The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-04-18

IuF wife ~ Philip knccht. NJ i'iprus.
Huntington County. while preparing -
scrub ito r'lor. set bucket ~ hot water
IN tho foor Her little child fcil into
ii ana Wa Sraldei % death.
JAM. n. l;EoN>. Republican nominee
~ township trustee AZ Mitchell, drop
IA dead election evening "a The street
after The polls closed. Heart disease -
supposed N ~ the cause.
Iifx ktsniE has been taken from
>hsih,xille - Jstter>on,ille 10 serve =
fourteen months sentence for stealing
seven turkeys
TIM trial 81 G. NJ. Lake. al New Cas-
t'e. fcr the murder ~ Iii Ladd. has
hepn postponed until May -. owing 20
,hr sickness ~ an important witness,
GxuEcE WILLIAMS was arrested ~
Evansville for burglary in the morning.
tried in the afternoon. and sentenced 70
four years in prison before sunset
NEAR >pottsyillc. Miss Lima Frank.
AGED seventeen. cut her throat because
h.r parents objected TO her marriage.
She may recover. a no vital points were
cut.
n COMMERCIAL tAAU HAS httn ~ -~H'
ixcL al Greencastlc.
CilA~. TAYLOR. giving his residence
a. kcndallville. was arrested AZ Peru
Tho other day for burglary and lodged in
jail in default Of bond. lie j. desperate,
and gave the marshal tussel before he
ing Suliuci.
AT Naycrly. Melville Eates and
.-.....- ........ r......... tr,.,I ...l ~. b.
quarrel. when saul >awyerS. a brother
II 'hc one engaged in the fight. attack
c.i Bates with knife. INJECTING fatal
vouS:l>
Aor>rRAL demand viii hc made bv
indianapolis carpenters for increased
PAY.
GEORGE ANDREWS. farmer living
near Huntington, j. charged with ar
son.
SIMON TiKIp. farmer 81 Elkhart
County. the other night in a titof anger.
stabbed Cyrus He'll. lis brother-in-law,
infictinr wounds that proved fatal In a
few hours. Division 81 the property
caused the trouble.
CnAErEy lIrEr. one Of the most noted
dcspcradoes OF Southern Indiana. whom
the officers Of tolumbnS have been pur-
suing over year for burglary. highways
and jail-breaking. was arrested the 9th
er morning at o'clock in a log cabin
near Columbus BY Sheriff Smith and
posse and safely landed in jail
A Two-yEAE-oI.p child 81 James G..
Whitaker. one of the most prominent
men in Monroe County. was drowned in
an old cellar containing about three feet
IL water The child fell in while a,
play and was not discovered for about
half an hour.
The main building az the county
asylum. Ninamac. was struck By light
ming. the roof separated and windows
completely shattered. The county ply
sicians were immediately called Nv
Superintendent Crump. and they report
that all the inmates. with possibly one
exception. Will recover from the shock.
Mrs BERTHA DEvEEErx. daughter D!
I General A. 4. Dcvereux. Acting Corn
manlant Of the Marion branch ~ the
4 National soldiers Home. was married,
the other day. TO Rev. George ID. Adams,
I Of Cleveland.
The other everi ag 4 terrific thunder
storm swept over Fit Wayne. Several
buildings were struck. but not much
damaged Miss Ida Miller. aged TWEEN
/ Il. while standing in the doorway q
her fathers house. on South Calhoun.
Was struck BY lightning and killed IT.
s.antly. Her mother. with her, VA
stunned.
ia. DEvrSF. = labo-er. working "
some improvements on the residence VI
County Clerk Fisk. Lcransport. n.
from the roof the other morning am
struck ca his head. He died almost in
stantly from his inir-'rs
A THIEF robbed he safe 81 the Hote
Windsor. al south Bend. Of sc0 and lci
$500 in sight.
ESocn GFxKrxs fell into fy-whcc
az a saw-niil near Marion. and was il
stantiy killed.
THE state Tariff Reform League an
thorixrd the appointment ~ experts i
each county. charged with the tuts y
. ascrrtaininr the mortgage Indebtedness
hy record examination. and the tr~t \
these reports was submitted on fhe "a
~ Hon James ". Fippen. 81 TipiY
, County. This county j. in The gas brl'
and los in fertile region. Ills exam
inaticn shows that ia 1870 the un~ati
irI mortrareI Indebtedness was 500
oQo. Ten years later il had increase
~ s>pa.ls~. and in January last il arrr.
gated s2.2s7.ia5. The grand total Il
acbiedneSs 81 the. county from Al
sources is s3.ysc. f35.
AZ ex-conyict was caught robbinr III
ro~t-ofsice al Hope
} CHRIS TEAcrE- a mute. aged twcnf'
: l.tnowas run down and killed w switcl
| Ing train on the Cincinnati. Wabash an
= Michigan road Al Wabash.
Tnr Union Labor and Farmers MI
tual Aid met in convention the oths
4 DAY in McDorlan's Hall. Montpelier. an
4 nominated full township ticket Il
Harrison Township: Fer trustee. 80
! :. Timmonar; for assessor. Amos Herr
!. The Commissioned Of Pensions Ii.
appointed Drs- M. Y. Wilson and -
| carlton post pension examining N
!, rcons * Seymour.
Holman DAVIS. a respectable color'
b man living near New Castle. was notiti'