The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-04


years> had his sklli crushed BY the kick %
vicious mule. His recovery . very doubt
full
Ok account % the prevalence Of scarlet
fever ~ Rushville. the schools are closed
for the season
SAxpy ~ Bkovx, farmer residing near
NASHVILLE. was bitten BY : copP~rheed
snake. while q work on bis farm, on Ne
hand His arm was soon terribly swollen.
and be il enduring all the agonies Of death
though % last accounts still alive.
Rxv. l. l. CARPENTER. OF Wabash clad
streets burglar Who had robbed his house,
and captured him
Manor BrEr. Of Knightscown. an en-
pioye q the Panhandle road was fatally
crushed while coupling cars in the yard -
Indianapolis few days ago. and died that
night
An unknown man was found in . freight
car on one Of the railroad switches AZ In
dianapolix and transferred 10 the city hos
pital- he was unconscious from the effects
OF morphine, and died soon after. Il Is :
supposed case OF suicide.
GOVERNOR GRAF few days ago received
. letter from the Comptroller Of the
Treasury stating that there was due the
State the sum Of - 400 Il on Indiana swamp
lands that had been sold BY the Govern
menr's agents. The aggregate amount sup
posed 70 b due the State Is not definitely
known but IL Il estimated 20 be about
tiN.un However, the amount just al
lowed i all that has ever been received
The State Association Of Funeral Direcs
tors elected =. W. Flanner. indianapolis,
President; s. X Lippincott. Richmond
secretary; o. @. Davis westport. treas
urer. and Lewis Peltiers. Fort Wayne, J. T.
jameson Peru and Mr.. Liprencott dele
gates 70 the Cincinnati convention
Al . dance 1t Huntingburg few nights
s.nce- 70 solemnize the veddingo OF couple
Of young people Of that place. John Kays
and several others became involved in :
quarrel which resulted "A the fatal shoot
ingof Kayx Igsatz ZURICH who is charged
with the shooting. made good his escape
coon after the trouble
OK the night OF the 18th OF last March
Ms John Ranch. OF Indianapolis. repri-
handed Bertha Fischer. domestic in her
employ. for keeping late hours, and when
the family arose in the morning the girl
was missing On the morning Of May q.
her body. badly decomposed was found
floating in the canal and Is she bad previ-
ously threatened 20 kill herself. the snppo-
sition Is that shs drowned herself in the
canal Immediately following the reprimand
Of her mistress She was Il ghteen. and her
parents live in Germany
Ror BARNES. ten years old stole horse
and phaeton ~ Marion. the other night,
from Robert Spencer and decAmped for
the West he was gobbied up BY officers
twelve miles rest OF Marion NEXT morning.
The horse. which has = three-minute gait,
was nearly dead from fast driving The
Youthful Desperate will Be sent 20 the r.
form school
STIR for $1,000 damage was brought
against Royal r Purcell. Of the vincennes
Ssa- by Mr. Beatrice Hammond for an
alleged libelous publication made in the
aforesaid paper last December concerning
l the bifth Of child
w. II ZrSx q Cos store Lafayette was
robbed o. one hundred dollars the other
day. the money being taken IN broad dAy-
light The police finally run down the
thieves. who proved % Be three lads. the
eldest being about thirteen All the money
but = couple Of dollars was recovered
Two boys named Poltino and one named
Matthews were taken in custody. and By
threars and co2xing turned over the money
No criminal proceedings have yet been
taken against them
VALENTINE SrrLLAnowER- ~ Columbus
lost s5.sa worth o. German carp BY the
recent food.
ExocH MARSHALL aged seventy Year,
and deaf. walked on the tracs II Richmond
| aud was killed
I AT Terre Haute. John Shafer RECEIVERS
I $40 against g. w. Dement, Of the nail
\ works Who caused shafer's arrest for a.
\ legged intimidation Of non-uDion workmen,
and failed % sustain the charge
\ Al the recent meeting Of the Grand Lodge
I OF Mas0ns held in Indianapolis the follow
4 ing Oficers were elected: Grand master.
< Mortimer I'VE. LAporte: deputy grand
master. I. r L<yden. New Albany: senior
\ grand warden 7. B. Long. Terre Haute
!. junior grand warden ,. 7. Todd. Button
\ grand secretary. W. II. Smytde. Indian
I apolis: treasurer. Martin II. Rice. Indian
I apolis: grand chaplain. Bishop Knicker
hacker, Indianapolis: trustees, Robert Van
Y valzah and C. W. Prather- The Grand
\ Lodge i now out Of debt and has . surplu,
\ Of ID in the treasury.
4 DAxvIILE Vas visited BY . hailstorm {
( few days ago. which did an immens'
K amount or damage in the vicinity. A belt
I o. country Of about I'VE miles in width jus'
north OF that pace i laid IN waste. Apple
peach and cherry trees nave the fruit a.
torn from them and the foliage i almo~'
\ gone The los 70 that class 81 fruit j. total
Manv ofthe baiissones measuredtwo inche-
/ In diameter. The condition OF the grow