The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-18

tory. Tour mics souti ~ =
The proprietor. Willis >nrag. was IN
atantlv killed and James Durbcin fatal
IN scalded. other employees badly in
jured and the factory completely
wrecked.
THos HAwKEyF. miner. ages -
and unmarried lost his life ~ 'ne
careless handling OF "A dynamite car
fridge. near Mecca. Farke county. the
other afternoon His right hand Was
blown Oft and could not lie found ais
arm was mangled and hole torn in
his side. The explosion was heard ten
miles. Hawkeye was alone AT the
time. lie was striking miner ana
was walking on the creek bank ana
may have intended dynamiting fish
BENJAMIN KIRKPArRick. colored. OF
Columbus. charged with illegal voting
at the recent election. was put on friai
the other day and acquitted
Is the Mitchell municipal election
the o..icr day political lines were not
closely drawn newly republican.
and Mead. republican. were elected
councilmen: Crawford. republican.
clerk: Thompson. democrat. marshal
AT the town election of Noores Till
the citizens ticket overwhelmingly de-
feated the peoples ticket. with the eN-
ception OF J. w. Lainbcrtscn. who de-
feated Thomas Jones for trustee IN the
third ward. The result elects Charles
Noble marshal. f. {. Xeigler clerk.
Charles Lewis treasurer. j. :. French
trustee first ward. J. W. Lambertson
trustee third ward
SUNS growing out Of nonpaynent ~
taxes were filed at indianapolis few
DAYS aro by the state against the lnll-
man and Wagner Palace Car 60. the
/ Central Telephone Co. the Adams.
Arnericaa and United States Express
Cos. the Western Union ana Postal
4 Telegraph Cos The total taxes whien
the state seeks TO recover j. nearly
500. 900 The appointment, OF receivers
Y is asked. otalSc charge 81 all the prop
erty in the state belonging TO the sew
eral corporations
TnE Empire oil Co. At Albany. has
drilled an enormous oil well in JACKSON
township near Portland = one time
il spouted oil 70 feet = hove the derrick.
ana it is estimated 10 have a GIiiy ont
put Of 500 barrels
AT Munce the grand jury injected
Mike German and frank Nenadnm for
numbering Attorney Lcmuei bailey two
weeks ago in BenaGurn's saloon
HERBERr Gibson of Iaaviile was
drowned while seininr in Tippcc-noe
river.
THE saloon recently blown up by
temperance people al burlington VIII
be rebuilt
AN apple tree . feet 9 inches in cir.
cunference. said To Tie the larges. in
the state. is located on a farm near
Brazil
a NEW barn on the farm OF John Lay.
man. south Of Franklin. was struck 10y
lightning the other day and burned e
the ground. Loss, -. 900; no insura ncc.
AT South Eend the barn of George
Brown. Ga.ryman. was struck \,
lightning. Eight horses persisted il
the flames.
The new chapel OF the Prison NORTH
has been formally dedicated
MrNcIE shas forty-eight saloons
twenty eight quart shops and nun
Der of drug stores
A xfSE-rouSD salmon was caught il
the river, near Columbus. few day,
ago
The state sons Of veterans camp a
kokomo June 3
JOIN PoQrE. well-known residen
Of >tinesvllc died from the result If
wound inflicted by Michael Georg'
during a fight George was arreste,
and officers started TO bloomington
but when within a sho, distance h
made his escape and can not he found
LIGHTNING the other evening strucl
a tree in front OF the residence of Mrs
John Hale. Wabash. ran TO the house
tearing a hole six inches in diametc
in the plas.ering Of one or the room
and making ! loud report strang
: To say. the weather boarding was no
injured. nor j. there any trace left b
the bolt at the point where il left Tn
room During the storm horse be
longing to a man named Jerry. IN tn
western part OF the city. was killed b
lightning.
Ar his home in Columbus. the othe
evening. George Gunne.s aged - years
: and married. died in great agony. Fou
weeks ago he stepped upon rus;
wire nail.tha entered his foot throu@
; a shoe. The wound soon healed. but
few DAYS ago the unfortunate man wa
: seized with cramps. first in his stomaci
! but which soon extended to his en- tir
system. and when death came his spin
: was curved backward like rainbow
VALPARAISO proposes To vaccihat
G Eandalrs army when j. reaches III
? city.
> Work on the big asphalt plant a
: Muncie will commence at once.
TnE bids are all i'm for building I'll
new college structure at Bloomington
JonS BUCHANAN. postmas ter at Yves
! Point. sho, himself in tine head. Th
, bullet glanced and inflicted only
r Slight wound.
4 JAMES WARD. a young Tcrrc liau;
: tailor. had seven finger, torn Off Will
e playing with a dyna nite cartridge tn;
some OF his friends gave him
PROF. ALEXANDER SMITH OF the cha
: ~ chemistry in Wa bash college ha