The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-01-18
srA1e INTELLIGENCE.


| CHAs CLARK, who lived near Columbus,
under indictment for larceny, suicided In
his barn the other night by taking opium.
He leaves wife aud child.
| WV PAswArEi. aged twenty lone years,
was sentenced to two years IN the South
ern penitentiary for robbing store At
| Lexington.
| A COMPANY, with a capital Of $4,000,
has been formed at Terre liaute for the pur-
| pose Of boring for oil. The old Chauncy
| Rose well, In operation twenty years ago
| will be re-opened.
| Hos. J. ~ HusTox, late chairman Of the
| Indiana Republican 4 ,mmittec, has gone
| to Florld a for his health.
| DR. &. C. GivENs, ON trial at Terre
! Haute for the murder Of Webb Stuart, last
| August, was acquitted.
/ FRANCIS MURPHY and his two sons have
closed their temperance revival At Con-
nersville, having induced !, 900 persons 70
sign the pledge.
| A LITTLE pig with two bodies, eight legs
and four ears is freak OF nature Just come
! 10 light ON a Steuben County farm.
| ONE Newman. OF Nashville, has a crow
| which has for>aken It's kind. and associates
altogether with the chickens In the barn
yard. At night II roosts with the poultry,
and during the daytime feeds with them,
and altogether conducts itself as we'll
! dispositioned chicken.
/ THE Jeffersonvlle Boot and Shoe Com
pany finds that convict labor does not pay,
and wiil abandon its cont act with the
Prison South on April ]. 1t will remove to
st. Louis.
/ A. l.. NEAL, = school, teacher In Clark
| Township. Montgomery County, claims to
have the largest and smallest scholar OF
any school in the State. One Of them is a
boy who weighs go pounds. aud the other
Is a girl who weighs twenty five pounds.
| FATHER MEisNER, pastor OF the Catholic
Church at Peru, has placed an electric
/ light on the spire OF his church edifice, LIS
feet above the ground. which sheds a brill
liant light over the city and can be seen
far out into the country.
The other night burglars cnrtcd away
almost the entire contents Of the store
Of Conboy Bros, at Pin Hook, jennings
County.
AT Terre Hnute, Joseph Mccain. white
gambler, shot Willis Edwards, colored. in
the neck, but the wound is not dangerous.
SAMUEL II. PRICE has sued the city Of
" ashing ton for $1,000 damages. alleged 70
have been occas ioned by fall Old a de-
fectvc sidewalk
4 CHAs. GuxGESsov is in Jail at Nalpa-
raise charged with committing highway
robbery and attempting to murder James
Walsh.
GEO. BUCHANAN. who has been postmas.
ter at Judson. Montgomery County, since
1896 has resigned, and John NJ. Glover has
been appointed.
OK January IS the citizens OF BEDFORD
will vote on the proposition to incorporate
that place as city. The census, just COM
pleted, shows q population Of :, 40.
vERiTABLE ghost is said to haunt
the farm Of Charles Gwynne, near Lexing-
ton, Clark County. 1t presents the ap.
pearance Of white shadow in human form
and Is proof against bullets, rocks and
clubs.
A rosT-oFFicE has been established a
Polling, Jay County. VIM. Polling com
missioned postmaster.
The remains OF John Dillon were foune
in the canal ut Lafayette. lie had beer
missing three weeks.
GEORGE lowell was shot and danger
ously wounded at Francisvilie by Woo
Thrasher. Thrasher gave himself up.
feud has existed between Dowcll AND
other citizens for six months and il re-
suited in the shooting. Dowellmet Thrash
er and DIR. 5. l. Brown in the street an
after exchanging angry words botl
Dowell and Thrasher drew pistols Tn
formers weapon failed TO discharge.
MRS ELrzABErm DUNN, aged 1906 die
nea, Iartsville.
L. +. BROwx. converted infdel, VIII
formerly edited the Cincinnati Brcakfas
Table. and Rev. J. =. Bitter, OF Harrison
, O., concluded great religious revival a
! Marion few nights ago. The work Taste
eight week. during watch SINE there wer
four hundred conversions
The jury in the SANDER suit Of Williar
4 Csc W. John w. Dye, at Connersvils
. returned verdict Of s225 for plaintiff, VIII
: had been accused Of burning defendant
! barn.
Z. CONTRACTORS have turned over the nat
ural gas works at Richmond complete
: They receive $4,000 in cash aud the sam
amount In stock.
GOVERNOR GRAY has appointed X. |
j Richardson. OF Evansville, 70 succee
Judge PARROT on the bench In the Wander
: burg and Posay circuit and J. W. Adail
as Judge Of the Kosciusko and White
: circuit. 10 succeed Judge Odds.
, The Decatur County court house will B
remodelei. and contract for that pur
I pose will lie let early In March. The con
templated improvements will cost froI
$4,000 TO 1900 and the work will be com
pleted early next fall.
THE residence OF Mrs. VIM. Geral
: burned at Tcrre Haute. When the fire dc
partment arrived IL was found that Mr.
|, Gerald, her son, aged four, and daughter
aged six, were in the house. BY hero
efforts the hremcn succeeded in carryin
= out all OF the inmates. The boy was !
! frightfully burned that he soon died, an
: the mother is so badly injured that her ~
: IL despaircd OF. One OF the fircmen vi
overcome by heat, and tainted as
i reached the outside OF the building wit
u the boy in his arms.
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