The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-26

g she married him for his money. an,
learning that ~ his death sh, ~orl,
get but a life interest in his estate N,
! neglected and abused him.
JrpGF Jou> DrN>i>o. one az the old
est odd fellows in this state and IA,
r oldest citizen Of the county. died sud
denly the other morning Of heart fail
ure. aged ~ years. At Valparaiso He
was a chart member Of the Odd Fe,.
lows lodge ~ Valparaiso and I.aDor;c,
and vice-prcsident OF the Indiana so
cie;y Sons of the Revolution.
Tnr Indiana State Medical society
elected the following officers Iresi-
dent {. A. noughcrty. South Bend:
vice-president. 4. 4. Leach. Crawfor,!s-
lille. secretary. 4. ;. Elder Indian
apolis; Treasurer, j. q. >till>on. In
dianapols.
Joseph Empky. an inmate of the
county poor asylum. Richmond. was
struck by a train while he was walk
ing across a bridge and instantly killed.
BLOCK of bituminous coal by 4
feet and feet 10y inches high and es-
timated TO contain ~ tons has been
shipped To the Worlds fair by James
Foley Of the Foleyvlle mines.
IHh Big -Four railroad has settled
with the passengers hurt at LAFAYETTE
a. follows. Nm. Place of Frankfort.
500; jefferson Pcese. Of kempton. $50;
Richard Jones. OF Pontiac. ILL.,. si0o;
Louis Ieiilcr. of Fowler. $50: Charles
Roush. Of Lafayette. $500 Amos Hodge.
Of >mithticld. Ssh: VIM. Stinson. II
>Inithield. SlO
THE L. f. a W. ticket Office Gochcs-
ter was robbed of $50
An oak tree nearly five centuries o,d
was recently felled near Castlcton.
The body Of medical college sub
jet" was chopped To pieces and seat
tered all over Craw fordsville by some
vandal.
THE unknown killed at Union Ci.v.
the other day. was Edgar w Pike. a
travelling man whose homie was NJ
Everett. Mass He was insured for
$4,000 in the Indiana Travellers associa-
ton Letters held at hotels have estai-
lished his identity.
GKo W. ROBINSON. ex-chief of police
of Nuncie. died few DAYS since.
ADoLrH ARRoMEr the well-lsnown IN.
surance man. fell dead the other day AT
indianapolis.
JOS PI-rMER. the first white settler in !
Porter county. died aged ~ years He !
leaves wife and twelve soas
WM Pence. aged 20. was killed at
Roam. being crushed under heavy
saw-log- lie was retired farmer and
a man of considerable wealth.
THE Standard Oil Co.'S barrelling
works. Writings. burned. Loss from
$4,000 To $500. 900.
The little Fugunte girl. who has been
fasting for ten weeks. at Brazil. is said
To be improving on diet of cod-livcr
OIL. the yolks IF eggs and brandy given
her in limited quantities.
The following fourth-class postrnas-
tiers in Indiana were appointed few
days ago: Blue Lick. George Kollingcr.
vice Joseph McRose. removed: lone. j.
X. Foutz- vice X. d. Lane. removed:
Marts. ;. r. J. sutton. vice NJ. ). Tult,
resigned: New Maysvilie. l.. r. Buchan-
an. vice J.. H. Mills resigned
\ FEW days ago William Springer. Of
Hobart. was granted divorce from his
wife few days later they were
again joined in wedloclS by the same
Judge that granted the divorce 4. tn
IRE 20 years old. and She left him be-
'ause he refused to buy hera new dress.
lie made her present of s.. 600 after
he ceremony.
JAMES Ford. -. a wcalthy citizen Of
slbanv. near Muncie. while fishing
he other day.fell in the Nissis~ewa river
nd was drowned. His bod was not
recovered for several hours While Sit ,
ing on the root IF tree it suddenly !
'r"ke precipitating him into the water. ,
SAM THRIvKE and wife. who were ar
ested al Madison. and taken to Indian f,
polls on the charge of counterfcting. ,
ad preliminary hearing before :
nited Statest commissioner Van buren,. !.
nd were discharged. Francis NJ. Mar /,
hall. United States marshal for 10 :.
district of Missouri. was the PRINCIPAL
government witness
'ARL DEMBo. i2-year-old boy, was
itally hurt at Charlottesville. by fall :,
ny from an electric car on which he !,
"a stealing a ride
The pccuniary damage done by the
lte floods in White and Wabash rivers
I'll amount To $4,000. Many farmers
re- badly crippled. and to that extent
ne business outlook here is very unf.-
prable. The stencil in the bottoms y
.om decaying matter is almost intoler- =
Bile. "
a JuR, at Logansport gave Brake a.
AN William Sullivan. Of the Pam ~
hndle- $4,000 for the loss Of his right 'o
IN. 60
IIK other morning nine miles south
Goshen dhas. McCrantz was return- u,
g home. and while driving through y
'e gate his two little ones rushed ont ~
meet him. One. 3 years old. was I'M -
r the wheels before he noticed them. -
was down grade. and the walon -
uld not be stopped. the wheels pass :"
x over the child's head and crushing
i it, brains w
Tn wife Of Lara McAlphin. A we'll 7,
DO Irish resident of Columbus has -
vstcriously disappeared. Sh. has n"
rrAtcncd 20 drown herself. and 4 ~
thought she has ..,.,.;..l 49,. - 4''