The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-01-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

NlhAtf ldblt, NJ the nome OF ms ncph-
ew. George Hail, in Ottumwa. Ia. on
the Goth. The dinner q given in
commemoration of his fifficih we'd
ding anniversary, quite a large num-
Der of friends and relatives being pres
ent.
Mai. David llemphill. the quarter
master of the old second division.
First army corps. died az Knoxville.
Tenn. on the 10Th. after suffering a
month from stomach trouble. His
wife had been autographed for. but
could not arrive in time 10 see him
alive.
The Episcopal church Of the Asccn-
sion at Chicago was damaged 10000
by fire ON The goth. The cditice is
widely known as Father Larrabec's
church. No other church i'm the west
has more advanced "ritualisticl services
and furnishings. The fire started
from an oyerheatcd furnace.
Attorney John Il. Parker. Of Chica-
go, who mysteriously disappeared
from Oakland. Cal. a few weeks ago.
returned on the 10Th. lie expressed
surprise that anxiety should have been
expressed regarding his absence. and
said he had been in Stockton taking
dispositions in a Colorado case now
pending in the United States courts.
Mrs. Winnie Hearncy. aged . years.
was found badly burned at her home
in a tenement building AZ Cleveland.
O.. Her bed was partly burned She
lies in -. Johns hospital AT the point
of death. The cause OF the fire was
given by the woman and her husband.
Joseph llearney. a laborer. as the ex-
plosion of a lamp.
The net earning of the Burlington
system for the month of November
were Ss37. GOO. an increase OF Sa37.7Of
over the same month Of last year. For
The five months ending November 30.
the net earnings were S3.g2T.7l4. a de-
crease of Sla.ss5 from the same period
the preceding fiscal year.
Judge Hamilton Ward. Of the SUI
preme court az New York state. died
az Wellsyillc. y. ~. on the asth. aged
80 Years. lie was "a member OF tho
Thirty ninth Fortieth and Forty-frst
congresses. and in 1879 was elected at
torney general Of New York.
The gold shipments from Australia
the year ls9s have amounted 10
] 2.S20.0OO. The shipments to Amer
ca increased F2.0oO.000.
Aficr several days OF premonitorv
noises and The falling Of small q%uanti-
Of stone and dirt. part Of the
mountain Rocher Rouge. at the mouth
the st. Gothard tunnel. ia Switzcr-
and. fell. ON the a1th. almost oblitcr-
the village of Airolo. Three per-
sons are known TO have been kille
nd the loss of life would have been
riehtful had not the inhabitants heed
d the warning and withdrawn to a
distance. The property loss Is al
most incalculable.
h cast-bound California train No.
on b Atchison. Topeka q santa Fe
was wrecked. ON the 18th. ii
niles east of Trinidad. Col. No one was
'Illcd. but II persons were more or
injured. and a corpse en- route 10
Philadelphia was cremated in the
Of several wrecked cars.
ADMIRAL w. T. Sampson. .,ho ar
ived in Washington from New York.
n he 25th. was suffering from a
.ght attack 81 the grip.
Mrs. Isabel Mallon. best known bv
er nornsde plume of"Ilab" and Ruth
.shmore.' died al her home IN New
'ork city on the 25th. :
Consul-Gencral Goodnow has noti-
the state department from Shanr- :
that the Chinese government has q
'rbtiden dNnamiicand like explosives
, be landed in China. !
SIS prisoners escaped from tho state :
otse Of correction at fonia. Mich. on
ie night Of the 26th. They we're all !
invalesccnts confined in the hospital. :
hey cut their way through a parti-
on wall 70 The knitting shop adioin- !
X and scaled The wall. Owing to the :
indy night and drifting snow they
II no trace. :
Among the passengers on the steam
China. which arrived M san Fraucis- &,
from the orient. on the Goth. were ,
rand Duke Cyril OF Russia and his
des. l~icutcnants Cousan and Couze. !.
he grand duke. who is q cousin Of :
e r1ar, Is on his way to ST. Peters
lrg, having nearly completed a our +
the world.
practically every mine in the lake /,
PIPER district is shipping copper by !,
~. This has not been done before :
nee the syndicate corncrcd copper, !.
I'd indicates q phenomenal demand. !
Senator Hanna believes that his bill !
y the protection Of tht American ="
erchant marine will be passed dur
r the present session OF congress. I,
II is reported that tho bubonic a
aguc has broken out in the district 8
Deiapoa Bay.
The war departments published !
urinary Of army stations. lust H. Il
led, for the first time includes ITa. d
ma as q regular post, showing about
600 troops there. t'
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