The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-12

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On. I<nArL TxsSrs. veteran physican,
died a Richmond
1nr Fi>ke block ~s> burns<i q valparai-
%; loss ts0uo
IL the Rit<ingc~ hank failure. ~ Indian
apoli<. liabilities are estimated ntetoo.uW
aud assets a. tsNvoo.
TKxRr HAtrr was lighted with eiectric
light Tor the first time ON the IL. under
contract and the tc<t was very satisfac-
tory.
Jonx r. WILLIAMS has brought suit %
Columbus, against the Western Union
Telegraph Company for ei,um damages,
Tor failure % deliver . me<<age 20 him q
Mount Eagle. Tenn. announcing the death
Of = relative. and asking what disposition
10 make o. the remains- The complaint
alleges that the telegraph company wholly
neglected 70 deliver the message, and TO-
tally failed or refused. and that in conse-
quence the body was held a. long a. posi-
bleand then buried in . strange land
NATHANIEL GosAx. = spectacle peddler.
was killed at Peru = few days since by his
travelling companion, y. Savage. The men
entered a bar-rcom and Savage stepped
behind the bar and picked up : revolver
which be fiourished around ~ his compan-
ion. saying. s,See what a steady nerve !
have Eotw The weapon was discharged.
the ball striking Gclan above the left eye
and killing him instantly. The shooting
was purely accidental. Savage Is under
arrest.
JrDGE W. ~. TEAcEwELL was fined At
Corydon the other evening on a charge Of
disturbing the public school ~ that place.
A teacher expelled one % the Judges
grandchildren and the Judge called upon
the pedagosue while school was in progress
and made use Of some very forcible re
marks IN the presence Of the scholars
vALE~rISE KErsEk. . Wabash farmer.
living alone, was found in the burned ruins
OF his house. and the theory Is hat he was
murdered.
THoS- MARLEY was arrested in Arkansas
for the murder Of Martin Archer. in lSsa.
in Orange County. this State. Il is said
tina Samuel Bunch aided Marley's escape,
for which the Archers swore to kill Bunch,
and did 50 in Martin County not lo5g ago
wnrLE making an exciting run ~ = false
alarm OF fire. at Kokomo. . few days
since. Michael Funk. = young fireman was
run over by . hoSe-cart. and had q leg bro
ken and received other serious Internal in
juries- Funk u a marblecurter, and re-
Gently moved 20 Kokomo from Anderson
FRITZ SoHS. . weIl-known citizen and
brewer OF New Albany. accidentally shot
and killed himself the other evening He
was in . wagon handling a pistol. when il
was discharged. the ball entering the left
side and passing through the heart. coming
ont 1t the back He leaves . family.
AT J~effersonville. Charles Boxer. while
cleaning . pistol. accidentally discharged
il. killing his fIve-year-old son. the bali
striking him in the left breast. penetrating
the heart The father i nearly distracted
over the accident.
Az unknown man was run over by On
Ohio and Mississippi train two miles west
Of Noores Hill. the other night. His body
was horribly mangled aud found frozen
He was apparently thirty years OF age:
light complexion. sandy mustache. dark
hair. short chin beard. blue Jeans pants.
blue wool shirt and white twill cotton
drawers: jacket. brown knit; hat. black
soft. cord band: boots. No. :. calf. red top.
WILLIAM McCArFKEr. a carpenter en-
ployed on the frestie Of the Indiana an
proach % the Kentucky and Indiana
Bridge. New Albany. fell from the ~trestle,
head downward. the other day. . distance
Of forty-five ~ = He struck upon his face
and head o.. ste railroad track and Z Loo
Of broke rock. literally crushing his face
into IN undistinguishabie mass. and break
ing the skull He lived hut ten minute
and leaves : family. On the field Of Shiloh,
Mccartney was gathered up among the
dead for burial. and after being dumped
into . trench was seen 20 move an arm.
and was taken out and saved from being
buried alive
Two Of the mcmbers of the family or
Francis A Ward. Deputy United States
Marshal, are down with cerebro spinal
meningitis. or spotted fever, At their home
near Glendale Daviess County. They ar
q boy and girl in their teens. and not ex-
pected % recover. There have been two
cases OF this dread disease in Davies Coun-
~ this winter. both terminating fatally.
JosErH A. KErcHrx, a prominent farmer
and ex-trnstee Of Eimcre Township. Davies
CouDty- IL afflicted with a well defined
case a milk sickness the first that has
appeared In that county for nearly twenty
years
AT J~effersonville. George Hagan. an old
c0iOftu man. VINO n1I Deem confined TO his
bed for several months. wa< able TO be out
the other day. and says he will soon be al
right he II the man who claims he was
.-vccdooed" BY . printer named Charley
Webb. who Is now editing . newspaper in
Georgia. Hagan imagined that his sfom
nch was full OF rattiesnakes and other ven
omous reptiles. He il being treated BY .
New Albany ~.'voodoor doctor. and GER
tainly does appear 20 b. getting better.
He said that the doctor had given him Z
charm which had driven the snakes away.
The charm" consisted Of . small cotton
bag. in which was what looked like =
chickens foot, but Hsgsn said e was !
bald eagles foot All the colored people
living near Hagan believe firmly that be
has e "~vcodooed,' = and that : cure hes
been effected.
AsExsArIox was created IN the Cham.
ben expires robbery case at Bloomington.
On the 1gth. by the State introducing ! new
witness, . Mr. Steinhagcr. who claims %
have seen Cbesley Chambers pass through
the smokingcar 70 the exprcss-car = shart
time before the robbery occurred. NJ.
Dillon. who was q witness AZ the former