The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-21
STATE INTELLIGENCE

Tmk drowning Of VIM. IIenthornc,
some days ago. at kcmps' Mills, Brown
County. IL 70 be investigated. as there
are suspicious Of foul play.
SAMUEL Jackson. IN III ~ despond-
cncy caused BY an attack Of Ia grippe,
tried ~ commit suicide AZ Hunting
ton.
An>rn II. BowEx. an old-time banker
OF Delphi. i dead, AZ the age Of IS.
lie was one Of the wcalthicst men in In
diana.
Two MEN. On their way 70 the peni-
Tertiary. escaped from the sheriff at
Newcastle.
Tnr Bass murder trial. which had
been in progress NJ Bedford for week,
ended on the 18th In disagreement.
after being ont forty-cight hours. and
the court discharged the jury. A ma
jority favored acquittal. on the grounds
that Lynn was killed because Of threats
he had made.
4 Two-ANp-o~E-uALFo ounces Of arsenic
were found in the stomach Of Jacob
Eberlc. OF Peru. who had been dead
4 two years.
4 FIVE OF the assailants OF Eli Iadd. at
Blountsyille. are in jail. and warrants
have been issued for four others.
I A coLoEEp tough who tried 10 takc
4 the town OF Blountsville. was pursued
and riddlcd with bullets.
| TnE Supreme Court Of Indiana hasdc-
ciared the barrett Improvement law
constitutional.
CHAPMAN HARRIS. the celebrated col
ored Abolitionist, lied at Madison.
aged lightweight years
SrrERINTENDENT> OF Departments
We're elected the other day by the In
diana Board Of Agriculture.
TnE other evening. al Falkland. dyna-
mite was put under frame building
used as a saloon by John X. Joyce. and
an explosion occurred which shook tho
whole town. Joyce was selling by the
quart, the commissioners having refused
him license.
POSTMASTER GATSrT. Of Marion. has
appointed John Watts. Noah Burdon.
Melvin Stow and Cooper lay. mail-car-
riers under the free delivery system.
which takes effect March l.
MISS SUSIE LEwAEk. a young lady
prominent in society circles. Indian
apolis. died from fright which she re-
ceivcd two weeks before. She was re-
covering from the grippe. when one
evening she saw a mans face covered
with white mask at the window. The
fright unsettled her mind Brain fever
resulted and death followed.
OSCAR SHApLE. aged seventeen. liv-
ing five miles north OF Montpelier. died
from the effects OF an injury sustained
in playing in baseball game two
weeks ago. He was batting and struck
at ball with great force. missed il and
sustained violent wrench and rupture
OF the abdominal cavity.
JENNIE BAILEY. the daughter OF :
wealthy farmer. committed suicide near
Columbus. Disappointment in love was
the cause
THE citizens OF Mitchell are Offering
inducements to some persons who will
establish canning factory there.
MRs. SUSAN RECORD. native Of Ohio.
died at the county asyll. Crawfords-
vile. with the grip. She was ITO years
old and had been an inmate Of the insti-
tuition since 1s4O
WoRK on the foundation Of the Hen
bricks monument at indianapolis has
been commenced.
THE Ircndale rolling-mills, employ
ing two hundred men. began operation
at Anderson few days ago.
koKoMo has organized driving park
association. with capital stock Of sl5,-
900. Forty-two acres near the city linz
its have been purchased for the park.
which will be fitted up in handsome
style.
a LNxATIc assaulted several persons
with clubs and stones. and tried to ere
mate himself in his cell at Martinsvillc.
Two hogs. a calf and mule. belonging
to John seward. farmer living near
Columbus. died Of hydrophobia the 9TH
er day. having been bitten week ago
by rabid dog.
ANDREW GARDINER was fatally shot
while hunting near Wabash.
MANUEL. J. NIEIHA. the learned barber
OF indianapolis. Is dead OF injuries re-
ccived by collision with an engine on
the Union railway tracks. He was Por-
tuguese. and could talk easily in twenty
different languages.
The indianapolis Board Of Trade. by
an almost unanimous vote. has adopted
a resolution favoring the repeal Of the
Interstate Commerce law
AszMAS. convicted at indianapolis OF
Bertha Elf. has been SEN
fenced 70 be hanged May %
SISTER MARY BArTIsrE died at Peru
q few days ago.
TmE free delivery system has been ex-
tended to Marion.
CHARLES MILLER has been arrested for
shooting George Purdy, near Lebanon.
NEAR Anderson. John LaufY beat his
wife into insensibility with club. and
she may die.
II. w. PEI has been appointed re-
ceiver Of the dry goods firm " Dcdert 4
Sudbrock, at indianapolis.
WILEY and Wick stewart. brothers,
quarrelcd at a dance near Martinsville,
and the latter was fatally stabbed BY the
former.
OWING to the prevalence Of spotted TO-
IN Mast Ind a :, ,.n1;u ~. .x..t.it.