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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08
C0lD-BloODEO MURDER.
John J. |. Thurman. Of kJana. the
Red Handed Villain.
Invited . Travelling Painter q
: Become His Guest.


LAST Sunday evening, about 6 o'clock
h ysna, this county, q small station on
the main line OF the L., 4. y ST. l.. rail
way, was the scene OF the most cold
blooded and brutal murders that has
ever been committed in this section
A short time before that hour, John
l.. Thurman, aged about 60 years. went
across the railroad track to a neighbor'i
for . bucket Of water. While there
q travelling painter stopped and applied
to the man OF the house for lodging. but
owing to sickness 10 the family was re.
fused the accommodation. Thurman
" ho Is a bachelor and lived alone, prof.
fered shelter to tho stranger, which was
accepted, and the two started for the
cabin where Thurmsn lived, the stranger
asking permission to carry the bucket OF
water, W lille Thurman carried loaf Of
bread which the lady OF the house had
given them. As they heard the cabin
Thurman rushed in, and seizing his gun
ordered the stranger to throw up his
hands. His guest replied that be could
not With the bucket Of water in bis hand,
and as he stopped TO set the bucket on
the ground, Thurman fired, tearing
away the left side of the painters head.
The above is as:stated TO Sheriff Traylor
by Thurman himself He also told the
sheriff that he made up his mind as soon
Is he saw the stranger that he would ar
rest him or kill him.
Soon after Thurman did the killing the
citizens placed guard about the prem
iscs and sent runners after the sheriff.
who went out and arrested Thurman
about 2 O'Clock Monday morning.
After he was arrested he said he de-
sired TO step out TO the rear of his house
before leaving. and was accompanied by
the sheriff. When outside be commenced
moving along the side Of the building
and was within three feet OF bis gun be-
fore the sheriff caught sight OF the in
strument OF death. The sheriff bounded
forward, seized the gun and fired into the
air. After killing the painter Thurman
had undoubtedly reloaded the gun and
placed IL there with Q view to double
tragedy, and there Is scare Q question
but what Sheriff Trsylor owes bis life to
the accidental discovery of the gun and
his prompt action in securing il firss. as
be says he never had such Q shaking up
10 ell his life az be received when be dis
&C srge1 the gun.
Thurman had had q quarrel with q
tenant Of his Sunday morning, named
Boles, whom il is said be threatened TO
kill, % well as Mr.. Warren Tower, who
had offered him some friendly advice,
and the killing ofthe painter was doubt
wss the outcropping Of his murderous
desire for human blood.
Ii 10 also stated that Thurman killed Q
man In Kentucky, and had to leave that
state.
The coroner found nothing on the
dead body that disclosed his name, or
would lead to his identity.
Since the above was in type, informa-
ton comes from Princeton, where he
bad worked, that his name was w. NJ.
Wright, and had relatives in Cincinnati
The grand jury returned q verdict Of
murder in the fret degree against Thur.
man Wednesday, and bis trial is set for
next Thursday f., the 14th inst.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

Dry and dusty.
+. Bsrtl has treated his house 10 coai
of paint.
Several OF the old veterans left last
Monday to attend the encampment 81
indianapolis.
Alex. Gslbreth has bought J. Bowers
small engine, and will start corn crack.
or on Flat creek.
The Pike county fair did not amount
10 much this year. Hope the future will
be better.
Rev. Mr.. jeffrey preached his farewell
discourse her last Sabbath. aud will leave
for conference next Thursday.
Mr.. Thomas r. Hope. Of near Hays.
willie, has the material on the ground 10
build new residence In Orwell. Let
Others do.likcwise. Tow.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08
Good News, If True.

Holders OF wheat can thank God and
take courage. the price Is certain to 90
|up. Already European news gusrant tees
lee advance. Great Britain will require
~, OOOOO bushels Of foreign swheat 10
70 supply her demands. France will i'm.
port twice Is much as she usually does
|6ermany has already begun to draw on
America for supplies. Austria has 900
|OOO,O bushels less than last year. =
Evansville Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

~ The editor is bssking in the smile
|of those loveable Eskimo ladies at the
columbian exposition this week, W hict
viii account for any and oil in this Issue
~ this impression Of the COURIER doe.
not come DIP TO your idea OF what the
paper should be, file your complain,
with bim when he returns home, and
|perhsps he will print copy to suit you
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

oakland City Enterprise: A new
sw indIer IL out soliciting subscription
TO ladies' magazine, offering . dre.,
pattern ~ . premium. lie takes the
Iaoney and you learn the rest afterw ards.
Lcok out for the sharper.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

