The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12
STATE INTELLIGENCE.


Roar CRY people deny that the res
eryoir there is any menace 70 the safety
OF the public.
4 GREENE County people are talking 81
draining marshes in that county. which
would redeem fifteen thousand acres.
i DEPARTMENT COMMANDER &. NJ. IRA
Wis has reorganizea Steele Post. No. !"
q. 4. r., AZ Rockville. with forty-seycn
members.
Y prIiNo difficulty between John Cor
I ben and Wieland Johnson. at Crothcfs-
Vile. the latter bit of the formers car.
CLARK COUNTY druggists have been
warned that they will be prosecuted
under the law II they prescribe for sick
persons.
LAFAYETTE Is now connected with the
kempton natural gas fields. the con-
tents Of three large gas wells rushing
through a line OF pipe ihirty-ninc miles
long. Part OF the distance IL is con
ycyed through temporary pipe laid on
the ground in preparation for the Fourth
Of July celebration. The pressure II
about 800 pounds, ana Its force Is ter
rifle. roaring in deafening manner.
The city is clatcd over its advent and
crowds thronged the city terminal OF
the pipe.
Mrs. CHAs. FISHER was seriously in
jurcd at Brazil. by an explosion 81
coal OIL with which She was kindling q
a fire.
DIX. j. LEEcIuaAN. aged seventy years.
died At Center Point from the effects Of
a snake bite.
The Howard County fair will lie
held at kokomo September o TO Is. in
elusive.
DANIEL II. LUKE. Archibald Mct;in-
mes. Thos. A. Mayes. Jeremiah r. Put
nam. Edwin J. Richardson. Charles u.
Shanks. John q. Grecnvalt. Noah w.
HALEY and VIM. NJ. Vandykc have been
re-appointed- for the term of one year,
as Special Examiners in the Pension
Office.
CLARENCE NJ. STONE. naval cadet Of
the class OF 's3 from this State. has just
completed his final examination and has
been recommended 10 be retained in the
navy TO ill vacancies.
JAMESTOWN. Boone County. was visit
"a early few mornings ago by mad
dog. which bit a number Of children. A
maidstone owned and kept at Grecncas-
tie was sent for and applied.
TmE post-ofiice at Connersville has
been raised from third-class to second
class. increasing the salary from one
thousand nine hundred dollars TO two
thousand one hundred dollars.
THE president and cashier Of Ma
tional Bank at indianapolis are charged
with violating the law with reference to
loans.
Mns. FRED HISS died at Lafayette
from the effects OF dose Of morphine
taken with suicidal intent
INDIANA Is divided into two internal
revenue districts. the Sixth and seventh.
Last year the Sixth District paid 81. 6as.-
46l Of revenue. and the seventh District
paid si.4l7.7s7. The compensation Of
the collector in each district Is -. 500.
The total expense Of collecting the revc-
nue. in this district last year was SOL
BIZ.
JoHS KRArSr. lad ten years old.
was drowned in Center Lake. near War
saw. the other evening. while bathing.
He got beyond his depth and could not
swim. Body recovered in two hours.
lie was the only son Of widowed
mother.
Mrs. RAs MCDANIEL. who lives eight
miles east Of Shelbyyille. while engaged
in taking some clothes off the line. the
other morning. was struck by lightning
and. il is feared. fatally injured.
home Is in Edinburg. while painting the
house Of Mrs. Brant. ten miles west Of
Shclbyville. not long since, fell of the
scafold and received fatal injuries.
Ii the proceedings on the part Of the
Supreme Court reporter TO compel the
Secretary Of State 70 accept and pay for
520 copies Of the reports. and which in
volyed the constitutionality Of the law
putting the reporter on salary. the SUI
prcmc Court. the other day. held in favor
OF the latter and ordered a writ Of man
date To issue. The reporters Office Is
worth about ten thousand dollars a year.
and the Legislature took from him ak
property in the reports and put him upon
a salary o. four thousand dollars. The
court holds that the Legislature can not
place the burden Of making the syllabi
upon the court and that the law j. I'm.
constitutional on that account.
MAJOR NAPIER. colorcl convict who
escaped from prison in Indiana, was re-
captured al Dayton, O.
TnE Grccncastle Natural Gas and oil
Company has contracted With J. Z. Mil
Ter. Of Chicago, 70 bore well twenty
five hundred feet deep.
THE thirteenth annual session Of the
Indiana Music Teachers Association
met at Lafayette the other day. with the
largest attendance in the history Of the
society. The next meeting will be held
in June. $780, at Muncic.
NEAR Evansville, Fred Schislcr cut
an artery in his arm with pockct-knifc
and blcd To death.
TIE green plant-lousc, which has been
doing damage 10 the wheat in various
parts Of the State. has made its appear
ance in Hendricks County. Reports from
all parts Of the county show that IL IS