The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-24
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

dismissed by the court. II being proved
that his accuser was u depraved adj
ventures
DIR L. II. SNYDER, of Burr Oak, was
arrested in IT Wayne 10y Deputy United
States Marshal Mckinson. charged with
sending medicines through the mails
to he used for criminal purposes
THE Humane society of Richmond is
investigating the case of Edward Burk-
hardt, aged II. alleged to have been
cruelty beaten az the orphan asylum.
FARiow SHALTy was arrested at
kokomo. charged with stealing drove
OF hogs from a Boone county farmer
A GIRL tramp. eighteen years old. was
picked up At Huntington. having come
from Chicago on the blind end Of bag
gage car on the Chicago and Erie
road
SCARLET fever threatens the five hum
bred inmates Of the state institute for
the feeble minded at TT Wayne
HAIRY >TEELKy. eighteen. a tele-
phone lineraan. was killed at South
Bend while stringing wires the other
morning. The electric light wire got
crossed with an incandescent wire and
| tAC tulttAb WAS AAAh,hiAttsA ~ .F<%'.7
ey's body. He was standing on damp
ground. holding the wire with both
hands. and the electrical current was
grounded through his body.
ADArGHrER of Thomas Bitner living
six miles east of Windfall was burned
to death. While near the fire from
leaking gas regulator in the yard her
clothing became ignited
J. ii. BEBorT. "A wealthy citizen Of
Rushville. died few days since of con-
sumption. aged IS years He has long
been identified with the stock-raising
interests OF the county. and was es-
pecially noted as a breeder of fine Po-
land China hogs. lie leaves a large
family.
Mrs LOUISA MoogE. of Kokomo. has
been given Judgment for $500 against
the Western Union Telegraph Co for
the latter's failure to deliver a message
announcing the death of her baby
The company defended on the ground
that the consignee of the message lived
one block outside the corporate limits
and that they were not required by law
TO deliver kilograms beyond the corpor-
ate line. The ruling was by Judge
kirkpatrick.
AT Indianapolis the grand jury or
dered the dismissal of Frank Moore
and Thomas Bristow. who have been
charged with numbering James Young.
ALprs HEERoLD. athletic director OF
y. NJ. c. A.. Columbus. is dying from
injuries received in a football game
against the Franklin College eleven
The post Office at Soppa has been dis
continued. as no one wishes TO be post
master.
The question Of a public library is
being thoroughly agitated at Green
field.
The starch works at Edinburg will
resume shortly.
DrPHrHEEIA is prevalent ut the Or
phan home. Columbus
The Muncie schools have reopened
after vacation of two months on &C
count Of smallpox
THOMAS BOYLE. of Marietta. Shelby
county. has received a pocket tesla
ment which was carried to the war ry
his late father. The finder explains
that he found the book on the battle
field. and carried it until the war was
over. Recently he learned the address
of the old soldiers son. and Immediate
ly forwarded il TO him
GFAgy's theater and the Aldine no
tel. IT Wayne, were destroyed by fire.
Loss. $4,000: insurance. $50, 600. Ad-
joining buildings were slightly dam
aged.
WM LASHAM was arrested at Terrc
IIaute for counterfeiting by United
States Marshal Hawkins. and after
ward confessed.
AT indianapolis Mrs Harriet Jordan
was run over by ar electric car and IA.
tally injured.
ASBsEw NEsILEHrT. an aged farm
hand. died the other night a; the home
OF VIM. Root. near Vincenncs. from the
effects of being kicked and beaten sew.
eral weeks ago in a saloon in that city.
The brutal assault resulted in paraly.
sis. and the flesh dropped off his body
in great chunks
The state Of Indiana has brought
suit against the Huntsville college. de.
manding the forfeiture of its corpora
ton charter. charging wrongful use OF
the permanent fund. which it is al.
legged has been exhausted and spent for
other purposes than for that which il
was created The plaintiffs in the &C
ton are heirs of the late William Fix
whose father. Philip Fix. during his
lifetime gave $1,000 to the permanent
fund to cndow a chair for his only son.
William. The college was founded in
1850 by the United Brethren church.
under a special act Of the Legislature.
WV KNOTT. of Elwood. has received
notice that his pension has been dis.
continued.
IsDrANA lays claim TO having within
her borders the oldest man i'm the coun-
try. he being Alexander IIockaday.
who but recently celebrated his Hath
birthday. lie was born in Virginia in
I..9 the date il Is claimed being an
thcnticatcd by the record of family
Bible now in the old mans possession.
When quite young he went to Ken
lucky with his parents. but removed Ia
this state when It was a part Of the