The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-17
INDIANA STATE NEWS

FRANK LKfGHr. Of Scott county
pleaded guilty 70 stealing horse. lad
die and bride and was given ~ years
IN the state prison south.
Sorrm BExn has - factories, which
employ ssss people and turn ont sss,-
600 600 worth Of products q year.
Az the Lebanon races the trottsng
horse Richard dropped dead after win
ming the first heat.
Ar Madison. Columbus Peak. aged
"a well known ship carpenter, was
out in a rowboat. when he was seized
with an epiicptic III. and. falling over
board. was drowned
WITH the new reservoir completed AZ
New Albany the water supply Of that
city will b. IS. 900. 900. gallons an amount
sufficient for three cities Of equal size.
THERE is not q mile OF railway in
Brown county. nor within six miles Of
4 Nashville. the county seat. has 400
inha bitants and but one brick struc-
turc. the courthouse. The Jail Is built
Of log~ The county has not sent any
one to the penitentiary for several
years. and there Is not saloon within
its limits
RURLE HEDorArH. colored, aged 2S.
was found dead the other night near
the c.. II. & ID track east Of Nashville
with q horrible cash in his head and
skull crushed. IL is thought he was
murdered and the body put near the
track lie was barber by trade and
quiet. peacrable young man.
DvRING violent rain storm at Mich
| igan City lightning struck the residence
Of Carl Mroff. killing him instantly.
| His wife and infant child. who occupied
| the same bed with him. were not injur-
| ed particle.
| NELLIE FRIEND. Of Jeffersonvillc. is
| suing Mrs Faucet for $4,000 for MALI
| cious prosecution
| JONI LANISG. living near Camden was
stabbed and killed by Cash Hearn dur
| ing quarrel Hcarn escaped.
A WREN at Wcstphalia built is nest
in coffee mill hanging in a Kitchen.
II is now raising three youngsters in the
| peculiar nest
| Mr. AND Mrs Jos. Moss. Of near
Muncie. are the parents Of eleven chill
dren. seven Of them heing married and
| parents Of twenty children. Not a
death has occurred in the family Of
| children or grandchildren.
| THE second trial Of the suit Of Geo.
f. Miller against the Monon railway.
claiming damages growing out Of the
1 Carmel disaster. resulted in jury at
Frankfort returning $4,000 for plain
tiff. The jury in the first trial awarded
4 him S12. 500
| J. WooLF. OF Mitchell. lost leg
while boarding a moving freight
THOMAS LEE. prominent citizen of
| Frankfort. was killed the other night
| In runaway.
| 0TTo C. BALLARD. Of Anderson. won
the chess championship Of Indiana.
4 A COMMITTEE organized 70 kill stray
dogs. at Jacksonville, killed fifteen in
| one night.
| A FLoBERT rifle in the hands Of ! lit
| tie white boy named Johnny Miller was
accidentally discharged At Lexington
/ with the effect Of sending . bullet into
Matt Bells body just above the heart
Bell Is colored He was taken home.
and Is In . precarious condition
MISS IRNA ALBEIT, who was sudden
" stricken blind at the home Of her
parents in New Albany. several weeks
ago. Is gradually recovering her eye
sight
JAMES PARKER. Is. blew into the
muzzle Of gun Mt Upton The gun
exploded and James was killed in
stantly.
IT cost e3.76f 20 assess Elkhart
county.
'GREExFrELD IS in it now with its new
stove works.
The huclslebcrry crop about Walker
ton IS very large
THIEVES stole 80 pounds Of honey
from bee hives at Spencer.
JESSE PArLrs. of TT Wayne. was
killed at Bourbon by lightning.
GEORGE FLEIscHER. Of New Albany.
went to sleep on couch and bled to
death from rupturcd varicosc vein in
his leg.
THE army worm is marching through
Howard county
LAroETE has thirty -four saloons
THE Indiana state prohibitionists will
meet in convention at indianapolis,
July %.
Our Of 2 700 Inhabitants Of Martins.
vile. 1.3.2 belong to a church.
SOUTHERN Indiana peaches are being
| marketed.
THE Fourteenth Indiana regiment
will reunc At Washington, August
20 and a.
TnE total assessment this year I'M y