The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-11
INDIANA STATE NEWS
GEN. HovEy's FUNERAL.
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1surlsl of the Governor az Indiana at NJ
Vernon.
MI. VERNON. Ind. Nov. :S-Thc IN
neral OF Gov. Hoycy took place her
thursday. The remains were place.
in the ro:unda OF the courthouse at
o'clock Thursday morning. lying il
state until lisa The regular Service
were held in the court room at : y Ia
Gov. Ira Chase delivered n very ab.s
sermon
All Of the state officers were here and
many other prominent men. including
Ex-Govs. Gray and Porter and senator
Turpie. At the grave Gov. Chase deliver
ed another short address. followed By
Ex-Govs- Porter and Isaac r. Gray.
both Of whom talked most cloqucntly.
Then the G. A. II. ceremonies were
performed and ended the last sad tri-
butes TO our illustrious dead statesman.
About 10. 600 people were in attend
ance, most OF whom passed through the
courthouse to view the remains The
state militia was well represented.
with eleven companies. There were
also representative bodies from thirteen
@ A. r. posts OF the state. al forming
with the procession.
UNION CITY complains Of insufficient
supply Of natural gas
RALPH WINTERS. aged 6. OF Reno. was
kicked to death by y horse.
A $1,000 school. house will be rect
ed next spring ut ~Centrcsville.
Tue waters about Eckerty are filed
with turtles from the size Of q silver
dollar TO three feet in diameter.
IRA Cosby. son Of one Of the
wealthicst farmers of Davies county,
was arrested charged with burning
Lorenzo Evans barn one night last
June.
MITCHELL. SoHES and wife. OF Column
bus, have seven children. The mother
and seven children were stricken with
typhoid fever a few days ago. The
mother died the other night. and two
OF the children can't live. while the
other three are very- sick and will prob
ably die. They contracted the malady
from using water for drinking and Gull
mary purposes from . well recently
sunk on the site Of an old livery stable.
AT Columbus the twenty-one gam
blers arrested the other day pleaded
guilty before Mayor Graham and were
fined so each. a total OF $500.
THERE are already fourteen candi-
in the field for nomination as
sheriff on the democratic ticket Of
Shelby county.
EVERY vestigc Of the old courthouse
Laporte has been removed and the
ground cleared for the proposed new
building.
HISDosrAS. Martin county. has dis
appeared from the lace Of the earth
= was once a county seat. and in the
'arly days an important trading post
n famous suit Of Mrs. Abigail
against Milton Shirk. re-
an old mill in Miami county.
which has been in the courts since
81, was decided against the plaintiff.
= had previously appeared i the dock
is OF Wabash. Cass and Howard coun-
les. and was once decided in favor Of
.irs Licurance.
MARTIN HALL a Lagrange drug
Jerk. who was charged with poisoning
ienry Hughes by putting poison in a
lose OF quinine and whisky which
hughes had called for. was the other
lay found guilty Of murder and SEN
enced 70 the renitentiary for life.
A LIVERY stable belonging to George
Usher, at indianapolis, was DESTROYED
~ 6re At an early hour the other morn
ng. Seven horses were suffocated by
ne smoke and more or less burned. but
timely arrival Of the fire depart
saved the veh cles from serious
amage. Loss s3. COO.
A entered the residence of
ohm Craig. AZ Danviile. securing sew
raj hundred dollars and Craig's pznts-
is the Snowman who weighs
omcthing over ZOO pounds
Mrs ESTHER PHrLr.rPs. of Clinton
Dwnship, Elkhart county. died a few
lornings ago. aged within six weeks
( 30 years She was the mother of
light children and could cnumeratc
grandchildren, sixty-four
Observation-Disclosures and four great
reat-grandchiidren.
NORTHERN Indiana is threatened with
coal famine that promises to work
isaster and to cause considerable suf-
ring. At points in Porter and adjoin-
y counties farmers and residents Of
MAJ. ham cts are burning corn-cobs
fuel Along the line OF the Louis
lie. New Al,nay and Chicago railroad