The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-26
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

LA PoRTE citizens are worked Up
against the 81 insurance companies for
failure 10 pay their losses In the Niles
4 Scott fire.
CHARLES CARR. the Valparaiso boy
murderer. has been released from the
Michigan City pen.
ISpIAxA has engaged quarters for
1900 members Of clubs At the demo
cratic convention at Chicago
| NEWTON HAMILTON. of Wilset, fell
| from u thirty-fve foot scaffold ut the
| Taught kurtz stcel-miil. in Anderson.
and was picked up unconscious and
| fatally injured
TuE Park Place Natural Gas Co. Of
Anderson. the other day. drilled in one
Of the best gas wells yet attained in
that field. The well is cut $40 feet
deep and seventeen feet in Trenton
rock The flow is perfectly dry and the
capacity placed ut 10. Ooo, 900 cutie feet
per day.
| Miss IDA QUIcK. Of Brookline. was
found dead on sofa in her home. with
rifle ball in her head. 1t is not known
whether she suicidcd or was murdered.
AFTER woodmen had fellcd a tree on
the John Abrell farm. in Delaware
county, il Is said the smell Of natural
gas was noticed and a match was ap-
piled to the stump Immediately
strong blaze sprang up. showing that
gas was flowing through the grain Of
the wood.
Z. A. TREssLER. Columbus school
teacher, has skipped, leaving number
of unpaid debts
SAM MILLER was jailed at Muncie for
forging blind mans name to money
orders.
NATURAL gas has teen struck within
four miles OF Richmond
The Anderson rolling mill will be
located at Muncie.
john kEARSEGAN walked out OF the
Lawrence burg Jail in the absence OF the
sheriff, some one having unlocked the
door.
MATE CHAPMAN. Of New Albany,
went to the penitentiary for five years,
few days ago. IL being his third term.
He had also served one term in Ken
lucky.
SINCE a union revival OF all churches
in Jefersonville, conducted by Dixon
Williams. the Methodist Church has
had ninety-three new accessions; the
Christian. ffty.one. and $50 have gone
to the Presbyterian. southern Method
list and St Luens' German Reform
A REVIVAL is in progress at the
Friends Church in Carthage, under the
preaching of Rev. John Henry Doug
lass, the Quaker evangelist. Of Des
MoineS Ia One hundred and forty
persons united with the church Per
sons have become deeply interested.
and are coming from miles around to
hear the preacher. who is said tn be one
Of the most effective evangelist work.
ers among the society Of Friends.
MRs. ELIZABETH GRAY. wife Of Judge
Gray. deceased, of Osgood. aged eighty.
five years. has cheated the dentist
twice during her lifetime. as the third
set Of teeth have made their appear.
ance and are protruding through the
hardened gums
A PROMINENT young lady named Cor
die Hall committed suicide at Christ.
ncy. She took strychnine. and died !
without giving any reason for the act. |
There is mystery in connection with |
the affair that has not been explained J
Lorenzo WILLIAMS. young man Of |
Anderson. died at his home Sunday !
afternoon. Last Monday he fell in o
trance, and upon awakening. said 10
his friends that he was going to die !
Later in the week he told those az his !
bedside he would leave this world at 2
o'clock Sunday. True enough. he
passed away at that hour and the
strange event has caused a slight sensa-
ton among those acquainted with the
circumstances
JoHx EoGER. an escaped convict. was
captured near his mother home. a few
miles east Of Princeton. the other night
lie recently escaped from the prison at
Jacksonville.
JosEPH ELDEED brakeman. was
killed in freight wreck between
Goshen and Kcnda.lville.
NANCY RUSSELL Of Corydon. was
burned 10 death--her clothes catching
fire from the CRATE.
WA WEIR. Lancaster. O.. clerk.
died at Anderson from delirum tremcn
after an eight weeks spree.
Gov. CHASE has issued proclama-
ton calling for grain and flour for the
suffering residents OF Russia.
The Pennsylvania Co is dscharging
brakemen at a lively rate on the Jeffer-
sonville suburban lines.
RELIGIOUS enthusiasts Of SEYMOUR
have started a movement to close
butcher-shops on Sunday.
Mn. LocKiIART. Of the state beard OF
agriculture. Is preparing full state
ment OF the recent bribery charges at
indianapolis.
MAYOR ROBINSON. Of Jacksonville, |
has taken the task Of closing the sa-
Icons in that city on Sundays
Mrs ELIZABETH LAxHAM, one OF the |
pioneers Of Decatur county. died few
days ago. at Richland. aged ninety |
years She was born in Switzerland |
county.
GRANT Laws. : New Albany burglar |
who was badly wanted. Is under ar
rest
RIcnMoSD claims to have struck :
rich vein Of lead near there
TIE CoATs had his forearm cut OF |