The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-17
INDIANA STATE NEWS

MICHAEL Nf~lAi 1IN 1T ft"""
Mitchell. Of Indianapolis. were mystsl-
Iiou>lv shot. the former fatally. while
investigating haunted house.
NlSroS RICHARDS and pode Reed 81
Wabash. have each sued the Wabash
railroad for $1,000 damages. the former
for injuries received while working on
: street In Lebanon. v.
MYSTERIOUS eayerns containing old
relies were discovered near Mitchell
FRFp II ARyEY. ten years Of age, was
drowned in the river AZ Anderson
WABASH clerks organized union for
the purpose Of securing shorter hours
The ". T.. church az Vermont. near
Kokomo. was struck by lightning and
ruined
TnE Rockport electric light and
water works buildings were destroyed
BY fire.
HATTIE OcpEx. Of Hutton. burned
out an eye while curling her hair with :
hot curling poker.
MISS LIZZIE REYNOLDS. OF Terre Hautes
raised a crop Of Strawberries. six o.
which weighed four ounces
vIxcKxSEs wants public drinking
fountains
A rErRrFIED woman i on exhibition
At Goshen
A PcsEyvrrLE man owns pig with
an apes head
| Dawn Kr<ER was instantly killed at
Z South Bend furniture factory
| JONI CLARK. Of North Manchester,
who. with George Atwood. went 70 Nj
! agara Falls. was killed BY the cars at
| Toronto. Canada
AT Portland. W. II. Twombley's child
pushed gun cap in lis ear. causing
gathering The cap was removed but
the hearing lost
| LIGHTNING rod swindlsrS victimized
Joseph Bend and John Ashley aged
| farmers, at oalStown. Knox county,
4 the other evening. Seven men in bug
gie~ drove through that neighborhood.
They claimed 10 be putting Up lightning
rods on the residences ~ few pr. m
| inent men a. an advertisement for their
company They offered for seven dol
lars u rod Mr.. Bonds residence pro-
viding he would sign an agreement 70
recommend il to his neighbors. When
the work was done they presented q bill
| for $3.50 On Mr. Bonds refusal to set
| tie they drew their reyolver~ and bluffed
the old man. who finally paid the swim
dler> slo0 cash a. a compromise. by
similar scheme they extorted s.2j from
John Ashley and then left for parts I'M
known.
| The indianapolis national bank has
| withdrawn from the indianapolis clear
! ing-house. The reason Of the with
Grawal, a. explained i that the clear
| ing-honse adopted rule relating to
certified checks. which the indianapolis
national would not abide BY. and 80. by
vote Of its directors. il was determined
70 withdraw.
WHILE engaged in blasting in Hills
quarry. in the eastern edge 81 Green
castle an explosion of a twenty-five
pound can II powder resulted in the Sc
rions wounding Of John Williams and
Fred Goddard. and the death of Charley
Williams The latter fingered in great
agony for several hours.
EMMA CONNER. the flag heroine Of
Charlottesville. sued James stark for
q. 900 for circulating damaging stories
about her
EDWARD NJ. ONEu-. whose nome is in
Birmingham Ala committed suicide in
Richmond the other day. lie had been
there but three weeks For the last two
or three days he had been drinking
heavily. and the other morning he drank
two ounces Of iaudanum-
PORTER the ten-year-old son Of Chris
Eckerty. Of Eckerty. was kicked by =
horse while playing in the barn the 9TH
er day and died in about seven hours.
The little fellow had been playing hide
and spy with his play-fellows- His
stomach and skull were both crushed.
MABEL Hoskrxs. Of Terre Haute. sued
George Riley for $500 damage Riley's
dog bit her
JONI KErHAKr. retired farmer 1t
Kokomo, hanged himself
RICHMOND j. clamoring for first-class
hotel.
TT. WAYNE sports hold cock fights on
sunday.
Mas. MAST. o. Lafayette. nearly lost
her life. taking iodine my mistake.
A NEW bug with name a yard long
has appeared Il leeds on reaches ard
flies
wM JoSEs. aged TO- was drowned in
. pond in a cornfeid overfiowed hy
Blue river. near knighfstown- lie was
wading in search Of fish. and. ventur-
ing out too far. stepped into hole eSti-
mated AZ twenty feet deep.
Two Columbus policemen were ar
rested for breaking in the door Of
room while Doctor was trying 70 save
the life Of Dairy Betserly. who took
poison.
JoHS DIxoS an ! his wife quarreled at
Anderson. Mrs Dixon fired at her hus-
band the ball striking her brother.
Ison T.imble. who interfered TO make
peace.
CRASIcToNr was performed on six.
teen-ycar-old hoy II Columbus. = por-
ton Of the skull Sx2 inches being r.
moved
CHARLES FscEFI- a young man Of
Salamonia- Jay county. in jumping on
a freight train On the L. T.. & w. rail-
road. was thrown under the train and
one leg crushed. requiring amputation.
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