The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-27

BE MANN jerks, New Albany -
loon keeper. conceived the idea Of on
hibiting two polecats in his window.
On complaint Of "a neighbor the case
went through two courts. ending in u
fine of 81 and costs and q rule for the
removal of the animals
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Win
field. in which livery barn was con-
sumed and nine valuable horses burned.
Loss. 5000.
A. {. HUMBERaER a promine mt resi-
dent of kokomo, missing for several
days, was found dead in an open field
the other evening. lie was eighty-two
years old.
]. H. NELSON. aged so. died OF small
pox at the hospital in Muncie, the 9TH
err night This is the nineteenth death
out of 1877 cases.
Miss ADA BRILL. daughter OF DIR.
Brill, OF Pittsboro. took large capsule
full of strychnine. the other evening,
installing il for quinine and died in a
few minutes.
THE employees of the defunct Darnell
iron works at Muncie were made happy
the other night by Receiver A. l.. John
son, who distributed over $1,000 due
them for wages when the mill closed
All were paid in full.
In clearing away the ruins of the
Waynestown fire, the other morning
human remains were found. They
were discovered in the cellar of the
Hornell e. Henry hardware store, where
the flames originated and where the ex-
plosion occurred. The remains are al
most consumed. aud the coroner has
been notified.
WM. HAMMoNDs, while drunk. went
to sleep the other night upon the In
dianapolis and Vincennes track at
Martinsville. A through freight ran
over him and cut his head of
j. j. Brown, an influential farmer OF
Dick Johnson township, near Brazil,
met with horrible accident the other
day. While hauling logs chain
broke, which held large log on the
wagon. 1t rolled off and crushed Mr..
Brown to death, mangling his body be-
yond recognition.
The following fourth-class post
masters were appointed the other day:
VIM. Chandler, New Marion. Ripley
county, vice Theodore Brown, resigned:
j. NJ. Smelser. Ohio Falls, Clark coun-
ty, vice w. NJ. Reynolds. removed
AFTER January /, all prisoners in the
penitentiary north will be provided
with the regulation fare. This plan
will abolish the custom of convicts be-
ing supplied with delicacies by outside
friends and by purchase. This step
will be taken in the belief that better
discipline can be maintained. The
management has also decided to uni
form the prison attaches, and to pre-
scribe regulations for the appointment
of guards,
AT Huntington. John, the 10. year-old
son of Daniel Urshall. was shot in the
abdomen, the other day. while clean
ing a revolver in which were some un-
exploded cartridges. His injury is re-
garded as fatal.
THE town of Windfall. near Kokomo,
had bad fire few days ago A hotel.
livery stable. two stores and the Ma
sonic building were destroyed. Eight
horses were burned to death.
The celebrated white cap trial at
Salem closed the other morning. Judge
Voyles gaze Elijah Dalton. who stood
by to see his wife whipped and is be-
lieved to have paid for it, five years in
the prison south. His brother. James
Dalton, who held Mrs. Dalton. and
Holsapple, who whipped her, get each
five years. Boiling. who was present.
but did not interfere, gets three. and
Barrett, who was present. but was too
drunk to help, gets two years. Peyton,
for turning states evidence. escapes.
The public approves the sentence
WELCOME WooD. while hunting at
Juno Lake near Goshen, accidentally
shot himself through the body, expir.
ing almost instantly.
Mrs. AUGUST TIIEBAs, of Hobart.
was taken to Crown Point she being
the plaintiff in divorce case against
her husband. The lady was unable to
appear in court. and Judge Gillett sent
two attorneys and stenographcr to
the hotel to take her testimony. After
viewing the testimony the judge grant
ed the divorce. A messenger was dis
patched to the hotel to inform the lady
of her success. when she dropped from
her chair dead. having had an attack
of heart disease. The news of her
death reached the courtroom before the
ink was dry on the court docket grant
ing the decree.
AT Huntington. Mrs Cal Lyon OBJ
tanned judgment against the Chicago
and Erie railroad for 50, 600. for the
death of her husband. an engineer who
was killed in collision at Huntington.
The verdict has been set aside by the
judge on the grounds of insufficient
evidence.
CALEB S. DENNY was sworn in as
mayor Of indianapolis the other day.
and Thomas l.. sullivan stepped down
and out Mayor Denny states that he
will not announce any of his appoint
ments for few days, and the members
of the present boards have been re-
questcd to hold on until their success
sors are appointed. Lee Nixon. as
clerk, and George Stubs, as police
Judge, were sworn in. Mayor Denny's
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