The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-11-10


Sophia lett. daughter ~ the favori'e AZ
ter ~ the late Bishop y r. Kohcrts- ~ the
Methodist Episcopal Church. and Who we'd
in hi family till bis a. th, Il now an inmate
o. the Lawrence County Toof-holse-
William X Robinson reached In annapolis
the other night. CT ~ A. loon. with the idea
that certain persons had induced him 10 we "
falsely IN an oieomtrgarine cas-. anl he was
bent upon KILN. these gentlemen until the
police suppressed him The next morning he
was recognized A. former inmate Of the In
sane asylum. anl papers in his possession i'm
jicafei that be hal been delivering temper
ance lectures in Illinois
A serious accident occurred On the west side
~ the river x Lafayette . fen evenings ago.
whereby John Gaines. farmer had both legs
broken. and RobeF, Wallace. Superintendent
0t the city wafer-works. was hurt about the
train Of cars and ran away, throwing them
from the wagon.
Henry Green, a well known citizen 81 Craw-
ford County, has b come VIC emily insane upon
the subject of spirituall-m.
J. q. Rathbone. agent or the Department ~
Justice, was robbed OF gold watch At Indian
arolis few days ago.
Mr.. Sarah Pope. resiling near Sheltyvile.
WIS instantly killed the other day b ok
II the neck from COW she was engaged III
milking.
Al Hager-town. Wayne County, the other
,iay Michael Fitzgerald. scctIon-hani. While
y, work received fatal injury He VA en-
gagged Id prying up track when his crowbsr
slipped anil. striking him On t.,e head tract
ured hts -kull.
The earnings Or the state Prison At yefTer-
sonville in the months Of June. July and
August were S1l.2i), AMI tile expenditures
Si>55l
Al traw orisvile. Montgomery County =
few DAYS since. while vorkmen we're engaged
ID moving house, the chain fastening the
loubIetree< % the team ~ the capstan broke.
and the strain on the ropes threw the pole
back With rrraf force One u the men was
bit In the breast, and would probably die OF
his injury.
Jacob Allen. farmer living five miles from
indianapolis, while going home the other aft
crnoon. took two young men In his wagon %
ride with him, anfs after going . few feet,
they violently assaulted him, beating him I'M
I'll be Was in~ensihlc, and, after robbing him
Of %, and his watch. escaped.
Mrs. Nancy j. SIstorc. 81 jefferson County,
raised rect which measured thirty inches IN
circumference and weighed fifteen pounds II
would Be sent % Washington
Fred Gaumer. 81 Madison. has bean vine
which has produced four crops Of beans this
summer. and q again IN bloom.
Ezra Smith, al old citizen Of Richmond,
and President o. the ERR smith Coffin Manu-.
featuring Company. had his left arm caught
in q buzz-saw few afternoons ago, az the
colin works. cutting Il nearly on.
George IIaggard. who now languishcs in
the Steuben County Jail, hid 70 wait outside
until the sheriff could be found 10 let him In.
| He therefore gave utterancc 70 the humorous
| remark that he had often been locked In jail,
but during al 81 his checkercd career be had
| never been fastened out before
| Charles r. Bsrcus, 81 Tippccanoe County,
has begun proceedings III the superior ouri
l 81 Lafayette % have set aside the decree d
divorce lately granted his wife, alleging fraud
and conspiracy On the part Of the lady an
her relatives.
| IN digging out channel for the new watel
| supply back 81 Richardson's mill, on the riveI
bank a. indianapolis the other DAY. the work
1 men came ACROSS an old wharf, which haf
been buried Tor forty-Gve wears II was *
| ccllentIy preserved, the timbcrs being YER,
| little decsyci Old residents remember tn
/ wharf, which was IN common use half cen
| tury ago.
Eleven Young Mems Christian Association
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