The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-07
INDIANA STATE NEWS

SOLDIERS reunions will be held a
Birds-eye. Dubois county. August 10
n and ~, and II English. August IS. u
l and IS
a THIEF hitchcd team Of horses 10 {
wagon load Of wheat near Vinccnncs
and got away with H.
/ iusciors p'ums were never SO plenty
in Floyd county as this year.
GEORGE w. KING. Of Ossian. Wells
county. convicted in iss3 by circumstan.
tial evidence Of the murder Of Martin
Thayer, was parolcd. few days ago.
by the governor.
| MICHAEL Il. WAssERsrFi~. aged
eighty-three, and Rebecca Crocke.
seventy-nin years old, were married at
Leavenworth. few days ago II was
Mr. Wasserstein's sixth venture. and
| Mrs. Crocke's fifth.
| LOUIS ioBsr, one OF the leading
butchers Of III. Wayne. committed sui
eide by putting bullet in his brain.
Long suffering from disease. which
caused excessive feshiness, was the
| cause
ROBERT LARKIN. and aged citizen of
English. went berrying and laid down
10 rest on his way home. went TO sleep
and died without waking up.
A NEW ALBANY PAGER, belonging 10
trainer Robinson and purchased last
fall for Sl25. covered half mile in
l:0sis after two weeks training.
ViNcESSEs is 70 have electric street
cars
Fir. WAYNE will have new city hall
building.
Brazil is to have an electric fire
alarm signal service
The Hopper Lumber Co, of Michi-
gan City. has assigned Assets and liza
bilities not stated
MARY j. FLICK. Of near Patoka, ceie-
brated her hundredth anniversary .
few days ago. She was the first white
born child in the Indiana Territory,
and was married to Andrew Flick in
1918. and fourteen children have been
born as the fruits of their marriage.
ten OF whom are living and joined their
mother in celebrating her century ami
versary. Mr.. Flick died when 81 years
OF age Her ten children. sixty-on
grandchildren. 10o Observation-Disclosures.
seven great-grandchildre and |
one grcat-great- great-grandchild were
present and partook Of a sumptuous
feast. which Mrs. Flick had had pre-
pared for the occasion She is one Of |
the few women who can say: "Daugh-
ter, 20 to your daughter. FOR your
daughter has daughter
PIKE fifty-four inches long was shot
at English. II wouldn't bite, so a bow
killed It with rife.
A THREsHISG machine. straw stack
and several hundred bushels OF wheat
on the farm Of Robert McCrum, near
Huntington, were burned the other
evening. II
The Shelbyville band took first prize
1t the Jeffersonville tournament
josiah BEATTY. near Colum bus, real
zed 1900 bushels Of wheat on 500
acres n
THE Huntington News claims that
enough fruit Il going TO waste in Dubois
sounty to pay the taxes. II
FRANK McGovERS, Of Seymour. was I
put on Pennsylvania Co. railroad |
rain because his ticket was stamped I
1870 instead of 1891, and sued the COM
ANY. which settled by paying him .
|75O.
PRoF. CANrBELLs airship at Fl. Wayne :
lid not fly for 1000 people who paid 70 ,
zee il sail. The ship was attached for |
lebts- III
MAJ. JosEPH II. GENT. Of Columbus. q
5 the proud possessor Of ST. Bernard ,
log. two years Of age. which weighs 1875
,ounds II.
AT Scottsburg. during a thunder :
torn, an electric bolt discharged a
hot-gun held by Con Abbott Both Of !.
is hands were frightfully lacerated.
nc discharge passing through them
VIM. WATSON fell from street car at i
and had q hand amputated by 4
he wheels. IL
AT Brownstown. young girl named
.iston. whose home is at Medora. while <
talking with two other girls. was ac- =
osted BY drunken man and tainted I.
rom fright On regaining conscious
ess it was found her reason was de-
hroned liz
- 1sss Indiana was the leading stat q
J the union in the amount OF wheat
invested, and II is said that il will lead
ne Others this year. The present wheat y
rop will reach 60 600, 900 bushels \
OLDESBrRc has Catholic church
nat cost s125,0O0. Y
A COUPLE at Waveland has Just been !
larried after twenty years Of counting.
FRUIT sent out brought sia0, 900 into !,
lloyd county this season. :,
a MAD dog at Brazil chewed the head !,
little girl almost to a jelly. n
SOME one has figured that the states
heat crop this year is worth $40 per
Fad for each inhabitant =,
IA FAYETrE people Of saving dis
osition have over 5000, 900 on deposit in
cir savings bank A.
DURING heavy storm lightning nj
ruck the house Of John W. Hinkle. l.
ar Goldsmith, killing his wife and It
lid. Nh
la FAYETTE will bore wells for their b,
ater supply. "
VINcExNEs wheelmen indulge IN l..
oonlight picnics r.
MARY CoNxoR. Of New Albany. was CO
most gorcd to death by COW. Of