The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

BENJAMIN BENNETT. an employe In
the Jcffersonville car works, threw
himself IN front 81 moving train the
other night. and was instantly killed
JvpsE A. l.. OSBORNE died Al his resi-
dence In Laporte. a few days ago. 81 ~
grippe. aged 70 years.
DIR. A. l.. MvRIAN's daughter Cora
aged IL. and Mr. petsrsons daughter
Of about the - me age. while driving
home from Eaton. III" other morning
were thrown ont ~ h IL carriage and
instantly killed. the horse becoming
frightened by an umbrella,
GOV. IIovEy has pardoncd En-
NETT Gray. sent 10 the southern prison
from Morgan county in iss> for robbery
Gray has been chief attendant In the
prison hospital during most Of his term
As soon a. he Is released he will enter
medical college. and tit himself for
physician. Ills pardon was recon-
mendcd by the judge and jury that
tried him. n well as by many Morgan
county citizens
GEoRGF STARK. a fireman on the e.,
w. and NJ. railway. died ~ his boarding.
house in Anderson, the other morning
from excessive smoking Of cigarettes
lie consumed from two 20 five packages
CAV. and when dead his body became
liyid green. Physicians say his death
was due To arscnical and nicotine
poison.
JouS RUSSELL. living near LaGro.
claims 70 be the Oldest native Indian
ian. having been born in Franklin
county. near Cedar Grove. October -
fsll
TuR banking houses Of Muncie have
organized clearance association for
the purpose Of providing convenient
method Of exchange between the
| banks.
! Ii the pcnitcntiary Mt Michigan City
| there are nineteen convicts that were
sent from Montgomery county Two
| are serving life sentences. two were
! sent for manslaughter. six for burg
! larry. four for grand larceny. two for
assault and battery and seven for petit
! larceny one Of the latter serving "A
wears sentence for stealing an um-
1 brella-
| The Hart well. just drilled at Port
land. filled up in three hours with oil
without a shot. and j. believed 70 be a
big producer. The country Is ovcrrun
with oil men.
| EZRA CUMMINGS. Of Alaska. Morgan
county. deserted his wife. because. as lac
explained. She was too good for him.
lr cost Jacob Foreman. of Nnncie
500 for selling a child FIVE pints OF beer
ALLEN OWENS suicided AT the home 81
relatives a few miles west Of Craw
louisville by taking poison lie wa
tired Of life because he was cripple.
Miss LE~oRA GREEN. Of IT. Wayne
offers to walk ioo-hour match agains'
any woman for wager.
WM. EAroS, Of Cambridge City. ha'
spoken but four words in 80 years. h.
believes il is sinful to talk.
"A MAN named Slater was murdered
robbed and thrown on the railroad
track at Coxville.
A DETECTIVE in the employ 81 Fisf
Commissioner Dennis. assisted by thu
sheriff. arrested eight men for the VIC
lation Of the fish laws. at Paisley, OF
Cedar lake. in Lake county. Over TIVE
thousand feet Of seines and gill net
were captured.
| HARRISON county farmers are suffer
sheep-killing dogs.
| Miss ANNA BECKER Of Evansville
was seriously injured hy jumping from
carriage while the horses were run
ming away.
The general store Of Frank Carter. a
Hadlcy. was burglarizcd the othe
night and several hundred dollars
worth Of merchandise carried away.
N. A. WEIR. cashier Of the New Al
bany national bank. has contracted 70
the erection 81 fine Methodist churcl
at salem. The name Of the new plac
Of worship skill be the Weir Memorial
and ii will cost $40. 900.
The department encamrment q. A
r. met on the 9th in annual session a
| Indianapolis. Gil X. ~tormont. depart
mcnt commander. and Col. |. y. Walker
assistant acknowledgement. submittc
reports showing a total membership q
25.is3. with $50 posts. Total gain !
mem bership during the year. 2.O5'
| Resolutions were adopted dcnouncin
the charges made BY DR. Wyeth. 4
New York. that prisoners AZ Camp Mo-
ton were starved, robbed and died f.
want If medical attention. as false.
resolution was passed giving IT. Wayn
the encampment next year The e
campmcnt adjourned on the 10th. Tn
officers elected are: Department con
mander. Col l. n. Walker. ~ IndiaI
apolis: senior vice-commander- NJ.
Jacket. Grccnsburg: junior vice-con
mandcr. j. w. Flam. Valparaiso; cha
lain. David Ryan. Irvington: delegat
at-large 10 the national cncampmrn
GOV. Hovey-
The statute which provides that whe
at an election two or more candidats
receive the same number Of votes. Il
Judges shall decide the election by II
was held to be constitutional by II
supreme court the other day. At II
election held April :, 1920. Oliver Sefte
ana WIN. A. Williams. Of Decatur con
~. each received eighty-ninc votes 4
the Office Of township trustee III
Judges refused 70 decide by lot. Scfte
brought mandamus proceedings. III
lower court held that the lot must
east, and the decision was afiirmc