The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-29
STATE INTELLIGENCE.

| making coupling Of two ears. was
caught hy the bumpers and badly crush
"a. Ills injuries are thought 70 be
I fatal
! While VIM. st. Clair, OF licnryyillc,
| Clark County. was loading his gun. his
\ hand was blown of by tho explosion "
/ cartridge in il.
| oN December 30 an election will DO
held At Linden. Montgomery County, TO
have the place Incorporated.
III. MAINE butchers roast their Chi
cago rivals BY cutting prices.
As old man named Becker hanged
himself With clothes-line at South
Bend
>risikiNc block coal miners in the ccn-
trial part Of Clay County. have concluded
70 resume work At the operators offer.
Mrs. ELLA WASSFRMA~. who figured
in the Wasserman- Leeds case at Laportc.
has been indicted for assault and bat
terry with intent to commit murder. She
refused 70 enter 4 plea. The defense
will try the insanity dodge.
WHILE Murray Beach was digging a
well AZ Valparaiso. few days ago, he
was overcome with frcdamp. John
sharp went down after him
with a rope tied around hir
waist. The rope broke and Sharp fell 10
the bottom, breaking his neck. Beach
was rescued alive.
FntHrH-cLA>s postmastcrs were APP
pointed on the 18th. as follows: Fired.
Ripley County. Frank Hancock: Link
vile, Marshall County. Levi Arnold;
Landersville. Morgan County. X. Litter
er; Moorcsville. Morgan County. II. L.
Woodard; Newbern. Bartholomew Coun-
~. John /. Jones; Waverly, Morgan
County. John w. Duncan.
The infant son Of Rudolph Snider. OF
Wabash. was fatally burned few days
since. The little one climbed up on
tub OF scalding water and fell in. Its
flesh was literally cooked and hung in
shreds when the infant was pulled out
OF its fatal bath.
IL the L. :. District Court. at Indian
apolis. Isaac Reynolds. an old-timcr. and
Ben Lucas and Albert Kinney were SEN
fenced for countcrfciting. the former TO
five years Imprisonment and the latter
TO one year each. They made fine inn
itation Of the silver dollar.
A MAS>-MEErIxG OF the students and
faculty Of Wabash College was held the
other morning. and SIS was raised to
employ coacher TO train the football !
team.
The city council Of Charlottesville has
adopted an ordinance which creates a
fire-board. which will consist OF the /
mayor and three councilmcn. The de-
partmcnt then is 70 consist OF chief. /
assistant. five frcmcn and fourteen
a CHILD was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
James >ibert, near Frankton. whole
right arm has the appearance Of having
been amputated a couple OF inches be-
low the shoulder
WM. >crAuB was arrested by United
States officials at Martinsvillc for sell
ing tobacco without license
Two convicts employed in the shoe
shop at the Prison South quarreled the
other afternoon. and the difficulty end
I'd in one OF them being stabbed four
times in the hack with shoe~knife The
convict who did the cutting was locked
N his cell. and the wounded man was
conveyed to the hospital. The wounds
ire very serious ones. but 1t is not
thought they will prove fatal.
NUMBER Of Anderson merchants have
been victimized by 2 forgcr in amounts
varying from s. 70 $40. The forger would
order groceries and other goods to the
amount Of Sl.50 and ~. and then present
check bearing the forged name OF j.
Hill. for from s. to $40. as the case
night be. and would receive the balance
n cash The officers are searching for
lin.
W. y. IIIcHLy has been appointed
postmaster at Burton. Tippecanoe Coun-
".
THE large packing and poultry house
= Henry Carter. Winchester was en-
ircly consumed by fire at an early hour
he other night. Loss fully $1,000: in
'ured for $1,000. Mr.. Cartcr's loss viii
each fully $1,000.
Az unknown crazy man is held in the
Madison County jail lie T. rcpulsiye-
cooking and entirely unknown. and can
i've no account of himself When
ound by the roadway he was eating
'rass. and he devours hay. corn and
traw with apparent relish
Hos. u. 4. LEG:. of Wildcat Town
hip. Upton County. who owns one OF
he most valuable herds OF cattle in In
lana. has in the past few months lost
took by poisoning, the aggregate value
4 which is 5000. Who the poisoncris ;
an not be conjccturcd. heavy rewards
aving failed 70 discover him.
CIT 81 nearly six hundred convicts \
ow imprisoned in the Jacksonville
cnitentiary. not one OF them II con
ned TO his bed. There are some half
Oxen Of them that are afflicted with
hronic diseases. but they are able to
'alk around the yard. liz
HENRY &. CrEny. a business man of !
'hclbyvillc. was badly hurt in a run
way. being thrown into barbcd wire
sncc and cut terribly and his arm and
* broken.
;. a. BARTLETT has been appointed
ostmastcr at Eartlettsvilc. Lawrence !
ountv. and Laura Forr at Riverside.
ountain County.
IENEy HARDEN was killed while
'alking on tho railroad track at La ,
Drtc.