The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18
INDIANA STATE NEWS

n'n Souut( Will furni&n ~. ~
bushels for shipment
HEiSrER . country school
teacher lear Portland. has been ~
rested for cruelty % the pupils
JoHN PERRY. Of Brazil. evinces a pc
culiar form Of insanity. Once q year h
suddenly becomes insane and remain
In that condition for several months.
The Kerr forgery trial ended a
crawfordsvilie with the acquittal Of tn
defendant.
~nrHrnERIA prevails 10 such an ex
tent at New Haven. Allen county, tha'
the schools nave closed
Cows are not permitted 10 roam the
streets OF Logansport A mounted 20
liceman is kept on the watch 70 i'm
pound all stray animal&
THERE Is an old farmhouse near
Washington visited by ghosts in q
singular fashion. Every night = huge
log Is heard TO roll along the roof and
fall to the ground with a heavy bump.
but investigation shows that there is
nothing 70 make the strange noise.
The South Side pond. at Logansport
has been drained II used to help the
quinine business in that part Of the
country to . large extent
The post Office at Mount Etna. in
Huntington county. was robbed Of 500
in cash q stamp<-
A = gas well at Alexandria. be-
longing to the rePauwA is a gusher.
Ice men about the northern Indiana
lakes are preparing for business
The W. Cook Brewing Co 5 plant at
Evansville. burned Loss $4,000
MUScIE young men have formed q
club to promote matrimony. Members
marrying receive 5000
The Rock Oil and Nstural-gas Co.. Of
Winchester. will soon begin three gas
wells about twelve miles west Of that
town
A number Of the women Of winches-
ter have organized a woman's club. the
membership being limited to forty.
For the current club year. ending in
May. 1897. the general subject is Amer
lean literature.
The stockholders Of the Decatur
County Agricultural society met re-
Gently and reelected the old board Of d.
rectors for another year. The initia-
tive steps were taken toward the fair
for the coming season. with probably
spring and fall races each year here
after.
CLINTON has q church lighted by cleo
tricity.
MANY horses have died in Lake
county from . disease resembling grip.
The tw~o-year-old child Of Dora Tilley
burned 70 death near ~Cloverdale.
Tine ~life-saving at Michigan CITY
has gone out Of commission for the
season
GEORGE RICHARDS. the young man
who rented 800 acres Of land of John
Pickett, giving him forged notes to the
amount Of ss.ao Q pleaded guilty to
forgery the other evening and was SEN
fenced TO three years in prison at Tip
ton
Az eighteen-month-old child Of James
Murphy met Its death in a peculiar
manner At the ~infirmary. Marion A
t~en-year-old sister was carrying the
child in her arms and accidentally
dropped IT, The head OF the child
lowed "a go ..4 ~"
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