The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11
Personal AND GENERAL.

The Grocers' and Importers ex-
change of Philadelphia. on TIE lst-
made its third and final shipment Of
provisions To the poor of Cuba This
shipment made an aggregate OF $50. 900
pounds of food supplies sent to Cuba
by the exchange within three weeks
MEs. IEUBES >. RAUscH. for many
wears Moravian missionary in the West
Indies. and one of the oldest AMI best
known deaconesses in the North Amer
lean Moravian church, died al her
home in bethlehem. Pa, on the 3ist.
of complication of diseases, aged 81
years
Oh the Goth the associated banks OF
New York city held s35. 6O3. s50 in ex-
cess of the requirement OF the 25-per-
cent. rule
Rev. MARTIN GEssSER- pastor OF st.
Patrick's church at Elizabeth, n j..
is said to have run away and hid in
convent to avoid receiving purse con-
tanning s., 500 in gold in honor of his
twenty-hfth anniversary as priest
OK board the steamer Alexandra.
which arrived at New York from Lon
don, on the 3lst. was Lieut. Henry
Thomas Walsh. L.. 5. A. who has been
sent home in the care of Capt Marshall
on account of alcoholic mania.
AT Butler. Ind, ON the 3ist, Andrew
Case beer. % years old. was granted a
divorce from his wife. Mary Jane Case
beer. but n few years younger than
himself. who now lives with daugh-
ter in Chicago.
A. H. SToRMER. on the 3lst. confessed
to the murder of Mrs. Rathburn and
her daughter at Darlington. la All
the revolving details OF the most
atrocious crime that city ever knew
were taken down by the county attor-
ney. and subscribed To bv the prisoner.
The village of Randognc. in the
Swiss canton OF Valais. was burned 10
the ground on the Sist Awoman and
two children persisted in the flames
The disaster caused great distress
| THE German ship Kaiser, which had
sailed from Liverpool for Savannah.
returned TO port on the 3isi, with
headgear damaged from collision with
. tug.
TmE steamer La Bretagne. which ar
rived ut New York. on the 5ist. frou
France. brought 500, 900 ia gold II
transit 10 Cuba.
A RICH strike OF gold has just beer
made on the Boyle lease on the Lucky
Gus property ut Bull Hill, Col. Tbs
ore was encountered in the lso-foo
level and assays s. coo 10 the ton Th'
vein is "A six-inch streak of hourine
stained quartz and showed free gold IL
profuse quantities
The steamship Germania. sailint
from New York for Europe, on the 81
took out 900. 600 ounces OF silver.
srpr. j. A. SWEET. of Haskell insti
tute, the Indian Industrial school a
Lawrence. kas.. has sent his resigna
ton to the head of the department a
Washington. Mr.. Sweet resigns hi
position to enter into business.
ApvIcEs from Australia tell OF appall
ing climatic conditions in many sec
tons OF the country. The prostration
from heat are so numerous that tn
situation In large cities is simply alarm
ing.
TIE International Paper Co.. of Cor
NTH. Saratoga county. \. a.. a comb
nation of all the big firms in the cOun
try. filed articles Of incorporation. o
, the Slst. with n capital Of si5. yOU. 900.
+ a can load Of trained dogs from New
: foundland on the way 10 Alasx
reached Vancouver. II. e.. on the 3is'
The dogs will be taken to skaguay an
; used in hauling miners Quilts in ia
Yukon valley.