The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-17
STATE INTELLIGENCE.

port 10 the Governor few days ago
showing 700 inmates. Of whom ~ ar'
confirmed cpilcp,ics. twenty helpless
paraly ties. and large number an'icfe'
with scrofula. The cost 81 the care Q
each inmate Is fifteen dollars per month
Many Of tho boys are engaged IN learn
ing trades. and some OF them arc max
ing good progress.
TIM Peoples Natural Gas Compary
OF Marion. fled articles Of association
4 with a capital stock of $4,000.
I TnE public schools al >wecser, ar
closed on account Of the prevalence 81
diphthcria- A number Of deaths have
occurred
IL Chester Township. Wabash County
lives Mrs. Foster. q woman " sixty
who for thirty-nine years has been con
fined to her bed with paralysis. Forty
years ago she was married. The year
following child was born. and soon
afterward the mother completely LOST
the use OF her lower limbs. which haze
since shrunken away 70 mere skin and
bone During her illness she has twice
read the Bible through. and now can re-
peat whole chapters from memory. The
lady's mental faculties are unimpairei.
and aside from the paralytic affection
she has lost none OF her bodily vigor.
THOMAS TisLoE. state Mine Inspector
by the Governors appointment. brought
mandamns proceedings against Auditor
Carr few days ago 70 compel him ~
issue warrant for his salary The
Legislature made the appointment ~ =
;. rorby. and added a penalty Of fine
and imprisonment II the auditor issued
warrant 70 any one else. The court
decided that tho Governor has the right
70 appoint the in pcctor. but the auditor
refuses 70 pay him. and the suit j. 10
test the law under which the appropria-
tion Is made.
JACOB Bookw ALTER. drummer boy
in the War OF 1872, died at his home n
bethlehem Township. Cass County. At
the age 81 ninety-sye years.
AT Cambridge City. Calvin u. Elliott.
resident fifty years and merchant for
forty. died from heart failure.
SEVERAL. workmen in IIetherington's
foundry. at Indianapolis. were seriously
burned BY a mass 81 molten metal lihcr-
ated BY the accidental opening OF
valve. Patrick Barrett will die.
TwENTy-sEvfS persons were arrested
for riot az Hanna
y. Il. DALcNM. q notorious forgcr. waS
sentenced at Brazil, to seven years inn
prisonment inthe penitentiary and fined
500.
THE Delegate Board of Agriculture.
composed Of representatives from all
parts " the State. held sessions in IN
iianapolis. few DAYS ago. The report
of the treasurer shows receipts for the
year. $40. 103: expenses. S:;9.1i4. receipts
over expenditures. $3.50. The receipts
over expenses in connection with the
state Fair were Ss.1a7.
J. 7. GASKIS has been appointed post
master At Reelsville. Putnam County.
THE State Board Of Charities held q
meeting the other day and received re-
ports from Secretary johnson. who has
made visits Of inspection To all the
ounty poor asylums and State institu- 1
ions His reports show that there are 4
hese al are confined in county asylums.
n these institutions there are also is
pilcptics OF adult age. and some 500
ccblc-minded persons. Among the
eeble-minded in the county aSylums
here are 100 Of collaborating age. and
he secretary says this is the prolific
ourcc OF imbeciles in the states. He
ccommends that these women be- placed
a one Of the State Asylums. and that
he is adult epileptics be placed in an
Their. as the only means Of preventing
he large increase Of imbeciles. The
nport also shows that the number Of in
lates in the penal. charitable and re-
,rmatory institutions has increased
'rty per cent. while the population OF
ie State has increased but fifteen ner
mt The increase 81 the adult pauper
,pulation in the same time Is forty-six
r cent. Of the blind in the public in
lfutions twenty-five per cent. the
'af and dumb eight per cent. and the
cble-minded thirty-thrce per cent
TnE Little river drainage canal f. ,
lien and Huntington Counties i
lished With its branches II drains
'out $4,000 acres. or the si52. GOa col {
rtcd for IL S2.a4.. 80 still remain in the I
Inds Of the commissioners Il
DrHrHrRIA Is playing havoc among 3
z children at Delaware. and the NOR
lily Is alarming. Several deaths have a
cured, and frightful number are {
pstrated. Two little children OF All
d Doles were buried in the same coffin. I
the deaths arc averaging one a dav.
e physicians seem unable to control
3 disease.
iT Rome City. Gee. Fisher, promi-
Mt young man. committed suicide the
ler evening by shooting himself
'ough the head. lie was at home all !
the evening, and bidding his parents !.
,d-night. went to his room. a shot !
: heard. and when the family got "a !
n he was in the bath-tub. dead. 10
: twenty-five years old, and no cause
known.
LT Hanna station. near Plymouth. 4
BIZ occurred in saloon owned BY ].
aries Self. in which Mrs. Self shot :
ward Smith. infiicting injuries from |, !,
ich he died. Smiths friends tore the !
oon and building down and drove
I and wife out OF town. No arrests
Y A. KIScsrovFH. prominent farm !
living near Terhunc. Boone County. l