The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-01-13
TIE YEAR 1881.
0hronology o. some q ~ Moro
Important uvonta


Jan m-1cxas senate appropriated v1o>oS
M s-xnerissa xsricais1rai ssd dairy A.
nsy S-csl'iornis Wheat crop damaged ~
- 49, n ssa scs. ss osas Ssns
0arm n Southern Minnesota
July p-Incrcascd corn acreage q county -
:. ssp e Il ss ana
xne n-Rairs i West saved large portion .!
e.ops but los g farmers ~ drought estimates
AUG S-Repcrisd southern CO.., crop soooc..
- bushels moro than lsoA making Duth nearly
oes HsessssS annual convention National
usrmes' Alliance met ~ Minneapolis
Oct ls-value q WOOL clip Of United States
NOV. ii- q crop q the county estimated
sSs,sss iss ooSooS IN isdk
CASUALTIES.
011e1 and many Injured ~ collision on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad Al Elm1rA n. r..
oser men fatally injured ~ collision IN railway va
- injured 6y vrrc.<ins Of express train q
Wet Springfield, Mass Miss Kate Nichol-
- q Maysvlle. Ky. burned 20 death. Her
01ayeu g night AT Pewaukec, Wis.,. sleigh
sd OF icecuttcrs struck ~ tram and three
KILLED and nine injured At Elwood. IND. TWO
Dan. s-rhree boys fatally injured While ecsst-
- - Rutland VT Three men killed ~
4sles explosion . sne1kleyyiiIs. Pc
1Fozsn 70 death near Blilinrs H. r.
~. lA Troy T. so, mere rsss
Tc6. Lxcciden, on Vermont Central a.
Ieodsioek. VI fOrsy-siz persons KILLED and
~. i.5sesncr ". n. Gardner burned near
0o1nesviile. Ala. IS lives lost
Mar e-Four persons killed and many injured
: psnie . n elevated railway station ~ Sev
M. s-ssvsn men killed By boiler sxpio-
60 d SMichiean saw.mi!is
s,ssS 81 fsii e br|dss o. i Bosson I providslcs
6nxlrcnd near Boston
s ssrs e o e sss II y
7Gintng Company. - Bessemer. Mich.
Arr. 1.-Two vsssar graduates killed By ex-
Qle6icn while sightseeins IN coiiiery near Potts
Al: -siz nsa drowned 10 sals . ruskss
2! ss;'s': dssssss = ss.is g
EsS Twelve men killed ~ explosion IN
0eesa tunnel GeorsiA
Xev Orleans while Witnessing an immersion
Nay lS-Woman and : children - Coal
yslley Pa. burned % death from using petro-
Nay ie-Fo1r tons Of dynsnite exploded q
0p1nf Lake. Mimi. killing men and tearing
ahole forty feet deep IN ground
end s nt Montreal drowned by capsized pleas
June s-Fvs boy. drowned a Msquokess, =.
june 1s-Prope!ler Champia.n turned near
Ga levotx. Mich: 5 people drowned
june ss-sx men killed By cayi3g-in Of rAil-
Jaiv 12-Eiye men drowned at Boston By boat
Jay is-Ess men killed y lightning near
July io-Four persons shot. two fatally. By
nfian performers IN circus - Clinton IA
Joy M-Expssss ran into gang q Italian Italian
- nfteen and managing many
ssssss los q g 500 ooe -. -
ass = ssess ~ Fsosa e1 Mes
On railroad near Ch2tswortn. M
Aus- s1-Man. wife and children drowned By
wAicr-srouf near Cieburra. Tex
Sept i3-FCur men killed and q injured b.
0erciic tran near Asrc1. Col
Oct - Propeller California wrecked near
0oc -:r1u. Mich. - lives lost
Ont- is-At Rock Creek, No. woman killed
80 scyf-1l people fn1urcd By COLLISION e trains:
&C.. Is--At MeIaPhls Tenn: Judge Elicit fen
$780,. e<.oorains the Presidential party.
Oct c3-EIftcCn vessels wrecked and lives
1T p, storm en- Lake Erie.
Ooa Wa. with about - lives.
Scv. lat L1marA La. Z persons died and
oany others made y from poisosisg = supper
Nov. is-s'z men blown 70 pieces By ezplo-
D1on in dynnuits works. Ishpeming. Mich.
Nov ie-Babe and TOO young children left N
6pzcn 70 death ana others frost-btt:en-
AersoI %, Ky. burned % death n forest urea
<r11bssd collision near Pittsburgh v. Engineer
zond urcmon killed N smashup ~ Anna. O.
Ncr. 23-zhrec children drowned ~ Morrison.
1szned . death i waussu. WIS I. fivs per.
eDns killed and many Others injured a build
-llg blown down g lfineola, Tex.
aIiiins rcck :" near WiiEss6arrs, * .Tsrss
=. Two young men named Carbon killed N
sons injured. two fstaiiy. 81 explosion q mage
- Ter u Kirby House. Milwaukee.
Dee 1-Tuo young men suf7ccated b. coal
Dec. Gs. j West burned % death n his
6iIIed b collapse Of water tower Is Thomas
go sSsy ~ r"ss ns mean KsSson f Ky e'0 -
Dee. Two men killed . nour MIL ORE n
PC s ;.,!,;. y, m killed u mine explosion
Dee l0-A Mrs. Harris ana her sx children
ouncd 70 death IN dwelling near Wess,neton-
4I Eve men fatally injured y falling or
DC: ii-Tnrcs men killed n railroad collision
ne1r Clifton Forge, Va
Arosred u Missouri rsvsr near B I'm 4.
Dee E-rlree young men killed b : falling
49, near Toledo. O.
= ksshs 9Sgs a. k .sd s S',s
s1fDa d electric iieht works of West Chester, pa
De- s 1870 9sn burned Y oea g = Csnsin