The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-29

TuE urgency deficiency bill; was
passed by the house Of representatives
ON the 18TH.
IRWIN MoNxE,.. "A Young farm hand
near Mulberry. Ind. was found dead
in the woods on the night of thu
18th. lie had been on IA debauch. lost
his way and froze a. death. Five hun
bred dollars in rash was found in his
pockets Moyner was unmarried and
employed 10y David Bolyard, a wealthy
farmer.
TuE body ofJohn trayson, a peddlcr.
was found. on the morning OF the iAh.
near Perkins. okla There were six
bullet holes in the body. and on the
breast Of the dead nan was pinned the
placard death TO lnformants." The
tragedy is shroudcd in mystery.
THoMAs H. BARNETT. the reckless and
desperate street robber. who was shot
the 18th. by Jacob Barnes while in the
act of robbing Isaac Thompson, "A ne
gro. died at the city hospital on the
10th.
WARD RRlGcs. a young man whose
home is in Pratt. kas.. attempted TO
commit suicide at Wichita. kas., on the
10th. by cutting his throat with "A com-
mon pocket-knife. His parents are
quite wealthy. his father being the
senior member of the firm of Briggs
Bros. who own a large a dry goods
store as there is in western Kansas.
Young Briggs is n victim Of drink.
THREE lronwood Mich policemen
are under arrest charged with stealing
flour and sugar from public relief
stores. Six hundred pounds of -four
and 100 pounds of sugar were stolen.
and the crime traced to them.
Form young people skating on Choco-
late lake. 4 miles from Halifax. y. 5.
on the 10th. broke through the ice and
Doyle. two boys and a girl. The
fourth was a boy named Neill from the
industrial school. Mrs. Doyle nearly
lost her life in attempting to rescue
her children.
FIRE. on the night of the 18th. in the
Hall & Hayward Cos candy and
cracker factory at Louisville, Ky. de-
stroyed property to the amount of $780,
900. The fire is supposed to have orig
limited in the hot air shaft. The fac
tory was the largest of its kind in the
south.
Miss MARTHA HrMBERT. an 1S-year-
old girl of Lafayette. Ind. a ward of
Barney ~Spitznagle. a prosperous bust
ness man. together with her sister. Adj
die. of Monticello. Ind. has fallen heir
to an estate valued 1T $50. 600 by the
death OF an uncle. William Harrington.
a South Dakota farmer. A portion of
has been received.
AFTER a brief but successful specula-
tire career in Wall street Louis Raphael
Morgenthau. who is said TO have been
the son of a wealthy London wine ner-
chant. wound up a ebauch shortly
after midnight. on the 18th. by send
ing a bullet through his brain in the
bedroom of his apar tments in New
York city.
ii. T.. Lucas. known all over the
trotting horse world as pike" died.
on the 10th. at Baltimore. Nd. aged
~. Pike contributed many articles
To he sporting journals of the country.
OS the Goth the house committee on
territories authorized "A favorable re-
port on the bill providing for Ia adj
mission of oklahoma as a state.
JAMES VI. DOYLE. late cashier of the
mint at New Orleans. was indicted. on
the Goth. by the federal grand jury. for
the embezzlcment of s25. 900.
SAMUEL SINCLAIR. publisher of the
New York Tribune from 1858 to 1872,
died at his home in New York city
IN the Goth.