The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-06
INDIANA STATE NEWS

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catfish weighing - pounds while
fishing in the Ohio river
81 LILLE STEVENS shot and killed Mar
garct Ross at Indianapolik The formel
> will set up plea Of insanity.
: IxDIAxA's taxable property Is valued
at sl.s49, 500. sea- and railroads are as
! sessed At ei60. e0o.57S
! THnEE triplets and seven pairs 81
twins were born 1t Leavenworth the
past nine months
TnE other night Lanta Cassel com
mitted suicide. south Of Columbia City,
by taking morphine, opium and chloro'
form.
Ed WILLIAMS. while drunk, went "a
sleep on the Panhandle railroad. five
miles west Of Marion, the other night.
and next morning was struck by the
engine Of the west bound passenger
train and instantly killed.
FIRE broke out at II o'clock the other
night in the West End barn Of the street
car company, Evansville, and famed
BY strong northwest breeze. wiped up
property TO the amount Of $4,000 Fire
destroyed the barn. filed with hay and
other feed, then spread TO the car-shedA
and destroyed those and twenty-one
new cars, and then to the companv's
stables. where one hundred mules were
In the stables OF this number seventy
Eve were burned to death.
w. +. HoLLINGswoRrH. Of Kolomo,
was arrested a few days ago for COM
plicity in the forgery for which his
partner in business. Tilman Radcliff.
has just pleaded guilty and been sem
fenced 10 the northern prison for two
years In pleading guilty Radclif inn
plicated Hollingsworth- They were
Touring mill owners and both have
stood well in the community. Holdings
worth denies the charge and gave bonds
for his appearance.
| GEORGE MEssERsMITH. employed in
the Rec Line yards at Indianapolis,
was singularly injured. . car wheel
dropping on and striking lever with
which he was working. The lever
caught him under the chin and he was
| lifted four feet into the air. coming
down with . shattered jaw-bone and
his tongue bitten of.
| ISAAC Goss. grocer at Bunker Hill.
while scuffiing on the depot platform.
was thrown in front of q passing train
the other afternoon, and one leg was
so mangled it had to be amputated.
But little hopes are entertained of his
recovery.
A. o. HARRIS. workman engaged in
the construction Of . public bridge,
was instantly killed near Auburn BY
the derrick with which he was lifting
four-thousand- pound stone falling on
him. His head was split open.
SEvESTy-FIvE families will move
from Lafayette to Upton. on account
of the l. Z 4 w. building q round
house and yards at that town
WHILE employed in the Doss saw
mills. six miles west OF Princeton. the
other night. Allen Hatchet was caught
by belt and fatally injured One arm
was torn of and his skull crushed in.
WM. COLLINS has sued the Lake Erie
and Western Railroad Co.. at Muncie,
for 81. 900 damages for being put of
train for refusing to pay the extra ten
cents demanded for not being supplied
with ticket
The 3-year-old daughter of Jennings
Mailer. near Orleans, while out playing
suddenly ran into the house, exclaim-
ing: Mamma, my face hurts me. "
Then she ran out again. and soon after
her mother found her dead in the yard.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Martin Peterson,
of Elkhart, had both arms cut of above
the elbows, while jumping from a Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern train He
will probably live.
The Big Four will build an SIS OOC
depot Mt Anderson.
SETH COLEMAN. of New Albany, who
was gored by bull some weeks ago.
has gone insane because Of his injuries
john PORTER. . leading real estate
agent Of IT Wayne, died in great ago
ny after four days suffering from .
quantity Of grape seeds which logged
In his intestines
The strange spectacle Of husband
and wife becoming reconcilcd after di-
vorce was witnessed in Judge John
sons court at Valparaiso. a few days
ago. A decree Of divorce was granted
the day before to Mrs. T. J. johnson. .
beautiful brunette and an acknowledge
ed leader in elite society circles, on the
grounds Of cruel treatment. Next aft
ernoon dramatic scene was enacted
when this divorced couple appeared in
court before lawyers and spectators
and on Bonded knees confessed the err
rors OF their ways end beseeched the
judge that the Judgment be set aside
This was done and peace once more
restored in the Johnson household.
LITTLE MAY CHENEY. Of Hobart,
Porter county. aged only 5 years, has
just secured for an infirm father liber-
al pension. The girl wrote a letter to
President Harrison, asking. in her
childish simplicity. that her fathers
service TO his country be rewarded. and
letter In answer conveyed the joyful
intelligence of her success. This is be-
lieved to be the first case on record
where the efforts Of o child SO young
have been rewarded.
JOHN GRoGG, farmer, livirg several
miles north Of Wabash. was badly
gored bva mad bull. ard 50 injured
that he will die.
The Muncie Pulp mills were dam
aged by fire to the extent Of 81, 500.
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