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

The strike among the employees Of
sh~ Mnncie Flin.-Gla<< works has been
adjusted
Mis- ELixAnrrH CoS>oE the drSt
woman married in Indiana under state
Law. died the other day ~ Peru AGED
eighsy-nine.
EDWARD SMITH. well known
farmer. aged swenty-four. living Al
New washingson. while out hunting.
the barrel Of his rife exploded and the
brccch-pin inb<dded itself in his ~ye.
destroying the member
MINNIE {. HANSEN. Of ;c>hen- -
cured divorce from her frat husband
the other morning. and was married 20
r. l. Morehouse. Of ElkharI in the
evening
Mis- ANNA Cox colorcd. Of Seymour.
died few days ago. She was rsPcrted
70 be ios years old
W. y. Cook has been appointed treas
urer u Wayne county. vice Alfred l.
McMeanx. deceased
Miss RrLr BEcRrEI- Of near Cosim-
bia City. sued X A. Kaufman for rs.
600 for breach Of promise
LEVI MosHrER while attending the
e. Il church a. Columbia City. Lost
$780, some one picking his pockets
The hank ;: Dillboro j. open for
business
Nal Coxx. Of English. has : singing
rooster
THERE was al old-fs<hioned and ami
mated corn husking bee. near Rornney-
the other day and the excitement ran ~
high that $500 was wagerei on vino
should hu<k the most corn in twelve
hours AT the close Of the contest il
was found that Grant Layton had
husied Isl bushels and <ixty-eight
pc unds and Charles Parker. lse bush
els and forty-eight pounds Layton also
huslxed thirty-one ears Of corn in one
minute. and also threw thirty IN =
wagon
Al Columbus wn- Miller was sen
fenced 10 prison for one year for lar
ceny
THE Indiana supreme court has de-
ciied that the metropolitan police bill
is applicable 20 Terre Haute-
A MACHINE for husking corn has hcen
invented and IS in successful operation
BY l. II. Hardy. ~ Hardy
~ A. nRENER- Of Canaan. won =
prize Of SIS for the best sample Of Rus
sian sunfiower grown in the United
States in 1921
THE large harm near Evansville.
owned BY Isaac udeil MAS destroyed
bs fire. caused BY an exploding lamp.
Loss 5000
LAFAYETTE is now stricken with the
dreaded grip.
CHARLES >TocKwELI- Of Rushville.
: former patient AZ the Keeiey in<ti-
tute At Flainfeid. died from = dose of
morphine which he had secretly OBJ
tanned
BENJAMIN ScrDDER. : school teacher
Of Upton yanked Frederick Oglebay
out Of his seat for creating : disturb
ance- breaking the boys leg. lie i the
son Of . prominent attorney. He and
other bright urchins have been trying
10 run the school
The toll pixies in Delaware county
are having . tough time Of Il and re-
Gently several Of them have been pre-
sented TO the county commissioners By
dissatisfied stockhoidsr< The farmers
in many instances refase 70 pay the Zee.
and several lawsuits have ensued The
other evening four farmers John and
samuel Baell- Nelson Adams and John
MCLEAN. were coming 70 Mnncie on the
Granville pike A toll-gzte was pulled
down and locked on them for refusing
70 pay the three-cent fare Samuel
Baell hitched his team TO the gate.
pulled il down and proceeded 70 Nun
Gle
wN- C. Cook has been appointed
county treasurer ~ Richmond 70 gil
the unexp.red term Of A : NcNeans.
deceased
THE saioonists Of Portland have c.
ganized for mutual protection against
the temperance league
A cAxr 81 the Patriotic Order Sons Of
America hare beer organized u Oar
lington
Ms SARAH HILL of Danville. aged
seventy fell down her cellar stairs aud
received. perhaps fatal injuries
4 PANTHER has been seen four miles
east Of Washington II Is supposed
that the animal has escaped from :
circus
wHooFISc coreH and the grip have
both broken out in Bowling Green and
65 out Of $50 pupils in school are down
with one or the other
TWENTY New Albany people were
poisoned ~ eating headchee<e that had
been cooked In IN unclean copper ves-
sel They will recover
On December IS Mr.. Aszil Thornbury
celebrated his ninety ninth birthday
anniversary at his home near Desoto
Mr. Thornburg is the oldest man in
Delaware county. and among the old
eat in the state. Quite . number Of his
friends and relatives were with the old
gentleman that dav- He il well and
hearty. and should he live until Christ
mas he will have passed his one hun
dredfh Christmas His mind Is ss clear
- that of : man Of 20. and he gives
promise Of not only seeing his one-hrn-
dredth Christmas brt passing into the
next century Mr. Thornburv has .
son Jacob. who Is - years old. who
has son Elihu- with whom they both
live Elihu Il - years old was in the