The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-06


made an eloquent address. and was fol-
lowed by other notables in brief re-
marks. President Harrison. who Was at
Indianapolis the day previous. had been
invited 10 attend. but was unable 10 do
so though many went expecting TO see
him
WHILE towing with = revolver that
had been carelessly placed within easy
reach. tie seven-year-old stcp-son Of
John Boiling. OF BrownstoNn. was shot
in the abdomen. The wound may prove
fatal
I jas WEAy. . pioneer. died suddenly
with heart disease AT his home. near
,rawfordssille. lie was native Of
/ Ohio.
/ NE~- fANrLr- Of Valparaiso has pet
| cat which weighs twenty-eight pounds.
I PoErIoSs Of Main and Franklin
streets. in Valparaiso. are 70 be paved
! with cedar blocks
I SOUTHERN l~piASA'> peach crop is
I proving very light but there is an
I abundance Of other fruit
1 FEA>k SINS. colored. in jail at Indian
4 apoiis for burglary, attempted suicide
| BY severing an artery in his wrist His
work was bunglesonie and his life Was
/ saved
! FoErEs COUNTY employees lbs school
1 teachers Their salaries last year
| amounted to 80. n6:acs.
1 The whole number 81 men in Indiana
who volunteered. were drafted. or en-
listed as substitutes during the war. was
I 5000. and ~ the survivors. IL is said.
| that the names Of about 10. 900 are now
| on the pension rolls
| jacob PHIi-LIrs. a well-to-do farmer.
| living about two and half miles north
west Of Mier. Grant County. while on
| his way to spend sunday with relative.
was thrown FINN his cart and sustained
injuries which resulted in his death in
about fifteen minutes Mr.. Phillips wss
about sixty years Of age.
Al Moores Hill. force Of men were
tkreshing farmer John Hawkswell's
grain. and when finishing large stack
Of wheat suddenly discovered a den of
copperheai snakes among the rails upon
which the stack Was built The place
was literally alive with them. Little
ones wriggled about on the table of the
machine. having been carried UP on the
bundles OF wheat The men armed
themselves with hoes and other handy
utensils. and wagcd war Of extermina-
ton
The skeleton ~ woman supposed 70
have been murdered was unearthcd at
Anderson
The township trustees 81 Bartholomew
County held conference. and after
great deal Of sranrling agreed TO en-
force the new school-book Law.
HENRY HrSTEE. while unloading
crossti.s at the j.. NJ. and |. depot. az
shelby willie. received injuries which. il
i feared. will prsee fatal. BY a number
Of them tumbling down on him.
THE courthouse az Gordon has new
roof. The building was erected in ISL.
and was used as the Capitol Of the In
diana Territory until 1916. and from
thence until i>.5 IL was the Capito OF tho
state II is stone building forty feet
square. and i twelve feet TO the ceiling.
il has one room down stairs and three
above
JoHS TErGc fell under J.. NJ. and I.
gravel train in the yards az Columbus.
and was literally cut 70 pieces
ALBERT ArLT. Of columbus. ~. W.
and J. brakeman. was killed while
switching.
APPLE trees at Crawforisville. which
were stripped ~ their foliage 81 the
heavy hail-sform some time ago. are
coming out with new leaves.
WHILE running = lennon machine in
Carter 4 Co.'S planning mill at Seymour.
sam Euhner's left hand was drawn
through and 50 terribly man1led that
amputation u the forearm was ncces-
sary.
ROY named Bahlor was gored to
death by an angry COW near Wabash.
LAroErE Is clamoring for free postal
delivery.
FIVE ccunterfciters were arrested in
Pike County.
WILLIAM JACKSON was killed in a
gravel pit at Logansport BY the sido
caying in
WHILE squirrel-hunting John Miller.
q Nclonia was@hot through the heart
w the accidental discharge Of gun in
the hands Of a younger brother.
NOTION % adopt the ordinance in
crcasing the liquor license from si0o to
$50. in Brazil. was tabled at the regu-
Tar meeting Of the council the other
nigIS
THK North Vernon Gas and oil Com
rany have drilled four wells i'm search 81
the coveted fuel without success. and
have jsst let the contract for another
well.
IA. AsTIont~. one armed man Of
Upton. attempted suicide by taking
s.rychninc. but lis life was saved by tho
timely nse d stomach-pamp.
Form prisoners confined in tho jail AZ
Upton. were discovered In an attempts
toescapc ~ the turnkey. and. al tho
point " revolver forced 10 take their
cells.
TnE President has appointed Daniel
w Tcmlinscn postmaster at I.orans-
port.