The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-06
INDIANA A NEWS.

inc ttu-tou ciephuut "a
Wallace 4 Co.'S circus. in winter quar-
ters near Peru. broke loose from his
chains. butted down the heavy doors Of
the building, broke the heavy gates ct
the yard and fording the Mississin-
newa, crushed through everything in
his way. wire and other fences proving
no obstacle. Farmers cutting corn
along his line Of march fled for their
lives. and pandcmonium reigncd for
many hours Patsy Forepaugh, his
keeper. with the assistance Of twenty
men. finally managed To subdue the
brute after much damage was done,
and landed him at the farm.
Two unknown co1orcd men shot at
tn. train hands on the Nanialia road
between Tcrre llautc and indianapolis
IL is thought that robbery was the mo-
tive of the attack.
The father Of the Robinson brothers.
the Valparaiso bandits. fully identified
the one In prison and the dead one in
the morguc both as his sons lie Is an
old soldier and appears broken-hearted-
Hon. WM. ii. ENGLISH. while i'll at
his home in indianapolis, attempted to
get out Of bed and fell. breaking his
nose.
Ar Noblesville, Miss Marie Thomp-
son. aged 90 years. who was so fright
fully burned by her clothes catching
ire from a pile of rubbish. died the
other morning.
JOIN KING. of Wabash county. was
sentenced TO i've years in the peniten-
tiary for forging the name of Rudolph
Rife to a 81 twenty-five dollar note.
CARLOAD of provisions for the re-
lief of the yellow fever sufferers at
Brunswick left Evansville over the
Louisville * Nashville. the other day.
The donations are from Evansville
business men. Two hundred dollars in
cash was sent " express.
PETER FRoMLET, w. j. Hrophy. J. y.
Tonnelier and Peter Muller were ar
rested and brought before the mayor
at Anderson for selling liquor without
a license. Each was found guilty. and
in addition to the required $3.50 for Ii
cense. was fined 500.
In was decided by the school trustees
of the various townships in Barthol-
omew county at a recent meeting has
they would not comply with the law in
turning back into the county treasury
all tuition money in their hands except
sioo. samuel Wallace. an agent OF
Atty.-Gen. Smith, came here and began
examining the reports of the trustees
preparatory to making "A demand on
them for the excess in tuition funds
over 500.
Tr-crrr hAe h..r ,Av11.l Av~
the appellate court to pay Annie Nolte
$4,000 for breach of promise.
The coroner's inquiry into the sup
posed suicide of Frank Linschmidt,
whose body was found in the river near
Columbus. leads to the conclusion that
he was murdered.
VIM SIMMs was fatally wounded by
the accidental discharge of a gun while
hunting neal Columbus.
A YOUNG man named Bayne was in a
boat on the river at Marion. while a
brother on the bank was throwing
stones in the water to splash the water
upon him. One of them struck the
boatman upon the head, throwing him
forward over the side, where he hung
until rescued. The skull is fractured.
and the victim may die.
CoAN KILLER, and Henry Frank. each
about II ears old, were killed at
Marion by a Panhandle train. They
were in a buggy and attempted TO cross
the track on Western avenue, where
Miss Ihrig was killed and Mrs. Heath
severely injured by the same train
eight weeks ago.
The wife of Dr. Charles Pratt. living
ten miles south of Anderson. committed
suicide. She placed a revolver at her
forehead. pulled the trigger. and the
bullet lodged in the base of the brain.
Jealousy caused the rash act. Mrs
Pratt had heard that her husband took
an Anderson woman to the Worlds
fair.
WHEN the circuit court convened ut
Columbus the other morning Judge
Hord at once called the grand jury into
his presence, and in n clear and concise
name instructed them as to their du-
lies. He called their attention to the
fact that the county had been dis
graced and a reputable lady had un-
lawfully. at midnight. been dragged
from her home and numerically
whipped. and that it would be the duty
Of the grand jury to use every effort to
bring the guilty parties to justice. lie
then read the law covering such Of
fenses. Other Instructions were also
given, after which the jury retired and
began the investigation of the White
cappers at once.
STELLA CLIP, while returning from
school in company with other little
girls, played with n turn-table near
Bedford and got her left limb caught
between the table and the track, and
may lose the limb as a consequence.
DECATUR has secured another factory.
r. NJ. Talbot. Of Pennsylvania, will To-
cate his egg case and filler factory
there. 1t will employ about seventy
five hands.
NATURAL gas accumulated in the
joint cellar under the establis hment Of
G. c. Porter. druggist. and Jones &
Perry, grocers. fronting the State Blind
institute, indianapolis. and a boy with
a match caused an explosion which
ruined the grocery and damaged the
dru00;at II oon William Scbrlt. $50.