The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-23

ming struck Levy Rogers barn. Three
horses were made totally deaf by the
shock.
LEW THOMAS. OF pcndlcton, started
for the Worlds fair the other evening.
He broke his arsn boarding the train,
but was uncons cious Of the injury until
n physician on the train examined II.
Tmr American Wheel Co. plant 40
wford>ville has been shut down for
an indefinite period.
WHILE blowing in corn field south
OF plainiicld. few days ago. Claude
stone. aged IL. turned Nh an old Span
sh coin bearing the date of 1871. IL
bears on one side the coat Of arms OF
Spain and on the reverse side the bust
cf the rcigning sovereign OF that day
The coin is well preserved except that
il is cracked and corrodcd by the action
Of the elements.
SOLOMON OLDFArHER an aged citl-
zen. who has been living with his son,
Levi Ollfather. at Huntingdon. was
found dead ut that place. lie had
walked out from the house after the
rain and when found had been dead Il
short time.
ELIAS FLEMING was found dead a
short distance from his residence, in
= the northern part of Richland town
ship. Grant county. lie was seventy
six years old. and had been resident
OF Grant county for half a century.
Brights disease. complicated with
rheumatism. is supposed to have be- n
the cause Of death.
The largest bond ever filed in Grant
county was placed on record mt Marion
by County Trcasurcr-elect William r.
Heal. II calls for 100000. and is
signed by Philip Matter, James v.
Sweetser. George Swcetser, Geo. Web
ster. ii. ID. Rcasoner. w. W. McClecry.
A. H. Morrison. James w. Wilson,
James johnson, Levi Scott and Joseph
W. Parker.
TIE Knights of rythias at bedford
had the other day set apart for the dee
Grafton of the graves of deceased mem
bers. and turned out in body in the
afternoon. They were assisted 10y the
Pythiar sisters.
The boiler of the saw mill of Moore
& Decker, at Falkland. exploded.
throwing the fragments through the
roof and otherwise demolishing the
building. The sound of the explosion
could be heard for miles The men
had just left for dinner and no one was
hurt.
THE basket factory at Peru was com
pletely demolished by an explosion
the other night. Night Waterman sam
uel Pratt and his son were killed
THREE young gentlemen. Dot Was .
burn, David Maine and Buttse Meyers.
were sailing on Loon lake near Colum-
bia City. when their boat was capsized
within quarter of mile Of the shore.
Meyers is first-class swimmer. and
started for the shore. hut his clothes
were too heavy and he gave out. lie
was rescued just as he sank for the see.
ond time. Maine got hold of boar
and floated until help arrived. Wash
burn had on heavy clothes and rubber
boots. He sank to the bottom. but hac
the presence of mind to kick off the
boots and then he came to the surface
He was assisted TO shore. The gentle
men are all first-class swimmers. on
else they would have drowned
In the test case in the circuit cour'
in indianapolis Of state ex rel. Stou
vs.. Henderson. auditor OF state. Judg,
Brown decided the fee and salary law
unconstitutional. This is the law tina
placed nearly all the state and count,
officers Of Indiana on salaries and re-
duccd their compensation more thar
one-half
THE other day the Odd Fellows oh
Il ~. Il n n.
pirate ceremonies at Shelhyvilie
Headed by the Shclbyville Militar,
band the lodge marched to the cit,
cemetery. where an Grafton Was deliv
cred and the graves of their departed
brother strcwn with flowers Eacl
wear the ceremony is witnessed hy ~
increased crowd Of interested citizens
GEORGE rFIsTER brought suit for $40
600 damages in the United States cour
, at indianapolis, against the Bromvel
: Brush and Wire Goods Co. The plaintiff
. alleges that i'm 1891 he was a convict il
/ the Jacksonville prison, and the dc
: PENDANTS worked him by contract IL
, side the prison. tie was compelled I
E work on this contract. He was put 4
( work at buzz-saw. and the forema
D in the employ of the defendants r,
i quired him to hurry up" Throug
this order and some defect in the ma
! chinery he mangled his left hand. an
/. received such injuries that his arm ha
Z TO bc amputated ut the elbow. II
: charges gross carelcssness on the par
( of the defendants.
: MUNCfE officers are searching for j
: NJ. Kennedy. A few days ago he pun
chased a fine steer from Edward Stew
: art. near Yorkts6n. and in paymen
gave "A check for s4l on the Citizens ma
tional bank of Muncc When IN
: check was presented it WA
: discovered that Kennedy had n
account there Before leaving kcr
: nedy sold the steer to local butche,
then borrowed 500 from relative an
, departed.
: AporrHus MrNroN. a prominent cor
tractor. fell frcm. the top of three
: story building under course of cor
struction at French Lick Springs tn
ntl l.,. nj Al, ,x,.