The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-04

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the Sixth Presby terian church in Wash [
ington, L. c., was married at Pitts
burgh, Pa. Oh the 22i, to Mrs. Eleanor
Collier. widow of Charles Collier a
prominent lawyer and son of Judge L.
IL. Collier. Of the Allegheny county
pa bench.
Mrs. MARY E. LEASE occupied the
pulpit of the Peoples church, New
York city, on the 23d, in the absence
of the pastor. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr..
and preached on Christ or Caesar
to a congregation which crowded the
building.
DISPATCH from Brussels, on the
Gath, announced the death OF II per-
sons as the result of colliery accident
near Mons.
REPORTS have reached Havana from
the Cauto river district, in Cuba. where
Gen. Pando has been operating, to the
effect that Gen. Pando has been seri-
ously wounded in an engagement with
the insurgents.
SEVENTEEN reindeer were stranglcd
on the voyage from Hamburg of the
British steamer Clan ton, which reached
New York after tenpestuous voyage
of14d The rolling vessel was their
executioner.
BlsIo, who assassinatcd ten. Mar
cado Bittencourt, the Brazilian minis
ter for war, last November. at the time
OF the attempt upon the life of Presi-
dent Moraes, committed suicide in
prison on the 2itn.
Mrs. MARY SHIILITo, widow of the
late John ShIllito. founder of the great
mercantile house in Cincinnati that
bears his name, died, on the cath, after
a long illness from inhrmities of old
age.
The steam schooner Noyo sailed
from Seattle. Wash, for Alaska, on the
24th carrying 40 passengers and IFS
tons of freight. Among the passengers
were 25 women.
The Union elevator, located in East
st. Louis. Ill. and owned by the Union
Elevator Co. of st. Louis. was totally
burned. on the night of the 25th, with
the contents about 3. 0O0, 900 bushels Of
grain, greater part of which was
corn. Eighty-hve cars loaded with
corn. owned by l.. II. White & Co..
were also consumed, as well as the
Chicago, Burlington a. Quincy freight
house. the stable of the Transfer Co.
and numerous cottages. The total
loss, it is estimated, will not be far
from 81 900 900.
JouS LAIRD. the ship-builder OF Birk-
enhead, England, died on the 18th.
SANGER PULLMAN, one of the prac'
tically disinherited twin sons of George
NJ. Pullman, is working for living as
an inspector OF sleeping cars at the
Dearborn Street station in Chicago, for
which he receives 500 month.
NINETEEN survivors of the suspected
flibuster steamer Title. which prob
ably sank off Barnegat, were landed al
Providence. X. L., by a coasting schoon'
err on the 18th. Four men were lost
Capt. John O'Brien was among the
saved.
HENRY STARR the famous southwest
ern bandit, passed through St Louis
} on the 18th. en- route to the Columbus
(O) penitentiary, where he will, in al
probability. spend the remainder of hi
life.
JUDGE LEWIS T.. McCoMAs (rep.) wa
elected United States senator iron
Maryland, on the 25th, to succeed Ar
thur l.. German (dcm.).
The senate on the 25th, confirme,
the nomination OF J. w. Griggs, OF Ne,
Jersey, to be Encouragement Of tn
United States.
The Madrid papers sharply stigma
the the Maine inc'dentas IAN act Of uu
warranted provocation." Most of then
however, counsel the people OF Havan
? TO show forbearance. In official circle
the tendency Is to accept the arguiaen
that the United States IL friendly.
GERMANY has introduced ''corvee
labor in its East African colonies Fac
village will be compelled henceforth
. furnish certain number Of its inhal
itants to labor for the government
either on plantations or otherwise. an
without receiving any paw; that is
say, rs slaves