The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-03

GroRGE W. ToSKy. a farmer residing
hear Bremen. went To Woodlakc 10
shoot wild ducks. and in attempting to
launch his boat. accidentally fell in
and was drowned II was several hours
before his body was recovered.
-ArSrY" BALpy. the oldest woman
in Indiana. celebrated her i04th birth
day at Terre Haute the other day. h
came 10 Terre Haute in 1919. two years
after its Incorporation. and has ever
since remained n resident A celebra-
ton was 10 nave taken place in honor
of the event. but il was abandoned As
a result of her %precarious health.
An unknown colored man was found
dead on the Monon track. near Lee,
twelve miles from Rensselaer,. lie is
supposed To have been knocked of a
night passenger train.
AT Brooksburg William Greenwood.
who had been out hunting. came home
and set a loaded gun down in the cor
ner. His daughter picked up the wea-
pom. and in examining il the gun went
on. instantly killing her father.
VN ACCOUNT vi
Company r Of the Third Indiana n. q.
has been ordered mustered u of SER
vice.
FIRE destroyed the c.. III. & ID. depot
at Indianapolis early the other evening,
ALoSzo Il. JONES. who was a life
prisoner for the killing of Thomas
Moody at Orleans in 1878, arrived at
Mitchell the other morning from JEFF
fersonville. having been paroled by
Gov. Matthews Jones was township
trustee when arrested for the crime.
and has been in the penitentiary since
1877.
JOIN Commons and Eva Flint. who
were indicted by the grand jury of
Noble county for participating in the
train robbery on the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railroad on the
night of September II. at Kessler. will
have their trial at the December term
of court The railroad and express
companies still have a large detective
force on the case. but So far there have
been no indictments returned except
those above
AT a social dance at Selma, n small
place six miles east of Muncie. Thomas
Stewart was almost murdered by Theo-
dore Sortick. who attacked him with a
knife. Eight large gaping wounds
were rent in his body. Will Williams.
another dancer, was also badly used
up by Tom Barnes. Sertick and Barnes
happened not to be invited to the dance.
and they therefore decided to stop the
affair. An angry mob pursued them.
but they escaped
Il. I. WATSON brought suit against
Receiver Hawkins. of the suspended
indianapolis national bank. to recover
bank not five minutes before the clos
ing hour on July "A. the bank failing
to open the next morning. The COM
plant alleges that President Theodore
T.. Houghey never consulted with the
cashier with reference TO deposits, and
that the condition of the bank was
fraudulently concealed.
AT Orleans. Clark Wilfong had a
quarrel with his father the other after
through the heart The trouble grew
out of the division of some property.
The young man was arrested
JOHN HILTy. an oil-well driller living
at Geneva. attempted suicide by hang.
ing. He procured a rope fastened i,
under a stairway. placed the end around
his neck and leaped of. He was dis
covered in time and cut down. Hilty
was intoxicated
rT..r l--l~ t.--y L. T~-r .-..-%x
for the construction of gravel roads
have beer sold. Over thirty thousand
dollars worth have been taken by Sey.
mour people. and $4,000. the bulk OF
the issue. by Splitter & Co, Of Toledo,
Ohio.
WARREN AYERS and May Grceson
aged respectively l6 and Is years. were
married the other night at Mocrcsville
in the presence % 500 people.
LAFAYETTE B-RASDESBrRG. living
near Goblesvillc. Huntington county,
is Frustrated with hiccoughs He is in
a critical condition. and his physicians
seem unable to give him any relief.
The following fourth-class postmas-
tiers were commissioned a few days ago
Leo. Allen county. Margaret Dove, vios
j. II. Halfrey. resigned; Long Run,
Switzerland county. W. ;. Gordon. vice
j. W. Roberts. resigned.
The last Indiana legislature passed a
law making it a misdemeanor TO kill
quail at any time during the year. ex'
cept between November 10 and Deem
Der 81. The penalty for violation is a
fine of five dollars for each and every
bird killed. and double the amount for
the second offense- Hunting on sun
day is also made a more serious offense
than ever before. The law was made
severe for the purpose of preventing
the wholesale slaughter of the limo
cent. but palatablc bobwhites. and ts
prevent their total determination. II
is also unlawful to kill quail by any
other means than shooting. and pot
hunters who use snares and traps will
be fined fifty dollars and imprisoned
for thirty days II caught
A Y days since the family of Gin
ton Stradling, residing north Of Muncie
was poisoned by bad meat. and all 81,