The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-18

0EoHU MACK, o. 0o<uens ~ kV~c tn>e~s
through religious excitement Very SORT
Gus case.
lxpsAxAn su prsme court has ruled that
! prisoner serving life sentence ON plea
Of guilty must have new trial.
Jonx BorKsS's harm burned near War
saw, with fifteen hundred bushels OF wheat
Loss 5000
LurnER Hucnxs. sheriff Of Ripley coun-
". went 70 North Vernon the other night
and early next morning. in company with
Detective Noses Ferris, went 10 the resi-
dsuce Of William Burton, who lives near
Butler Switch, and arrested him on the
charge Of horse stealing. He was taken 70
Switzerland County.
DURING . thunderstorm Andrew Fair
child, wealthy farmer near cynthiane,
was struck and instantly killed BY light
ming. He leaves wife and one child
VIZ. l. GRAs was arrested while in the
act Of stealing three horses from u farmer
near Camden
w. H. CAMP fell from moving train, the
other morning, one mile north Of Columbus
and was run over and instantly killed. He
leaves wife and one child Hishome u IN
Dupont
TuE remains OF Mrs.. Kate Harley, the
lady who so mysteriously disappeared
from her home in Delphi in March, 1855
were found Embedded in . sand-bar In the
waba 81 river, one mile from that place,
few evenings ago.
The German Lutheran church In New
Albany was burned the other day. having
caught from sparks from the burning
stables Of b. Gwin 4 Son. . square away.
The loss on the church is $4,000; insur
ance. el,6O0. Gwin a. Sons loss, $500;
insurance. $4,000.
THE assessors OF the fourteen townships
in shelby County have filed their returns
with the county auditor, which shows .
falling Oh in the total valuation OF taxable
property over the valuation OF last year Of
s556o30
MIS-. ANN Cox. an elderly lady, living ~
Clermont, Marion County. was killed BY
being thrown from buggy while leaving
indianapolis the other afternoon She was
called Is . witness In the case Of Sam
Marta, on trial for killing John Lyons.
BETSY MADDEN. an aged lady living in
Boone Township, Harrison County, left her
home the other morning and went into the
woods to give instructions TO parties who
were cutting timber for her. Before reach
| ing them she became bewildered and lay
down in = thick cluster Of bushes, where
she remained until posse Of citizens, who
| had instituted diligent search for her,
! found her three days afterward- She was
1 taken home. and died.
| AT Vernon. Robert whitney was con-
n - a II.
4 and sentenced 70 imprisonment in the State
| prison for two years. disfranchiSed for the
same period OF time and fined $40.
! THs other night the engine and com
pressure houses Of the Park County Coal
| Company, near Rockville, were destroyed
4 BY fire; loss, $1,000.
! SAMMY HIGeIxs, aged six years, SON o,
Squire A. J. Higgins, fell OF the fence
while visiting south OF Shelbyville, few
DAYS ago. and heavy rail fell on him, lay
ing his scalp open and causing him 70
bleed 50 profusely that his condition is very
grave
i Two stolen horses. one belonging 70 Mr.
John Heatop. and the other 70 Mrs. Raines
At Benville. were recovered at Shelbyvili'
few days since. Officers are hot o. tn
4
JAMES BRowx waylayed James Hutchin
son in Decatur . few nights since. MIR
Hutchinson was returning home with hf
arms full Of provisions for his family
when Brown sprang upon him from behins
Huntsman's saloon and struck him with tn
poll Of heavy Ratchet. Knocking Hutch
inson down, Brown struck three time
more at his victim with the bit, making
lglv gashes in Hutchinson's shoulder an
arm. Hutchinson grasped bis assailan
and succeeded in disarming him. whe,
Brown "a a away. The sheriff and assist
ants are on the hunt for Brown, who LEI
; the city Immediately aftsr his murderou
assault upon Hutchinson. Hutchinso
. d severely hurt but will probably r
} cover.
KELLY QrrSS. . well-known horsemaI
2 o. North Manchester, received what wi
, result In fatal injuries from the bite Of
stallion, It Wabash The animal belonge
. 70 . man named Green, and Mr.. Quinn ha
. charge Of him. While speeding him Q
! the race track be descended from the sulk
20 adjust the bride. The animal in
I twinkling seized his right arm in his teei
: and literally wrenched the tendons fro
: the limb, horribly mutilating that side
the body. Before the unfortunate ma
. could escape the vicious brute caught hi
l Just under the left arm and tore on hui
piece Of fesh. At this time bystande
reached him, removed him and secured Il
y snraged animal.
HENRY DIcKNAS, well and favorab
: nown farmer living near st. Louis Cros
ing, shelby County, left his house and d
Z not return. Next morning his body -
!. found Ct the end Of rope in the woods =
far from his house, he having hung himss
TO tho limb Of : tree. Mr. Dickmsn "
n forty years old, and man Of good reput
y ton. His wife was recently declared
sane. and IL Il perhaps this that led 70
! self-destruction.
3 JONI 8. GENTRY, while under the inf
snce Of liquor, got into an alteration vi
|. DR. Agee the other afternoon and cut
y latter's throat with . knife. severing I
tugular vein. Age died In nve minut
= They lived at Stcphensport, : few mi
/. north OF Boonville. Gentry was : Dem
crat and Agee . Republican. A polite
dispute was the occasion Of the murd
!. Agss d . brother Of the Lieutenant-0 I
N ernor OF Nebraska.