The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-18
INDIANA STATE NEWS
POPULATION STATISTICS.

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Bullesin-
The census bureau recently Issued
bulletin giving the population Of Indi-
ana In detail. BY countie< cities. wards
Of cities towns and townships. taken
as OF June I, 1890 The population Of
the state Il :. ip2.los nm increase Of
ga l03. or iGss per cent over that Of
1850. when Il was l.9.Asoi. OF the
ninety-two counties in the state. TWEEN
ty-five show decreases. but In only four
! Of these are the decreases more than 10
per cent In 1850 there Were twcnty-~ev-
en- cities in the state having population
Of four thousand or more. the aggregate
population Of which was Ss7. las In
| 1890 the number OF cities having that
population was thirty-seven. with an !
aggregate population Of 5o7. 1873 This !
shows an increase in population in |
cities Of this size OF l2g. SIS. or 5<g7 per \
cent The most considerable increases
In urban population in number are
found In indianapolis and Evansville
indianapolis shows an increase Of So
$50. or "a. IS per cent. while Evansville
shows an increase Of 81. 40. or IS IS per
cent. Fort Wayne and South BEND
also show large proportionate increase.
The largest percentages Of increases
are found in Hammond. Marion. Ander-
SON. Muncie. Frankfort and Kokomo.
In only two cities are decreases shown
MvNCIE has secured the Defiance
glass works
AT West Fork, the other night. VIM
knight was nursing his sick grand
child The man was amusing his child :
BY clicking . revolver when il explod- !,
ed. The hall entered the left side OF /
the little one. passing entirely through .
the body. The child lived only three
hours knight did not know that the !,
weapon was loaded
RoBERr PRICE the other morning had Il
! revolver In his hand. fiourishing it 9
around. when he in some manner ex- y
oloded one chamber The bullet struck i
'is friend. Willis Pickett. in the neck. v
md nc Is not expected to recover Price
in jail at Lafayette Both are col :,
red men !.
Br natural gas explosion in a q
iuncie factory fourteen year-old lad V
vas fatally injured and man was 50 "
'adly hurt that ne may die i.
LABOR day was extensively celebrate 4
at Elkhart, and roasted OK was one
( the features M
ForR young people at Richmond
'ere poisoned by eating two freely Of II
candy
A TEST will soon be made at Terre
aute, OF process 70 manufacture gas
'om oil
The Air Line will build q new $4,000 n,
epot at New Albany. m
forSG Bros. Of Laporte. own an $50 II
~ OF the date Of 1879. tn
PERT is making big play to secure br
&c Wabash repair shops sa
a FrINr-eLAss factory. TO employ la5 I'll
en-. will be erected at Dunkirk. thu
BERT CHANDLER, . man OF family. II;
ar Franklin. while hauling logs was tai
ushed to death Sci
BRooDISG over the death Of his wife wa
ranged John Dilhorn, near New Cas- sig
:, and he committed suicide BY hang. ma
9. He was fifty-two years old. pr,
The remains OF John Shaughnessy, : tn
lard Il the indianapolis work house. Tia
ere found strewn along the Big -Four thu
ilway tracks near that institution the in
her morning. His gold watch stopped tie
$3.50, indicating the hour OF his death.
&c body was literally scattered along ere
Z track for several blocks. the under. the
ker reporting $50 pieces picked up. bel
4 that could be recognized Of the head off
= the mustache and upper lip and bri
scalp, which Was stripped on as tax
th knife. The back home was taken the
As clearly as If scrapcd. and each \
} was separated from its fellow. The the
-gest piece Of bone found was fraR. an,
mt Of the thigh. twelve inches n me
'gth A shred here and there was Tn,
that was discovered OF his clothing wa
- supposed to have gone to sleep On sew
: track 4,
THERE are IS distilleries in tion be
the New Albany division OF the Sew OF I
IN Internal revenue district, due 70 pas
immense fruit crop. wer
LABOR day was celebrated n Fort Lon,
ayne BY an industrial parade In the sail
'rning. q picnic. balloon ascension was
speeches IN the afternoon and : diff
md ball in the evening
S"'A scnooi children will be asked s6l
contribute one cent each yearly Tor
next two years and each teacher strir
cents. 70 put up an Indiana build nes
at the Worlds fair. r.
HE female trance revivalists IN Mon. y.
county are pclted with peaches and stat
= when they speak In
LAREScE d. HARRoLD. Of Martins. ware
e, has collection Of relics that q. the
hes several pieces Of stone from thr that
nan palace Of julius Cmsar IN II
lADfsoS county farmers have decid. tend
Q do away with the old toll system matte
rinding wheat. and will hcrca Fer IN
hvc cents = bushel to the miller read
HoMAs NAY. : prosperous farmer Of LOT
county. was badly iniur. guar
p runaway. Tn
FREE kindergarten for children the n
er SIX years was opened q few davs rena'
by charitable women OF New al. gove'
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