The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-03
INDIANA STATE NEWS.


| located in the new noxey Hotel. An
derson. The force OF the explosion
shook the entire building and created
the widest excitement and panic
among the guests and inmates Of the
hotel. The fire department was at
! once called out, but the fire spread and
the entire block was threatened with
destruction. IL is thought that two
persons are buried in the ruins
The wife of Eli Miller of Valley City.
near Corydon. gave birth to four chill
dren a few days ago. They were fully
developed but did not live. Mrs Mill
Ter gave birth to triplets about year
ago
THE other morning the infant daugh-
ter of Jonas Christopher. of Goshen,
pulled n kettle of boiling water over
her, living but few minutes The
scalding water baked her flesh 20 the
bone.
| COLUMNS DEcKAR shot and in
stantly killed his wife the other after.
noon at Guthrie, a village ten miles
north Of Bedford. Deckard claims the
shooting was accidental; that he had
! placed the pistol against his own breas
with the intention of committing sui
eide. and that his wife, in attempting
to prevent it. twisted his hand around,
so that when the pistol was discharged
the contents entered her breast, and,
ranging downward. reached her heart,
: killing her instantly. Deckard is in
Jail.
AT Middlebury, little village south
! of Brazil, the other evening. Mrs X
Collins locked her four-year-old son in
/ the house. Shortly after her departure
, smoke was seen coming out of win
! dow. Men broke into the house and
found the body of the dead child burned
/ TO crisp. When the mother reached
home she tainted and is now lying in "a
precarious condition. The Collins fam
; lily is one of the wcalthiest in the
county.
THREE masked men wrecked the only
saloon in North Webster with dyna.
mite.
! CHARLES LAMPKISs, of Muncie, died
! of blood poisoning while nursing his
father who died week ago
STOCK in bartholomew county has
ssffered intensely on account of the re-
cent cold weather. In many cases
water was secured only by hauling il
for miles The ground being covered
with snow for twenty-five days many
Of the farmers claim that quails in vast
numb ers have persisted
THE other day it was discovered that
Augustus Cronkhite. of Williamsport,
the treasurer of Warren county, was
heavy defaulter and fugitive
from justice. Cronkhite's alleged steal
is in excess of $4,000. In fact, it is al
legged he did not leave dollar in War.
rem county's treasury. Cronkhite is
said to have maintained that grea,
sums of taxes were delinquent when
the same had been paid.
AT Columbus George Fellows, aged "A
years, and his son William, aged 81
years, died within fifteen minutes oi
each other from lung fever Three days
before Mrs. Fellows, aged II years, !ied
suddenly from an attack of asthma
making three deaths in the family
within three days.
SEVERAL relics of antiquity have beer
found on large hill near Huron, where
group of seven mounds can easily be
traced, with an obscure winding patti
lending TO a cave below. The centra
room where the relics were found has
double, circular wall, and was probably
used for sepulchral purposes.
r. O. CRANDALL, one of the oldes
physicians and residents of Laporte
was found dead in his sleigh few
miles from town, few days ago. III
was returning froro making a country
sick call. and is supposed to have dice
from apoplexy. having suffered from
previous strokes
AT Richmond James A. Sales and A
G. Scott became engaged in quarrel
and Officer Behold was sent to maxi
the arrest He attempted to arrcs
Sales. who resisted and showed fight
After a short struggle Betzold drew hi
revolver and shot Sales through tn
mouth.
A LARGE number of minor road law
have been introduced in the lndian
legislature, but the first COMPREHENSIVE
measure came few days ago froi
Representative Daley, of the road con
mittee OF the house. The bill abolishe
road supervisors and puts the TOWNSHIP
trustee with an advisory board, con
posed OF Justices of the peace, in charg
Of road building. 1t provides for a Ia
OF not less than ten cents on the SIC
and not more than twenty-five cents f.
roads. half of which is to be used !
permanent improvements. 1t also pre-
vides for vehicle tax and turns var
Gus fines for misdemeanors into tn
road fund. 1t provides that the cost {
. building roads shall be assessed on,
half against property within two-mi'
limit and ope-half against the whol
! county.
, THE special committee consisting
: Senators Stewart, Wray and McCutcl
j, con, to whom the matter was refcrrc'
have prepare bill redistricting II
O state for judicial purposes. The nun
o Der OF districts by this measure hi
: been reduced from tfty-four to fort,
A four, and the districts have been 1
5 nearly equalized as possible with refe
G encc to the amount Of business dom
II is claimed for the bill that il wi
i save ten circuit judges and ten prosec'