The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-03


srAsK FROM . locomotive causes
the loss Of s.ooo. 600 feet ~ lumbcr in
the yard ~ the \. T. Holway estate :,
Ia Crosse. Wis. On the e4th.
THE entire Raltimor. 4 Ohio S.luth.
western railway shops at Washington,
Ind. closed down indie tinitely, or the
eth. throwing SEQ men out OF employ
men,
IhE farmers in the southern part ~
bartholomew county Ind. report that
"A dock ~ golden eagles have recently
settled IN that neighborhood. aud are
playing havoc with the Young pirs
and lambs One farmer reports the
loss ~ every lamb from large flock
~ sheep; another ~ 1, from one flock.
At meeting Of the officers Of the
". G. t. I IN Chicago. on the 9sth. il
was decided 10 hold three conferences
on the Pacific coast during the next
winter. At Seattle. Portland and san
Francisco.
EprARp ID EENESYI. the renowned
violini>t. has had 10 cancel his concert
engagements. and may never be able
10 make another concert tour. should
Re recover from his present serious i'll
ness While a guest at the home Of
Henry >artorius. an old-time friend. in
Davenport. Ia. he went into a general
collapse. due 10 heart failure and in
cipient dropsy.
FREDERIcK BENNETT. of BROOKLYN. y.
n. awoke from his sleep. on the MORN
ing 81 the a5th. 10 find his wife uncon-
scious by his side. By the time doc
tor arrived az the house Mrs Bennett
was dead II is supposed that death
was due 10 heart disease The wife
had retired the night before after chat
ting happily for several hours with
her husband
NICOLA TESLA. the well-known cleo
tristan. says he Is satisfied that he has
a machine which. when perfected. will
enable him 10 make practical expert
ments in distributing electric waves
about the earth 80 that messages NAV
be conducted 10 AL parts Of the globe
simultaneously
The equestrian statue Of Gen. Han
cock. which : 10 be erected in Wash
ington. was seized by consta bic. on
the 18th for debt of 500. which the
compiler OF biographical encyclopedia
claims IS due him from Mr.. Henry j. /
Elliott. the sculptor
r. H. CA>TLExAISE. aged IS. died in
New York city. on the night OF the
9th from an overdose Of morphine.
"a ken, IL Is believed. with suicidal in
tent He was the husband of one Of
the Sutherland sisters. and had only
os--n in the city "a few days. having
left Georgia.
HE Turkish government has issued
An appeal. addressed To France and
Russia. asking them 10 intervene with
he object of regulating the affairs of
Egypt Germany. il is added. was also
requested by the porte TO exercise her
yood Offices in this sense.
FOUR men We're run down by train
IN the Central railroad in the freight
ards at Elizabeth. y. j.. on the ssth.
NO We're killed instantly and one was
atally injured. They were stealing a
lde. and in alighting from one train
an in front Of another.
JUDeE DIcKEY. OF the supreme cour,
= New York. on the 26th. granted a Ger
ifcate Of reasonable doubt in the case
4 ex-Police Inspector VIM. W. Nc.
-aughlin. recently convicted of brib-
~ and sentenced TO Sing Sing.
a TERRIBLE explosion of fire damp
ook place in a mine az Brunnerfon.
ew Zealand. on the cath. Five persons
ere killed outright and 80 more en-
I'm bed with no hope II rescue. Y
SENATOR LExows greater New York
III passed the assembly. on the 26.h.
Y te Of ayes. ~. noe. 81. and
ent to GOV. Mort n for his approval q