The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-12

,NplANA's TAXABLE PROPERTY.
Interesting Figures From Abstract Of the
state Auditor.


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April a9.-Audi-
tor OF State Henderson has completed
| the abstract OF taxable property in In
| diana. The value of lands Is $4ie.544.-
05I; improvements, ISL ,o33sll. Value
OF lots sl4i 1888, roo; improvements. $780,
GS,. s9s The personal property as-
sessed amounts 10 s295,9i4.i56. The
telegraph property is rated at
si.Gsd. s3i. and the railroad at
/ siGo. ss1. AGO. The total value Of state
taxahles is 81. 2dd. So, ss7. The number of
polls assessed for taxes Is 3s5.6i9. The
taxes raised from this valuation are dis
| tributcd us ~ lows: State tax. 81. 1o4.-
s0d.44; benevolent institutions. $685.
| 55l. So: state schools. $2.2i0. 3s,.3s: per-
manent endowment s63. 1862 These
funds are settled with by the auditor Of
state. The total taxes levied for the
| year 1892 amounts TO SIS. 037. 75951. an
increase of 81. 600. 900 over 1891. Tho
dclinquents for 1891 and previous years
amounts To s3,00l .906.69.
BrsHor X. j. SMITH. aged eighty. Of
the Mennonite church, died Mt New
Paris. the other night. Deceased was
native Of Holland. who in 1858 emf
grated TO this country with whole
colony. which settled in the southern
portion of Elkhart county. He has
been prominent bishop in the church
since ls49.
A poG belonging TO A. J. Canaan. car
Inspector of the Panhandle. Indian
apolis. was killed by switching train,
and as his master was carrying his
body to a secluded portion Of the yards
for burial. he was struck by a car
which had been clicked" back by an
other engine and was instantly killed.
The republicans and high license
carried the election at Bonneville.
FIRE partially wrecked a double tcne-
ment on Mccarthy street. lndianapo-
lis. occupied by the families of Patrick
Killian and Mrs. Kate Boylan. smoke
and flame filled the lower portion. driv-
ing the inmates TO the upper rooms,
where they were rescued by fremen
barely in time to avoid suffocation.
ONE hundred Italian laborers, em-
ployed by the Pennsylvania railroad in
the extension of their yards at Rich
mond. struck for higher wages few
days ago. They have been working for
si.2O day. but were promised raise
10 81. 80 after May |. This they did not
get. and accordingly went out. Unless
granted their request they will leave.
rs they have already made preparations
TO go 10 Chicago.
LIGHTNING struck the residence Geo.
| Kiser. in Lebanon. the other morning. de-
molishing the north half of the build
ing. The bed in which his lo-year-old
boy lay asleep was knocked down by
the bolt and the castors melted. The
boy was uninjurcd.
THE other morning. few miles west
of Mitchell in Martin county. saw
mill boiler exploded. fatally wounding
Francis Baker and seriously wounding
three Others. whose names are not
known. The boiler was torn to atoms.
SAMUEL GALBRArrH. pioneer, died a
few days ago at Decatur.
A wISD-sToRM did much damage in
the vicinity of kokomo.
The defeated candidate for marshal
of Knox is John W. Golding. father Of
the victor.
Ar Indianapolis Smith Payne. coll
ored was arrested upon complaint of
his wife. who charged him with at
tempting to kill her because she had
failed to iron his shirt. Mrs Payne
further charged that Payne was fugi-
tive from justice. having killed a white
man at Camp Nelson. KY. in July. 1891.
Payne is held to await further advices.
THREE young sons of +. Il. Gates,
driving to town in a spring wagon, were
killed by cars at a crossing near
Brownstown.
John KIRK. who killed his brother.
in-law, Luther smith, last January. and
who has been out on bond, was rear
rested the other day and placed in jail
at Vincennes, the grand jury having
returned an Indictment against him,
charging him with murder in the first
degree.
BERT WEIREcK. Is years old. son OF
Policeman Lou Weirick. Of !ndianap
! oils. in attempting To dismount from a
moving freight car, fell off. breaking
his neck.
JAMES q. BARRETT. of Farmland. did
. not like his mother-in-law. and de-
} stroycd a letter she wrote to his wife
! lie is now in the hands of the United
; States postal authorities.
A SUIT out Of the ordinary was filed
: at indianapolis the other evening. in
which Rev. Reuben Kline appears IA
complainant against one Of his parish
toner's. Mr.. Isaac Meyer. demanding
$4,000 damages. Mr.. Kline is pastor
T Of the Baptist church at West Union
and Crooked Creek. near Indianapolis
, and his grievance against Meyer is in
effect that Meyer spoke OF him rs a
whisky-seller and a saloon-kccper
Both plaintiff and defendant are wei
known.
TERRIFIC tornado swept portions Of
{ northern and northwestern Indiana
the other night. At Wabash the lorna
do was the scverest ever known. man,
buildings were wrecked, and trees ant
: fences lcveled The Friends churcl
was blown against brick schoolhousc
and both buildings were reduced I,
{ debris. The Underwood factory ant
woodworking factory at the Treat,