The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-05
STATE INTELLIGENCE.

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pr0bably b compleeed far enough by Ian
nary, 1857. 70 accommodate ths Lesisla-
ture.
Tx mortality IN Indiana was about ono
thousand les In sSS5 than In 1854.
mi family Of Jacob Lutxenheiscr, near
North Manchester, were made seriously III
by IN unknown scoundrel who mixed rat
poison with sausage Of which they ate.
Wrmx two days there were I'VE deaths
| OF farmers In vigo County resulting from
frozen feet. gansrcue having set In In
both instances.
A L,neE barn 60 BY 10 feet, and the prop
| crtv IL the Charles Evan estate. situated
on the Chcsterville md Aurora road, near
Che<terville. together with lis contents,
consisting Of forty tom Of hay, four hun
drcd bushels OF oats and completes farming
utensils, burned to the ground the other
night. Tn loss Is estimated at from S2,O0
10 $1,000, ON which thcrc was no insurance.
The barn had hay press attachment, and
was one OF the most complete in the county.
The origin Of the fire was incendiary.
FIHrs were started in the furnaces OF the
Terre Haute Iron and Nail Works on the
18th. All that ran be learned is that about
one hundred men are 10 60 70 work in the
pudding department. The nailers say they
have had no overIures from the company,
and no one on the outside knows IL the
nail mill j. 20 be started up.
AT the Prison South, . few days ago,
Pat. stewart a convict, was discharged by
expiration Of sentence. He is a fine moider,
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working extra. A fellow-prisoncr named
Flowers had been very kind to him and he
told him when he went out he would leave
him a very substantial present. Accord
ingly he purchased a pair OF gloves, a silk
handkerchief and a bar OF SOAP. Inside
the soap he placed a five dollar gold piece.
When the presents were handed 70 the
Warden for Inspection, he took out his
knife and. punching a hole through the
soap,~ discovered the money. Hethen told
Stewart that the money would be confis-
Gated for the library fund. Stewart didn't
| Ike this state Of affairs, and whipping out
q pistol levelci it at Captain Towards
head, telling him 70 hand over the money
or lie. h Warden, with his usual cool-
ness. grabbed the fellow and put him out OF
The door.
AT Bloomington the second trial Of Ches-
ley Chambers, the alleged express robber,
was called. and on the 26th the entire day
was consumed in securing a jury. In the
evening the panel lacked one Of being com
plete. The State is represented BY her
Prosecutor. Nohlett, Hon. George W,
Friedley. Rogers q Henley and Eli X.
Miller. The defense Is represented as be-
fore by Hon. Jason Brown, Buskirk a Dun
can. East 4 East and n A. Fulk.
THE Archer outlaws were safely moved
from Shoals to Washington jail, and no
lynching Is now feared.
FORT WAYNE Daily Gc<eue was pur-
chased by Theron r. Rcator and b. NJ.
Holman for $1,000. Possession February 1.
FRANK HARMON. Terre Haute, who killed
Wesley Carpenter, . harmless boy. last
fall. is insane and will not be tried.
whisky
q DESSisoS, indianapolis, car stable
man. armed with a revolver borrowed
from a policeman. has been systematically
holding up belated car-drivers for their fare
boxes. Jailed
DrEBoLD SAFE COMPANY. Cincinnati, re-
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mi-ssoncr-. Myers and Co. Fort Wavne.
original contractor, failing 10 pay the
Diebold on its sub-contract
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Harrison Comfy. died IL bi~ home near
Bridgeport. the other evening, from inju-
ries received by falling from a wagon
loaded with straw.
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JAcoD ASH HENRY CnHrsrrAS'' two Ger
mans mite in intelligence, residing in
Wabash, the Other afternoon set out 20 haul
logs from the woods on bob sleds. When
ne s.eos were partially loaasu' nnc wn,e
kloIins long, ioe s'ppea, ro,iea o.vk'
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