The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-05

School, received serious, II not fatal, injuries
at Plainheld few evenings ago. He was en-
gagged In hauling coal 70 the institution, when
the horses became frightened. ran away, and
threw him out In front OF the wagon. The
wheels passed over him, ipjuring him intern
ally aud fracturlng his hip bone.
TnE other evening Lucan. son OF John T.
Adair was caught In the betting In saw
mill At Perkinsyille, Madison County. carried
over the ly-wheel and instantly killed.
JoHN q. NEwKIHK has been elected Pro-
fessor Of History in the Indiana University.
ANNA WooDsoS, sister OF a Scl-known
river man, but who married negro several
years AFRO and has been dlsowned by her fam
lily, took morphine At Evansville on the after
noon Of the 18th, with suicidal intent At
midnight her condition was doubtful.
JONATHAN REDMOND, living two miles
northwest OF Clermont, committed suicide the
other morning by shooting himself. Flnan-
cial embarrassment is supposed 10 nave been
the cause
FRANK JoxEs 2 colored tramp, was robbed
by his partner, name unknown. while sleep
ing IA the woods near Oakland, the other
and other articles.
ID. EOtht HktQ luuIlttU years tlu-
ployed in his fathers Touring mill, northeast
OF Logansport. was caught IN the machinery
the other day, while alone ia the mill. and
killed.
RICHMOND contains 40 manufacturing cs-
Establishments.
1nE cost OF litigation in the case Of the
Indianapolis A Western Road which has been
In court for years. is sls50O0.
The Directors Of the rolling mill at Indian
apols have given notice OF an advance IN
wages, averaging TIN per cent, TO take effect
Sc trmber ist- This looks encouraging.
Ar indianapolis on the 18th, John Hogan,
seven years old, was drowned in White
River while bathing.
The Internal Revenue collections in Indi-
ana during the fiscal wear ended June 80,
1879, were, according to recent statement
OF Commissioner Raum as follows: FIRST
District, tl9U,o9i: Fourth, o. .9si; sixth,
co. w: veuih. si,sig,0s9, Tenth. sl42,-
3.3; Eleventh, ss,,Gsl. Total. s5.s40 100.
JONI HARPER, While jumping of passen-
ger-irain at Lafontane on the 18th, jumped
into pile 81 lies, iniuring himself seriously
II not fatally.
AT Norlh Judson. in Starke County, on the
18th, Tommy Morton, eight years DID, was
accidentally ,ushed out ~ a hayloft by a
playmate, falling and striking his head on an
iron, and fractnring his skull.
THERE was considerable excitement 1t
Bloomington, on the night OF the 10Th, over
the fact that some colored men had been
ordered 70 leave certain ncighborhood In
Persy Township. James Spaulding, one Of
those ordered agay, said he counted twelve
In the party who gave the orders, aud thought
be recognized some OF them, but the names
have not been made public. /. was thought
the trouble grew out OF the children Of these
colorcd people attending the public schools
In that dstricr.
EARLY on the morning OF the 18th as Perry
Owens and his son william. aged seventeen,
OF Carters5urx, were leaving Hyatt's grist-
M II, one mile northwest Of PlaiDneld, shot
gun which William held under his arm and
against his left breast. the stock Of which was
resting on the bottom az the wagon, slipped
through q crack, and catching on the hammer
discharged II. the contents entering HIS left
lung, severing the pulmonary artery, and
causing death In few minutes.
I'HE Richmond City Mil Works we're par
tally burned on the morning Of the 10Th, the
loss aggregating $1,000
VIcToR BiscIr, thirteen years old, son Of
Colonel Bisch, was thrown from horse In an
accident az the Bedford Park race track on
the Goth. The horse fell on him, fracturlng
the child's skull, and causing internal in
iurics from which he win die.
AT indianapolis. the other night, Mrs. o.
r. Little, wife OF the night-wa.chman at the
Hospital for the Insane. suffering from merry.
Gus prostration, was given twenty-five grains
OF sulphate OF zinc BY nurse by mistake. II
came near killing her.
A SWITZERLAND CorSTY man has sold his
wheat crop. traded his wife for an old horse
and gone west TO grow up with the country.
g. ". REip's house at Walton was burned
on the night OF the Goth. Loss, el,5oO.
WILLIAM EL,Isoxs entire wheat crop, neal
Kokomo, was burned on the 2lst, the fire be.
ing started from sparks from heengine oper.
ating the thrcsher.
Z VICIOUS horse kicked the eight-year-old
son Of William Hardy, living near Rush> ille
the other day. inflicting IA tai injuries.
AT Connersviile on the evening Of the 2ist
an old man BY the name OF Robert Ketchan
became involved IN quarrel with a young
man named Charles Johnston, in front 0:
Louis Dall's saloon, during which Johnston
struck Ketcham with stone, inhicting
injuries upon HIS head likely TO prove
fatal. Johnston was Immediately arrested and
LODGED IA jail.
AT sullivan on the 2ist, George W. Leach
arrested one Clark, whom he believed was
one Of the men engaged in hanging up man
named Moore for horsc-thieving some weeks
before. While tax ng ldm TO Justices OF
flee Clark escaped. Leach pursued and fired
several Shots one Of which puncturcd Henr,
Fry IN the abdomen, inacti ng fatal wound
and The other hit Clark In the spine. from
which he died In couple Of hours. Leach
1t Is stated, was not authorized 70 make AZ
arrest, being only ali amateur detective.
Mns. KITCHEN, Of Toledo, Ohio, visiting Il