@The Nth annual Southern Indiana
|Qtetrict fair will be held at Mt. Vernon
nd., from Septe mber 20 to29. Reduc ed
|]ftes will be given those who wish TO It.
md. For premium list apply toe. W.
s.chtsn berger, secretary. The CoukrER
'k.owiedges the receipt fan invitatIo
= attend.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

gThe Argus In aIIuding to the cos
|os the white esp cases nys the "bill,
we're allowed BY court, and no counts
|omcer 10 responsible for them" Az fsI
|es u goes that Is true, but II should also
9o stated that most Of the bills arc fixed
~ law, and could not be svoide or con,
filed by the judge, either. They are
Itecessary seQueIla OF " biteca 10 lam.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

New Albany Ledger: ID. J. MUIR, Of
the PaoIi News, hiss been appointed pri-
vatc secretary 10 Congressman Bretz, Of
the Second distrist. and has taken bic
family TO Corydon to reside during bic
absence st Wsshington.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

De Wits Witch Hazel Salvc cures piles
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures burns.
DE Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures sores
DE Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures ulcers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

Il have not been sick q minute since
taking treatment said Mrs. Annie Will
liams, of No 4l8 Third avenue, although
I have ample reason to expect a return
Of the disease since then il the cure was
not permanent. | was troubled with
nervousness and fsinting spells for seven
years. AT times | would lose all sense
Of feeling and become very dizzy, fol-
lowed by the most miserable Of sick
headaches. l was irritable and easily
excited at all times. l at first had those
attacks about once q month, but they
gradually increased 10 once . week, and
became much more severe tried sew
eral different physicians without obtain
ing relief. Ii was last resort that ]
went to Drs. Vincent. and Biggs, and ]
have never felt a single attack since.
improved regularly from the very first.
and am now entirely we'll in every re-
spcci. / wish 10 thank Drs. Vincent
and Biggs for their skillful treatment in
my case. They have we'll earned rep.
utafion in this neighborhood. having
cured many desperate cases of chronic
disessc."
CALL ON THEM
at the Daniel House, Jasper, Ind, Sat.
urdsy. Sept. 9, from a. m to z p. III
Rate. s. per month. Medicine free.
All chronic diseases treated with
unfailing success.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1898

Entered the Psstocs q Jasper Indiana, for trans
mission through the m all a. seeond-elass natter
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

an business.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

Mrs Wallace has cured hundreds people
five years No. Upper Eighth Street. Evansville Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

remrka he ha.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08
From the Oakland City Enterprise. August 90, 1902

ctensiu Gibson
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
ENGLIsHMEN NOT LOvABLE.
A BritOn Calls Them Aggressive, Purse
Proud and HypocriticaI.

A Briton Calls Them Aggressive, Purse
Proud and Hypocritical.
The editor of the Times appears to
have just discovered that the French
detest the English as bitterly. if not
more so, than they do and other neigh
boring nation, says London Truth. and
in leading article on Saturday that
paper astonished the world with a la
bored attempt to account for the cause
Of this dislike to us. But the reason is
a very simple one.
We English are by no means Iowa
BILE race. We have many admirable
qualities. We are a hardy, practical,
persevering people: but these are not
in themselves sympathetic properties.
We are aggressive, self-assertive,
purse-proud and hypocritical. We are
apt to sing psalms and pick pockets at
one and the same time, and our neigh
bors, not altogether unjustly, there
fore, resent the over-rightecus tone
that we adopt in criticising them and
their concerns.
Wherever the Englishman goes he
has the fatal influence of spelling even
the most simple of characters. A few
British tourists will make the inhab-
itants of the most inexperienced prov
ince shrewd, suspicious, grasping and
dishonest. This is within the common
knowledge of any who have travelled
in little-visited lands. and a considera-
ton of this phenomenon will enable us
the better, perhaps, to understand why
our neighbors, and more especially the
French, so heartily detest us.
1t is also curious fact that whenev-
er there are any general elections to be
held in the great republics the most
popular policy is to twist the tail of
the British lion. 1t would be instruct
i've as a subject for the dull season to
discuss the question: Are we English
really much superior to all other ma
tions?" l think we are. but apparently
our neighbors think otherwise: and it
might be well, therefore, to discover
whether we are mistaken or whether
they are stupidity preiudiced
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
THE HABIT OF DRupeERy.
Some Advantages and Otherwise of Hav.
ing o Distinguished Brother.

