The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-14

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VAS robbed OF about $50 in cash hy
tramps. The ticket case was not mo
Tested.
TmK other evening. Clark Chambers
a promincnt contractor Of Marion. Was
cut 10 pieces by a Cincinnati,
and Michigan passenger train
HUNTINGTON has granted a francise 10
. local company which Will e>prnd
about $50. 600 in erecting water-~orks
and LAYING about twelve miles Of mains
A STREET railway company. with .
capital stock OF $500 has been organ
lied at Goshen
A moTFi. company with a capital stock
OF so. 900 has been organized at Bloom-
ington.
Ar Mt Vernon. Oscar. the twelve
ycar-old son Of the late DIR. q. Il. Schultz,
met with an accident the other morning
which vii probably result in his death.
lie was playing with = can Of gunpow-
der. lie filled his pockets full OF tho
explosive and then got too close 10 .
fire. when the powder ignised- The ex-
plosEn burned him terribly. The flesh
on his chest. arms and face peeled on.
and he suffered excruciating pain.
Ethan CowEN. who lives six miles
west Of Shelbyville. has > red-hird that
has developed . homing instinct as
strong as a carrier pigeon. Several
DAYS ago Mr.. Cowen made a present OF
the bird 10 a relative from Missouri
who was visiting him. the relative TAX
ing the bird home with him. A few
days after his departure the bird made
its appearance al the old Hoosier home
and was taken in and placed back in its
old e where 1t is apparently vel
~contented.
A PECULIAR accident occurred upon
the fast train on the Cincinnati. Indian
apolis. 81. Louis and Chicago railroad
the other morning just before reaching
Indianapolis The train was running
very rapidly. when the lei heater
in the ladies' coach exploded with .
loud noise. the PARTICLES tearing a large
hole in the roof and sending the splint-
ers in all directions through the car In
a moment there was = panic among the
passengers, and several made a rush for
the platform. intending to jump from
the train. but a signal from The conduc-
tor brought the train TO . stop. and the
frightened passengers recovered their
post No one was .urt-
HIRAM HALL OF Columbus, has .
freak Of nature-a hen that lays Easter
eggs. 1t is a young pullet Of the Ply
mouth Rock variety. and for several
days past. since she began laying. she
has laid an egg every day that IS deep
pink all over. with a white spot on the
small end. No coloring is necessary to
prepare the egg for Easter. An Indian
apolis drummer has offered Mr.. Hall
fifty dollars for the puilet. but the offer
was declined.
yomx MONROE. OF Ellettsville. is SUI
ing the Monon for 81. 900 for q finger cut
on in the door Of one Of its passenger
ears
SEVERAL farms in neighborhood .
couple Of miles south Of Anderson are
ovcrrun with thousands Of enormous
rata
ANOTHER powerful gas we'll was open
ed in the Kokomo field recently.
NELLIE FLETCHER. aged II. 81 Nun
Gle. chose death BY poison rather than
life without James Shaffer.
A FoUR-FooT and nine-inch vein Of
coal has been struck al a depth OF los
feet. AZ Lenton. Green County. A com
pans Sith a paid up capital Of $4,000 has
been organized TO work II.
AFAENER named Grow. residing seven
miles east OF Washington, has a herd Of
hogs afflicted with hydrophobia. and has
killed nearly all Of them. The hogs
appeared very vicious when first attack
cd with the rabies, and there Is no tell
ing how far they have spread the dis
ease.
At Peru. Judge Brown sentenced Ora
Ellsworth to the reformatory. at Plain
field. until Of age for burglarizing Mein-
hard's dry goods store : few nights ago.
THE women OF Oden induced the keep.
crs OF a saloon and pool-room 70 move
from the town
THE board ofcommissioners Of Union
County has accepted the new infrmary
buildings. erected AZ a cost OF SIG. 500.
BROKEN switch-rod caused the de.
railing OF a passenger train on the Mo
D Dad at Putnamville Nobody hurt.
IT Is charged that inmates Of the War
wick County poor farn are treated in an
inhuman manner.
1T Is rumorcd that the entire ras-light-
ing plant and one Of the natural-gas
plants At indianapolis have been sold "a
New York syndicate.
Two-yEAE-cT.p child was scalded "a
death at Evansville.
DIR. q. J. GRoENDYKE was assaulted
by footpads al New Castle.
nrEcLAR with a ringing laugh and
: way Of vanishing m~ystcriously Il
cleaning out the valuables from Hen
willie residences.
THE Athenian Ladies' Club. at Craw
louisville. Is 70 become a branch OF thu
State union OF societies.
BERNARD HAEfocHE was fatally in
jured by falling down an elevator shat
1t Fort Wayne.
Miss JOSIE SULLIVAN has brought
suit AZ Shelbyvillc. for s.. 900 damages
against DIR. John II. Stewart. for breach
Of promise and assaults and battery.
FIVE men have been indicted at New
Castle for the Ladd murder.
Ar indianapolis Chas Crane. clever
years % age, while playing with a load