The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-15

BERT MCCARTHY. Of Indianapolis.
was accidentally shot by his twenty
ycar-old brother.
DURING a H. Wayne party . girls
bangs were burned of by = lighted
match.
Groroc Topp. Upton farmer. shot
himself in the head with suicidal in
tent
JAMES Long. a well-l<nown resident
Of North Vernon. fell dead with heart
disease.
SOLOMON CARTER : ditch commits
sioner NJ Jonesboro. had "A difficulty
with Elmer Nelson and stabbed him
several times
THE comptroller Of the currency is
informed that the First National bank
Of Elwood is open for business. Cap
ital. SO, 600. and q surplus Of $4,000
Few families in Lafayette have es-
capped from the grip
AN Anderson glass factory nodded =
piece OF glass five feet in diameter and
several inches thick for the Worlds
fair telescope.
A HARTFORD CRY bridal couple had
tied 10 their wedding trunk an old
rubber boot. q womans shoe. an empty
whisky bottle and a bottle OF wine
All were tied with white ribbon just
for luck
PERU natural gas pipes burst and peo-
pie had to 60 to bed 10 keep warm.
The South Bend Y. ~ c. A. hare
hunt resulted in the capture Of one
hare.
The trial Of William Van Arsdel for
killing Dora Thorp. at Nonon. with .
beer glass. has been set for February
10 in the White county Circuit court
The millers Of Colum bus. Franklin.
Edinburg and Seymour sent a car load
Of flour to the starving poor in Russia
WHILE trying to poke rabbit out Of
hole at Warren. Fred Morgan's gun
was discharged and Morgan was shot
in the abdomen.
As Panhandle freight was going
into knightstown. brakeman Chas
Bailey. while setting the brakes. was
struck by bridge and instantly killed
His remains were sent TO Southport
MRS SARAH MILLER, one OF the old
est residents Of Miami county. died the
other day. aged -. from the effects OF
the grip which epidemic IS increasing
alarrningly. there being fully ? 600
cases in Peru Physicians have more
than they can attend 10 and several Of
them are down sick
Two Nincennes BARRIERS have been
sued by the county prosecutor for shaw
ing men on Sunday
CITIZENS demolished Robert Trim
ble's saloon at Chesterfield
SAMUEL LIE FLuER. . once million
aire Of Columbus, died pennilesS
INDIANAPOLIS has a dog that accom-
panies policemen on every arrest
ORGANIZATION papers have been fled
for Indiana national banks as follows
The First National. Of North Vernon.
BY A. Strap. cashier: capital. $50. 600
The First National. Of Vernon. Jacob
Foebel. jr-. president; capital $50. 600.
A. ID. Ross. of Seymour. a former
train dispatcher. was sent TO the peni-
Tertiary for stealing an overcoat Drink
ruined him.
A STRANGE disease is carrying OF the
horses at Hanover.
CoLoRED men threaten to burn the
town Of Elwood.
MICHIGAN CITY has Salvation army
band
CITIZENS Of New Albany are much
interested in a war between the city
and the gas companies
SIX New Albany prisoners made an
unsuccessful attempt TO escape from
Jail
THE Charlottesville city council will
borrow $4,000 for city electric light
plant
WV. USDEEcRIFF and his wife. living
near Doolittle's Mills. died within half
an hour Of each ether the other even
ing They were aged 81 and 81 repec-
lively.
FRANCIS r. DRoSExREneER. OF Co
lumbus has brought suit in the johnson
circuit court against Morris cohee. a
prominent merchant Of Edinburgh. for
$4,000 damages for alternating his wife's
affections. helping her 10 procure d.
vorce. and then marrying her Cohee
has two divorced wives living at Hope.
near Columbus Both Cohee and Drenen-
berger have large families Of grown-up
children and are quite wealthy and in
fluential
Mrs. MARY A. rARD. the esteemed
mother Of Postmaster Henry d. Bard.
Of l;razil. died the other morning at her
home in Jackson township Of old age.
The deceased was one Of the first
settlers Of the county.
JoHS g Yorxe's mills were destroy
ed at Frankfort the other night by
fire. entailing loss Of $1,000 Insur-
ancc $1,000
THE vincenncs electric light plant
will he enlarged
4 GHosr with its throat cut Is soaring
Upton gas driliers.
The births in indianapolis exceed the
deaths by four.
JoH~ LEACH. Of Column bus, was fatal
~ crushed under his wagon.
Mosr Of the Brazil mines are now IN
operation
SouTH Bend married men gave n