The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-20

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TIKI last official act Of the retiring
Gov. Chase. was 70 pardon Mrs Ellen
v. Walton, sent up for life In 1852 for
conspiracy in the murder of her hus-
band.
Ir Is now thought that Charles II.
Knoblack, found hanging in his barn
Mt South Bend was poisoned and then
hanged there.
EuRIco PosAxTI, who swindled Z
number of Italians out OF considerable
sums of money in Indianapolis, Cincin-
natl, Louisville. Pittsburgh and else.
where, and who vas finally captured
in 81. Louis. was convicted OF grand
larceny in the criminal court nj Indian
apol;s. and vas fined 600 and sentenced
to two years in States prison.
RrFus. the eightcen-year-old son OF
David Lawrence. living near Warren,
Huntington county. was kicked by .
horse, receiving injuries hat resulted
in his death.
The Centilver Brewing Co. at TT.
Wayne, struck a str & flow Of natural
gas at a depth of 1,444 feet They
will shoot the well. This is the only
we'll within 40 miles Of the city flowing
gas
The new law abolishing fees for tho
tiary has gone into effect, and hereafter
sherifls will have no induccmcnt to send
them one ut a time.
SUI was fled at indianapolis against
Chas. ii. Schad and Chas. l.. Schwartz,
druggist, and Harry II. Harris, their
clerk, asking ei0. 900 damages 1t is al
legged that Clerk Harris made a mistake
in filing n prescription. which resulted
in the death OF Michael Sullivan. The
suit was brought by Jerry Foley, adj
ministrator of the estate of Sullivan.
DARL ADAMS. son Of a prominent
family near Columbus. after his wife
was granted u divorce in the circuit
court. bought 25 cents worth of NOR
phine and swallowed it. dying. He ex-
onerated his wife, charging all tho
blame IN her parents.
The most terrific and bloody fight in
the history Of Madison county occurred
right after communion services the 9TH
er day at Forest Chapel church six
miles southwest of Anderson. The
communion table had just been cleared
away when a row sprung up between
the Lawsons on one side and the Swim.
fords, Smears and Hartzells on the 9TH
er. 1t was a terrific fight, and. as a re-
suit, Irwin Lawson and Sanford Manis
are in a critical condition, and the lat
ter is almost sure to die. The fight was
the result Of an old fcud between the
Lawsons and tho other parties named.
Following IS the list of injured: Bill
Lawson. two cuts on head. nose mashed
and other injuries: SAINT MANS. bruised
and cut about head and face, seriously
hurt; Arthur Lawson. several bruises
and cuts, weak from loss Of
blood; Irwin Lawson. seven bad cuts on
scalp. supposed to be dangerously hurt:
Joe Swinford. ear nearly cut off by u
sl%ungshot, face cut and severely hurt;
Albert Swinford, cut on head and neck,
dangerously hurt. may not live: Louis
Swinford. black eyes. scvcra, cuts and
bruises; Matthew Swinford was knocked
down and skull fractured; Joe Hartzell
tson OF George liaitzell), badly hurt,
may die.
The franchises of the citizens Natu-
raj Gas Co. at Anderson. have been an.
nulled. owing to the inadequate supply.
GEORGE JONES inc Oscar Wilkins. Jail
birds, cracked the stone floor with a
hot iron, dug out and escaped at Green
field.
HARRISON SnEARER. Of Valparaiso,
claims to nave found an elk horn in the
hollow of a tree. where he supposes it &c
have been for a hundred years or more.
II, l.. BAKER. aged FL. blew his brains
out at Lafayette. as the best way out
Of an engagement to marry two young
ladies.
Miss IDA 5. DURHAM. Of Darlington,
has entered suit for As. 900 against :. q.
kersey for breach of promise.
WIN PoRTERFIEI.D. while at work at
the Shelbyville icc-houscs. became en-
tangled in the hoist. which broke and
carried him about twenty-five feet into
the river. 1t was only after hard work
that he was rescued. badly bruised.
ONE of the hardest and best known
old men in Peru is Uncle" Daniel
Rccder. Notwithstanding his advanced
age-cighty-fvc-hc is almost as strong
and supple as he was thirty years ago.
and, in addition. he enjoys the prestige
Of being the finest and best skater in
northern Indiana Skating is his de-
light, and with the sport now afforded
he is a central figure. One Of the FIRST
on the ice and the last t. leave. he holds
his own with any of the younger gencr-
alton. and nothing delights him more
than 10 teach the people how %curlcy-
cues and the like were cut sixty years
ago. In the summcr his pastime is the
Miss NELLIE YocUM. a young woman
twenty-onc years old, at her
boarding place in New Albany. the 9TH
err morning, died MS the result of a dose
of poison administered by her own
hand. No one has been able to give
any cause for the act.
WV. c. BLIzzARD. of Lynn, wa struck
by a Big Four passenger engine near
the depot and knocked from the track.
Ills skull was fractured. There is no
chance for recovery. Blizzard Is a mem
Der Of the q. A. II. at Lynn.
The surveying corps for the proposed