The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-29

LiIHn NNiM tV<Er rtH
a wealthy farmer. living near Cohn"rs-
willie, attempted suicide BY shooting him.
self. The TAI struck a rib. an he viii re-
cover.
TnRrr persons were seriously injured
by a runaway accident near H~untlngburs.
TnE Indiana coal operators propose
form a, a State organization.
InEEE are no available funds In tho
Indiana Treasury 70 meet necessary ex-
penses.
AT Hazleion NJ s. Sallie Barnett applied
a whip with great force 70 Henry Ager as
he cams out OF church.
u. NJ CHAMBERLAIN disappeared imme-
diately alter lis marriage. near Hunting
burg. and has not been seen since.
Inc assistant postma ter at lidianaDplis
has been arrested for OBTAINING Lottery adj
Dir, ssel to the superintendent OF IN, old
pol &c torc- in that city.
DANIEL BArGn. who lives near SCOTS
burg, VIII celebrate his e-hundredth
birthday April - His eyesight is per-
feet being allie TO hunt squirrels with a
life and seldom missing his ain. His
black hair l. without a tinge Of gray. while
his son. eIgniy years old. Is whlts-halrei
and dying Of old age.
AT Alexandria. a gas we'll was lighted,
its capacity having been tested at seven
teen million cubic feet per day.
MAD DOGS have made their appearance
in Decatur County. and the citizen~ are
adopting the shoigdn treatment toprevent
their doing damage to man and stock.
in Crawford County will DO almost
a failure, owing 70 being smothcred out
iy oats. Most Of the wheat was sown on
Dat. stubble. and the winter having beea
very mild. oats have sprcuied up and
taken whole fields. Many farmers conn.,
plain Of swaims OF grasshoprcrs which
literally cover the soil which Is be ng
troken for oats.
VALPARAISO has abolished the Offices Of
street COMMISSIONS and chief Of the fire
department.
SOME boys playing in a cellar under a
bus ness block at Newcastle. the other
evening, fouud The dead body Of a we'll
developed infant wrapped in a skirt and
concealed in a shoe-box. Physicians give
il as their opinion that the child had teen
dead about thiriy-six hours.
The Postmas,e r General has appointed
James n. Tyner. Of Indiana, 70 be- Assist
ant Attorney General Tor the POST Office
Department.
THE dry goods firm o. Bratton & Shide-
Ter. at Munc G. has assigned. Liabilities
about $4,000: assets, $4,000.
A SINGULAR case OF wholesale poisoning
is reported from Ravenstad. Narrick
County. In the house Of James Mctsili. a
weIl-known farmer, a package OF Rough
on X .tsv was left lying on a shelf just
above a pail of drinking water. by some
means a portion Of the poison fell into The
bucket, from which the whole fam "
rank. The father. six'y-fiye Years
OF age and his son James died from ne ef-
fects Of the poison while the mother and
daughter on the 18th were In a critical
condition and not likely TO recover.
JEssE w. GRiFfIrns. Of Huntington, wa
an eccentric character. lie ran a drug
store over thirty years. and rarely left the
place, except 70 90 10 his meals. He died
in his store. refusing 10 be moved. ant
about his person was $500 IN cash, Will
other mounts were founi concealed in jar
and other receptacle. His estate aggre.
gates nearly $4,000. nearly all in cash
TnF Union Grand Army Association a
Mad son. Delaware. Grant. Blcxfcri
Randolph and jaw Counties will hold theil
iDuIiI ufuAil fDttlIhrHt n
July 30 II and August.
CANDIDATES. for the fourth-class post
cfices in Wabash County. have become 81
numerous that elections are being held q
decide on a popular choice. The election
for the Lagro office occurred recently
Lewis r. Murphy being the successful
man out OF y field OF five.
JANE McKFLvEy, aged nincty-four, 0
Jackson Township, Decatur County. J
dead. She was In the habit OF walking
three mics TO church until a short tim
ago.
Mss NELLIE AHRES. Of Peru, has becl
appointed Assistant State Librarian. wit
MR. Gertrude Hibben, indianapolis. sec
ond assistant.
Jonx u CocKRrM. Of Bonneville. hn
been appointed Deputy United States Dis
trict Attorney, vice lie "A Bailey.
The Baptist Chautauqua COMMITTEES ha
decided to erect q magnificent auditorium
building at LaPorte. The structure Is {
b. 80 fees in diameter. The society wi
/, elso construct a two-story hotel. % by
, feet, with Wild verandas exten ling aroun
IL.
l. II. EATON, a very eccentric man. die
: recently at hi, home near Stet
: ben County. lie settled in that county
. 1857. and By the closest economy in iivin
the life Of d hermit ucceeded in acquirin
7 ever LOO acres u good land and mut
= other property. His strange VIII =
keep ng with The ODDITIES Of his life. u
!, ianl is TO be divided into lots OF ten acre
! and on each lot there is 70 be erected
cottage These cottages are inteniei
homes ~ ~friendless women OF good cha
y acter over thirty five years % age.
AT the rec mt session OF tho 'rar
il Army Encampmcnt in indianapolis. y
i following officers wer elected; Depar
! m Mt commander, Chas NJ. Travis. crav
) fordsvitle: senior vice commander n.
Harris, shelby willie; junior vice comma'
i der. y. u Campbell, Anierson; medic
II director, a. H.Grecn, Mishawasa; cha
+ LAIN, G. II. Lee, Indianap olis; council
admin stration--J. II. Harris. Nobiesvil
q G. J. Murphy, Evansville; y. NJ. faver' !
! dianapolls; Alexander HISS, Wnbas
= Governor Hovev wns named as deicgat
at-largc 70 the National convent on.
~ utA, Srnxrp a monument cit zen