The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-22
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

fessor 81 medicine. was frozen to death.
FIFTEEN miners arrived at Victoria.
b. c.. ON the llth. from X londike. They
brought with them si.OOO,O0O IN gold.
The two hundrcdth anniversary of
the old Dutch church OF Sleepy liol-
/ low. made famous by Washington lry-
ing. and near which he is buried, was
celebrated in the famous oiG building
at larry town. y. ~. on the 10th.
A GREAT gold strike is reported near
the Revenue tunnel on Mount Sneffels
IN Ouray county, Col. Tests show as
high as 5000 900 to the tor. and $1,000
has been taken out OF Il cubic foot of
rock.
WILLIS a. TRASH. the fugitive teller
OF the First national bank Of Walling-
ford, Conn. was arrested at Halifax.
| " =. on the nth. Trask's embezzle-
ments are said 10 amount to $50, 600.
sENoRIrA EvANGELINA CossIo CIs-
SERos, the Cuban girl " no recently es-
capped from Casa de Rccojidas. i'll lla-
vana, arrived in New York city on the
18th. American friends accompanied
her by train from New Orleans
Miss FLORENCE HELM. who was for
two terms postmistress at Elizabeth
town. Ky. and who is said to have been
the daughter of ex-Gov. Helm of Ken
lucky. died in New York. on the nth.
I from the effects of morphine taken
with suicidal intent
Gov. MCLAUEIS OF Mississippi has
appointed senator-elect fernando De
1 Soto Money United States senator To
I'LL the vacancy caused by the death OF
j. T.. George, whose term expires in
/ 1899
THRoUGn her counsel. Emanuel NJ
4 Friend Mrs. Augusta Mack has sent
word to District Attorney loungs, of
1 Queens county. y. y. that She is ready
To tell all she knows about the murder
of Guldensuppe il allowed 10 plead
guilty to manslaughter
On the 10th the president appointed
Rafael Madrigal, of Maryland. United
States consul at Carriage ma, Colombia.
NEWS received from Long Valley,
Idaho, on the 18th. reported a battle
between the settlers aud the sheep
herdcrs there in which three men were
killed and one dangerously wounded.
A SHEPHERD named Vacher has been
arrested at Belley, France, charged
with committing n series Of so-called
JACKET the Ripper murders lie has con-
fessed to killing three shepherds. three
girls and two old women
TIE south-bound cannon ball train
on the International & Great Northern
railroad. was held up, on the 18th. in
daylight and within IL miles of the
city of Austin, Tex. by four train rob-
bers, who relieved all the passengers of
the money they carried. but failed to
gain access to the express company's
safe. They then uncoupled the loco
motive and ran four miles down the
track, where they took to the woods.
During the robbery the conductor and
one passenger were wounded. and
another passenger had his shirt collar
shot away.
SINCLAIR Mccoy. New York drum
mer. who shot himself at the Southern
hotel in St. Louis, Septe mber Is. died.
ON the l2th, ut the Mulanphy hospital
while an operation was being per-
formed for the removal OF the bullet
from his brain.
RESOLUTIONS favoring equal repre-
s-nIatioa of laymen aud preachers in
conferences were adopted by the an
nual Rock River GlLD conference of
The Methodist church on the 18TH.
HERBERT CROW. young business
man of Hastings. Neb.. was fatally
stabbed, by young woman with
hatpin. The steel entered the mans
side and broke off. The victim refused
to give the name of the girlor the cause
for the attack.
The Denver COLI police board has
determined TO investigate the charge,
made by Chief-of- Police Ripley of Chi
cago. that Samuel Straeble Ter, who is said
to be a handler and protector of pick
pockets is living in that city under
the protection Of two members of the
police department.
EXTENSIVE achievements are being
made by Great Britain to her fleet in
the waters Of the north Pacific. Aspe-
cial train passed through Winnipeg,
Man, on the l2th. having on board 2jO
officers, marines aud sailors for her
majesty's war ships in those waters.
The Sherman house, one of the larg-
est and best known hotels in Chicago.
was damaged s.. 900 by fire that broke
out. on the 18th. at 1880 a. IN. There
was quite n panic among the servants
and guests. but all escaped injury.
A DEAL has been consumma,-d trans
ferring the big plant OF the j. l. Case
| Threshing Machine Co. ut Racine.
Wis. To a syndicate Of eastern capital
lists. The purchase price is said TO be
g.. 900. 900.
THE post Office department has re-
ceived data regarding the general
Italian exposition to be held in Turin
next year, and invitations have been
extended for further American ex-
| hibits
ID. J. OLIVER the veteran charged
with dynamiting the residence OF Gov.
Smith Of the soldiers home at Leavcn-
worth Kas., and attempting murder,
is undergoing trial in the federal
court at Leavenworth.
SENATOR TLLNAN, of South Caro-
lima. isquite sick. but there Is no i'm.
mediate danger of serious results.
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