The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-13

q iio>. CHARLES CHARLTON CoFrIx. tn
. war correspondent. " idelv known i
z literary and political circles. died sud
denly Of apoplcxy at his home /,
= BrooSsinc. Mass. on the 70. lie wa
In his seventy-third year.
InE United States ship Alert arrive,
AZ Acapulco. Mexico. on the ad. wher,
her commander found orders directing
hlm 10 return AT once 10 Corinto. Niea
, ragna. on account Of the in>srrectiou
; IN that country.
. bERNARn J. FORD. N-superintendent
; oi the statehouse N Trenton. \ j
convicted of embezzling moneysof The
state and Official misconduct was. on
ihe sd. sentenced 10 pay a finc of
$1,000. heavier punishment 10 the
Oh man, perhaps, was n long and Sc
we're address 70 him by the Judge
lhk trades reported To have been
granted ~ the sultan to the members
~ the ked Cross society enabling them
u 50 into Asa Minor for the purpose
81 distributing relief had not been de-
livered mp To the 81
The fruit growers OF southern Ohio
and West Virginia report thar TIA ~
0N"' eoio weather has damaged the
peach crop from 20 10 80 per cent.
plsFArcH from Consiantinople. on
thr 81, stated that Mr. Hamp>on.
british consul at Bitlis. telcrranhca
on the l>t. that Is families In the
'nendiJ district in Armenia who had
embraced the Moslcm faith had re-
cantei and returned Ia Christianity.
whcreupon they were all murdered.
>AL""N-kkErEE BLEps0E. OF Center
vile. Ind. was converted at a revival
meeting in progress. He heaaeianra-
cc>>ion from the church to his saloon
where he cmpticd all of isliauors in
70 the streetand burned his license.
~ explosion. followed by fire. oc-
CARED IN the Clcopha> mine at katto-
Wiz Pru>sian ~iiesia. on the oath
kescuing parties were immeiia.elv or
ganl1cd and succeeded in taking ont
alive 80 Of the cntombcd miners and
also brought to the surface .. corpsas
mere then remained in the pit 80 men
" nose fate was uncertain.
NJ supreme court of Pennsylvania
"a the ith. affirmed the verdict of mur-
yer in the first degree in the case Of
ierman W. Midget. alias ii. II.
i0ilnes. found guilty in the court OF
yer and terminer of Philadelphia of
ne murder Of Benjamin L. Pitezel. J
AN on well with a CAPACITY of LOCO .
arrels daily was struck near Eradnar
;. on the 18th. This i said Ia be Tho
igge>t producer in the Ohio fields y
In e SOB. v
WILLIAM EVANS. the Welsh poet of
merica. died AZ Lockport. ILL.,. on the
tn. aged II years.
TIE grand jury at Greencastle Ind G
iJourned- on the 9TH. without return. y
y an indictment against Will Wood o.
an accessory 10 the killing Of Pearl n
ryan. e.
~ the 5ih Licnt-Gov. wolcott 81
aSSacnns a., issued an official proc e.
nation announcing the death of 6
~. Sreenhalge and his own assump- d'
IN OF the duties and powers of The
nee OF governor. lie recommended H.
az the people Of the common wealth NJ
&c steps to properly observe the event al
the governor death. e
RAY VAN TAs~Er was found o-nil.v al
murder in the first degree at Mason =
~. Ia. on the 18th. and sentenced IL no
e Imprisonment at Anarnosa. moi es
ned his wife in June. 1895. In
lie treasury gold reserve at the
sc OF business. on the 5th. stood at zei
'i.so5,4.l. The Withdrawals for tho rev
amounted To S2eg. 200. XII
lN->rATE SENATOR w. c. GEAR. on an
al at Columbus. o.. charged with bu
osry. was on the 9Th. acquitted by
, jury Rio
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