The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-06-12


/ In barn NJ Marion. was struck X;
Il:ghtaing and instantly killed
| AT New Castle James =. i.anNert
WAS sentenced 10 three years imnri~-
onmcnt for robbinr Rev. J.. A. Ees~ss'
lc. knignlssown. u his ~earing ap-
parel
THE board 81 educatl.n for Adams
county elected J. r. snow county super
lintendcnt ~ schools for that county.
This is his fifth term.
\ a. ". EoBi>so~. Farmers All'anc"
man. was elected county superintendent
81 schools IN the nineteenth balioi.
the first ever elected in Fayette
county outside Of the republican ranks.
Hub Thomas was appointed county AZ
SCISSOR until the new law.
Anour year ago the city council 81
Charlottesville sold. on credit. an old
fire-cngins and hose "a Fowler for $50
The other day the bill was sent in for
payment. and the clerk wrote back say
ing that the new town board had re-
pudiated the purchase. and that the err
CINE was held awaiting orders from the
Charlottesville council
A BaokE~ arm. injured horse. wreck
ed buggy and an unini nred. hut badly
frightened girl. was the unpleasant ter
mination 81 the buggy ride 81 John
>hickcy and Hattie Millspaugh NJ And
erson.
The eight-year-old son Of Sanford
Hauser. while left alone with his five
year-old sister. picked mp rim stand
ing against the wall and. putting a cap
ON il. pointed il AZ the little one and
fired The bali passed through the child
from shoulder IL shoulder, and she will
die They reside in jackson township,
owen county.
JONI q. LEwELfiS was reelected
superintendent Of the Delaware county
schools for the fifth time
JoHS II. RUSKiE. democrat OF
Macy Miami county. was elected conn
~ superintendent. il requiring twclv,
ballots 10 decide the election. The fight
was between Runkle and Philip >uil
van. Of jefferson township.
STRAWBERRIES still continue 10 be
heavily exported from New Albany. ans
il is estimated that the output for thu
season will pass 100000 gallons
AMONG the floral offerings place.
upon soldiers graves AT Charlottesville
was one from the wife Of former con
.ederate soldier. and with it was a car,
bearing the words, Prom the gray I.
the blue
LIGHTNING near Mulberry. Clinton
county. killed herd Of six cattle ans
four horses The stock was standir'
scattered along the pasture fence
distance of fifty rods and the lightnin.
struck the barbed wire
The suit brought by Harry :. New
and other republicans TO upset the leg
islstive apportionment act passed y,
the last general assembly was called Il
the circuit court at indianapolis. a few
days ago. but the plaintiffs failed TO re
spond. When the injunction proceed
ings were filed. seeking TO restrain tn
distribution of the laws. no Temporal
restraining order was asked for. an
the distribution has been accomplished
As there is nothing to be njoined tn
suit will be abandoned.
THE other night vandals raided tn
Batson cemetery. five miles west Q
Montpelier. Thirty-seven Of the hes
monuments were destroyed and severa
others were more or less damaged. y
clew can be discovered that will lead I
the detection Of the guilty ones
: AT Roachdale. Dick Adams was ~he
through the heart By Noah Evans. Th
latter's wife claimed that Adams ou
ragged her person some time ago
Jos WENDELL. aged 80 and unmarried
a well-kn 3wn German citizen 81 Mad
son. committed suicide. taking dose I
arsenic. lie had been upon spree Il
three or four days.
WILL DAVIS. Jcfersonville Telegram
operator received notification that
had been left $4,000 BY an aunt VIII
has just died in Pennsylvania
The five-year-old daughter IL "
and Mrs. jefferson Reed. Of Tiptoi
was kicked by a COW and her tex broke
in three places
THE state hoa.-d Of education met
Indianapolis and let the contract Il
furnishing the Indiana schools wit
histories 70 CHM 4 CO.. Of Boston. III
retail price is sixty-fve cents. ri
, author Of the successful history Is Fro
Montgomery. The board also adopts
Prof O. T.. Jenkins elementary and A
vanccd physiologies offered by the Il
dian State Book Co.. at thirty and six'
cents respectively. c.id speller offer,
by the Indiana school Book Co. II
!. price Of which Is 70 be ten cen,
Grammars have been offered by Port
4 Coates. Morton 4 Co. y. &. Heath
Co, Region Bros, CHM a Co. Indial
School Book Co, w. r. H. Sander
Of Connersville. and the Eowen-Merr
Go.
NKs. HAvSAH GRrFFiTH brought ~
az panyille. against Mrs. Sarah Rci.z
for s.. 600 damages for alleged slands
: The jury awarded her damages in 4
sum of 81.
JAMES GRAHAM Of Scott count
claims 10 have killed a rattlcSnake IN
measured nineteen feet long and hi
thirsy-nine rattlcs.
!, JEFFFEsoNvII.rE's mayor receives
I, salary Of $500 per annum.
!, GfoRcE W. HILL. conspicuous me-
I Der Of the Scottish Rite. Odd Fellow
Elks pythian and other leading seer
! societies. died AT indianapolis. aged I