The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-30
STATE INTELLIGENCE.

JAMES A. PAXTON. Harrison County.
undertook to wash his sweetheart face
with snow. and the young lady threw
| him down with such violence n "a dis
| locate his knee.
Ar Mildlctown a son Of Jasper i;oone.
| aged :. was gorcd 70 death by bull the
| other evening.
AN indianapolis baby was pawned for
one dollar. and the father had - bring
| suit 10 get II ont ~ soak.
MISS HENRIETTA FOUNTAIN. member
| Of very prominent family ~ the neigh
borhood ~ Seymour. aged sixteen years.
while temporarily craxed by disappoint-
mcnt in love and betrayal. blew her
brains out with a revolver the other
night. Her hctrayer Is stranger who
came there only short while ago lie
has disappeared.
JAMES {. SrAxFiELD. Of IIenryvlle. q
brakeman on the j.. NJ. 4 l.. fell he
meath the wheels while making a coup
ling at Columbus. the other morning.
and was cut in two
NR. AND Mrs. HENRY SwI~Tz. Of
South Bend. served cheese at a luncheon.
and all their guests were seized with
sudden illness. The results were not
permanently serious.
BERT LEwATLEN. who has lain in the
Jail al Charlottesville since last fall
charged with stealing pair Of boots at
Newmarket. has pleaded guilty and the
Judge released him on good behavior on
account Of his having already been in
Jail So long.
STrrEBAkERs have struck strong
flow Of sulphur water at Paoli at a
depth Of si5 feet. The water is equal
70 any found al the famous French Lick
and West Baden springs. and shoots
eighteen feet into the air This Is the
second flowing sulphur well struck in
that town in the last thirty days
AT Columbus Rosani Keller has sued
for divorce from Peter Keller. to whom
She has been married forty years. She
j. seventy-five and he eighty. She
charges cruelty and desertion.
THE fiy-whccl Of an engine in l.aud-
crbeclx's saw-mill. near Grass Creek.
Cas- County. went 70 pieces. None Of
the many employees in the mill were i'm
jured.
WILLIAN WATSON overturned a tank
Of boiling water in Terrc lIaute sa-
loon and was badly scalded Three
days later he died Of lockjaw.
\ MOVEMENT is on foot for an electric
road from Brazil 10 knightsville.
AT Tcrre Haute. Ethel Towne was
acquitted of the charge Of forgery
BEDFORD. a village ten miles north Of
Mitchell. is scourged with an epidemic
OF scarlet fever. All the members Of
one family have died with the disease.
and many are leaving town to escape.
Vigorous efforts are being made 70 stay
the contagion.
HENRY THORNTON. colorcd. who j.
the possessor Of white wife. attempt
ed suicide by hanging in the Madison
! Jail. He was Jealous of his brothers at
tentions TO his wife
CHAs. SHERMAN grabbed a burglar in
his indianapolis residence. forced him
| into closet. and while he went for the
police the prisoner dropped ont Of the
| window.
| MITCHELL is organizing Law and
Order League for the purpose Of enforc-
| ing the statutes agains. the sale Of in
toxicating liquo :.
| THE body Of Peter Sheets was found
in swamp about eight miles from
| Plymouth. He was well-to-sio farmer,
but became demented. and about six
| weeks asyo wandered away.
| Two or three weeks ago Louis IIaase
| an indianapolis iewcler. accoSted pretty
/ Miss Helen l.. Patrick as She was has
tening home after n;g. fall. and insist
| ed upon kissing her. and the terrified
4 girl was compelled to submit 10 the EN-
brace. He had previously followed he1
i for some distance. She reached hom.
| terribly alarmed. and acquainted hel
brother. and. through his co-opcrafici
ard that Of the police superintendent.
trap was laid for Mr.. IIaasc and he wa.
arrested. The mayor fined him SIS ans
costs and sentenced him to the work
house for ten days. lie appealed % tn,
Criminal Court. and on the 10th he wa,
fined $500 and all costs Of trial. and ;
most determined effort upon the part q
his attorney alone prevented him from
receiving a Jail sentence in addition.
The other morning Orvillc GAYLORD
aged seventv-one years. residing AZ 23
Lafayette street. Fl. Wayne. left hi
home as usual. enjoying the best D
health. When he reached the Murray
street woodward. where he Is sawyer
his fellow-workmen greeted him III
responded and talked freely till 1,
o'clock. Suddenly he stepped from hi
saw and stood the picture Of despair
yet uttered not a sound In few min
utes he left his work and ran 70 tn,
Office AZ the desk Gayl,Ad wrote: y.
can not talk. lie was told 10 open hi
mouth. This he did. but his tongu,
was motionless and apparently stiff
The case puzzled the attending physi
clans. hut il is thought his tongue i
paralyzed.
MYSTERIOUS footprints in the snow
in various parts Of knightstown hav,
aroused considerable anxiety and inter
est among the citizens Of that place
The prints are those Of bare feet. o
average size. and have been seen in III,
yards and upon steps and vcrandas ~
number Of residences in remote parts o
the city. They have been closely ex
amined by a number Of the citizens