! Some Advantages and Otherwise OF Hav.
ing . Distinguished Brother.
Since my brother Mundanus has be-
come rich and famous as the author
and autocrat of the bootjack trust,
have been very strongly tempted to
stop working for myself and arrange
with him for my support, says writ
er in Scribner's. 1t may be that shall
conclude that the habit of drudgery is
too firmly fixed on me to be thrown off
with impunity. so that perhaps shall
elect to go on working; but if / do it
will be in the nature of self-indulgence,
maintained for more personal ease.
against my conviction of what is just
and right.
For my argument is, and it is con-
ceived on general and impersonal
grounds, and founded without preju-
dice on dispassionate observation, that
a comfortable maintenance without
work is very moderate set off to any
ordinary man for the inconvenience
and detriment of having an immoder-
ately successful brother. The reason
lies in the incorrigible tendency of So
ciety to measure brothers by the same
standard. When they are little society
puts them back to back and observes
which is the taller. When they are
grown it piles their achievements or
renown or incomes up side by side.
and remarks which pile is bigger.
Mr.. Rockefeller's or Mr.. Astor's in
come may run up into the Millions,
without making anyone think the
worse of my capacity; but ever since it
became known that Mundanus was
getting fifty thousand dollars a year
largely payable in Bootjack stock. as
happen to know, but the public
DOESN'T, it has been imputed to me as
fault. and somewhat of disgrace.
that my in-takings were not so large.
However conscientiously a man may
have used the talents given him. and
whatever progress he may have made
in life, if it be his misfortune to have a
meteoric brother who has sailed con-
spicuous where he has had to plod. AMI
arrived glorious where he has sweatel
in patient aspiration, the slow-gaited
man is bound to suffer as do by dis
paraging comparison with his ocupod
fellow of the same brood.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Beast. of Burden in China.

Cinnamon have such regard for
beasts of burden, such as an OK and
the mule, that they make companions
of them when alive and never use their
meat for food when they are dead.
These animals usually live in the same
building with their masters, but in a
separate apartment. which is especial
~ devoted to them They are not re-
quired to eat at the family table un-
less they wish to, and meals are served
in their rooms without extra charge.
They are expected to report any in
civility or inattention on the parts Of
servants to the master Of the house. A
pair of oxen can reside in the house OF
their master and enjoy all the privacy
they would have in a stall of their
own. and a sensitive and retiring mule
is never in any danger of being intrad-
ed upon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
DEVOTED DOIS.
They Sacrificed Themselves for Their
Little Mistress.

| They Sacrificed Themselves for Their
Little Mistress.
A writer in Our Animal Friends re-
lates story of two fox-terriers, Tan
and Tally, which belonged to physi-
clan in southern California and were
the playmates of his little daughter
Mabel. They had been her compan-
ions from her baby hood, and she was
now five years old. On the day in
question she and they were frolicking
in the garden, when the little girls at
tention was attracted by peculiar
noise in bush at her elbow.
She peered into the branches to see
what had. made the noise. Instantly
the head of snake reared itself before
her, and the sound of its rattles was
repeated. Mabel stood as if fascinated.
The gardener, at work not far off,
screamed to her to run, and hurried as
fast as he could to her rescue. Hurry
as he might, however, he would have
been too late but for the dogs.
They saw the little girls danger, and
threw themselves between her and it,
worrying the snake till the man could
come up and kill it. They were quite
aware of their own danger; again and
again. when camping out with their
master, they had shown the greatest
terror at the sound of snakes rattles;
but they could not see the child in
jured.
When the mother came in answer to
the shouts of the gardener, she found
Mabel safe, but both dogs were already
in the agonies of death.
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
NOT Observation-Disclosures.
Snakes and Scorpions DO Not Commit Sui
eide, as Has Been Supposed.

Snakes and Scorpions DO Not Commit Sui.
eide, as Has Been Supposed.
Writing to Nature Prof Ray Lam
kester says: 1.-THE letter of Edward s.
Holden on this subject is extremely in
teresting. 1t appears that he, like
other individuals who have imagined
that they have witnessed the suicide
of scorpions, have fallen into the err
ror $50 common in the Interpretation
Of biological as distinguished from
abiological phenomenal of stating his
differences and beliefs as though
they were observations. The instance
which occurred before my eyes ito
quote his words. which remind one of
the old herbalist, Gerard) was simply
that of snake biting itself when i'm
prisoned in a jar of water That the
blow was deliberate, Intentional
and of suicidal purpose is pure specu-
lation, and nothing occurred before
Mr.. Holden's eyes to warrant his en-
tertaining such a notion. Had Mr..
Holden been aware that the poison of
the rattlesnake has little or no effect
upon another rattlesnake nor upon the
Individual from which the poison is
furnished he would probably have
been less ready to conclude that the
bite was one of suicidal purpose. He
would then perhaps have inquired as
to the depth to which the bite pene-
trated into the tissues of the snake
and how far such superficial bite as
a snake can inflict upon part of it's
own body is likely Tin the absence of
any poisonous action) to be seriously
injurious to the snake. In this case,
as in that of the scorpion confined in
a fiery circle (experimentally studied
both by myself and by Prof. Bourne.
of Madras, and reported on in the pro-
ceedings of the Linn@an society and
the Royal society, the spasmodic
struggles of an animal artifcially con-
fined and tortured have been, as we
clearly demonstrated, mistaken for
efforts at self-destruction. The biting
of its own body by the snake may be
justly compared with the biting the
dust attributed to men who die in a
hand-to-hand struggle or to the biting
of their own hand or arm by unhealthy
children when suffering from a par
oxysm of anger"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
MONKEY WORKMEN.
Apes That Possess the knowledge of
p ttery Making.

