The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-26
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

pulled the trigger with string att
,ached to his toe. He was so years OLD
and leaves widow and two small
children. Rauner has been out of work
for some time. and il weighed heavily
on his mind.
PATRICK O'KEKFE was acquitted OF
the murder of James W. Euoanks AT
indianapolis on the ground of insanity.
The body OF stranger was found
floating In the river some miles below
Indianapolis and was identified as the
remains Of Samuel Konkee. cigar
maker. who left home several days be-
fore. The coroner is inclined to the be-
lief that Konkec met with foul play
THE notorious Jap Hill escaped from
Jail at Frankfort disguised in the cloth
ing of tramp who had been gwen
shelter for the night
OWING to numerous vicissitrdes and
Misunderstanding among players the
Terre Haute Chess club. which was
backing the Masters Continental Chess
congress. announced to take place
February %, has declared the tourna-
ment off. and instructed the treasurer
TO refund all money.
Mis-. WM CocHRASE, of Columbus
died while driving in her buggy to
church. She was aged O.
CHRIST SCHNEIDER. Of Columbus, who
was fined s40o for whitecapping is
missing.
THE controller of the currency has
declared the first dividend of twenty
five per cent. in favor of the creditors
of the First National bank, of North
Manchester. on claims proved amount
ing to s.1.ss44 3.
The ministers of Logansport. several
of whom are now engaged in REVEALS.
have experienced considerable difficulty
Of late in preserving order. Four boys
were arrested the other day for dis
turbing meetings. and all but one were
convicted. The fourth was cleared by
the clever work Of his lawyer, who
called upon all the witnesses to give
the preachers text To their great
modification several of the pillars OF
the church, who were pushing the
prosecution, failed signally. while the
prisoner ratified it off very glibly. One
of the cases has engendered a bitter
fued in a South Side church. and the
dissension promises TO result in some
thing serious. a minister on the North
Side has been disturbed by a runol
that dance is TO be given in resi-
dence near by, and is taking legal step,
TO prevent it.
AMAS giving the name of Shafel
opened an employment bureau at In
dianapolis. and. after collecting $50:
from as many applicants, skipped
The great peach crop in southeas'
Indiana is still uninjured. and q groves
of experience says that the crop il
killed oftener before than after Christ
mas He claims that warm. damn
fall, followed by excessive cold, is nee
essary TO blight the buds
AT Viewpoint Harvey Connolly. book
keeper for the Pullman Stone Quar-,
Co. was run down by freight train OF
the Big Four and literally ground t
pieces, his remains being carried to thu
house in baskets
Ed PHILLIPS was seriously injured
while hunting near Bourbon. by the &C
cidental discharge of his shotgun. re
ceiving the load in his hand. shoulde
and face. His recovery is doubtful
Ar Frankfort. Perry Gilman got i
years for assaulting Viola shafer, aged
Is He attempted suicide by hangin.
after receiving sentence, but the rep
broke.
THE jury in the whitecap case a
Columbus found Christ Schneider guilt.
Of assault and battery. as charged il
the second count of the indictment
and imposed a fine Of ESQ. The frs
count of the indictment. charging rio.
conspiracy and whitecapping by drag
ging Mary Schrader from her bed a
midnight and whipping her i'm a bruta
manner with hickory switches, wa
recognized. There are 10 other con
spirators to try.
a SUIT was begun at Huntington tn
other morning by Mrs. Hattie Gil
Ter against her husbands father. job
Giblcr, for $4,000 damages. for alien
ating her husbands affections Tn
couple eloped in November Of last year
were married in Michigan. and after
wards went to Denver, Col. to live
! The father of the groom followed ther
and. il is claimed, by threats. promise
and pcrsuasions, induced the youn
husband to abandon the wife. leavin
! her friendless and penniless in that city
A COMPANY of indianapolis and CHI
} cago capitalists have organized wit
s250. 900 capital stock to investigate tn
oil field in the vicinity of Albany. o.
has been discovered near here tina
flows from the well as clear as water
: Thousands of acres of land have a
ready been leased
! A MAN supposed to be A. c. Davis. q
Kokomo. was picked up on the Clover
leaf railroad. at Marion, the othe
, morning in an unconscious condition
, lie was cut about the head and Dor
Q other injuries II is supposed he wa
= struck while walking on the track.
AT indianapolis Judge Woods N
pointed T. =. Huston and T. O. IIol
( kins receivers TO operate the Indian
: branches of the Peoria, Decatur an
: Evansville road.
EDWARD y. ELAN of indianapolis
] broker for the Owl Tobacco Co, foun
u dynamite bomb in his pocket II
: thought the would-be ASSASSIN m;stoo