The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-14

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FLORENCE Doors won first prize in
the oratorical contest AT trawford>'
Vile.
An elaborate counterfciting plant Is
thought TO he in operation AT Xix
hart.
A LAFAYETTE grocer was recently
fined $50 for selling cigarettes TO two
boys.
INV ALBANY division No. 2. Uniform
Rank Knights Of rythias won the fifth
prize in the competitive drill AZ Wash
ington. The First Indiana regiment
won the battalion drill without com
petition.
TnE La Dor day celebration was the
largest ever held in Brazil Over G.ooJ
people were attracted. while over Zoo
laboring men were in line. making a
procession two miles long.
TYPHOID fever i raging in an epi-
dcmic form in the southern part OF
Shelbyville. and through the southern
part of the county. The malady j. of
a singularly fatal variety. and many
deaths among prominent farmers have
occurred. Thomas :. Finley. ex-coun-
~ surveyor and engineer of shelby
Vile, died the other night of the dis
ease.
MADISON expects boom this fall.
The new militia company of Frank
lin l. a crack one.
AT Muncie. over month ago. Harry
Hobbs and Miss Anna Austin. az
Adams. were secretly married by Rev.
A>hy. She thought it was a mock we'd
ding and now wants a divorce.
The Guilford pioneers association
held their eighth annual reunion al
West Fork church. near Guilford.
TIKI lrondale Tin Plate Mil, which
has just been erected in Middletown
al "A cost OF >aO0.O 900. has started
AT dance. at beer hall in Ander-
son. John Oates stabbed 0mer liuley
several times infiicting probably fatal
wounds.
WILLIAM and Edward Hathaway. the
last named Of Terre Iiaute. while
painting the smosestack of the street
railway power house at indianapolis.
were both thrown nv the slipping Of "A
hook. Edward fell on the roof Of the
building William struck the pavement
fifty feet below and was killed.
INDIANA gas belt cities Will be
plea >cd To learn that Rev Henry Coz
vert. the great Raub locomotive factory
man. who was figuring in all parts of
the belt last year for location. but
was unsuccessful. returned To Ander-
son from the east the other day and
announces that the plant will bc To-
Gated il he can get, a bonus and a loca-
ton His plant is guaranteed to work
5000 men. He wants free ga> and
about Sl.ooo.coo bonus in cash and land.
THE labor celebration at Marion
surpassed anything of the kind
ever given there. The industrial parade
represented the various business
houses. factories and unions. Adj
dresses were made by John Merritt
Driver u. D.. and Hon. Hiram Brown
lee. Of Marion. and Hon. Weldon Web
>ter. of Logansport.
The other morning ut o'clock. La
fayette became officially republican
city. the first time for several years
Hon. +. f. ID. Mckinley. democrat.
stepped down and out n mayor. being
succeeded by Noah Justice. republican
Mayor Mckinley is probably the best
known mayor in Indiana.
En- KELLY. a glas>blower. met ter
rible death at >wayzcc the other night
after "A long spree. Kelly rose from
his bed for a drink. by mistake he
drank from can Of concentrated I've
that the chambcrmaid had been using
for cleaning the floors. lie died after
four days of agony.
Al LEfI. a prominent young man If
Anderson. in attempting TO jump from
q moving train. was thrown on his
head and probably fatally injured
a DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in Union
township, shelby county. the other
day. in which large barn belonging
to :. II. Macy. and used by Franklin
Worth. was consumed. together with
its contents. including five head II
horses Loss. $500: partially in
sured.
GRANT hiMMErI-. one of the best
known young men m the vicinity of
Ligonier. committed suicide the other
night by taking carholic acid. Oppose
ton 10 his marriage the cause
ions W. IIASkETr. "A merchant and
ex-postmaster at >traughn's. shot him.
self in the head. III health was the
cause.
LABOR day had the biggest celehra-
ton in its history at Terre IIaute. Ten
thousand people gathered al the fair
grounds. All business houses were
closed. National President ". VI. Gar
land. OF the Amalgamated Association
Of Iron aud Steel Workers. made the
address.
COLUMBIA City has bakers war
AT Decatur Joseph w. Smith fell
through cellar door and was prob
ably fatally injured.
FnANkLI> is overrun with tramps and
thieves.
ANDERSON H. anxious to have SUI
perior court
ar Indianapolis Mrs. Ida Spring was
stung by a tarantula concealed i'm a
bunch Of bananas. She will recover.
a SorTH BEND man recently shot q
buzzard'that measured eight fee. from
tip to tip.