The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-01
TwKxrr-YlvE men Of the cavalry

TwENry-rlvE men OF inc chNaiy
detachment at West Point, \. u, were
reported. on the ssl. very sick with
ptomaine poisoning, due 10 eating
canned Head cheese. -Four ut The cases
were regarded AS critical.
TmE competition between the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Co. and the firm
of Arbuckle Bros, coffee merchants,
is ON in earnest. A second reduction
of onc-half cent a pound IN the whole-
sale price of roasted coffee was made
on the ED.
In Is intimatcd that the steamer
Three Friends, which has not been
heard from since she left Fernandina'
Fla. with her cargo for Cuba, had
other expeditions in view before re-
turning to port to be seized.
THE New England society OF New
York city celebrated, on the ED, the
ninety-first anniversary of the exist
ence and the two hundred and seventy
sixth anniversary of the landing OF the
Pilgrim Fathers with banquet at the
Waldorf.
THE death of Franklin A. Robey,
near Hill Top, Charles county, Nd, re-
moves the last white survivor OF those
who helped John Wilkes Booth to es-
cape from Maryland after the assassi-
nation OF President Lincoln by Booth.
THERE is much excitement at Dead
wood. ;. d., over the great strike at
Ragged Top, in the Dacey shaft mine
The bed of ore continues to show evil
dences OF fabulous wealth, going over
$3.50 to the ton.
GEN. HARRISON, on the ED, received
a package from Chicago containing the
watch that formerly belonged to his
wife, and which, among other things,
was stolen from his house in Indian
apolis by burglars.
HELEN COLE, l7-year-old daughter of
wealthy parents, at Geneva, Ia, was
sentenced, on the 2ad. to six months
Imprisonment at Anamosa for bur-
clary. She stated that she was trying
to get money enough to get bicycle.
The Empire Glycerine Co.'S maya
zine. near Montpelier, Ind, in which
was stored several hundred quarts OF
nitrogly cerine, exploded, on the 23d,
Mt 7:l5 a. IN. The shock was felt in
every town within so miles of the place
Harry Adams and George llickok were
at the magazine AT the time of the ex-
plosion, and both were blown to atoms.
The residence of Earl Russell, at
Naidenhead, on the Thames, was
burned to the ground on the 23d.
The fire was undoubtedly OF incendiary
origin. As Earl Russell had recently re-
ccived several menacing letters, some
of them threatening him with per-
sonal injury and others threatening
the burning of his property.
NELSON MORRIS. the millionaire
packer. and J. C. Bohari. a livestock
: commission man at the Union stock
yards in Chicago. were gorei by steer
while passing through cattle pen at
the Yards on the a3d. Mr.. Bohart had
a shoulder dislocated, but Mr.. Norris
escaped with Slight bruises.
TnN gunboat Annapolis was sue
cessfully launched at the Crescent
; shipyard at Eliza bethport, \. j., on
a the 2ad. Miss Georgiana Porter,
granddaughter of the late Admira
t Porter. christened the new addition
Il TO the navy.
r TmE officers Of the Belgic, lately ar
/ rived at San Francisco from Yolxoha
d ma. report that the smallpox epidemic
is raging in Kobe and Toxic. japan.
s on Christmas day Queen Regen
n Christina of Spain signed decree or
dering the operation Of certain re
s forms in the island of Porto Rico.
a ADMIRAL BERANGER, Spanish minis
n ter OF marine. denies that his govern
ment is purchasing war ships.