The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-09
SlAlI INTELLIGENCE.

well sermon nj the Millcrcek Baptst
Church. near SALEM few days ago.
after continuous passionate over that
charge Of forty-sevcn years
Mis-. SRo. REEp. wife Of farmer
near seymour. while trimming lamp
broke II. The oil ignitcd from the
steve and Mrs Reed was burned "a
death.
Jon~ CAsRY. an old soldier. and his
wife. one son and his sister-in-law. living
near New Amsterdam. were taken FRI IN
their beds. dragged unclad through the
snow. tied to trees. whipped. and al
most died from the cruel treatment.
The second time in the past year the
mammoth tile mandatory II :. &
Cowgirl. NJ Summitville, was totally de-
Stroyed by fire the other evening. The
fire originated by the bursting Of =
natural gas pipe in the drying-rooms.
and the whole building was mass 4
fire before an alarm could be sounded.
The building was forty by four h. n
drcd feet. with wing Of fifty by two
hundred feet. The loss is $4,000. part
~ covered.
TnE Midland railroad promises 70 re-
move its shops from Lebanon "a Brazil
If Clay County will vote $4,000 sub
sidy Ia its proposed extension.
FARMER RAxpAII's wife. Phoebe.
who was fired upon during prayer meet
| ing al her home in Boone County. one
! year ago. is still unable a. leave her
I bed. The ball struck her just above
! the eve and is still imbeddsd in her
/ head. causing almost constant pain.
/ The would-bc murderer. although per-
/ sistent efforts have been made. has not
/ been located.
/ CAPITALISTS from Detroit and Muncie
have leased twenty acres from JAS. Fra
zer. near liil.sboro. for the purpose Of
using the sand found there for the man
ufacture Of glass The intention j. -
locate factory there.
loHx BrcHASAS and Fittic Bender,
Of New Market. Were found nearly
dead in their room al = Jeffer~onv lie
hotel. They had blown out the gas
WM. MYERS. at I.icksl<illet. foolinr
with gun. shot and killed Peter Lani
GER.
MARrINsvIrIE churches viii unite in a
series 81 union revival meetings in Feb
ruary.
Tnos. ANDERSON. aged eight. Of Ms r
tinsville. weighs two hundred pounds.
TuE German National Bank Of Evs NJ
willie. has been re-organized under h
State laws. and increased its capita
stock $4,000.
TnE celebrated case If the state y
ia. II. Howard was settled hv com
promise for 5000 in the Floyd Circuit
Court Howariwas warden ~ The Prison
south and al the expiration ~ his tern
~ rtilc. il Is claimed that he was shnr
| ~ his accounts between $4,000 and SEQ.
~ ~nit was al once instituted. ans
- matter has been in the courts fo
wears 4 year ago Judgment was rem
dered for the State for $500 in Clarl
county. and the payment 81 this judg
,nens j. inclnded il the compromise.
The other night VIM Fields and wife
residents Of Shedtown, a suburb o
Muncie. left their little son and daugh
ter in bed and went to q neighbcr'
house. few doors distant. Before 20
ing the father turned on more gas Il
the stove. The heat caused the wood
work 70 catch fire. John ClapPer. win
was passing the house, heard the chill
dren screaming. ran to the burninl
building and rescued the little one
from their fiery room at the peril o
his own life The house was consumed
The trcstle at SANS Lick. on III
French Lick branch Of the Monon. ~ \
way while passenger train was cross
ing. The engineer put on a full head O
steam end got the train over. but
went down the embankment- The en-
gineer. Andy Erwin. was severed
bruised. and Mrs J. A. Ritter. Of Wss
Baden. and the baggage Wu
Price. We're slightly injured.
III. NJ. BERcAw and Geo. W. Meyer.
stocl-buyers. living in Boone Count,
were called 70 Frankfort 20 answer I
six indictments charging them wit
placing thin sheet Of lead under tn
weight on their scales. thereby maxim
one hundred pounds difference ever
time the beam was balanced. The
were fined $50 and severely censures
THF Presider. has approved the as
providing for public building AZ Mad
. son.
1ft. vi IMAM VI Iiuutlu-lnu. Wa
crushed to death by falling under a ,oa
| " slaves.
(, Nj. n. DONALDSON was knocked dowi
: beaten and robbed by footpads at Fol
Wayne.
. CAffAIS En-. HOWARD. Of jefferson
/, Vile. is putting in a steel ship buildin
! plant. which will employ two hundre
I, skilled men.
(. CITIZENS Of Marion have called a COZ
/ ference. 10 he held in that city Januar
y :. to devise some measure 70 prevent III
|. waste Of gas.
/. EDWARD PARKER. a resident Of MOI
Z roeville. near IT. Wayne. was killed I
r the blunder of druggist in making y
1 prescription.
4 Mrs. GENERAL LEW WALLACE.
Z. Charlottesville. who has been very II
!. Is again able 70 sit up. and will soon
: well.
I A MAN at Charlottesville claims I
S has hen who lays two eggs per da
= one in the morning and one in the eve
/ ing.