The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-02
STATE INTELLIGENCE

ION. nA> bttH lAAtsAs Nt~trNH -
Ing a 500 note on Thomas Macy, . farm
cr OF that section.
wAlkER, the t~wo-year-old son OF Her
man Berndt. Of L%ogansport, Was struck
on the head By the hoof Of a horse and
died shortly thereafter.
JoK RAY. a farmer living near shell
byville. while handling a revolver, shot
himself in the head. INJECTING . dan
gerons wound.
Tn following f~ourth-class postmaster
were appointed on the Esd; Brook. New
ton County. Jos. Merchant. vice Nancy
a. pcndcrgrass. removed.
Az election held in Montgomery
County on the Esd. to buy the toll roads
and make them free resulted in major
tiles Of ten 70 one in favor OF purchasing.
FRANZ SIMMONS. a wealthy and prom
inent young man Of Greenfield. son OF
late John simmons. banker. died very
suddenly the other afternoon Of paraly-
sis. aged thirty-two. lie has been in
delicate health for the past three years.
This j. the fifth death that has occurred
in the Simmons family within the past
year Of the same disease.
A coxvIcr named Brown is serving
his ninth term in the Michigan City
penitentiary.
TIM Corydon Republican prints a list
OF -, persons in Harrison County OF
the age of seventy years or upwards.
Most Of them are in the seventies. quite
a number are past eighty. a few are
ninety. and one has reached the unusual
age Of 10. years
LAFAYETTE business men are organ
izing a mutual insurance company.
P.Ayl~.. lead ore is reported 70 have
been discovered near Vinccnncs.
SrNpA, closing was strictly observed
al Corydon on the 2ist. the result OF
anonymous notes threatening p~rosccu-
tion. being sent 10 the BARRIERS. confcc-
TONERS and other dealers there
>~riScrEs city attorney arrested two
men Tor peddlinr Bibles withou; IL
censes. but the ordinance was adjudged
defective. and the defendants escaped.
PEoF. y. G. BLACK. Of Logansport.
has been chosen superintendent OF the
Michigan City schools.
DETrHi proposes to get more natural
gas from the Kempton field. and a syn
dictate has offered 10 take the Shelby
Vile plant and add the gas needed from
Hancock County.
TnREE persons were drowned while
bathing in White river. near Mobiles
Vile.
HENnY lr>cHNEyER- an old either
OF Evansville. got drunk. drove his am
lily from the house and took a dose Of
Rough on Rats. lie was found dead or
the floor OF his room.
ISAAC :. >EAN. a Marion County CON
Wet. was made happy the other day BY
receiving apardon from Governor Hovey'
Seay was received at the pcnitcntiary
June ii. ISIS. 10 serve . term Of twenty
one years for murder. lie had served .
little more than six yearsof the term.
INA WALkEi- aged sixteen. was
drowned while bathing in Flatroch
river. near Columbus.
NEW ALnAxY fruit-growers state thai
there will be in bearing next season an
increased acreage Of Strawberries Of AZ
acres. This will nearly double the ship
ments OF the scason just past
DocroR HAETIETr. arent % the United
States Fish Commission AZ Quincy. III.
writes that a carload Of bass and othe
game fish will be sent early in Angus
10 be placed in the streams Of southern
Indiana
THE musical congress. TO be held a
Manlovc's Park. one mile and q hal
southeast IL Cambridge City. on Angus
>. and -. promises TO be one 81 "a
greatest musical treats ever witnessed i
the Whitewater valley.
THE contract FOR six barracks at III
Marion soldiers Home has been award
ed to VIM. Saint, Of Dayton. O.. f.
slI7..i2.O..
gas has been found az Balbcc.
I TmE board OF equalization ~ Earfhc
/ omcw County. has thus far raised Ii
assessment in that county over $500. oo'
!, TnK Wabash Railroad Car shops !
: Butler. were destroyed BY fire on til
: 18th inst. loss about 500. 600.
I. MoSE~ LEHMAN. colorcd. who escape
\ from Jail AZ Warsaw. some weeks ag'
has been captured. lie Is wanted +,
. shooting a man in q quarrel about
i wcman
Er~HvIfLE Is 70 have natural gas.
Noftk engaged in making an e,
? cavation at indianapolis uncar,hed tn
I. bones Of n child.
1 ErcESE MCMAHON. an employee =,
4 the Glover Leaf Manufacturing Con
pany, Marion. fell into a vat OF scaldin
d water. and was fatally scalded.
!. Hos. L. r.. MrcnESEE has beer chose
Chairman Of the Indiana State Rcpul
! lican Committee.
!" GosHE~ i shipping mud turtles % u
l. Eastern markets.
/. L~ocAS~roET's strcet-car company hi
ID been sold TO a New York syndicate.
MosT OF the cases brought by Mr.
Leeds against Michigan City salocl
q keepers we're quashed by the mayor.
y WORK has been commenced on N
Bimcl wheel and bending works at ia
= bee. The buildings are Of brick. III
N works will employ 100 men.
:. Sfx aged men Of New Albany. no
less than seventy-hvc years OF age. wi
n attend the old settlers meeting
u Charleston on the iSt prox. The ponce
q will 60 in great style, ina handsome II
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