The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04

q river with a aumhcr Of companions. va
Frustrated nv heat and fell into "a
river and Was drowned. lis body wa
O recovered.
Ei'nAD WELLS. colorcd, the Indian
, apolis market master. who Was caugh
! emhexzling, entered a plea Of guilty an
was sentenced for eighteen months.
SUPERINTENDENT Coxonn saws tina
indianapolis will probably show a popu
iation ~ 1876
liowAEp X. TnoMrsox Is the Demo
cratic nominee for joint senator o
Wells and Huntington counties.
TnE 1900 street railway employees o
Indianapolis organize for mutual pro
lection.
TIE State Treasury reports that un
der the present rate Of taxation. twelve
cent on each 500. the State is running
into debt from $500. 900 TO $500. 600 year.
IN and this estimate does not include
special appropriations or cxtraordinary
expenses Of any kind. but simply the
regular current Of expenses.
Tnk accomplishing body OF a drowned
boy was found floating in the Ohio
river az Lawrenceburg a few days ago.
The body was nude and was apparently
that OF a fourtecn-year-old lad, With
dark hair. The coroner held an inquest
n ordered the remains buried at once.
a HIGHLY romantic wedding occurred
AZ Lawrencehurg, a few DAYS ago Ii
was the contamination Of a love affair OF
thirty years duration. The parties
married are Major William Jordan. who
for years has been the leading druggist
~ that little city, and Miss Maria KEEP
ner, Of Cincinnati. Tho couple loved
aeforc the civil war. but. when Fort
>nmier was fired upon. Jordan. then in
inc hush Of manhood. entered the ser.
vice and followed the wars fortunes IN.
III honorably discharged. when he re-.
turned home TO claim his sweetheart.
i'ut destiny had decided otherwise. Jor.
ians dependent mother looked to him
for support. His hetrothcd pledged 10
wait for him until his mother.
VINO was slowly sinking TO her
grave, should die. She is still alive, but
the wounds received BY Jordan told fear
iuliy upon his health. Still his expect
n bride held to her resolution made
years ago. About one year ago Major
Jordan was suddenly stricken down
with paralysis. and since that time has
been unable to leave his he'd. When
news 81 his sickness reached Miss Ken
ner she went TO his bedside and hascycr
since been his steadfast nurse. Realiz-
ing that his end was near the dyinrm man
that much longer postpone.
ment ~ ms marriage to the faithful
woman woald only end in death. sent
lcf Key. Dolph. who married the couple
while Jordan was in bed. Some time
ago he received a back pension OF
= 600 and s1a per month the rest OF his
ife.
MR. SARAH GETTz committed sui.
'ide by taking s%trychnine al the houss
4 her parents, in Fairfield Center. De-
Salh County. I
BREWER, 4 farmer neay
died Of sunstroke. Z
IT. WAYNE's new steam strcct-roller |
an away and wrecked itself in Z I
itch. !
J"IS murray. brakeman. went n
ieep on the railroad track. near stan
on. and was killed. :
SAMUEL T. NEwsoM, OF Carthage. has :
asSed q successful examination al Xcst ii
ONT and Is now . cadet in t%hatinstitu-
on.
MRS. HI.cixs. a colored woman. who L
a. lived az Parkersburg. Montgomery a
ounty. for forty years, died a few day. ii
al the age Of i04. 4
The business mon OF Crawfordsvill ii
ave made q proposition TO secure Tho b
rnum show this fall. They will nav Il
e show license and buy the hay needed II
r onc day II the show will visit that "a
ace. u
kErcHAM. = colorcd woman n, el
'awfordsville, will be one hundred "
'arS old on October Il. and She ~ M al
lest woman in Montgomery County.
~ Oldest man Is VIM Krugg, who vii;
one hundred on September 20. ",
FREDERICK MILLER and David Heller Of
re instantly killed by a premature sc
plosion Of dynamite at Brazil. hi
ABOUT one hundred representative sa
rmers OF Indiana met at indianapolis ne
days ago, and perfected a State ~. Sc
nization for the al vanccment ~ ,bo,r fri
tercsts. niles the leading martins in
inmate candidates for Congress ard tr,
z Legislature acceptable TO them. thev III.
Y put candidates OF their own II Tx al
Id. " 4.
\ VEIN Of gold was struck bv vel or
'iers while boring a we'll at Indiana isl
rings' eighteen miles west OF Red ford pr
! miners who have seen some of III
'cimens SAY II Is almost 100 Der cent
n. -.
CARR, aged sixteen. "a. sue
'wned at Evansville. an,
.NANrEL Coon, a prominent farme, Blu
'ng near Ccrydon, was rored 70 death Of
a Jersey bull. cri,
"E OIL from the H~ortonville well has gro
OF the properties OF linsecd III Sta
sells for 81 per barrel. Of I
NIT Is making its appearance n iste
'at fields about Laporte.
a wind and rain storm ! ,rao II
blown on the team Of John Shirley a 4
: Lebanon, demolishinr the wagon stag
ing one OF the horses and slighuv day
Shirley. chi
PREPARATIONS are making for a rrcat bod
'ration q 81 Johns Day at Knights. sons