The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-21

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4. &. MITCHELL. was awarded the con-
tract for the erection q the building f'r
the Delaware County Orphans Home IN
Mnncic. his bid being Ss.a4i
SIi,ln orc. ~assaying 80 20 the ton,
has been discovered In Pike County.
Grurnr ,. SrNi"rM ~i.. q Michigan
Civ. fell down the ha~ement-stairs AZ
MS home while half asleep and Was
killed.
Gronnr RErri. and son have let the
contract for the construction Of an lee
factory az Anderson. with a capacity ~
fourteen tons 81 ice daily. The factory
will be turning ontice by the LIST 81 June
and probably by the middle 81 May.
TIM proposition to purchase the toll
roads in Wayne Township. Montgomery
County. will again be voted upon on
April h.
MICHAEL SMITH, JW.. a young barber
OF Decatur. while attending "A trial in
city hall. accidentally fell backward
over a hanister to the stairway below. a
distance IL ten feet. fracturing his skull
at the base Of the brain. Smith Is seri-
Nu>ll. ~ nHt iAtAAi ihINt'"
Tnr barn and contents belonging 70
Alvin Dixon. a farmer living near Paris,
was entirely consumed by fire the other
night. Contents consisted Of three head
Of horses. three COWS, one buggy and all
his farm implements. Loss about 81 900;
insured for 500. Supposed TO have been
set on fire BY a tramp who is thought :"
have been burned. as he was seen by
Dixon but he could not get out
TIM following are the cities and towns
in this state, by Supervisors districts,
in which statistics Of manufactures will
be collected By special agents Of the
census: First District-Evansville.
Mount Vernon. Vincennes. Second Dis
trict-Aurora. Columbus. ~JcfYersonvillc,
Lawrenccburg. Madison. New Albany.
Seymour. Third District-Connersyille.
byyille. Fourth District Lafayette.
Terre Hantc. Fifth observation-disclosures,
Laportc. Logansport. Michigan City.
Peru. South bend. Sixth District-Elk-
hart, Fort Wayne. Goshen, Huntington,
Wabash.
THF Montgomery County commissions
ers have dismissed the case OF Charley
Hays. who asked for -. 600 damages for
the failure Of having proper medical at
tention while an inmate Of the Jail at
Charlottesville. which. II Is alleged.
caused the loss of an eye.
A CROWD OF fifteen school hoys were
jumping on and of a Wabash freight
train. the other day. at Huntington.
when Albert Stalter missed his hold and
was dragged under the cars. lie fell
with his neck on the rail. and ten cars
that passed over him completely severed
his head from the body. lie was picked
up in two parts.
Arcrsr LARSON was killed neal
Holmesville the other night BY the fast
mail on the Lake Shore road. The train
was running at a high speed when it
struck the unfortunate man. death re-
sulting instantly. Larson was walking
on the track.
WHILE playing in an out-building. at
Columbus, Eddie Enochs, aged four
years. found a box containing rough on
rats" lie ate a quantity ofthc poison.
and all efforts to save his life were I'M
asailing.
Tnr other night. Frank Mingus. the
divorced husband OF Annie. the daughter
OF Mrs Lounsberry. at I.aGrangc. Allen
County. stabbed the old lady in
the neck with a pcnknife. be-
cause she would not let him see his
child. which was calling to him from up
stairs. Mrs. Lounsberry died in ten
minutes and Mingus was jailed.
JONI PETERSON was killed by cars
near IT. Wayne.
IoHEnr Srl>E was crushed to death
by falling coal in a mine near Washing
ton.
The Democrats OF Knox County have
nominated the following ticket: W. A.
Cullop, Representative; a. NJ. Yelton.
Clerk: G. II. Debolt. Auditor: q. w.
Donaldson. Treasurer: X. Il. Patterson.
Recorder; q. II. Cobb, Prosecutor: NJ III.
Mcdowell sheriff; J.. X. Spiker, Sur
yeyor: l.. NJ. Bccks. Coroner.
DAVID WAGNER. Of Cambridge CITY.
has brought suit against the Whitcwa-
ter railroad (now owned by the Big Four
for 81. 200. for injuries received by being
thrown from a hand-car.
Ar Shclbyyille. Oscar McNccly. who
forged the names Of several men to
checks. on some OF which he secured
money. vas sentenced to " years in
the penitcntiary.
GRAND ARMY men az indianapolis have
been sued for alleged conspiracy TO i'm
jurc one or their number.
Will G. MARQUIS. who. a few months
ago. wrecked a fast passenger train on
the Wabash railroad near Wabash. has
been convicted and to Jail at
Wabash.
HUNTINGTON has the h~ydrophobia
scare. and about fifty dogs and two cows
have been Killed.
FREDERICK MORTON. travelling through
the State selling patents rights. was
robbed Of $50 at Anderson.
TmE saloon OF James Baincs at Nor
gan : Crossing. on the outskirts o fIirazil.
was raidcd the other night by burglars,
who secured money. liquors and cigars.
A VALUABLE painting. ''Thc Battle 81
Tippccanoc." is missing at indianapolis.
II was taken by a junk dealer.
TnM following indianapolis postmas-
tiers we're confirmed Nv the senate. a
few days ago: II. II. Walker. Rcming-
ton: VIM. breeding, E%dinburg; !. III.