The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-29

TnE First national bank ~ Newport.
Ky. which closed. on the 18th, Will he
rrnrgani1ed The deposits ase about
$50 0OO. and deposiiors Will be paid Ia
full Director Charles sphinx says that
the bank closed because Of the rcch-
le,sness 81 the hauk', officers.
ON tue lgth the New York court Of
appeal, decided the fayerweather VIII
contest involving the distribution 81
81 100000 among cduea iional insti.u-
tions all over the country. Twenty
different colleges and universities
share la equal proportions IN the dis
trihution.
CoNsUL-GENFRAL kAEREII.. AZ II. Pc
tersburg. sends the state department a
copy OF the ukase issued by the ear
providing for the first general census
Of the Russian empire. which must be
completed by February 9
ThE United States cruiser Mont
gomery, which had been dry locked at
the BROOKLYN navy yard undergoing
repairs since her accident OF Gov
crnor's Island. was huated, on the
18th. again ready for sea
TIM supreme court OF Missouri. on
the 18th. affirmed the verdict in the
case 81 Arthur Duestrow. the 81. Louis
murderer OF his wife ana child. and
fixed February iG A. the date u his
execution.
liON. EBE ". TUNNEL was inaugu-
rated governor OF Delaware on the
18th.
SENATOR HENRY VI. TELLER was re-
elected in both houses Of the Colorado
general assembly. Oh the 18th, the
vote being uOn-partisan and almost
unanimous
OK the 18th the Imperial bank OF
Germany reduced its rate Of discount
from ive 90 four per cent
RICHARD L KENNEDY, silver man,
was chosen United States senator from
Delaware % the 10Th.
HUNDREDS OF oklahoma Divorces.
who have failed 70 pay the costs in
court proceedings and have since mar
ried again are guilty Of bigamy. the
DEGREES not being valid until all costs
are paid.
! ALEXANDER HuLL. ex-sherin Of
Boone county. Ind. was arrested. on
the 18th. oE a charge Of extorting
money while in Office from his depu-
( ties Hull was also made the defend
ant IL cvi, action brought by Prose-
cuior Holioman 10 recover bout $4,000
in fees which. il is alleged, he coll
I lected and failed TO account for.
The Youths Temple 81 Honor. an
\ insurance organization made voluD,
7 iary deed OF assignment. on the goth.
. - DR. Russell 4 Goodwin. Of Minne-
\ arDlis. Mimi. supreme secretary Of
I tile organization.
Mrs MARTHA MARIA HARRIS. wife
~ United States senator Isham g..
Y Harris. died a. her residence IN Paris,
. Tenn. on the 1uth.
MNE CARNor. mother 81 the late
President Carnot died IN Paris on the
-Dth
EY the explosion Of the great fur
mace at Wellston. o.. On the alst, John
I Kirby. aged -. and John Matin and
James Waddie. aged n. were terribly
burned. ami can not live. Weakness Q.
the breast Of the furnace was the cause.
The official returns OF the output OF
the gold mines Of British Guiana for
the year 1896 show that it was in ex-
cess If s.. $50. 900.
The miners strike in the Jackson
district of Ohio ended. on the 2ist. the
miners returning to work at the rate
OF 81 cents. the same as paid in the
Hooking valley.
The official returns Of the health
authorities of Bombay for the week
ended on the 2lst show that the mum
Der Of deaths from the bubonic plague
was f.O.