The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-12

WILLIAM SCHILLER. aged sixteen. ane
Mary Hoehn, aged fifleen eloped AZ L'-
an>ville.
AiMoNn n 0siNs. brakeman. fell from
train aud wa. XII cd. near Lafayette.
Miss DYE, Of louisville, was instantly
HI led by being struck on the head by G
some hurled By blast
Az entire counterfciter's OUTFIT Was
found IN frame dwelling NJ Nexsndria-
wniIE Frank klsley was loading cars
with corn at KEYSTONE. three miles north
OF Montpelier. the Other evening, his hoy
was instantly killed by his head beng
ght hetwe the bumpers OF the ears
He was ten years old.
FRANCIS NvRrny has commenced se-
res Of temperance meetings al Green
castle.
DrnixG jolincation mt Mlshawaka,
last fall. the building OF tho Perkins Wind
mill Company and the Mishawaka Knit
boot Manufacturing Company were set on
fire All destroyed, at loss OF $1,000.
The other day Peter Kfause, Lesley
lockey and Fred kinter all sons OF re-
spectacle families were arrested on the
charge Of firing the buildings.
j. H. BvRFonp. OF Crawfordsvisle, has
been rendered position in the office OF
Attorney General at Washington ID G..
but he has declined the honor. The salary
is only $1,000 year, which would not pay
him TO give up his law practice whsro he
lives
AT the time Of his death, Alfred Major,
OF Shelbyvslie was erecting the finest
stone mansion in the State, fashioned
after an old English castle. Work is now
stopped, aud il is probably the building
will 20 unfinished. Mr.. Majors left an
estate valued at 500 60 divided between
his widow. four children AMI niece.
JonN DouoHKRrr was killed at a rail-
read crossing near Ia annapolis.
AS result OF revival at Westdcd,
nearly two hundred persons have joined
the church in few weeks past.
MAJ0R WM. NELSON. OF Evansville.
retired regular army officer. has been APP
Ionte ly Judge Shackleford as clerk OF
the United States Court for Indian Terri
tory.
Ia. jas. Fonp. Of Wabash County. has
cxhum-d the remains OF an Indian on his
farm who was buried over eighty
years ago. The bones were founi in COM
pact clay soil.
WM. JOHNSON. Of Chestrrton. got on a
drunk ant fell into al abandoned Well.
which was filed % within I've feet Of tho
top anl was smothelcs 10 death. He I'LL
in heal iirsz and could net eltricate him.
self
GEoRcr GAVIN. aged eighteen. an en-
ploye cf III Nickle- pla;e railway. Wills
handling revolver at his home in Ft,
WAYNE &C .idsntaliy shot himself. causing
x death n few minutes aiteraari.
The White Caps on tria AZ Leav enworth
are ali trying 70 prove alibis.
The remains OF mastodon have been
discovered on the farm Of Thomas Roy
nar.l near Winchester The itsks each
measure Inc and one-Lnlf feet IA length
and twenty-eight inches In circum ,erence
two feet fiom The base, and each Weighs
over three hundred pounds. II i the m
tention 70 exhume the entire skeleton and
place il on exhibition
TIE people in the vicinity OF French
Lick, Crane, County. are excited ovsr an
outbreak Of hydrophobia among dogs and
stock. and in order 70 prevent spresd of
the malady. the dogs are beng killed by
the dozen Twenty five were slain in on
day. Horses. cows aud hogs have been
attacked. also ram The antic. Of this
III ma " ~ WY IfrtNttAA* - 4+hNAff ~ -
ted out its brains. Ctizsns carry arms
for fear Of encountering mad animal Of
some klnd.
MAnIox A. HARDY, Of Evansville. scrv-
ing a sentence ia the Prison South for
highway robbery, has been pardoned by
the Governor.
a STIR u ejacfmsnt was filed in tho
circuit ,irt at III. Wayne ~ Frederick :.
Olcot'. representing a syndicate owning a
portion OF the Lei and banks Of tie ia
Wabash and Erie Canal, against numb sr
Of squatters on the property. The pop
erfy Il 70 be used for road bed 81 ths
s.Towpaih' railroad. running from Fort
Wayne TO Evansville.
THERE are a great MANY people in
HazletoA who don't believe in saloons. and
one in particular has been stencil in III FIR
nostrlls. With a view 70 turn the tables
on the frequentsrs OF this place. SOFT
FOO Ell P.ohib., while the saloon was
crowded, the other night, stealthily crept
up d the back door AMI liberated a coup Q
OF skunks. Presently the room and in
mates were copiously spTinsled Will
skunk uil. In about one minute and thirty
seconds the back fence was pre-empted ~
the palc-faced patrons. and standing
room only" was ut premium. II fact
they threw NJ the SPONGE" also almost
every thing in their "nnrds." and silsntiy
wendell their way home. The proprietor
sudden put up the shutters AMI vamosei
Disinfcrtant. and fumgaton has faiiei =
spmove the lingering odor
WHILE Telling tree near Washington
Joseph Colbert, a farmer, agei forty years
was instantly killed. When the ire, ~
a portion of II fell from the stump and it
eralv tore Colbert 20 pieces.
AMERICA THATCHER who sued me GU
OF Frankfor. for damages for injuries re
ceiyed in a fall on defective sidewalk
got verdict for "a, 300
o. n. Group. railroad agent at "a
vance. Is charged with perjury
Jomx SNYDER was struck by freig =
train at indianapolis and instantly killed
Two masked men entered tbs resdenc
OF william Huntington. near Anderson
and took 10 and silver watch.
TOW HOFFMAN was ares Ell at Nincenne
on suspicion Of burglarizing a store IN
4 -...s., ,,ranerty wog fOursI on hiS premi o..