The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19

ult, BY jumping into we'll No cause Il
assigned.
THE residences Of John Cook. James Sim
mons and George Bundy, NJ Knlghtstown,
were entered by burglars and robbed OF artl-
cles valued At $500 on the night OF the 9th
ult
A TERRIBLE fight occurred on the 3ist ult,
Al Cambridge City, Wayne County, which
terminated In the death Of Patsy Carroll,
twenty years OF age. He ami party OF
Others went 70 Cambridge City for q little
sTort While there Carroll and man named
LIE Morgan ouarreled. when Morgan drew
his pistol and shot Carroll, killing him al
most instantly. After the horrible affair =
Vigilance Committee set fire 70 the building
they were In and burned Il down. Morgan
had not been apprehended up 10 the %.
Man named Copeland. IN the southwest
part OF Hendricks County. while repairing a
buzz saw few DAYS ago. had his right arm
completely cut of aud the flesh on his left
breast terribly mangled.
AT the fair It Middlefork, . small town
near kokomo. . few days since, Lewis Hook,
Of kokomo, in fight. killed George Thomp-
son, proprietor aud manager OF dance-hall.
II seems Hook and Thompson had some words
the day before. and Thompson, wishing 70
avoid any further trouble, gave the charge OF
bis hall 10 his cousin during the day, but, Wis
iting the tent and coming in contact with
Hook. quarrel ensued. Hook struck
Thompson on the head with brass kuucklcs,
knocking him down, and after he had fallen
kicked him in the side. Thompson died In
fifteen minutes. Hook attempted TO escape.
but vas caught before be got out Of the
gro1nif. and Il now under arrest.
The Superior Court, in general term, has.
BY unanimous OPINION. reversed the judy
ment against Warren Tate. entered BY Judge
Burns, for contempt OF court In shooting
William Love. who Vas . vitness In Burns'
Court Burns fined Tate $4,000.
OLIVER X. MILLER, OF Rising Sun. whose
term Of ONCE expired on the Let, has held
the Office Of County Clerk and Auditor
alternately and consecutively for twenty
years-
The departure OF one Wallace, . Stone
Bluff fountain County, grandmother, il an
nouncrd He is laid n BE- 5000 bushels Of
wheat ahead OF the farmers.
THERE will be . grand reunion Of the
soldiers Of northern Indiana, At Auburn, on
the 18th and 10Th OF septeml er. being the fif-
tenth anniversary Of the battle OF Chicka-
msuga
fHE remains u l. d. Ineersoli. At the time
OF his decease Librarian Of the War Depart
ment at Washington. we're buried at Craw-
fordsville on tie evening OF the ist
The assessed value OF Indianapolis proper
~ for .s79. in round numbers, IL t<s O00. 0O0
The municipal tar levy 10 fixed At IS cents (;
school, IS cents; total for all purposes, IS
cents.
= RonEKTs. q stock-buyer. Was accosted the
other night by a stranger, on the road near
Cicero, and asked for ride In his buggy.
Roberts. making room for his new com pan
Ion, was dealt q blow in the side with stone,
by an accomplice, and pulled from his bug
q striking on his head While stunned by the
fall. be was robbed OF e1sU On ralIyiug and
making an effort 70 rise he Was kicked In the
side The robbers made their escape and are
yot 1t large
A MOST diabolical attempt q murder tool
place At Millersburg, seven miles east o.
Goshen, on the lst Lawrence Konantz. |
hotel keeper, assaulted his wife with rocI
weighing fifteen or twenty pounds. At the
time OF this attack Mrs. Kcnantx WAS lying
at the point OF death from dropsy. from which
she hss been great sufferer. The fendish u
band was arrested and given preliminary 'ria
at Millsrsburx. brought 10 Goshen and hooked
up Next day he was taken TO Warsaw and
imprisoned 10 await trial AZ the next term Of
Elkhart County Circuit Court
Young man named THOMPSON. living n
johnson County. recently committed suicide
because widow he expected 10 marry dis
missed him for getting drunk. His holy was
found In IN unused well. He lai forced
himself through . sixteen-nch opening IN
the cover, and. on reaching the bottom. en-
down and suffoczted himself by placing his
face 10 the water. leaning over on his knee.
for the purpose. His shoulders and the back
OF the head were perfectly dry.
JEFF NEvITr. Lawrenceburg farmer. Wal
fatally stabbed by James Stacker, his hired
man. few nights ago.
While arranging belt at Indianapolis on
the 4th. John Bahney was caught 10 the slack
and thrown over the shaft His legs and
arms were broken and his head badly mutt
lated. He Il fatally hurt.
MR. 8. l. KExwoRrur. Cashier OF the
First National Bank Of Thomtown, wa.
thrown from his horse few evenings ago
and sustained . compound fracture OF hi
ankle Even n he lives be will be cripple.
THE following are the current prices for
leading staples In Indianapolis: Flour, s4.5l
@54O; Wheat. No. Red, 92kG re-;
Corn, Mixed. s2J<ds3<c; Oats. 225Ss Axe;
Rye. 5Oa5lc; Pork, ss.059s 10; Lard, 81
@5sxc. Hogs, t3Oota3 IS. The following
are the Cincinnati quotations: Flour. Fam
ny, - 5od5.75; Wheat, gi@a5c; Corn. Sad
asc: Oats, 25t92qc; RIVE. 53n5tc; Pork, $50
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