drop into He'll Gate. ne;
al Niger rock. A strong tide was ru
rs ming. and the balloon was smasil'
W against the rocks.
L.. TnE stockholders of the Columbu
OF Hooking Valley & Toledo railro'
ne have authorized the issuing OF s3rvo
600 in bonds to replace existing bon
and cover outstanding indebtedne
BIZ of all kinds; the bonds TO be sccur
SEQ by n general mortgage covering
he the property of the company
on l., w. ASHLEY 81 Sons. "A large pl
u.s. tobacco manu- featuring firm of Mou
10 Airy. \. c., have assigned. I'M
m contilc firm in which they are int
ius ested. at the same place. has a
ter failed. The assets and liabilities la
not been given out.
The car and czarina arrived at
on on the 9Th. Their maiesties were
pie, ceived at the station by Prince Her
eu' Of Prussia, and his wife, Prime
49, Irene.
vac J. 4. ScuARFF, the Chinese agent
49, the port Of New York. arrested Sc
Cinnamon. on the 9th. AZ the Gr'
~ Central station. charged with hav
violated the Chinese exclusion act
coming 10 this country from Can
,s.~ ON fraudulent permits
Ma III hVNo ShAN" sPee -
Civil the Canadian racine rea""eu ~.
4 M peg. Man. on the 9th. The morn
/, ~ was srent Mt Rat Portage and koe
nal, lin. where the Lake-of-the-Nc
Nh; iouriug mill was inspected. The :
III. there was very brief.
?. at Hos. HENRY j. PAYNE. ex-Un
. of States senator, died at his hom'
cost Cleveland. o on the 9th. as the re
dol of stroke Of paralysis sustained a
days previous lie was 20 years Of |