The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-28

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state the other night.
Ar Valparaiso Judge Gillette rem
dered decision in the Baltimore and
Ohio tax suits. Suit was brough, To
cornpcl the company To pay their taxes
under the provisions Of the law enacted
by the late legislature. and the decision
upholds the constitutionalty of the tax
law. Unless the company pays up in
few days their rolling stock will he
attached.
Ex-PBEsipFNr HARRISON has got his
old pew again In the First Presbyterian
church. indianapolis. He gave si25
and premium of s25 for il at the an
nual renting
john W. COCHRAN. n well-known
young man of Elkhart died the other
night from the effects Of cigarette
smoking Several other young men
are in precarious condition from tho
same cause. and the matter is attract
ing public attention.
Il. A. ANDREWS. Of Chicago. an in
mate Of Dir. Gray's snnitarium at La
porte. committed suicide. He was
driven 10 the act by mental despond-
ency. placed shotgun To his head,
pulled the trigger and sent a heavy
! load Of shot into his head. Death was
simultaneous.
THE mangled remains Of an unknown
man We're found on the Michigan Cen
trial tracks near Valparaiso.
JonS YouNG was killed by Charles
Siebert, at indianapolis, in fight over
"A woman.
The convention of the Young Mems
! Christian association. which meets
in indianapolis on May TO- will repre-
sent all the associations in North Amer
lea. Arrangements are being made to
entertain at least 200 delegates.
Jos BELL. aged 63 years, died at his
home near Columbus. the other night
from the effects of swallowing chick
en- bone.
ALLEN CRAWFORD. a young man res NJ
ing at Columbia City. was fatally in
jured "A few nights ago by attempting
to board Pittsburgh. TT Wayne and
Chicago freight train. He caught hold
of ladder on a box car. lost his hold
and rolled under the cars. both legs be-
ing cut off. He lived several hours af-
ter the accident.
REV. j. GoRroN MILLER, rector Of II.
Paul's church. at Columbu after a ser
vice Of sixteen years a. an Episcopal
minister. has created sensation there
by resigning his charge to become IN
elder in the Christian church
j. G. Ri>EHART. who discovered what
was believed to be onyx upon his farm
in Spring township. Randolph county,
tn. ether day disposed OF the land 10 a.
T. Kirkpatrick, an eastern capitalists.
for $4,000.
A CHIMNEY fell from the house Of
Anthony Bauer. near Terre IIaute.
crushing his little boy. aged TO- 70
death.
JouN WHITE. young man living
with his father four miles north Of
Wabash, died of blood poisoning. Last
month he went TO Gas City To work as
carpenter and there cut his foot with
an adze lie was Is years Of age.
A NATURAL gas peanut roaster ex-
ploded in South Illinois street. Indian
apolis. with a report like a cannon. 1t
was owned by :. j. Frazee. who runs a
cigar and notion store. and was sta
llontu On tnc SiutNdik race WIS
badly hurt.
NANpALs entered the Simons church.
in Huntington county. and made gem
eral havoc with the pews. walls and
hymn books.
KATE IiARBIS. the fourteen vear-old
preacher is having overlooking houses
in the neighborhood Of Richmond every
night.
JOHN TooMEY died the other night
from injuries he had received few
days ago at Johnson's steam stonemills.
Bedford. where he was engineer. A
faulty timber gave away and the
steam traveller which he occupied fell
about thirty feet to the ground The
escaping steam and boiling water al
most roasted him alive. He was in
very critical condition when released.
and nearly half the cuticle came off as
he was stripped. lie leaves wife and
four little children.
ISAAC ROBERTS. young farmer. shot
! his brains out. in the woods. near
Huntingdon Several days ago he
| dealt with some green goods men and
was informed that his scheme was dis
covered. This worried him 50 he took
his life To avoid arrest.
The suit of Milo Pearson against
Wabash county, which has been pend
ing for nine years, was compromised
the other morning by the pay ment TO
him of $l,s00. Nine years ago the iron
bridge across the Wabash river at Rich
Valley gave way and went down. when
Mr.. Pearson was crossing with his team,
and he was seriously injured. Soon
afterward he sued the county for dam
ages The case was tried and n verdict
for s3, 500 rendered. II WINS appealed
and sent back FOR new trial. and the
case was TO come up in few days in
Huntington county; but, as stated, the
attorneys agreed upon compromise.
The costs are nearly $1,000
Mrs NANCY EvERLy. eighty.four
years old died at Wabash. the
other day. For twenty-five years
she has been under the hallu-
cination that she was an ambassa-
dor from Heaven, and travelled the
streets carrying white flag and