The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-10-25
STATE INTELLIGENCE

~,h,ch was DAMAGED bv firc few days
.go The dwelling was the finest in
~ West and cost $500. 900.
-. co.ctv IA a citizen who Is
-, h,,,,,.,-..i ~ cxcrxbodv. This
person II none other than Micigar liam
cock. Who was horn in Sesscx County,
Del.. on the sth day Of January, lsss.
lie Is the son OF Caleb Hancock and tho
grandson az John Hancock. the signcr
- tho DECLARATION Of Independence. lie
- ! soldier in the war OF 1879 and
Vas "a I.ewistoxn when that place was
commanded by the British for twenty /
hours. Mr.. Hancock stood aloof from |
politics. even neglecting his right 70
vote. until Andrew Jackson's time, when |
the hero Of New Orleans won his admi- !
ration. which led him to the ballot-box
A. support Of this great Democratic sol
dier. since that time each political bat
tie has found Mr.. Hancock in the front
ranks OF Democracy.
LAFAYETTE has increased the liquor
license TO $3.50, the limit Of tho law
Wu. MAxnAuM. now a lunatic, con-
fesscd 10 his wife. before he became in
sane. that he was ono Of the murdcrers
OF Mrs. Foreman and her daughter, near
indianapolis.
Josrru p. TuRoop has been appointed
Collector Of Internal Revenue for the
Seventh District OF Indiana
vx,,,,,er bas finally been reached in
80 S.s-aa~ ;,,ssnitv ease AZ Columbus.
T.hs rial occunicd several DAYS. and at
,rse,ad wild attention. Mrs. Catherine
- - - ~T-7-T n
the ,urx "a BE- ~ sound mind and cap
allie ~ fransacting business. This de-
c,s;on ives the Hartsvillc College the
zeal riyht "a l<ecp the twenty thousand
dollar donation made the institution by
| Mr. SNYDER. The attorneys for the
plaintiff have made motion for new
| trial
| Txsrrrror II. VFrrxAx smoked q CT
| ar while testing natural gas in build
! ing at Fort Wayne. The gas ignitcd
| from the cigar. and caused an explosion.
/ Vellman was horribly burned.
NAyon CroRcE w. STEELE. whose
name has recently been mentioned in
connection with the Pension Commits
sionership. was thrown from buggy
near Marion and mad an arm broken
OxcAR Surru. living cast OF Mont
heller. fell and broke his thigh some
weeks ago His mother. who lives At
Dunkirk. came 70 see him. and whom he
was showing her how ne broke II. he fell
and broke il in the same place again.
There Is a school district in Union
Township. Montgomery County. in which
there arc only two girls Of school age,
and neither one Of them attended school,
which Is one composed Of about thirty
boys.
MIS- WV. EDDY fell in fit into fre-
place. near Terrc Haute, and was dan
gcrously burned.
"A Jos SuAFFER. Of Hanover Township
jefferson County. has probably the old
est chicken in the state u being i
years old last spring. Mr. Shafer SCI
'. the eggs himself, and can certify 70 Inc
fact
HORACE SEBEryc. who poisoned an en-
tire family at Three Oaks, for the pur
pose Of securing possession 81 property
in order that he might marry girl wn'
refused him because Of his poverty. ma
. been sentenced TO twenty-nveyearS I'M
I prisonmcnt-
! NEAR Jeffersonvillc, the other nigh'
James Bishop shot and killed mare
/ Phipps- They were a. dance. nisnol
. was abusing ms wiie ana 'hrea'en,hs '
I beat her. wnen fnipps ihterie'cus ="
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I, iac.nrins inaus.ries |" ..''s.e 800
J that since the in'foauc''on y n~.ui.
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