The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-12

| nearly half q century n ltaulnk m'f-
chant in Newcastle. and one Of the
pioneers 81 Henry County, Was found
dead In her bed 1t the home " her
daughter. Mrs. q. ". Goodwin, early
the other morning. aged - years. Cause
OF death, heart failure.
SAM LING. Chinee. Grand Master ct
the Celestial Frcemasons. established q
lodge 81 his counlrymsn in Indian
apolis.
Nix II. McGt~ry. Of Jcnersonsillc.
went 10 bed smoking acigar, fell asleep
set IRE 70 the he'd and was SO ncarlys sur
located that he was saved with din
Guilty.
Jo~rrn Row.. Of Brazil. has sued
Henry Nrinkmah. OF 'ierrc Hautc. for
-. 900 lecausc the latter fired a load OF
shot INTO his back in the course Of 2
quarrel.
Tnr President has appointed John G.
Robinson. Of Indiana. a special agent to
make allotment Of lands in scyeralty 70
Indians.
Tnr new electric fre-alarm system Is
being put up at Charlottesville.
II the legal fight between the dis
puted United brethren. Judge Bundy.
Of Henry County, decides in favor Of the
Liberals. who wish to let members OF
secret societies into the church fold.
A NUMBER Of people at Greenwood
were seriously poisoned the other day
BY eating prepared meat purchased 81 a
local grocer. which had been cooked in =
copper kettle. Two members ot L. ID.
Rush's family suffered most. All are
now believed 70 be out 81 danger.
Ar Logansport the t~lree-year-old
daughter Of Wesley Penny was burned
10 death the other evening The father
ana mother were ont milking. when the
child complained OF being cold. and
went into the house 10 get warm. They
were alarmed at her cries a few moments
afterwards. and. rushing 70 the house.
found her clothing in flames. She died
from her injuries after living about two
hours in an unconscious condition. II
is supposed her clothing caught from tie
stove. which she had opened.
CnIrF or Police HAHS had desperate
encounter the other afternoon with a
river pirate. a mile above NincenneS.
which nearly cost him lis life. The OF
icer had given chase 70 the pirate. and
was rapidly o,ertaking him, when he
mircd in the mud on the river bank
The fugitive took advantage Of the Of
ficer's p~rcdicament jumped into a skin
near BY. and rowed out into the river.
from which vantage he opened fire on
the Chief with 4 Colts revolver. firing
eight shots AZ the helpless custodian.
whose gun. as we'll a. himself. was bur
led in the mud. One Of the shots passed
through the Chiefs coat. another barely
missed his left EAR. while thercmaining
sis were too close for comfort. Suisse
q~ncntly the fugitive. whose name IS
Black. returned 10 shore. and. after an
exciting chase on both land and water,
was compelled 70 surrender to Hahn
while astride a log in the middle Of the
Wabash.
A HASnsoMr. well-drcssed gentleman.
registering as :. 9, Brown, city. stopped
at the Planters Hotel. Indianap polls. the
Other night and next morning be Was
found dead in bed. There is nothing in
dicating the cause OF death. The man
is a stranger.
SEVERAL weeks ago Mrs. Jennie
Nithrow. the divorced wifo Of Edward
Dalrymple. 81 Elkhart. 70 whom the
court awarded the custody of the chill
dren, kidnapped her daughter. aged ten.
and after a long and costly search Dal-
rymple located the woman ard girl Al
indianapolis. and recovered his daurh-
ter. a few days ago. by habcas corpus
proceedings. After separating from Dali
rvniple the Woman married man named
Wifhrow. from whom She aiierward pro.
cured a divorce.
MARION E~oEEETSoS. a wr..-known
farmer. was fatally shot al blooming
ton BY the premature discharge cf a gun
while hunting. One hand was shot of,
and the load lodged in his face. one 81
his eyes falling out. He will die.
AT Nashville VIII Hamilton. aged *
wears. got very drunk and was jailed. In
the night he tool of all his clothes,
burned them and was found By the jailcr
in the morning stark naked. He Is nov
crazy from the effects " whisky. III
has drunk M sl5. 900 IL ten months liz
will probably lie sent TO the asylum.
Tnr other morning. about a mile eas'
Of Spiceland. an old man about 20 year.
old was found in the edge o. the wood
dead. lie was pretty we'll dressed,
wearing a Derby stiff hat and had 1
ticket dated November "a from TT
Wayne. via Cambridge City. 70 Indian
apolis. and sd in money was found npor
his person. No evidence Of h he was
can be ascertained. The superstition /.
he got of the train at New Castle and
wandered away. being slightly dement,
cd.
Henry LAME married Widow Wink
ley at I.awrcnrcburg. the other day
They were engaged nifty years ago whcr
Henry was twenty-one and the presenl
bride twenty.
THr other night James II Kcnn0r. d
prominent lawyer and county attorney,
was stopped upon the street in Hunt
ingson ~ . man. who demanded tina
ho pay tho money which he owed him.
kcnnor denied owing tho man any thing
and wa knocked down with a large
stone. Ills cries for help brought aid "a
him. AMI the assailant fled. kennor
identified the man a. Chas. Ashley 4