The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-09
STATE INTELLIGENCE

booAs a. unsatisfactory and not UP 70
tho standard Of the books now In use.
IL the storm west 81 Columbus the
other night. hail-stoncs A. large as eggs
fell in showers. Joseph Ault. "a farmer
was caught out. and almost p"lted y"
death. his wounds being very severe. vn
The soth he was lying in q critical condi-
ton.
Tim Civil service Commission has In
creased the indianapolis examining
board from three 10 five members. max
ing Nm. l.. fishback one Of the new
members.
ArAEurI~' club has been organized
TO capture i monkey which has taken
refuge in a dense woods ON the farm OF
John ". Allen. living six miles cast OF
Ninccnncs. The animal i supposed to
be an escape from a menagerie.
Tnr Acknowledgement OF Indiana has
decided that township trustees are
obliged 10 introduce into their districts
such school-tcxt books as are authorized
By the new law.
JONATHAN NJ. Ripr>orH. one Of indi-
ana's most prominent citizens. Is dead ~
indianapolis.
Two no.~ who took refuge from rain
under a tree. near Evansville. were
struck by lightning and We're temporal
rily rendered unconscious
ELkmAnr CorSTy wheat is expected
70 run from thirty-two 70 forty bushels
10 the acre.
WI. B~i~GEMA~. OF Logansport.
escaped the fatal results Of a rattle
snakes bite by swallowing a quart OF
whisky.
TnE officers in charge OF the United
states agricultural experiment station
at Purdue University have issued a
circular 10 the officers Of the county
agricultural associations. asking them
10 arrange for the holding Of farmers
Institutes. and giving detailed informa-
tion upon how TO conduct them.
TnT state Grand Lodge. Knights and
Ladies Of Honor. Will meet in Jefferson
Vile. Thursday. August H.
FRANK TnToS. Il convict sent 70 the
Prison South. from Putnam County. for
burglary. died in prison. OF consump-
tion.
WILLIAM SAFER. Of Richmond. was
seriously. If not fatally. injured by the
falling Of a shcd roof under which he
was standing at the time. a rusty nail
was driven some distance into his head
iih>E EATON. a farmer near Browns
burg. Hendricks County, killed a valua-
bic registered Jersey COW a few days
ago which had become rabid. Much
alarm is occasioned. as the family did
not know the COW had been bitten by a
dog. and had been using the milk.
NEw- was received at lit. Wayne. on
the 3oth. from New York thas Hon.
Henry Monning had died suddenly in
that city. Mr.. Monning was on his way
home from Europe. where he had been
on a tour for his health. lie was a very
prominent and wealthy citizen Of Fl.
Wayne. and for many years q a lead
ing Democratic politician having held
many prominent positions. and at the
time Of his death was one Of the dircc'
tors Of the State Prison.
TIN other night Mrs. J. II. Hartman,
aged IS. went ID sleep on the Lake
shore and Michigan southern track.
NEAR MllAtI~NHIk fA-h W aitA
was struck by train No. : and instantly
killed. her head being horribly man
gled. She had been insane since tho
death Of her husband two years ago.
Ar Columbus. the fifteen year old sor
Of George Knott. accidentally swallow
cd a pin abouta year ago lie suffered
no Inconvenience until nearly three
| months afterwards. when he began 70 bs
troubled with severe pains in tho lowe
part of the body. lie Their began goin'
into a decline. and small eruptions ap
reared in succession en- various parts o
Ills abdomen and thighs. a few day
ago he felt d prickinE sensation on tn
lowerpart Of his body. and feeling IN
Mace with his hand. he discovered tn
hin point p~rotruding. II was drawn on
and found TO he corrodcd with rust.
passed through many delicate organs Il
it, years wandcringS.
Henry SEEMING confessed. AZ L.aporte
that he attempted "a Kill hi~ mother
father and sister with arsenic in ordc
that he might become possessed Of tn
family property and marry 4 girl VIII
refused him on account of his poverty.
THE Edinhurg Fair and Trotting Al
ISOLATION will hold its fair during TIA
first week in October.
ANDERSON has secured another glas
factory. which l. expected 10 be in OF
Grafton BY November.
TIM toll-gatcs in Union TOWNSHIP
Montgomery County. have been r.
moved. and now there are not ovs
ten miles Of toll-roads in tho cntir
county.
Az expensive railroad wreck occurre
in the Toledo. Kansas City and st Lou
railroad yards in Frankfort An engin
and five cars were completely demo
ished. Loss. $1,000. No lives lost
Hox. ALBERT q. PORTER, Minister
Italy. writes to friends in Indianapoll
that he has paid several visits to tn
Royal Foundry at Rome, whore III
bronze work on the monument TO N
late vicc-Prcsidcnt Hendricks il bsin
done. and he states hat the figure
Mr.. Hendricks. which IL now being fiji
ishcd. is remarkable likeness. and thi
tho friends Of the distinguished state
man will be we'll pleased with it.
a NUMBER OF children played doct'
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