The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AS A result of the investigation of the
recent collision on the Vandalia road
at Vandalia. Ill. all the crew of the
special Christian Endeavor California
train have been dismissed from the
service OF the company.
BRADFORD LEONARD, of Taunton.
Mass, 20 years old. took paris green.
with suicidal intent. on the I'd. and
died. He was out of work and de-
spondent He was the tallest man in
Massachusetts,, being seven feet in
height
REV. DR. HENRY HARMAN. professor
emeritus of Dickinson college. and one
OF the foremost educators in the
Methodist Episcopal church, died. on
the I'd, at his home in baltimore, Md.
at the age of rs years.
The illumination and fireworks dis
play on the river at Springfield. Mass.
on the night of the 5th. was married by
the drowning of the two men who
were handling the fireworks. w. Ma
Done, Of Brooklyn. and John L. Nolan.
OF New York. Malone fell into the
river, and when Nolan attempted TO
rescue him the drowning man seized
him and both sank
BERTRAM HILL the six-year-old son of
Chauncey Hill. San Francisco arch.-
tect. was carried up. at Oakland. Cal,
on the 5th, clinging To a guy -ope of a
balloon from which an aroD Il. { was TO
descend by parachute. ,,len 1000
feet high the little fellows hold gave
way and his body. falling to the earth.
was crushed out OF shape.
THOMAS MORGAN and his wife met a |
horrible death AT Youngstown. o..
on the 5th. They were driving near a \
cliff when the horse backed the buggy 1
over the bank. and Mr.. and Mrs. Nor I
gan fell 60 feet aud both were killed.
The senate. on the jth. confirmed \
the nomination of X. Weldeman. of /
california. TO be consul at Hong Kong.
China
On the 9Th a disturbance was ere
atsd in Monterey. Cal. over the display
OF Portuguese flag beside the Amer
lean ensign instead of below il over
Ortins grocery store Patriotic citi-
1ens took down the Portuguese flag.
but finding it again nying removed il
ana burned 1T Ortin complained to
the Portuguese consul.
The new town of Lincoln. y. j.. cell
.brated Independence day by electing
municipal government in which
women share equally with men.
MOTHER MCklSLEY me. with an ac
'ident. on the sth. quite serious for one
Of her age. In walking on the porch
81 her home in Canton. o., she slipped
md fell, striking her forehead over the
yes on doorstep. A doctor was sum
aoned, and found the cut so deep as 10
'equire sewing up.
". v. ~ LoTHRuP. ex-minister To
russia who was badly Frustrated by
ne heat in Detroit. Mich, on the 5th.
vas reported much better on the 9th.
The list of persons who died in that
NY from sunstroke and heat pros;ra-
ion. on the 9th, reached I3.
IL speaking of the great miners.
trike, on the 9th. Secretary OF State
sherman said that such disturbances
we're always serious. and threatened
o becomc:injurious to business inter
sts.
JOHN HENRY BARKER. colored. WA
lectrocuted at Sing Sing. n. r.. o.
he 9Th, for wife murder committed on
august 30. 1885. just outside the town
4 White Plains
TERRIFIC thunderstorm which
assed over the Lake St John district
Canada. on the 9th. caused some loss =
Z life and considerable damage to
property. 3
SENATOR HARMS. of Tennessee. who
III In Washington, was, ON the 9th. :
Considered 20 be in . serious condi.
ION. z