The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-16
STATE INTELLIGENCE.


under the train At Knightsville and SO
badly hurt that he can hardly recover
AT Columbia City, Mrs. Mary shaw
committed suicide with arsenic because
her husband abused her.
SOME OF the farmers Of Johnson Conn-
Nv propose growing tobacco.
TnE Indiana State Republican Conn
mittee has selected John X. Gowdy. 81
Nashville. 70 succeed Chairman Niche
ncr.
AT Erazil Red" Reffet got one year
for burglary.
A fAnN-mA~D named Newly. near
Cartersburg. upon entering the barn AZ
the Davis farm. was shot and seriously
wounded by tramps.
GEo. w. MYERS was not one 81 the
Boone County stockholders engaged IN
giving short weight, but was one 81 the
prosecutors in the case.
REPRESENTATIVE PARnETr has intro
Guccd in the House bill appropriating
S.,5. eco to pur, base scme additional land
az Evansville. adjoining the site on
which the Marine Hospital building Is
being erected.
.IoHN STUART. well-known turfman.
fought with John Russell. a railroader'
over a woman al Evansville. stuart
was shot and killed. Russell was
wounded.
HARRY DAVIS. of Muncie, a brake
man on the Lake Erie and Western
railroad. fell between two ears near
Red Key and was literally ground to
pieces.
A NUMBER Of drunken men became
involved in fight AT Belle Union. Put
nam County. the other night. and Geo
Wallace was stabbed several times in
the back. lie can not recover.
Ar special election the ether day
for mayor Of Brazil. W. d. Mccullough.
Republican. was elected over J. q. Acl.-
elmer. Democrat, nv iOa majority.
Mrs. .IoHS >rINsoN attempted 70 ccm-
nit suicide at Danvillc. by pouring Oh
on her clothes and igniting them.
The Montgomery grand jury has re-
turned an indictment against young
lady for stealing chickens.
WALTER MARLEY. baker, Of Indian
arolis and Martin lIohl. proprietor Of
The cracker factory. were badly burned.
the latter fatally. by an explosion 81
natural gas at Lebanon.
ANoNG the members 81 the Seventh
Cavalry killed in the battle Of Wounded
Knee were James Coffy. Of Richland
township. and james Campbell and w.
+. McClintocl. of Benton township.
Monroe County.
The family Of Clark Thomas. ~ Co
lumhus. is severely afflicted Mrs.
Thomas and one child died within the
last two months Of typhoid fever, and
now the last two children and Mr..
Thomas himself are down and critically
i'll with the dread disease.
JACOB OBIEy and wife. residing four
miles west Of Mctamora. aged respect
lively IS and so. both died suddenly few
days aSn-
Ir is seldom that three weddings oc-
cur in one family on the same day, but
such transaction took place the other
day at the Funderburg residence. in
Rock Creek township. near Huntington.
The first couple united were Madison
McIlwain and Mrs. Mary Funderburg.
Next came Edward Funderburg. son Of
the first-namcd bride. and Nellie Nell
vain. daughter Of the first-namcd
groom. Then James Gray and Lii n
Funderburg the latter Marys daughter,
took the solemn and binding obligation.
VIII somebody please tell what rela-
tionship the first-named couples bear 70
each other?
A STATIONARY engine at the O'Bricn
wagon-works. at Lafayette. ran
away" dcmolishing itself and every
thing within reach.
CONTRACTOR GEo. ONEr. drilled in
what he claims 10 be the largest gas
well IN the Indiana belt few DAYS ago.
I The daily output Of the well is nearly
fifteen million feet per day. which
1 cciipses the famous Jumbo" well at
Paramount. For over thirty hours the
contractor lahorcd to anchor the tire
mcndous outflow Of gas before he sue
ccedcd. The casing has twice been pulled
! out and larger one placed in but the
gas only seems 10 increase. The well
| is located at Wcstside near Muncic. and
was drilled for the Port glass-works.
The usual shooting Of nitro-glycerine
was rs much impossible as il was use
less. A silver dollar thrown in IL with
the force Of man was hurled out and
over the top Of the derrick.
As THE result Of drunken fight at
the home Of Daniel McCauley, al Brazil,
VIM. McLcas was killed by blow from
an axe in the hands of the former.
SAMUEL w. LITTLE, Of Pike County.
has brought suit for ejectmcnt against
the striking miners who occupy the
houses near his mine.
THE shortage Of jackson Ferguson,
treasurer of Pike County. which
amounted to s5,s9o.99. has been set
tied. Mr.. Ferguson paid 5000 Of the
amount and his bondsmen the re-
maindcr.
MORGAN CorSTY makes good show
ing in the matter of mortgages filed
and released during 1890. Mortgages
were filed 70 the amount Of s91 800,
while the releases amount to over $780,
O0c
THE hub and spoke factory at New
Marlc. will probably be removed "a
t1awfordsvillc. There are seventy
five hands employed. which will in
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