The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-04

~ sheridan Inducements were Tree
gas free land and bonus
/, ISDiAxAs wheat crop amounted q
oA<si. oso bushels. which was l:0co. oos
bushels in excess 81 the best former
record.
| A NUMBER Of politicians in johnson
Storcr's saloon. ~ Upton. saw a bag
! gard-looking woman enter. The pro.
| prietor approached 70 learn her want,
when she vanished In the air. The
men sat down their glasses and retired
| solemnly.
Tux assassin Of John +. Webb oi
Orange county. Is still AZ large The
coroner has returned q verdict Of death
At the hands Of parties unknown.
THE largest boy n birth that ever ap-
peared in the gas belt was born the other
night to the wife Of belgian Of Mum
Gle The baby weighed fifteen pounds
The father Is . glass blower. employed
at the Over factory.
Ar Connersvillc. rs Mrs Harvey Nut
ting. widow aged Is years was light
ing . natural gas fire. the match went
out and on the second attempt. the steve
being full Of gas. an explosion follow
ed The top Of the stove was blown or
against her. throwing her over . rock
ing-chair. breaking her hip and making
her = cripple for life.
The other day. while walking in her
back yard at Muncie. Mrs J. NJ. Ora
ham fell. broke her right hip bone. and
otherwise seriously. IL not fatally. in
juring herself Mrs Graham was for =
long time . member Of the state board
Of agriculture. and Is widely known
throughout Indiana
j. + BURKE saloon-keeper at Lo-
gansport who fed several months ago.
leaving considerab Die indie btedness. with
several indictments hanging over him,
has been captured at Dixon. Ill.
THIRTEEN people have gone insane At
New Albany since Januaryl
The young men OF Anderson arc
forming military company. which will
be drilled by DR.. ii. Z. Jones. recently
Of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The warden Of the prison north has
recently granted permission TO convicts
to wear mustaches, and every prisoner
Is cuitivating the hair on his upper lip
with great assiduity.
VIZ. KrNBArr, wholef North Vernon
under a cloud year ago was caught in
Indianapolis. and returned 70 North
Vernon to answer a charge Of embez-
Element
ArEw days ago. while digging a well
at Eminence. J. c. Rhea came upon q
French coin thirteen feet from the sur
face.
The other afternoon VIM. Mccormick
and Charles Comeford were sentenced
TO the peniten tiary for burglarizing the
grocery store of John Stadtler. at
Muncie. few days ago Mccormick
was given two years and Comeford one
year
The heart of Mrs Ann Barr. vinccn-
mes has according to physicians.
moved from her left to her right side.
the result Of hard fall a few wears
ago
THERE are 4s7 odd fellows lodges in
this state
Mss LAURA RECORD. daughter Of Ex-
Sheriff Record. OF Morgan county. has
been elected superintendent OF schools.
in Keith. Neh She was q candidate ON
the republican ticket
The asphyxiation OF the Huffman
family at Lapel. caused BY the escaping
gas has resulted in the death OF Mrs
Huffman. as well as her son Newton.
Peter Newton. another son. can not re
cover
JoHx ELDRIpGE. night clerk at the
Clinton hotel. kokomo. left there at
o'clock the other morning. after taking
-ls5 from the safe. lie told the bell
boy he was going out after lunch and
that was the last seen Of him. lie is
years old. medium size,
black mustache and cock eyes. He
same from Fort Wayne ten days before.
Jos. HrDsoS was caught attempting
10 burglarize Prof wisehart's residence
n Brownsburg. northwest Of Martins
Tille. and has been sentenced 70 six
Fears IT hard labor in prison.
The Citizens Gas Co. Of Paramount.
las drilled . new well. with an esti-
mated daily output Of 10. 600. 600 cubic
'eet
MISS KATE STrLLBrR6. of Elkhart,
attempted suicide with morphine. be-
a. e her betrothed had been convicted
" crime
GEo. BRYANT knocked down Edward
Il anley and then shot him for insulting
Bryant's partner at . dance in Newton
Fille. near Evansville.
scARLATISA is raging in certain To-
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