The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-21
INDIANA STATE NEWS

n Indianapolis some tiMc ago. went
home 10 Greenfield rs cured. but began
drinking again. This so discouraged
him that he took paris green. and the
efforts Of physicians To counterfeit the
poison were unsuccessful
TIMOTHY BURKE. brakeman. had his
head cut completely of by freight car
nj Warsaw. His wife has lost her
mind
JOHN MoRARIrY shot Cal Streets in
the public square al Anderson few
DAYS ago Streets was standing on the
corner when Morarity approached, and
without word of warning drew his
revolver and began firing. The first
shot took effect in the right breast and
ranged to the left through the body
As he fell Morariiy exclaimed. III
teach you how TO come aud stone my
house.
The Linton township wild man"
was captured the other morning and
taken to Terre Haute He was in rags
and presented pitiable appearance
For several weeks he had been wander
ing about the county, keeping out OF
sight OF the people as much as possible
Several fires have been attributed to
him and the farmers were kept uneasy
on his account
The three-year-oldd daughter of Caleb
Ross, living near Catlin. Parke county,
accidentally hanged herself in a swing
II was binder-twine swing. attached
to the frame Of the wind mill just high
enough for the little one 10 get her head
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the swing twisted around her neck.
choking her TO death The family were
at hand. but the child was not missed
until found dead.
JAMES MARLIN, OF Peru. who murder
ously assaulted David Gueney. for
whom he was working. was taken To
the penite ntiary north the other day TO
serve two years
The hodcarriers and the helpers to
bricklayers throughout Indianapolis
struck for III cents advance an hour
Building is intcrfered with.
AT Rushville. Mrs. WIN. Redman died
from dose Of arsenic taken with sui
cidal intent
THE two and four-year-old daughters
Of Alfred +. Nelson were poisoned the
other day by milk at their home in An
derscn Marie. the youngest. died after
four hours suffering. Ida will recover
The Nelson family came there from
Greencastle. towhich place the remains
Of the baby were,shipped for interment-
CHARLES LYsorT. Of indianapolis. was
hit in the eye with an umbrella rib
lie died from blood poisoning.
JOSEPH WILSON. a cattle dealer Of
Portland. had leg cut off by train
there He will die.
THE Muncie presbytery. in session n
Portland, was well attended. about one
hundred delegates being present
JUDGE TAYLOR. of the superior court,
in proceedings involving the legality of
the law creating the board of children S
guardians. held that the law j. uncon-
stitutional. in that the circuit court has
no Jurisdiction over such cases. that the
board is no; a corporation. and can no.
bring suit as such before the court; that
such a CORPORATION could not be legal,
and that the conteation of the defense
that the general guardian law con.
fcrred ample authority on the court &c
act on the boards application was with
out point Judge Taylor also held that
the act of 1891. under which the board
operates. is void. because its import is
not fully set forth by its title. further
that If the court had To pass upon the
act of 1850. which the act OF 1891 pre-
tends TO amend, it would be held un-
constitutional Under this ruling the
board will be dissolved. but il is prob
able that an appeal will be taken to the
supreme court The board has got
itself generally disliked by its arbitrar,
action in tearing children from parenta
control The decision is the outcome o
Shade shutters effort TO gain posses
sion of his child. which he claims. wa
wrongfuliy and tyrannically removed
from his care.
SIMMONS, CLIFF & PI-UNMER have com
pleted monster gas well on the A. A
Grissell farm. at Camden. several mile.
northwest OF Portland 1t IS good 70
10. 600. coo cubic feet of gas and is tn
largest ever completed in the state.
The engineer on the early passenge
! | train on the L. TT W. & C. railroad dis
covered the body of Cornelius Curtis
of Wheeling, lying beside the track jus
west Of Valparaiso. He was n nembe
Of the c. A. l. and had resided il
Wheeling about four years. cominl
from Piqua- o.. where his mother still
lives The manner of his death is no
known. but il was thought he was as
saultcd and robbed as he received quit
a sum of money a few days ago am
:, none was found on his person
:, AT indianapolis a jury which trie'
Mcclure for the murder Of his wife wa
!, discharged after having been out forty
eight hours They were unable 4
agree. standing two for conviction an
/, ten for acquittal. The defense wa
! that the killing was accidental
The state G. A. X elected the FOL
! lowing oficcrs: Department con-
mander. James r. Johnston. Rockville
: senior commander. C. J. Murphy
Evansville: junior commander. ".
Mcdskcr. Cambridge City: medica
director. J. G. Hit. Greensburg: chap
lain. j. w. Reed. Noblesville. Counci
j of administration. Ben Starr. Rich
8 | rnond: l.. a. Footc. Crawford viile. u