The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-26

| Ioon HAL, -, aged eighty live. -
buried In Freedom Graveyard, near Mitch
| ~ : few days ago. He IVES IN old resi-
| dsnt, and highly respected.
TnE Council granted the right Of fran
| chise % the Citixens' Street Railroad Com
pany - Elkhart.
| ArrKa capturing the prey In . fox drive
| near Versailles. John A. Haines, wealthy
citissn, fell dead Of. heart disease.
| rHE other day cassius Young, : promi-
| nent farmer OF Johnston Township, Scott
County, Was kicked by = mule and has
| since died Of the injuries.
| MRS FREDERICK HoLIExbEcK was found
| dead in we'll near seymour. She Il thought
| 70 have committed suicide through grief a.
| che loss Of her daughter, Who dropped dead
| several days ago.
II developed the other day that the boil
| er-house Of the new insane asylum ~
| Evansville was showing signs Of total col
lapse. IL was but recently completed at :
cost Of about tlS0O. and. II Il believed,
the entire structure will probably have 70 be
taken d.wn and rebuilt. The .fnult Is said
not 70 he chargeable 10 the architect or
contractor. The architect says the whole
Of Vanderburg County Is underlaid with q
quicksand. and in erecting heavy build
ingS, such as the Custom House IT Evans
vile, some such method a. he suggested Is
always adopted to insure the solidity Of
the foundation. He Is Of the opinion that
the main buildings Of the asylum. which
are located on higher ground, are In no
danger from the treacherous sand. A meet
ing OF the commissioners has been called
for.
SPOTTED fever about Washington.
INDIANAPOLIS preachers want Sam Jones
for next summer.
HERMAN HUMAN, Terre Haute million
aire and philanthropist, received broken
hip while travelling.
ExocH ALEXANDER, Howard County nm
sic teacher. arrested for $50 enbessismcnt
as agent OF Kokomo Medical DisPensary.
JAcoa YouxG. innsrrnt farmer. near
Rushvilie. - - give up horse stolen and
sold by the famous Tom Foster, now doing
time at Jeffersonvi Tile.
THE congregation ut the NJ. f. Church
Connersville. held jubilee on the night of
the 10th. over the five hundred conversions.
that number having now been reached The
great revival ended its twelfth week on the
10th.
The Democrats Of Knox County held
their primary election ON the 10Th. and the
result was surprising all around. The fol-
lowing ticket was nominated senator. w.
w. Berry; representative. NJ. J. Niblack;-
prosecuting attorney. W. A. Cullop; clerk.
9. r. Alsop; auditor. J. A. Dick; treas
urer. J. s. Badollet; sheriff, NJ. l.. Seddel-
meyer; recorder, I. =. Bailey: surveyor.
J. G. Stennon; coroner. f. W. Cooper.
Bailey.
THE following fourth-class postmasters
were appointed few days ago: W..
Colglaxier, at Chambershurg, Orange
County: Anna NJ. Kuhn. at Waterford, La
porte County; John w. Montgomery, at
Austin. Scott County.
The FIGURING mill OF =. II. Adams At Port
land. Jay County, was consumed by fire
with all its contents the other morning.
The property was valued at $4,000 and in
sured for Sis.ooo Origin Of the fire un-
known.
DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Oakland
City, Gibson County, a few nights ago A
square on the east side 81 Main street was
destroyed with the following losses James
q. Bell. hardware store. loss u, 500. insured
for ss0O: Charles Compton. barber shop
and dwelling. loss $780, insured for $50;
n. b. Wilson, furniture store, loss t8,0o0,
insured for s1.2W; VIM. Jerauld, butcher
shop. loss $1.30. no insurance: Levy 4
Harbaugh. dry goods, stock valued at SIS
On. partly destroyed, insurance $4,000;
Philip Cole, storehouse occupied by Levy
a. Harbaugh, loss q. so. insured for <i.2oO;
Mrs. Sawyer. millinery store. loss $500. in
surance eDO; Ira Festeller. grocery store,
loss SMALL insurance SLIGO: Mrs. Jackson.
millinery store. total loss 800.
Gas has been struck in the new well being
sunk by Mr. VIC. De Paw. about eighteen
miles west OF New Albany. The flow i the
heaviest yet developed in Indiana, but not
sufficient for piping 70 the city. There IL
enough. however. 10 run the salt-works 10
be established at that point The well has
| been sunk depth Of 30 feet. and IL Is be-
lieved at depth 81 2.50O feet a sufficient
| flow Of gas will be struck to justify piping
! 1t to New Albany
| CHARLES MEgRrTT, OF Columbus. has been
| adjudged insane BY a commission Of Ia
| macy and . guardian appointed 70 manage
| his estate. which amounts 20 about fs0,OD
| His father, Thomas Merritt. became sud-
| denly and violently insane about four
| months ago. and died after three months
| confinement in the insane asylum. The
| sons mind was dethroned on coming 20
| suddenly into possession Of 50 much
| wealth.
| BURGLARS forced an entrance TO the sa-
| loon OF John whitneet. at Mount Vernon,
| ten miles southwest OF Wabash, by burst
! ing In the front door. They helped them
selves TO wines and beer knives. revolvers
! aud other articles The loss TO the proprie-
| tor II heavy. No clew.
| CHAs. OGDEx and Wall Nay were pretty
badly burned by the explosion Of coal oil
| In stove at Lebanon. The fire was not
burning well, and Ogden procured about
| quart Of coal oil and poured In the stove,
| and, after waiting awhile he and Nay both
attempted 70 apply lighted match, when
| IN explosion occurred.
| KATE JAMES, aged twenty two. Lafayette,
warned her sister Of intended suicide. and
| was chased 20 the canal, where her hat and
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