The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06

Two years ago Mira Col. John Win,
gate was badly injured while alighting
from a Toledo. ST Louis 4 Kansas City
train NJ Wingate, and was awarded
Is, 900 damages by Parke couuty jury.
Later her husband sued for el2, 900 for
the loss he had sustained in being de-
prived OF her health and company. and
. Fountain county jury gave him ~, 400.
ALEX RoBERrsoS, an engine hostler,
was cooked by escaping steam from .
locomotive at Brazil.
AT Charlottesville. Henry McNamee.
9 gambler, fractured Cal Wilson's skull
with u billiard cue.
A MAD dog has made its appearance
AZ Vincennes and has bitten several tino
cattle.
CHARLES JAY Cook. burglar In
PENNSYLVANIA street residence, Indian
apolis, was severely stabbed, the other
night, in an encounter with Anna
Grouse, the domestic. Coming in late
with her sister and two young men, she
found evidences of intNders, and
armed herself with . butcher-knife.
She met the burglar in u dark room up
stairs, and as he attempted to throw
her aside, she stabbed him three times
on the arms and shoulder. Her three
friends fled, leaving her alone in the
battle. After wrestling with her few
moments Cook broke away ard escaped
from the house VIM. Donnhuc, q pass
ing street car conductor, saw him run
ming out Of the yard. with pursuer be-
hind him, and affected his capture. lie
had handkerchief tied over his face,
and when brought before the brave girl
proved TO be her cousin.
RoBr. EMMETT, sheriff OF Marion
county, has directed his attorneys TO
bring suit TO test the constitutionality
of the fee and salary bill enacted by the
legislature Of 1891. He will be backed
by all the sherifss in the state, whose
enrollments have been greatly reduced
by the existing law Emmett is the
fra. officer in that county whom the
new law affects Under it he is allowed
$4,000 Under the old law the Office is
worth twice that amount
JAMES SANDERS barn, at Whcatland.
Knox county. was burned the other
night. fine stallion and quantity
of feed, grain and implements were
consumed. Loss $1,000. The fire is be-
lieved to have been of an incendiary
origin.
PAUL GEARHART. aged IA, OF South
Bend, was SO delighted at receiving a
pair of skates that he uttered cry OF
| Joy and fell TO the floor dead from
heart failure.
AN oak tree was recently cut on q
farm near Bedford. which yielded log
40 feet in length, Oh feet in diameter,
and AZ feet at the top. The log Is
, without knot or blemish of any kind.
and will be exhibited at the Worlds
fair
| MRs. MILLION, widow living in Ell
/ wood, left her three children alone in
the house for short time. while she
stepped across to neighbours to invite
them to Christmas dinner at her
house During her absence the young
est son lit a match and set his little sis
tcr's clothes on fire. Before the moth.
er returned the little one was fatally
burned Ncighbors heard the scream
ing child and succeeded in extinguish'
ing the flames. The child died after
suffering terribly for four hours The
trunk and head were burned awfully
Thirty-one matches had been lit by tho
her clothes on fire.
GEN. JoHx T.. HAWKINS whom thu
president promoted to the head of thu
subsistence department of the United
States army. with the rank of brigadier
general, is a native of this state.
The explosion of stove in the farm
house OF Andrew Bickel. near Valpar
also, the other morning resulted in Mrs
Bickel and two children receiving sc
rious. if not fatal injuries. FLYNN
pieces of the stove broke every glass II
the house. tore a hole in the roof, an
badly demolished the walls The ex
. plosion completely wrecked the stove
breaking it into chunks of iron, whic
were hurled with terrific force in CIV
ery direction Mrs Isickel received ser
eral painful gashes in the head. TIL
: two children. it is feared from the n;
ture of injuries, will be rendered blind
|, The explosion was caused by dynamite
! quantity Of which had been secrete
! in piece of stove wood
/ Mrs. OpHELIA DUHME. of Cincinnati
O.. has given Wabash college $1,000
: CHAs BooTH, an old pensioned so
. der suicided at his home in Gree
! township. near Bonneville. by shootin
: himself in the head with n rcvolve
$ Dependency was the cause of the ras
n act.
john IIALPiS. of Charlottesville, h;
. secured Judgment for s65 against th'
I. city for injuries received while workir
: on repairs at the city school buildin
. Ar Grandview, "a small town on II
4 Ohio river. about six miles from Roc
4 port. Peter Gregory accidentally sh
and killed John Gordon. both of Gran
A view. 1t was Gregory's birthday. al
], himself and several others were into,
Gated and were in Gregory's saloon
!, the time Of the accident. Gregory w
j carelcssly handling a revolver when
I, was discharged. taking the life OF
friend and ncighbor.
a A COMPANY has been formed in kol
! mo to build and operate large pu
n and pnper-mil at Greentown. IIowa
!. county. The buildings will cover 70
% acres Of ground, and will give emplc