The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-08-10

bus. cutting on both tect anu n"h"s- s"'
child Is stili alive, but can not survive
SARAH Roops, aged sixty two, commit
ted suicide az Columbus by taking NOR
phine.
Tux Democracy Of Knox, Gibson and
Vanderhnrch Counties met la Delegate
conventionsn Evansville, and unanimously
nomin ated Hon. Samuel Hargrove, of Glib
son. for Joint Representative for the above
counties in the State Legislatures
Az Rushviiie. while Louis Morter was
nlayinr in the stable OF Edward Crosby no
WAS Kicked in the head BY horse, fractur-
ing mis- skull. His recovery Is not pfop-
ahia.
AT Indianapolis. Charles Russell, :
brakeman on the JeG road. fell under the
wheels losing his right leg
AT Madison. John Moore, In NJ q
dependency. attempted suicide by taking 4
a large dose Of arsenic and slashing ms
throat with a knife. Proper remedies,
| promptly administered. saved his lie.
| wv. HARTMAN. q farmer. residing SIX
| miles west Of Columbus. aged sixty -FOUR
/ while moving. stepped backward into tne
| sickle bar. nearly severing one foot'
/ I1surx,xc struck four horses belonging
| 20 +. NJ. Cooper, six miles southeast OF
Anderson. killing all Of them. NE horses
we're standing under walnut tree There
was not a mark Of violence 70 be seen ON
any az the animals except that every hoof
was stripped entirely or each one. The
tree showed no evidence Of having been
struck.
II MICHAEL DoxAHuE formerly . conduc-
To-. with the Big Four, but more recently
with the Electric Light Company, n
dianapolis, was fatally overcome by
the heat. ON the 3lst, dying in a few min
utes-
SIX Of a gang OF nine thieves who have
.. been robbing vigc County farmers, were
.. arrested at Terre Haute, Chas- L. Helper .
! sewing machine repairer. VINO was first ar
I rested. confessing and informing on the
] others. Three escaped.
OK the night OF July II hand-car was
{ placed on the PAN Handle tracks near
n Greenfield. and passenger train was
= nearly wrecked. superintendent Bennett
> viii Offer $3.50 reward for the arrest and
. conviction OF the attempted wreckers
! THE Republican Congressional Conven-
= tion OF the Twelfth District met at Fort
!. WAYNE. and Hon. J. B. White. the pres
= emit incumbent. was nominated by acclama'
tion.
! RKy. A. X. WRAY, who has been pasto
e Of the Congregational Church in kokom'
the past year, has accepted call tobe 81
r. perintendent Of Congregational Churche
q. for the State OF Missouri with headquar
ne ters at ST. Louis.
~ The postmasters at Muncie and Column
bus have applied for free delivery.
- Ar Newtonville, i've miles west Of Grand
~ view, q cow was discovered TO be very sicl
and the town physician was called
r. procee led to examine the ANIMAL wn'c
Of was badly swollen. and pronounced Z
case Of poison from snake-one-
vas cow died that night On the following d.
lst the farmers Of the neighborhood began
rec search for the poisonous reptile. and d
ere covered Il and thirty -seven other snak
pad n ! nile q driftwood on the hank o.
rre~k which runs through the pastui
Is. They were OF = family Of vipers c'sprea
lho. head',,. and were quite vicious, ana ma
TOT : desperate attempt 70 fight Their aaS'
req saries. who fell upon them and extern
n mated the entire lot, consisting Oh iaI
ana small reptiles, ranging from three 3
49, 70 i've inches in length
ma ARTHUR MEER, the nine-year-old son
ock. sheriff Henry Nicer. fell from the corn
with ~ the courthouse IT Sheibyviile 70
beef ground. distance Of forty feet ana
tanned INJURIES that viii! prove fatal.
Ap.arv az substantial farmers-Thor
.on Coot. Thompson sutton, +. Shep
- az George Jones and others, near Conns
man ville-went fishing with seine, ana
..tv. Ran fined IS Tor each fish caught,or .
q the cost OF so per man.
time AZ Rushyille. Homer Ravens. aged
D was teer .-as stabbed in the back BY -
and Gaptner. .1ed ten. They disputed ov
Sen chew OF tobacco. He Is dangerously
y :, M A. Marion Frank williams. aged 4
'..s.sc and his nephew. John Williams
time thrown from buggy and badly inv
ION OF the former fatally.
Dem- WmuE CARS visited meeting condu
PEN bv a Mormon missionary 1t Brynevii'
other night and caused stampede 9
start. congregation. Missionary Scott and
axe Q other apostle from Chicago were IN
tended victims, but escaped.
con- vIxcExxxs will bore for coal
49, Mas. JOHN FLANAGAN and her y
s;ster-in-law. Miss Flanagan, residi
-. short distance from Dorah, Wabash 4
"a the ". were about week ago attacked
. vs.r- strange malady, which on the nth
= SEN ised TO terminate fatally. The
an the we're almost on the same day =
ill es- en- down with . chill. and immed'
tion Of began frothing at the mouth asts
known ing 10 bite themselves and their =
'urt o. who approached So violent have
now become that Il requires the
udge o. or several. persons 20 restrain them
-. sp- the commissions are on. The unforte
ennsyl- arc perfectly rational and fully
runAos their condition. hut say they are =
unable % control themselves while q
~. - ~ ~ are on. The affection strongly rose
. fs,and hydrophoba, but neither Of ne .
- shst nor their friends can remember q
~reck 4 been bitten by . dog. In one o. W.
On the vulsions on the 26th Mrs Flanagan
half her tongue, and 70 prevent
prtion Of tiicting further injury her mouth ne
,stroyed tied shut. The case thus far has
medical skill.
Is for the Hox. FRANK b. BURKE, Of Clark =
Il Chang WAS unanimously nominated BY the
this have ocracv OF Scott, Jennings and Clark
ties Tor joint Senator. Mr. Burke =
|. Japan, known political and criminal iaw