The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-13
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

pie have become insane
AN accident q, Ringers lake, near
Goshen. the other morning resulted IN
the almost instant death Of William
barnes lie was training colt, when
the animal threw him on "A newly
trimmed hedge fence. lie was impaled
on a sharp stick, which entered the
neck. lie was dead when found
A. L. Woops. OF kokomo. deputy
United States revenue collector, con-
demned al0 barrels of beer made a year
ago at Logansport brewery. and the
other day the officer dumped the entire
lot into Eel river.
BURGLARS entered the general store
Of NJ. Gouchenour and Daniel Froxel at
Manson, Clinton county. and secured n
quantity of jcwelry, clothing and gro
cerieS
A FEW nights ago at lIagcrstown oc-
Cured the most brilliant northern
lights that have ever been noted at
llagerstown. a block on fire would
not have caused more attention from
the people. Brilliant hucs in unusual
figures shot across clear sky. and the
night was Illuminated as il n bright
moon We're shining.
A yorNG lady OF Columbus is con-
fined to her room nursing biz blistcrs
OH her face. the result Of mistaking
gun oil for glycerine.
THE citizens of Anderson want a
chemical fire engine
THERE are 1000 bicycle riders in
Terrc llaute.
TnE dog poisoner is again playing
havoc in the canine population at An
derson.
TIN citizens of Bedford are having
great deal of trouble with smollehouse
and chicken coop thieves.
WILLIAM JULIUS CHoMEL, 80 years of
age and unmarried. the son of Alcxan-
der Chomcl editor of the Catholic
Record, indianapolis, suicided few
days ago
ALBERT Williams. n farmer living
neal Muncie, while driving home from
church with his wife and child. was
dragged 10 death by runaway horse.
The wife and child escaped injury
EDWARD MARTIN. hurt by cars near
Anderson. died at Richmond.
The charity societies ut Crawfords-
Vile have completed the winters work.
Nearly 200 persons have received aid.
FIRE was discovered in the house oc-
cupied by Edward Rice. section fore
man on the Nickcl-plate Mt Calumet
Pit. fifteen miles west of Valparaiso.
the other night Rice hastily assisted
his wife and babe. who slept on the
ground floor. to place of safety. Miss
ing three other children. who with the
section hands. occupied the second
story, the frantic father rushed into
the rapidly burning structure TO get
them. but the flames had made such
Roadway that he was driven back. lie
was horribly burned, end will probably
die. The three children, whose ages
were eight. six and four years respec-
lively, were burned to death. The 9TH
er inmates of the house escaped.
Mrs WILLIAM JAMsoS. of Peru. died
q few days ago of loclxjaw, caused by
an liberated tooth. The case is un-
usual, from the fact that she lived sew
en- days after the jaws had set. Med
ical evidence shows that four days is
the usual course of this ailmcnt
Mrs. PHIT.A A. COVERT. who has re-
sided at Hartford City since 1854. died
few nights since. aged 81. She has
been widow forty-one years.
BURGLARS secured over $500 worth Of
goods from the general store Of II. De-
vores at Denver. Miami county. the 9TH
er night; also. a quantity of stamps and
money from the post Office
The Powell & Allspaugh stock OF dry
goods and clothing at Hartford City
was sold recently at assignee's sale for
~, OFT 10 +. J. Winters and Jerry Gro
MIN The stock was appraised at ss,-
600
CONTRACTS have been signed whereby
the plant of the John Ripley WASH
board Manufacturing Co, of Ripley.
O.. will he removed to Eaton. this
state. as soon as suitable buildings can
be erected. Work on the buildings
will be begun at once and pushed to
AT kokomo the jury in the Mrs. Au-
gusta Schmidt murder trial. after 6s
hours deliberation. came in the other
day with a verdict of guilty. fixing the
punishment at ten years imprison-
ment in the Woman's reformatory, at
indianapolis. Mrs Schmidt. who is a
wealthy German woman, and the
daughter of the late Baroness Schind-
ling, of the province of Zwickau, Sax
ony. quarreled with Oscar Walton. one
Of her tenants, last October, and shot
him dead as he stood in his doorway.
SrMNITvILLE veterans are highly in
dignant because Charles Hamilton. one
Of their number, has been dropped from
the pension rolls.
JoHN OSBORN, manager of tho Evans
Vile cotton mill. was fined $506 for
children under IA years of age
over eight hours
WM PARKER, aged %, the oldest mar
in Morgan county, is dead
The Potts schoolhousc near Craw-
louisville burned.
THE strike at the Indiana Wire Fence
works. Crawford sville. is ended and
the men have returned to work.
AT Anderson the populists have nom
mated municipal ticket