The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-19
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

liz. 4 4. II. Railroad Co Plaintiff in
this action was the mother Of Eva VIII
liams. who was killed near the John
street crossing June !, ls9s, by an t. x
In. IA. switch engine She sued for
$1,000. Thirteen hundred dollars was
the amount for which the suit was COM
promised.
CHARLES ScHREIvER ard wife and
man named Hunter were arrested at
Madison and taken 10 indianapolis,
charged with counterfeiting. They are
supposed 10 belong to the gang lately
exposed at ST. Joseph. Mo.
JENNIE MILLER. aged 3 years. was
burned to death near Brazil. by her
clothes catching fire while watching
her father burn trash in field.
+. NJ. SNOW. a railroader, smelled
escaping gas in his house. AT laugh
Vile. sent his family out of doors and
hunted the leak with a lighted match.
The house and furniture were ruined.
Snow was badly hurt, while his wife
and boy on the outside were seriously
burned
MRS. BiDpIE MCKEE, at Seymour,
colored. died aged 10l years, . months
and 5 days. She was born in Virginia.
and was slave until slavery was abol-
ished. She was the oldest person in
tina section of the country and the
mother Of nineteen children.
The Indiana travelling statesmen elect
ed the following officers: President. c.
NJ. Taylor, Logansport; vice presidents
{. ;. Cunning. Lafayette: VIM. Stew
art: Logansport: +. +. Riblet. It
Wayne; secretary and treasurer. +. \:
Keller. Logansport: directors. Frank
Stone. Fl. Wayne; W. Uhl. J. ii. Riethe-
meyer, Logansport-
THE circuit court at indianapolis.
upon the petition of Charles w. De
PAW, president of the company. APP
pointed John +. McGettigen receiver OF
the Premier steel works.
dominica ORLIrTE an Italian, was
run down by the work train on the 1T
Wayne road near Valparaiso, and in
stantly killed.
A RAND of Gypsies quartered at Bluff
ton has novel and effective method
of securing goods without paying. A
woman calls at a store and leaves a
basket on the counter to be called for
soon. She goes out and presently re-
turns for her property. In the mean
time trained dog has carried IL away.
Tie woman raises a disturbance. and
usually the compassionate merchant
gives her money To quiet her.
DEPUTY Prosecutor THOMPSON has
filed in the circuit court. at Knox.
twenty-one cases against the l.. L. A !.
Railroad Co.. for its failure To bulletin
trains at their Starke county stations.
as provided by the law of this state.
THE Citizens Railway Co. of Indian
apolis. filed articles with the secretary
of state increasing its capital stock
from 81. 900 900 To s5.0o0.OOo. This was
in accordance with resolution adopted
on April 90.
DARcUs GREEN was arrested for
drunkenness and placed in the station
house at Richmond. An hour after
wards he was found dead. He was u
. wears old and unmarried.
ENGINE No. 100. which will draw TIE
Empire limited on the Lake shore
made successful test of the water
trough constructed under the tracks at
a point near Burdick. The engineer,
running at speed of fifty miles an
hour. passed over that section Of the
track. the locomotive taking water as
: it went speeding along.
> AT Fowler. Nellie C. Payne was found
guilty of an attempt to kill her husband
and given four years in the Women aao
Girls reformatory-
THE following fourth-c'ass postmas
tiers were appointed recently: Asf
: Grove. Tippecanoe county, ). X Nc
, Alec: Crandall, Harrison county, Mrs
5. A. Heuser: IIillsburgh. Clinton
!, county. l. y. Pennington: Mackey. Glib
son county John Niederhaus: Orange
Fayette county. Levi ;. Hunt; Turner
Clay county. Frederick Mackel; Yves
Point, Tippecanoe county, John Bu
|. chanan; Austin, Scott county. ). W
Montgomery; Bargersville, johnson
county. Mrs. Mary A. Jones: boundary
:, JAY county. c. y. Hester: Bud. John
:, son county. r. :. Parkhurst: Eames
Warrick county. Mrs. Susan Condict
Lincolnyille. Wabash county. Jas Bil
liter: Ramsey, Harrison county. Ed
ward Davis
PRoF. JAMES NJ. CHAPMAN. OF -
Johnsbury. VT. haSaccepted call Z
:, the chair of oratory in Wabash co
: lcge and will begin his work next SCI
TENDER.
NEW CASTLE reports five burglarie
= within a week.
:, SALEM has fifteen democratic cand
/" dates for postmaster.
Fl. WAYNE is TO have another ma
= tional bank in the early future, maxim
fiAe at that city. The capital stock G
the new bank will not be less tina
= 1900. 600. and made o.. 500. 900.
: The city council Of North Mancheste
has awarded contracts for the constru'
ton Of water works 10 the followin
!. firms: c. r.. Coon 4 Co.. of Upper Sal
dtisky. and the Muskegon boiler work
!, Of Muskegon. Mich. The contract
amount to SIS. 900. and the work Of col
20 struction will commence at once.
Rrrrs HAucK and George Cutsinge
e under arrest for attempting to wreck
passenger train. April p on the Martin
"a Vile branch Of the Big Four railroa'
hx nutt;uu tvo barrels Of salt and