Apes That Possess tho Knowledge Of
ttery Making.
An extraordinary story is told by the
London Daily News, which states that
DIR. Mcgowan lately returned to
Tient-sin, bringing with him, among
other curious discoveries. some partic-
ulars of a race of Manchurian monkeys
inhabiting the mountain region of the
Great Wall of China They are said to
know how to make pottery; more re-
markable still, they are represented as
having made extraordinary progress in
the art of making wine, recent edi-
ton of the official history of Yungping
states that lately large body of i'm.
migrating monkeys passed certain
village in crossing from one mountain
to another. The boys of the village
clapped their hands and shouted at the
spectacle, and the monkeys, being
frightened, fed, taking their young in
their arms, but dropping in their fight
number of earthen vessels, some of
which would hold quart. On open
ing these, the villagers found they
contained two kinds of wine, pink
and green, that had been made from
mountain berries. 1t is affirmed that
The monkeys store this liquor for use
in the winter when the water is all
frozen. DIR. Mcgowan cites other in
dependent testimonies to similar facts,
including Chinese account of mon
keys in Chekiang who pound fruit in
stone mortars to make into wine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Some Odd Bees.

The 'tazma" of Ethiopia deposits
stores of honey without wax. 1t looks
like giant mosquito, and its product,
which it hides away underground. is
eagerly sought after by the natives as
3 remedy for diseases of the throat.
In some parts of India there are giant
bees which suspend combs as big as
house doors in the branches of trees
The Guadalupe bees lay their honey
in bladders Of wax about the size of a
pigeons egg, and not in combs. The
bees, which are abnormally small, have
no stings, and are of black color, and
the honey which they produce is of an
oily consistency, never hardening.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
A SCHEME THAT FAILED.
An Austrian Editor Who Cried "WoIf
Wolf! Z" When There Was No Wolf

An Austrian Editor Who Cried "woIf
Wolff" When There Was No Wolf
The Kleine Zeitung relates story
of the Austrian censorship of the press.
The editor of a small provincial print
was either in great difficulty to find a
fit subject for his leading article, or
else was too intent upon other busi-
ness or upon pleasure to provide one.
The last moment had come, and the
editor was in despair. He tortured his
brain in vain, when he was suddenly
inspired by a happy thought, and
dashed off the following lines: After
carefully perusing the leading article
written for the present number by one
of the ablest of our contributors, we
have arrived at the conclusion that it
may be misinterpreted by the author
tiles and regarded as an attack upon
the government. We ourselves con-
slider it to be perfectly innocent, but
as VIC q unwilling, for our readers
sake; ,.ell as for our own, to have
our newspaper confscated, we have
very unwillingly, though, as we think,
prudently, resolved to withdraw the
article. This must serve as the apol-
ogy to our readers for the blank space
in our present ISSUE" The journal
was published in the evening. and the
sly editor, after performing this smart
little piece of stratagem, left the Office
in high good humor with himself. AS
soon as he arrived in the Office on the
following morning a clerk came up to
him with doleful expression and said:
Herr Redaktor, the paper is confis-
Gated by the police!" For what rea-
son?" said the astonished editor. For
malicious ridicuIe of the institutions
of the Austrian empire by the omission
of the leading article, replied the man.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Men Think

n.y. know all about Mustang Lin
EFT. Few do. Not to know is
ot to have.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
spotlt Their Puck.r.

A fellow once tried to start whis-
Ting school in Kansas City, and started
In with eleven scholars at one dollar
head. They were all sitting with
solemn visages wondering how he was
going to begin, when he stood them up
In row, both boys and girls, and then
gave the order: Prepare to pucker."
Their risibilities were so affected that
they burst out laughing. and the first
lesson came to naught, for there was
not 2 'epucier'' tn the crowd.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
slightly Different.

An English lawyer. Mr.. William Will
lis, was once rather amusingly inter-
rupted in a speech.
In addressing political meeting.
Mr.. Willis found an opportunity of re-
ferring to Charles Dickens character,
Barkis, and of exclaiming "Barkis is
willin'!''
No, no." shouted workingman in
the audience, sit amt 'Barkis is willin'.
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