The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-01

TIM saw mill Of Mrs. Y. II. Haywood.
near Noon>yi',s. Hendricks County, WAS
totally destroyed hy fire AZ y lafc hour
the other day. the work 81 an ineer'
diary. Loss about &, 200. Insurance.
unknown.
A DESPERATE fight occurred az Hobbs,
six miles east Of Upton. in which al
Phillips and Frank Driver. two Young
mon. were shot and seriously wounded
hy revolver In the hands 81 Joseph
Mains. saloon-kecl,cr. Mains had
ordered the men from his saloon. and
upon their refusal 10 90 opened fire on
them The saloonist was struck on the
head with rock and received injuries
which will probably terminate ~ his
death.
GorFEiIp RANT. q prominent farmer.
4 living six miles west OF Bedford.
committed suicide. lie took "A trace
chain. climbed up in small tree, tied
one end ~ the chain around limb. tho
jumped ont Domestic trouble and III
health supposed TO be the cause.
\ A>nEEw CEFTSINGrR and Charles
4 White were killed. and three other men
were seriously and perhaps fatally. in
I jnrcd. by the explosion 81 the boiler ~
a steam thrs~her on the farm OF James
Morrow, near Princeton
I NEAR Scotland. Green County. John
Cochran WAS shot and instantly killed
by len o'Donald. The parties were re-
turning from church meeting. when
high words ensucd. ODonald ielilcr-
atcly placed a revolver to Cochran's
temple AMI fired. Tho killing grew ont
81 a family difficulty Of long standing
The murderer was sui al large On Tie
ed
AT shclfyvillc. William Tyner
a ladder 10 enc Of the box ears and,
striking upon the handle on lantern N.
carried, cut a fearful cash in his neck.
almost scvcring the carotid artery. He
i in critical condition.
MIs. L. H. YorMAN~ and three chill
drcn were seriously poisoned at .IciIcr-
son lilo llv canned sardines
cnA>. II Ai:roN. travelling crook. sat on
The railroad A Baltimore and let the
train relieve him ~ all earthly account
ability for his oifcnScs
JouN ArKiS, minor in the Pratt
Mines. Eraxil. was killed ~ switch en-
gine on tie l. 4 - L. road. between
Coal EluiY and Lodi II j. thought ia
sat down on The track in a bridge and
went TO sleep
'HAEir~ NErFFn was killed By light
ming while plowing in ElIshart County
JonS TE~>. 81 Medaryyilie. was killed
by a stroke Of lightning, which broke
every bone in his body.
JoHx BA~TA. aged nineteen. whose
parents live in Indianapolis. was
drowned while bathing in Tippecanoe.
near Springboro. Robert Dent. his COM
panion, attempted to rescue him and
came near pcrishing in the attempt
The official census Of Greenfield
shows population OF S.ios.
III is said that the center OF popula-
ton. as returned by the new census.
will be in Jennings County II IL il not
there 1t will be at some point in lndi-
ana
ACCORDING to the late census the pop
ulation OF Montgomery County has in
creased sos in the last ten years. The
gain in Craw louisville ha~ been s25. and
this would make the decrease outside
the city $40.
FREEMAN coorrE. aiawycr Of Koko-
mo. has ahsconled. leaving behind his
wife and children and 80. o1o u forged
paper.
THE Democrats Of tho Eighth Con-
gre>Sional District ~ Indiana hax, re-
nominated Representative Brook shire.
NrNErI: Of indictments against
White Gaps have been found BY the Or
angc County grand jury.
>KvEx men we're injured by the cx-
plosion OK a can Of powder in the grocery
Of Horn 4 Carroll. Red Key. The build
ing was wrecked.
THE President has sent 10 the senate
the nomination OF Thos. J. Lucas to BE-
postmaster at Lawrcnccbnrr.
Dir. DASIEf. PAGf~. d wealthy retired
physician. o. South Bend. Will soon
issue SlO-pagc book to prove thar
Christ will appear in the year eoc..
TIE shock % the King Mills exnlo-
sion was felt NJ Columbus. this state.
ITO miles distant
Miss ALICE SMrrH. 81 Jacksonville.
discovered in the theft IL Si:;5. aftcmpt-
ed - commit suicide by drowning in
DENocnAT~ Of Cass and Miami Coun-
ties nominated NJ. NJ. Kigoro for soint
LArMf y. LETiIEENAN. railway mail
clerk. has been appointed Inspector in
Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. and viii
remove from Detroit 70 Valparaiso.
RErrRIicAN~ OF the Eighth Dis
trict nominated jas. a. Mount for Con-
grcSs.
Ian ASp ORDER people OF Indiana
counties infested by White Caps arc
preparing TO organize for the pur-
pose 81 hunting down the miscrcants
and giving them some Of their own med
Icine.
Mrs MoI.r.IE HAMLET and her four
children we're burned to death by the
explosion o. lamp AZ Valparaiso
JAS. HAWKINS, a young farmer living
near Elkhart. was killed on his farm by
'cing thrown in front Of "a reaper and
mower and cut into pieces
joins. FI~~. IL New Albanr. was
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