The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-15

county seat removed from Lcaven-
worth 10 that place Nothing else l.
talked 81. and violence and bloodshed
may result. Hon. G. /. Jewett. Of New
Albany, represents the removalisfs.
and Lcavenworth trusts her case With
Judge X j. Tracewell. OF Corydon.
and Albcr, W. Eunkhouser. Hon. ). H.
Weathers and Jerry l. >Gddarth, OF
the Leavenw orth bar.
FIFTEEN years ago family named
Jones resided in Wabash. They were
in poor circumstances, and when the
head of the family died the children
scattered. the baby. Minnie. being
adopted by strangers. who took her To
North Dakota. The relatives in Wa
bash lost all trace of her and she was
supposed 10 lie dead. when. the other
dav, Postmaster Wood rcceivef. "A letter
from her asking If there Were any rela-
tives of hers in Wabash. The letter
was published. and falling under the
eve of Ellsworth Ward. her brother-in-
law, who had been striving for long
time To locate her. he wrote. The iden-
ti,y of the girl. now a miss of III, was
established. and he has sent for her
and will bring her TO Wabash. The
young woman is working out and go
ing 10 school
A VALUABLE piece OF evidence has
been obtained against j. W. Fuller
the bank swiniler. held in $1,000 bonds
at Richmond He is identified as NJ
w. Godfrey, alias J. W. Taylor. alias
c. ii. llardwick. alias Curtis. who at
tempted to realize on fraudulent
check for g. zoo. nj the First National
bank of Norwalk. Ia.
FIRE. which is supposed To have been
caused 10y mice gnawing matches. al
most complely destroyed the dry goods
and grocery store of Mason & Son. at
Roam, ten miles north Of Wabash. The
loss on the goods is estimated at $4,000.
The fire is said 10 have smoldered all
night
AT Jacksonville. early the other
morning Simon Owens and Mat
tie Maddox arrived from Mt. Washing
ton. Ky. a distance Of forty miles. in
quest Of matrimony. and thirty min
utes thereafter the couple were mar
ried by Magistrate House. The trip
was bitter cold. and when the pair ar
rived in Jacksonville they were almost
frozen. Owens and his bride are de-
scendants OF wealthy Kentucky people.
They could have travelled in more
elaborate STYLE. but decided upon the
jolt wagon for the romance there was
in it.
The village Of GAINESVILLE. Hamilton
county. was visited by safe blowers
the other morning, and the pos; Office
robbed of stamps and currency. Post
master Iioagland fired FIVE snots at the
retreating thieves
ELLA AMOS. l0-year-old girl, was
burned to- death at Lexington Her
dress caught fire from a CRATE. Every
vestige of clothing was burned from
the unfortunate girl. and her flesh was
| literally baked.
The Touring mill and grain elevator
of J. G. Tcmplin. at Vermont Howard
county, were totally destroyed by fire
recently. Loss, sla. 900, with small in
surancc.
ATTY. GEN. A. g. SMITH receives fees
il is said. TO the amount of $4,000 a
year 1t is one of the most lucrative
state offices in Indiana
GEORGE WHISTLER a wild youth O..
Wabash, has disappeared after many
forgeries and one theft which his in
dulgent father will settle up.
CHAs. ADsir. aged Is. was killed in a
runaway ut Warren. Huntington
county. He was thrown out Of the
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body, injuring him so badly that he
died in short time
WN THoRP, deaf mute. aged -.
was killed on the Big Four railroad,
.,ear Marion
WHILE working in the American Wire
Nail Mill, at Anderson. "A colorcd en-
| ploye was struck by a crane and
knocked into a vat Of boiling sulphuric
acid The man was horribly burned,
the flesh falling into strips from his
limbs when rescued.
THE Home for the Friendless has
been incorporated in Loransport-
a sorr-HoUsE has been established at
New Albany.
john CuETrs. who assaulted 13-year-
old Lulu Ozmont. Of Nooresville. was
the other day sentenced to eight years
imprisonment
The other afternoon during n heavy
snowstorm. James Fost. Of Eucyrus.
O.. brakeman on the Nickel Plate.
was RUIZ over by freight train east OF
Wanatah. and instantly killed
Gov. MATTHEWS has pardoned Mrs
Martin. of Dubois county. who had
been sent to the Female reformatory
for life for infantciie.
THE new TO. O +. temple at Man
chester. was dedicated by Grand Master
G. r. Northern the other day. in the
presence Of many visiting brethren
from southern Indiana.
a CITY hospital is TO be built at Vim
cennes
AT Warsaw the diphthcria epidemic
is abating.
THE gambling houses at Fransfor;
are being shut up by the authorities.
Ak artificial stone manufacturing
company is TO be located at Nrncic-
~ the circuit court. at Lafayette. the
other evening. Reuben Movers. con