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

~ W." N"l'i"' 'h't 'HAi ne hai bttn hti
y, over q fire hy his tramp companions an
m burned 70 death. Ills name was Joscp
Mooney Five tramps have been arrest
az ca on suspicion.
~ WILLIAM A>nny has sued the city 4
~ Lafayette for $4,000 damages for pel
'r mansnt disablcment suffered by trir
~ ping over an eIectric-light wire.
~ JEiiiiA THOMAS, az Finley. Scot
- County, went ont 10 kill bird for hi
/, mother who j. sick. The gun exploded
= piece fracturing his skull ami ininr
3 ing him fatally. Id lay helpless in Tho
woods for hours before being found.
J, ~ WArEr~ nLorSr. proprietor Of tho
! i'lount House. Muncic. in attempting "a
: get on moving train nj the Zig -Four
Depot had the misfortune 70 have both
Of his legs cut or by the wheels. The
doctors say he will die.
TIM elegant brick residence Of Dr.
John Williams. near Bowling Green.
burned the other night. The fire was
incendiary. year ago II was mystcri-
!. ously haunted. the ghost retiring after
he had stolen 81, 100 dollars. The burn
Ing was malicious persecution.
TnE kick 81 a Texan pony SO laccrated
the car Of Glib Crawford at Cambridge
tity as 20 require some fine surgical
work 70 save il.
Is the trial o. John Sage. at Marion.
ior the murder OF Harry A. Cunningham.
the jury disagreed
81. I.orI~ capitalists have purchased
large tract Of land near Chestcrton.
ana VIII establish immense brck-yards.
CONGRESSMAN BROWNE has written a
letter declining denomination in tho
Sixth district.
iEA Conn was sentenced TO tho pcni-
tertiary tho other day at Bedford for
ninety-nine years for the murier 81
AlrN. Naggoncr last October Nine Of
thc jurors were for hanging him.
IHE indianapolis police raidcd Gam
nlng-rooms IN two ~ the hotels. sun.
N.Y. capturing at each q faro layout and
the players.
=. y. irNcN. young attorney OF
Flora, was killed byan overdose Of laua-
anutn.
TnE business portion or Lcesbnrr
vas destroyed by fire early the other
EnwAHn PoArnos was killed BY cars
at Lebanon
- THOMPSON. of Peru. has been adj !
.vagc insane and taken to the asylum AZ
l.ogansport.
Mills, ZiSK Funk. plaintiff h tbn
'rirpra1"d case q Funk ys. Funk. in
s"lch Mrs. Funk brought suit in the \.
ountain County Court on q note 81 y
-'upo claimed 70 have been given hcr
a 'ohn Beverly. lately deceased. ana g
men the court decided was forrcr.. nj
'as arrested az Attica few iavs aro.
'-f"iS y. BATAVIA. cigar manufac BIZ
'rer q tonnerssillc. who made an ~
Snnent few days ago. was arrcst.l al
N o'hcr morning upon grand Jury in Of
c'ment charging him with perjury. II
ailegcu that he omitted several items NJ
his bill Of assignment. n,
k"BEET TnRESiILn and Fred Williams Ia,
quarrclcd in ASHORE. Il eli
ming village few miles south M ies
'azil' when Thrcsher drew his revolvcr "a,
= shot Williams through the heart. rel
ing hlm' Ihrcsheris aquict. peace
~ man. while Williams was large and
weriuI. ne would amuse himself oc-
'lonally hy knocking Thrcshcr down Thu
y was the immediate cause OF his g
sfn. Ihreshcr told him IL he touched \,
? again he would kill him. Williams !
rmpted 70 strike him. hut Wa held r,
'k ~ brothcr-in-aw. when Thrrsher l.
q. The murderer fed. and Il still n Sir
~ though q posse OF citizens aro wri
urlng the woods for him Excite. stro
Mt Is high. and lynching IL feared OF n
mr. President has made the f.llaw- com
nominations Of postmastcrs: WIN. ute
I'm. bedford: J. Il. HUMAN. kcnJall. gari
II !. y. Mcbride. Waterloo. lie I
rEiNG tho absence Of Mrs. Andrew Of
harrison from her home. near Scv- jour
" me other evening. her little sev- LEV
'en-months-old son fell into the rrn men
his body was burned 10 Il crisp. IN mon
q but few MON ents. ing
NEif the other morning .Ino couI- are
= wealthy farmer Of Whitley Conn VIII
Committed suicide BY shooting him Is e.
IA NE head. Cause unknown. III Eng
cs large family. stead
effort n ho;, OF or
.sc q ''co- Stattlcr. a life convict in 80 !.
Michigan City penitcntiary. con- .."'
u 81 the cold -blooded murder d. two e'''i
named Isanogel. near Anderson. IL s,o"s
The principal witness against m aaJo
died recently and he now claims n nart'
case Of mistaken idcnty. ka'n'
EI.Y the other morning tbicvcs 49,
open Bobcrts & co.'s drv Gods rs'
az Montpelier. and stole 4 lot - k,~'s
ing and Dry goods valued at 500. a 49,"
ew ovcrb
tcndc
r'.' ~ ."' brakeman on tho but
Erie x Western road. while so,. Inft \,
brake on HIS train near I.aporte tbe !,
'tween the cars and was horriblv Ana
ia. Eoti, arms and his lcft ID stan,.
crushed 50 badly a. 10 render th,ir nIa~a,
,ahon necessary. II j. thought he coolne
which
EiEs WILLIAMS accompanied ina dc.ail
70 the jail in Peru ID feed I'M II, ar
'ers. While in one Of the cclls allere
huffman. i prisoner Who Wa IN cannii
rrldor, seeing q chance to cscapc. woma,
led "" cell door shut. imprison- ing ~,
in'crs and the bailir. lie thcn cxccu,
re steps into the arms 81 Dcputv
p"rand. who. hearing the cries
ncwly-made prisoners had starred IANs
#. ~. 49,