The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-04-27

No. :. f1faIoc. Oots~-3~ul-.c. The tin-
cinnati quotations are: Wheat--No. Red.
<l.oa<<i.lo. Corn--No. =. 55(a5ahc. Oats
NO. =. lIai6c. kye~~No. =. c.'.(aC;c.
Barley 3 Fall. cila05hc.
Al the recent session % tho State Chris
tian Temperance Union q indianapolis, tho
following officers were chosen: President,
n. \. Shell, indianapolis; First vicc-Prcsi-
dent, Thomas kavanangh. Fort Wayne;
Second Nice-Prcsident, Mrs. Emma Mnlloy,
Ia Porte; General Secretary. ID. h. Ross,
Indianapolis; Treasurer. Ell r. Ritter.
indianapolis; Board OF Managers, &. =.
Dobbins. Shoals: John Gregory. Williams
Ter, Mishawaka; Mis- Mary Hadley, Bloom
insdale; Mrs. y. X. Wood, Irvington. The
Union passed resolutions Tor its incorpora-
ton under the laws Of the State, with
capital stock OF 100000, divided into shares
Of ten dollars each. which subscribers are
required 70 pay for IN ten years AZ the rate
Of one dollar year.
The Logansport Journal SAYS: I've are
geographically in the center OF Northern
Indiana-sixty miles west 70 State line,
seventy miles south TO indianapolis, and
eighty miles north 70 the lake"
A few days ago Matthew Robinson, an
old man seventy years OF age, who has for
many years been a canal-hoat builder AZ
speneerville, on the Miami 4 Erie Canal,
while stirring a large kettle Of pitch pre-
paratory 70 calking boat on his dry-dock
for repairs, became dizzy and fell into the
kettle, which overturned, and the burning
pitch ran over his entire body. His pierre
ing screams brought people 10 him, but
they could do nothing, and death ensued in
few moments. He leaves wife and
large family IN comfortable circumstances.
The census bureau gives some interesting
statistics, from which the following are
taken: The total population in the state
who can not read, ten years Of age andover,
Is so,ooS. or 3l4 per cent. OF the total popu.
lation. The total population who cannot
write, ten years Of age and over. is lin.7cl.
Of these the whites number loo. 3os; the col
ord, l0,393.
Some weeks ago the daughter o. John
Snively, Of Logansport, received an injury
% rib. which was supposed 70 be broken.
There has recently been some pain. and
careful examination revealed the fact that
the rib had never been broken. but that
piece 81 needle, half an inch long. had i'm
bedded itself Immediately over the heart.
and had caused the irritation.
The outlook for good wheat crop in
Wabash County j. much better than Il was
q month ago. Fields which then were
brown and bare have Frightened up again
and the farmers nre hopeful. No unfavora-
BILE weather Intervening, Of harvesting an
average crop.
The Quaker City Flour Mills AZ Rich
mond were burned few days ago. involv-
ing loss Of $1,000. The IRE was caused By
spontaneous combustion. The mill was
built In 1856. and a one time supplied -four
for the whole territory between indianapo-
lis, Fort Wayne and Dayton, q.
Some time ago William IT, Crow.
GreencastIe attorney. was convicted Ia the
United States District Court for violation
Of the Pension law, and sentenced "a jail
for twelve months IN addition 70 line. II 4
q understood that petition for his pardon
has been submitted % United States Dis
trict Attorney Holstein, and has been re-
fused BY that Official
The body Or John Ryan, that had been
buried in the Philpot Graveyard, some
miles west Of Bedford. in Greene County.
was disinterrci the other day for the pur-
pose of moving il 70 ancth,r cemetery. Al
though Il had been buried but little over
two years, il was nearly petrifcd. and
weighed about seven hundred pounds.
a fellow dropped into Columbia City the
other day and played neat little swindle.
which 4 might advantage other commune
ties % be advised Of and guard against.
He visited the harness and livery men, and
displayed . sample Of leather finish
which he manipulated On harness and car.
riage-top 80 much 70 their satisfaction that
they bought OF him quantities from one 70
five gallons at ten dollars gallon. after
which he went away. The neat tin cans
were found 70 contain inferior linseed oil
bought there, as was afterward discovered.
The result Of his days labor was about
seventy-five dollars net.
A horrible murder was discovered The
other morning one mile from Arcola, III Al /
len County. Louis Laurent, Frenchman.
aged twenty-five years, employed BY Vic \
tor Cavalier As wood-choppcr, was dis \
covered In bis lonely hut, one mile from
the village, dead. IN his head was ghast- \
~ wound, and an az blade stained with \
blood which lay beside him, together with \
. rifled pocket-book, told tale Of murder
and robbery. The appearance N the body
was such a to lead 70 the belief that the 1
murder had been committed two or three
days before. Laurent had about that time
been paid sixty dollars in wages The
Sheriff went 70 Arcola and arrested Samuel
Mcdonald, who worked with Laurent and