The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-12

. boy insIde, mistnking him Tor burglar
fred heavy charge q shot into his fece
He can not recover
A. b JoxxS life-time convict - the
Jelyersonville prison, who was member
Of the once famous Jones-Tolliver gang.
was granted patent on an improved fold
ing table. He has been manufacturing the
articles inside the walls and making
money out Of them
MILLER BRornKRs' drug and jewelry
store, ten miles southeast q Anderson,
was burglarixed, the other morning.
Goods 20 the amount Of 500. including gold
watches, chains, charms, ringA three TO-
volvers and 50 In cash were taken.
WIN. HARRISON. colored, has brought suit
for a. 900 damages, ~ Anderson, under the
civil rights act, against . barber who TO
fused TO shave him.
THE first white marriage ever solemized
In Grant County was broken on the lst IN |
the death OF John Smith. pioneer resi- |
lent. The marriage occurred on the sth OF
September, 1921. The first Grant County /,
bride still survives at the age Of eighty
1--WE. This was believed to be tho oldest
married couple in Northern Indiana
WHILE Frank Morris and his wife. living
near Anderson, were away from home
their two-year-old child fell into An
open well twenty five feet deep and was
drowned.
SAN REIBsoNER, . boy living near East
Connersville. was dangerously hurt the
other day by being kicked by horse.
JOHN SH1RKEY, an old resident Of
Brownsville, had . thigh broken on the ID
by falling.
JAcoB KArrER committed suicide in his
barn at Fl. Wayne by hanging.
THE preliminary trial Of David Watson,
| the butcher who stabbed TO death John
\ Hudson. was held 1t the courtroom IN
Rockville, ON the ID. The court, according
| to the evidence, gave . verdict OF murder
| In the first degree, and sent Watson back
l to Jail without bail
A SECRET fair election league has been
found in Indiana to prevent the casting Of
illegal votes.
wnDAN JOHNSON, well-known young
man living at Ossian, ten miles south OF
IT Wayne. dropped dead at that place
the other afternoon. He was driving
milk wagon at the time, and was found In
the wagon dead.
Two deaths were caused by lightning
during the storm the other evening, In the
vicinity OF Evansville. VIM. Smith, living
~ Center Township, was In q corn-6eld
when the storm came up. After the storm
ceased. he failing to appear. . search was
instituted and his dead body was found In
the field. and upon examination L was
found he had been struck BY lightning. He
was sixty years OF age The other death
was that OF Casper westdorfer, aged forty
eight. employed on the farm Of Carl Bar
tulius, in German Township. A bolt Of
lightning struck the tree under which
Westdorfer had taken shelter, killing him
instantly.
| ALoxzo 8. WALLET and Charles Binegal
, | were acquitted at Marion, Of bribery
They were charged with receiving money
to Ak jury TO acquit . rich man Of n
} charge Of drunkenness.
THE wife OF DR.. A. smythe. Of Fillmore
Putnam County, was found dead on tn
I'd, on the return Of her husband TO III
home. She was in her usual good health
and no cause can be assigned for her sud
: den taking Of. save heart disease. He
! baby, one year old, was the only one in th
4 house at the time. The doctor married hi
= wife In sarcoxie, NO., two years ago
TINE wash-house and laundry attache
< 20 the State reform school, It Plainfielt
+ was destroyed by fire the other afternoon
involving 5000 loss. II was brick struc'
ure. two stories in height, disconnecte
from the main buildings and well equippe
with machinery. The loss il total, q a
STATE carries no Insurance.. cr'-4r II a
!. unknown.
10 WHILE digging . well on his farm NOR
70 Of Tipton. n N. Hoffman was stru'
- bv the handle OF q windlass and serious
Re injured. His nose was broken and q
ie fore head mashed in . frightful manner.
= WADE smvELY, while driving from q
70 fair rro,fnds At Huntington. attempts
!, "a cross q railroad track in front Of
:. p.ssenrer train. although signaled BY {
a nagman. The train struck his carriai
~ hurting Shively and . companion q
M Shively is badly hurt His compan'o
q, escaped injury.
n HUGH NJ HrxDs, . capitalist q Sou
Bend, and owner Of large farm south
rst there, was gored 70 death BY . vicious b
M while trying to lead him TO stall q I
't- farm. The bull cut his abdomen open Y
nd till bis intestincs ran out
49, THE family Of James Black, living M
Broad Ripple, Marion County. i strang'
IN afflicted. A few years ago : son. a
~ seventeen, was stricken with typhoid 4
er, and in q short time he lost the ent
ar use Of his body. and since then has had
INK b handled a. babe. II he allows
it'll bead to drop forward, some one must 70
isc Il before be can talk. Four weeks ag
Of hearty, robust boy, aged eight years,
gan 70 lose the use Of his limbs. and n
Vi. Be can use neither hand nor foot 7
- weeks ago . young lady was attacked v
De- infiammatory rheumatism, and she
grown weaker unit! she has lost the use
~ her limbs. The other members Of the e
- ily are compelled TO feed the three .
they were destitute Of arms.
ler. A INTERPRETATION son Of James Al
m. andsr, nine miles northwest Of Ncntpei
ant was stung by bee. A short time a.
the ward no went TO Poneto, three miles ~
When the boy got 70 town the sting
lin, him 20 that he went 20 . doctor, who
the ministered choral, seemingly without
a <I..->~ ~ UfVuf-