The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-07
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

.,reencastie. WAS robbed of SO A large
amount Of money was in the Office, but
the robbers failed 10 find IT,
The people OF Anderson are excited
over the arrest Of one OF their wealth.
lest citizens. who Is proprietor Of a large
slaughter house. for feeding his stock
on dead horses
Tan new police force of Muncic sue
ceeded in closing up oil the saloons on
Sunday.
| The managers of the Indianapolis
4 Chattanooga railroad repor. that
work will he begun within "a few weeks.
and that the road will be graded to
Mitchell this summer.
At the Dnnkirk city election held
here few days ago. q republican
mayor and council were elected by
large najorities.
JAMES ErRxEs. Charles Williams,
WE- Mcbride. Mike Dwyer and Samuel
Cox. five tramps. were arrested and
jailed at Muncie for breaking open a
car belonging 10 the Big Four com
pany. The men had stolen a lot Of
whisky. beer and pop from the car and
they were drunk.
MARION PICK. Of Kokomo. aged 80
years. having a wife and two children
was convicted OF forgery and given two
years in the renitentiary.
AT Indianapolis. Sarah Jane Clark
has entered suit against Superintendent
leager. of the Poor farm: County Com
missioners Farrell and Hunter; ex-Com-
missioner Enrich and Secretary john
son. o. the State Board OF Charities. for
5000 damages She alleges the de-
PENDANTS conspircd TO deta.n her nj the
Poor farm. where she was dying. and
from which her friends requested per-
mission TO remove her She charg.s
that the management OF the Institution
is brutal and filthy. and that woman
was smothered to death there by having
a carpet thrown over her face by an at
tendant. Many revolving charges are
made.
Mrs WM MIDDLETON suiciccd by
jumping into cistern at bonneville.
Ii is supposed that grief over her son.
who shot and killed himself sometime
ago. was the cause.
The wooden bridge over Blue creek.
near Indianapolis. on the C.. II. & u.
road. burned 1t was the Oldest bridge
on the road
MORE than l.C00 people are iii 1T ke-
komo from the effects of sitting in the
improvised tabernacle during Sam
Jones meetings.
JAMES r. SMITH was found dead in
bed at La Gro He was an old soldier.
MIS-. JANKs McCARp. Of McCardsvillc.
was killed during the recent storm ty
falling timbers from her house.
DR. JONI NJ. COULTER mas been placed
at the head o: the Bay View Summer
university.
The revival meetings 1T English are
the most successful ever known in that
section. Many persons stopped bu>.-
hess TO attend. and the membership ot
all the denominations has been greatly
increased Sixty persons were baptized
by immersion in the stream near that
place
Mrs Lizzie Graham. wife ofmerchart
James Graham. of Rockpnrt. was -.
vcrely burned by the explosion of .
gasoline stove
THE wooden covered railroad bridge
At Morristown burned down the other
morning Freight trains were stopped
and passenger business was transferred
in wagons and skis
ABOUT three months ago Congress
man Bretz named the man that lie
would recommend for postmaster at
Mitchell. but since Clevcland's state
ment that he considered an election
good Recommendation for appointment.
application was made 70 Bretz To let
the matter be settled by an election;
but he stated that he had already de-
cided whom to recommend. and now
master-general for decision
MRS ALLxs WHITE. of Lowell. gave
birth TO girl baby, the other day. with
q full set of teeth.
The sheriffs Of about onc-third of the
counties in the state met AZ the Grand
hotel. indianapolis. TO consider the fee
and salary law and its relation TO them.
The meeting authorized the employ
ment Of attorneys 10 bring suit TO test
the cons;itutionality OF the law. The
meeting and its proceedings are in ac.
coroaLce WITH "a pan aSFceu upon Az q
conference held during the session Of
the general assembly. when it was de-
cidcd not to insist on the legislature
amending the law. but to keep quiet
until the adjournment and then bring
a suit 10 test the law. 1t was stated BY
delegates TO the meeting that il had
not yet been decided in which county
the suit shall DC brought
PAUL ATzroDrES. an Evansville re-
porter ridiculei Judge Cough and
jury of Boonvillc. lie will be punished
for contempt
On fatcar in the Pennsylvania
yards. at Columbus. the other day
rested the largest wood-split pulley in
the world II is n part of the Reeves
Pulley Co.'S exhibit which will be made
at the Worlds fair. and will be shipped.
together with other appuricnanccs to
Chicago. II requires two and onc-half
kegs of nails and ioo pounds OF glue to
unite the >. 500 pieces of wood, of which
II j. composed. The pulley Is eighteen
feet in diameter. has face surface OF
four feet and viii be fastened to a
shafting eight feet in diameter