The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-17

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English. Is reported % have produced
breed 81 striped hogs
TIM Law and Order League. Of bloom
ington. has begun crusade against the
saloons. Ons keeper was fined $50 Tor
violation Of the Law.
Innx ArsrANpr was fatally wounded !
hv the accidental discharge Of gun IN
Tho hands ~ Alexander Amos. while the
two were hunting near Winslow
A SALOON AZ Morgantown was destroy
cd rs dynamite.
A Hrxrix.rox young man shot 81 >
mark and put bullet through Jonathan
Powelrs brain.
A TAILOR. OF Anderson. named Nun
Ger. has been indicted for kidnapping
his own son. and has been sued for Sc
duction.
Fogr WAYNE has been made arecruit-
Ing point for the enlistment OF volun'
teers for the regular army. Lieutenant
Chas. s. Hall. OF the Thirteenth Infant
~. arrived there few days ago and
opened an Office in the government
building.
A MAN who was clearing . piece OF
land near Columbus found six rattle
snakes under stone. Hecapturcd them
alive and took Thorn TO Columbus and
sold them
Ar Charlottesville George. the eight
vcar-old son Of VIM. Nash. fell the 9th
or evening with an open knife in his
shirt pocket The blade entered the
breast and broke of. causing the death
OF the boy soon afterward.
A NUMBER OF Indianapolis physicians
are making plans TO erect sanitarium
at Garland Dell, in Montgomery Coun-
| IT,
ArcrSr IEuErS, farmer Of Adams
County, fell dead while chopping tim
Der.
THE Indiana yearly meeting OF
Friends has petitioned the Worlds Fair
\ Commission 70 close the fair on sun
days.
/ AT Terre IIautc the other night. the
/ special committee appointed TO invcsti-
/ gate the books Of ex-City Treasurer
/ James Fitzpatrick. the treasurer OF the
/ city from 1854 TO l>ss. reported TO the
city council that there IS deficiency
in his accounts OF SIS. as.59. s7.l65 20 o.
which was during his first term. and
IS. $50. 50 during the second term A
peculiar thing in connection with the
deficiency as disclosed Is that
SIS 900 OF il was money Fitzpatrick had
collected from his predecessor. Charlie
A. Robinson. also = defariter, vnlch
sum Fitzpatrick himself appropriated
and failed 10 turn over. Fitzpatrick
-. 10 - "a 4,
his bondsmen. will fall 5000 short OF
paying out The shortage j. larger than
was generally expected.
The other night Geo Adams. Henry
Schalh and Ben Striker were out coon
hunting in strip OF woods adjoining
Anderson. About eleven o'clock they
encountered what is believed to have
been genuine wildcat or panther. II
followed them for half an hour or more
through the woods. Every now and
then the painter" would give an un'
earthly yell. snarl and tear through the
leaves The boys had couple Of Ian
terms. and they think that had ii not
been for them they would have been a.
tackled They were badly frightened
and upon leaving the woods the panther
made spring Al young Schalk ana
caught him BY the coat tail. Strikel
hit the animal with his lantern. The
globe burst and the oil. running upor
the animals back. became ignited- The
panther became about as thorough,
frightened as the boys. and rushed howl
ing and screaming through the woods.
yeritable ball Of fire. Several month
ago a panther attacked James Blacl
while going in buggy after night from
NAL has been seen by other reputable
persons.
THE free delivery service will lie cs
tablished at Jencrsonville. Laporte AM
Connersvillc November /.
Richard Everets and Tim Mcdonald
!. two young men. are under arrest AZ Per-
on information from the authorities a
Steubenvillc. o.. charged with burglary
SAMUEL ANDERSON. ran-Iiandl
switch-light employee and one OF tn
first settlers Of Greenfield. was instantl
: killed the other morning while attempt
ing to pass under freight train. II
leaves widow and thirteen children.
OVER $4,000. 600 = paid annually b
the Government to pension the Tnio
: soldiers OF Indiana There are IS. =.
: pensioners enrolled.
FRED PASeHEv. an inmate OF III
!. county poor-housc. Valparaiso. hange
himself few days ago. lie was eighty
six years old and was tired of life
WI. CAEEorr. and Louis Griggs sta
each other with the same knife in
!, quarrel in New Albany. Carroll is dea
\ and Griggs will probably die
Y FIVE horses at Annapolis. Athlete
with glarders. have been killed by IN
= State vcterinari n. The disease
n spreading.
+ Hos. JoHS Y. Hr~Tz was thrown fror
. hts horse at English. and the ANNA
! stepped upon his face and then fel. upo
I him.
WnTLE hunting. near Martinsvills
. George Stroder was shot in the Leg b
i the accidental discharge OF John smith
II gun. The leg will have 70 como OIL
q THE Republicans Of the Third Cor
i rressional District have nominated Wi