The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-05-06
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

MISS MATTE DixoS. Of Soblesville. II
supposed 10 have hs.en killed from eat
ing Wild parsnip leaves coksd Tor
greens"
Tux name Of the post o1ice NJ ker-
cheval. Spencer county. has been
changed 10 Lincoln City, In honor 81 the
burial place 81 the mother Of Abraham
Lincoln.
TmRoran the efforts % the Win
hester Commercial club, work will o
begin on d large organ factory In that
city. the plant 10 b. moved from sioux
City. Ia.
THE clothing clerks NJ Charlottesville
have petitioned the employers 70 close
their stores az q o'clock every evening,
except saturdays. during the summer.
TnLrE CLARK. u ls-year-oid Anderson
girl. has sued her husband 81 the same
age. for divorce for beating her.
r. o. GrriLr. Of Pendlcton. claims 10
have discovered the lost Egyptian art 81
making glass tubes suitable for water
and sewer gas pipes.
A TProS dry goods clerk dropped a
lighted cigar into a box Of cclluloid col
lars. There was an explosion and the
clerk was badly burned.
WILLIAM BLACK. ~ Peru. who broke
Jail. was arrested at his mothers funeral
al Richmond.
JOINS LARK. a Brazil miner. was
crushed BY falling slate.
TIM Indian mounds al Anderson are
to bc beautifully improved.
ERAziI. miners have signed the scale
II wages for this gear. and there will be
no strike.
FRANKFORT is to have a factory for
the manufacture Of clay-making
machinery.
Miss MorIIr TyxFR. II kolSomo'
cloped with John Young. a telegraph
operator.
Tur driving rod ~ a Big Four engine
broke al seymour. and smashed the cab.
but Engineer Hayden lodged the picces
and shut off the steam. averting .
wreck
Ex-ArpiroR LAvEILF. of Washing
ton. was convicted Of arson for burning
the courthouse and records. His sen
scncc Is eight years.
Mor.LIE ZIEGLER. Of Southport.
thought she was married to Will Cash
ion. OF indianapolis. but she now dis
covers tina il was a mock marriage.
An Seymour. for the theft Of two
chickens. John II. Durham was ined g.
ii~sfranchised and sent 10 the penitcn-
tiary for one year.
X. II. JOHNSON. prosecuting attorney
II the Second judicial district. died
at Rockport. the other day. aftcra short
illness.
THE Dunkirk Gas Co. has fixed the
price for lighting and heating zach
dwelling AZ sla per year.
JoSErn BENTLEY. a wealthy farmer
near Valparaiso. was swindled ont Of
81. 200 the other day by s~harpcr>.
THE commissioners If Randolph coun-
IL recently completed the purchase ~
three miles of toll-pikc lying south 81
and leading into Winchester. This
makes every mile 81 pike in the county
free. and the total mileage Of free pike,
nearly $50.
Cor W. T. DENNIS. state fish commits.
sioner for Indiana. has notified the Off
GERS Of the southern Indiana Fish Pro-
tective association. at New Albany.
that he will make an effort to provide
for stocking the streams Of the southern
part Of the state with fish indigenous to
that section. lie urges on the officers
II the association the necessity of pro-
tecting the fish during the spawning
season. and suggests that they take
measures to compel the supervisors Of
the various road districts to attend NOR.
closely 10 prosecuting persons violating
the law by scining or dynamiring the
streams.
HINTON MILLER the defaulting treas
urcr If Perry county. visited relatives
at Birdseyc disguised a. q Woman bn'
he got away before the officers could
nab him.
The democrats II the Seventh Indiana
congressional district renominatcd Con
gresham Eynum by reclamation
TnE major portion Of the fruit crop In
Indiana i all right
TnE AK factory AZ Hammond will re-
sumo operations soon.
THE Wabash river overflow carrie,
away q flock sheep.
Jomx ExoS. a kokomo barber. j. de
PENDANT in his fourth suit for divorce.
FRANKLIN people complain 81 GRAZ
shooters gambling on the streets.
TnE cornerstone Of the Fiskc Memor
, ial chapel. AT Richmond. has been laid
|. MARY BrRxs. a Logansport candy
maker. lost her ring. Miss Iiodsor
I found il in a piece Of candy
Now Michigan City has the ma dot
scare.
Mmo PEARSON. ~ Wabash. was badl,
injured by being kicked by a colt.
CHARLES ALEXANDER claims 10 have
/ been healed of fits AZ a revival jus
: closed NJ Trafalgar. near Franklin.
JosrrH I~;FsiTRANp. . half-brccd N
dian. died at South Send the other III
tcrnoon. aged ITO years. lie was with
out doubt the oldest man in Indiana.
, CoLtMRrS merchants protest agains
excursions a. indianapolis. because PEG
!. pie r. there % buy rods.
!. NJ. VI. >,orT. dry goods merchant Q
J New Albany. has disappeared Iii
family suspect foul play. Others are .
the opinion that he committed suicid'