The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-08-27


JOHN G. RErTz, = German gardener
residing fear miles south 81 indianapolis.
who had become insane on accoun; az pc
cuniary losses, locked himself in hi house.
set IRE 10 IL. and was burned - death lie
leaves : wife and four grown children
AFREiGHr train on the 81 Paul and
Duluth Railway was wrecked on The leth ~
broken rail. Three hoys. Twin. Il Mime
apolis. named Peter Martin. John Irvine
and George Adams. who were slowed away
in freight car 10 steai ride. were Killed.
THE recent excursion train accident
on the West Jersey Railroad. between Al
lantic City and Philadelphia. was much
more serious in il results than Was n first
reported. UP 70 the evening 81 the lazh
eighteen deaths had occurred. and several
others were pronounced fatally injured.
while a large number were more or less >eri-
ously hurt. The excursion parrywas COM
posed of members Of -. AIMS Catholic
Church, Philadelphia. some l.3e0 In
length OF the train /, Was
run in two sections. The accident resulted
from the rear section running into the for
ward one. while the latter was II = and
still, the locomotive crashing through the
rear chr, crushing. burning and scaldin-
nearly every person in H. The conductor and
engineer OF the rear train have been arrested,
charged with manslaughfer. The engineer
claims that the air-brzkes were applied in
time TO stop his train. but thcy failed 70
work n the critical moment.
NEAR New Albany, Ind, on the 18th.
Roger Russell. an old and respected citizen.
shot his on-inlaw. John Norman. with both
barrels Of = douhle-barreled shotgun. in
fiictin< mortal injuries. and soon xfierward
took deadly dose Of poison a family diff
Guilty was the cznse OF the tragedy.
A RECENT telegram from Fort Con-
chc says the Indians captured and entirely
destroyed one mail and killed. two men and
wounded one passenger on the stare east
The road between Davis and III Paso J. aid
20 be entirely infested with Indan-- and
there j. no protection 10 mails running be-
tween Concho and Davis
ELLERsoS HAMILTON, colored. was
hanged At Hampton. :. c.. on the lsth- sor
the murder ~ hi child. boy ten year, old.
b. whipping him to death
BIZ The explosion and sinking ~ the
Red River steamboat Bonnie Lee. in adj
fion 70 the casualties previously reported.
tx roustahout~ and one cabin boy xers
GEN BYESE. of Fort Worth. Texas,
who Wa wounded four time recently while
travelling east in n coach attacked ~ In
dians, died az Fort Quifman from the c1ects
Of his wounds.
A TERRIBLE explosion Of giant-pow-
der occurred AT Red Hill. station On The
Denver aud south Park Railroad. about half
way between Denver and Leadx lie. on the
night ~ the 18th. Every building in The
place. about twenty in number. MAS dernol-
i~hed. q. A. Hilton. the Assistant station
Agent. was killed. and r. J. Conway and r.
b. Collier were fatally and several ether -
riousls injured The cause Of the explosion
j. not known.
III. f. PARKHrRST- = young LAWYER Of
Bath. =. ~. on the 18th, shot ard killed
Fannie Howell. daughter Of = prominent
and then killed himself several
wears ago. when both were mere children. the 4
parties were married n picnic in . some
what informal manner and partly a. 4 Joke.
but they never lived together n man and
wife. a. the girls parents took the matter in
hand and had the marriage
ne Parkhur~f has insisted upon again mar
rying Miss Howell. who il seems wa no
wise loath 70 accept him for husband. huf \
her parents would not consent and Park
hurst, becoming desperate. took 10 drink.
and finally wound up BY enacting the trace
iy here recounfed.
X. L. SMILEY. Of Spring Lake, Scott
County. Mimi. drove into the lake 10 water
bis horses, with has wife and three i.oys.
sixteen. ten and one year old, in the WAGON
with him. The horses became unmannrfa-
boys were drowned and the wife was barely
saved.
MISS TTLLrE MATTER, young lady
OF Mount JOY. Pa. was walking along the
road towards home accompanied ~ Young
gentleman, when a spark from his lighted
cigar set fire 70 her dress When the fame.
were discovered both parties used their best
efforts 70 extinguish them. and would have
been successful. but Miss Msfeer lot her
presence a mind, and seeing her liz in dan
-er. started on full run away from her
companion. This action caused the fire IA
snyelop her whole body, and her clothing
was almost entirely DESTROYED before The
flames were finally extingui-hed- she wa
taken 20 her home by passing carriage. but
died within short time after her arrival
RoBERr WILKES. wholesale ieweler,
n Toronto, his daughter, Florence, sred ff-
teen, and son, BERTHE. aged eleven. we're
drowned AZ sturgeon Point ON the Isfh.
Florence and Berthe were bathing. and the
boy getting beyond his depth the father.
who WA in boat, jumped out 10 save him.
Inc daughter also went 20 the rescue. and
rfI were drowned