The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-19
STATE INTELLIGENCE

Ing paris green. at Weslvillc.
CHAs HoLsf~GKR was fatally injured
near Lagrange. By falling upon a rapidly
revolving circular saw.
TnE Wabash railway ticket Office. ns
Wabash, was raided BY burglars and tbs
money drawer rifed.
WM. BENSON was found guilty OF muir
der IN the first degree. at Jeifersonvillc,
for the killing OF Jacob Mottweiler.
HAVEN ScuEIL dropped dead while
play ing pool in a saloon at Elwood.
JAMES Cook, workman hi planning.
mill at Columbus. had his arm partially
severed. BY letting II accidentally strike .
band saw in motion.
VIM. Pray. Jealous fo' 80 jockey, shot
and kiliel his wife, at Frankfort, and
then kllel himself
JAMES MONTGOMERY, Of Chicago. presi-
dent OF the Montgomery Palace Stock-car
Company, the other day selected a site for
the loca' ion OF the shops Of his company N
Muncie, which has capital OF S5.VoaVo'.
and will employ l. so hands. The Muncie
Natural Gas Land aud Improvement Com
pany, OF when Tx -Governor Leon Abb,tt,
OF New Jersey. is president. gives the COM
pany fifty acres II land, free gas and
$50 900 in cas- :.
MAD bull. made a dash at Peter
Draper. near Alexandria. aal threw him
through rail fence. Mr.. Diapers leg
was broken.
REV. RUDOLPH RANDOLPH, living near
Andrews, was thrown from wagon. a
few days since, and fatally injured 10
is sixty-fve years Of age
WEI BENSON convicted on the 9th inst
at Jeffersonvile, Of the murder Of Captain
Mottw eier, has made full confession or
his crime ,sxxsn
AT kokomo, the large brick boiler works
Of l.yncn Bros. was burned 10 the ground.
Less. $1,000, mostly covered by insurance.
Three firemen, Captain John Conxlm. Of
Hose Company No. 81 Joshua Brown. OF
Hose Company No. 3, and Marshal Ben
nett, OF Hose Company NJ. 1, We're prob
ably fatally injured by a falling wall
HrNTI>GBuRG Dubois County, has
population OF 2,ods there being .o3i males
and the same number OF females l. is
probably the only town in this country
where the sexes are equally divided.
SEYMOUR is cnj 9ying steady growth
Its latest business gain is a pressed -l.r,ck
mandatory, with capacity Of 2lOJO
day.
A VERY large and old gray cagls was
shot near Seymour the other day IL
measured forty zone inches from tip to tip
Of wings
BEx ScOrT was convicted OF killing Con.
Crowley, in the st. Joseph County court.
ami sentenced to five years imprison-
ment
Miss Ina Scorr Is the choice OF the Re-
publicans Of Dublin for postmaster, hav-
ing secured majority Of the votes in an
election held recently.
JoHS WRIGHT, the tallest man In Madi-
son County, and probably the tallet ono
in the State. died the other morning. at
Anderson. Mr.. Wright was little ovor
eight feet high.
PROF f. {. PALMER, Of Columbia City.
was elected president OF the Northern
Indiana School Superintendents' and
Teachers Association, at it, session in
Warsaw. recently. The next nesting
will be held at Columbia City, April, 1890.
/ FLANDgR WILLIAMS was arrested at
Princeton on charge OF burgarizing the
New Harmony post-ofiics.
I bHELByviILE will soon have electr g
lights.
! THE prospect for large fruit crop in
Southern Indiana is excellent
! JoEL W. KELLOGG, OF Elkhart County, Z
convict in the Prison North, was pardoned
the other day that he mi ght reach home in
time 20 attend the funeral Of his wife. who
has Just died. he had but short time 10
1 serve.
SoME miscreant who was evidently Ia
hard luck, tho other night removed tho
corner stone Of the Baptist Church from
its place in the walls, at Cambridge City
The church was built In 1874. and but ~ .
in money was known TO have been depos'
tied in It. Poor pay for such trick
The other afternoon James Pounds ant
his sister in law, Miss Kate Hutchins, wh'
resided near New Wash ington, drovs =
Chariestown to make SONS purchases
AlSut foue o'clock they started 20 drive Z
their home. and were descending nj
when Mr.. Pounds. who was occupying
seat in front OF Miss Hutchlns, turned =
speak TO her. lie noticed that she sat per
fectly quiet, while all the color seemed =
have sud lenly left her face. A. no an
swer came he took hold OF her AMI foun'
that she was dead. He drove to a 70 u
dence near by. and. leaving tho bod
there. returned to Chaslestown to sumIno
a physician, but his services were OF y
avail. The young lady was apparently !
perfect heath. and Mr. Pounds had bee
conversing with her only few moment
before the fatal summons came, and sh
seemed in the best Of spirits.
JosErH PAXTON was convicted OF muir
der at Jeffer sonvllle. aud sentenced to III
impr .sonment in the penitcntiary.
; JAcoB HonxuSG. a leading brewer (
New Albany. committed suicide wnh
revolver.
JACOB STuDEBsKER was lodged In Jail .
! I.ogansport and will be placed ia the IN
sane asylum Studesaker imagines thu
the White Caps are going 70 kill HIM an
his condition Ii pitiable In tho extreme
|. JASPER N. WATSON. OF Joncsboro, Ia
been arrested on seven indictments. char &
ing violations OF the liquor aw. In d.
! fault OF 81, 400 bail no was committed.
|. JoHS W. TATE, Of indianapolis, while q
work In a quarry at Rswona, had his az
' kles so taily crushed by falling timber
: that II Is doubtful IL his feet can be save,