The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-07
STATE INTELLIGENCE.


| dianapolis the other morning IN pccu-
liar way. Ills son Is IN the habit q COM
/ ing home AZ night and failing asleep by
| the kitchen fire. and toward morning ms
father would arouse him and compel
| him TO 60 10 bed. Ahont two O'Clock in
tho morning Mr.. Lahcy started down
stairs for this purpose. but missed his
footing. and was killed ~ the fall.
| AnnAnAM FIIckiNcEIs. an cmployc of
| Robinson & Gilling's stone quarry, De-
catur. was run over BY heavy truck
| and horribly mangled. all Of his ribs be-
| ing torn from his spine
! WALLACE IIl~roS. young miner. was
| instantly killed by fall OF STATE in
Buckeye mine, Cannelburg
| Ox his deathbed the other night
! Thomas Taggart. farmer residing ten
| miles west Of Columbus. con fcssed 20
! having murdered and robbed Thomas
/ Jameson. an Ohio man. In 1ss5. Tho
murderer died few minutes after max
ing the confession.
] WAsIiIN.Iox has struck n flow Of
4 lithia watcr. and there is talk Of erect
ing a sanitarium-
=
! in runaway near Upton. while attend
ing funeral
\ JAY BIorxr. a lawyer OF Muncic, who
was confined in the insane asylum at
I Richmond. became boistcrous few
days ago and was 50 roughly treated by
one Of the attendants that he died.
| GKo WAHp. aged thirteen. residing
near Marion, was fatally injured while
toying with a revolver.
| JONI Horror. farmer boy living
near Milan. shot gray eagle measur-
ing seven feet from tip to tip.
| IRA BRANDON. prominent retail
grocer. OF Winchester. has made an as
| signmcnt Liabilities and assets un-
known
| PRoF. II. T. EDDY. Of Cincinnati Uni
vcrsity. has accepted the presidency OF
Rose Poll tcchnic Institute Terre llaute.
/ LATE the other evening some boys
were playing in the street at Crothcrs-
! Vile. when Arthur Royce ran against
another boy and knocked him down.
The boys mother rushed out Of the
store Of Rider & Swopc and stabbed
young Boycc with knife above the
heart infiicting what is feared will
prove mortal wound.
TnE members OF the Delaware County
4 Bar held meeting for the purpose OF
selecting an attorney who either lives
in Muncie or Richmond 10 assist in the
prosecution Of j. A. Woods and others.
who are charged with causing the dea tn
OF r. J. Blount at the Richmond Hos
! pital for the Insane several days ago
Every attorney at the Muncic bar has
rendered his services. anda large sum Of
money was subscribed 10 pay Rich
mond attorney, providing one is employ-
ed in the case.
1 Rev. JosErH $. WOODS. one OF the
ablest and oldest ministers in Indiana,
\ died at his home in Evansville the other
morning Of heart disease. His master
mind had given him almost national
rcnown. lie was magnetic, plain man,
OF the Abe Lincoln tyne lie was born
in Morgan County in 1923. and entered
Z, the ministry in the fall 81 1856 llehas
been pastor OF Trinity NJ. f. Church,
Evansville. forty-threc years.
The saloon OF y. N. johnson. at Para
gon. was destroyed by an incendiary
| Ere.
Jos DrSrrE. OF Wabash. dcspondcn mt
over the death Of his wife. took ten
grains Of morphine, and will die.
.Ionx WILLIAMS. Chinese merchant
Of Valparaiso, has taken out his second
naturalization papers. lie took out his
first in 1856.
AT Muncic Judge I.otz passed sentence
on Fannie Wiley. OF indianapolis; Doan
Nichols and Ret Shette-ly. Of Muncio.
victed a month ago Of abduction
The two former we're sentenced. and
will at once be taken 70 the states
prison for women. 70 remain -four and .
half years. willis the Nhcttcrly woman.
who turned States evidence 70 Jail for
thirty days. Tho Wiley woman con-
ducts house OF ill-iamc indianapolis.
where She Is assisted by the badl
rcputed Nichols woman who cnticed the
young daughter Of Farmer Squire Wa
tiers. who brought his daughter homo
from her place OF shame only 70 see her
end her miserable life with d dose Of
str.chninc. The ablest legal talent in
tho State could not save the women.
EIGHTEEN buildings AZ Lcavenworth.
were destroyed by fire. Loss. Ss5,os0.
THE flax and bagging factory Of VIM.
II. IIcssin. Of Huntington. burned down,
few days ago. Loss $1,000 insurance.
SO. O01.
y. J. RING, business nan Of Richmond.
has assigned.
AZ New Albany Henry T. Ritter was
sentenced 10 thu pcnitentiary for life
for the murder or Ellen Wicland. March
IA last The woman was his sistcr-in.
law.
a GRANITE cutting and dressing plant
has been erected at Logansport
WILLIAM MANSFIELD and son wcrc
dangerously injured in . runaway near
I,rooksfeld.
Gro. Pnirps. younc married man
living at byron. has gone insane, due 10
religious excitement.
u .IolIN LANcisr'~ child. -ycar-old,
tipped over itscradlcat Mt Lebanon. fell
into the fire and was burned to death
WM IIocrsTFf.r.rg was tossed by a
wild deer In tho private parl. Of J. IT..
lioss. az Fort Wayne. and badl y injured.
s.It.