The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-16
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

WIN. BURKE. OF Nhlton. eanN '""'
losing his life at the circus winter
quarters. Peru. After selling old horses
for meat he inspected the animals IN
attempting 10 pat one OF the tigers,
Burke was caught on the scalp ana
fearfully torn.
TnE lives Of two little Muncie girls
are almost despaired Of "a they are AZ
their homes in horribly burned con
dition. The three-year-old child OF
Harry Crossfield and the four-year-old
daughter Of Cyrus Personette were
playing near bonfire when their
clothes became ignited. Before assist
ance could arrive their dresses had
been burned of and portions of their
hesh cooked.
BEDFORD is TO have a new hotel. The
building will be very fine.
JACOB X. WEsTERFIELD died OF ty-
phoid fever at Anderson.
Mrs. KATHARINE MCCARTHY. relict OF
the late VIM. Mccarthy. and sister 81
Gen. Andrew Hickenlooper. of Cincin-
natl. died at Lafayette, aged 20 years.
THAT there is sentiment here in
favor of woman suffrage was shown
election day by those who attempted
TO vote AT Marion. Twen.y-nine WON
en- Of Marion and twenty-five in Fair
mount appeared nj the polls. were de
MED the privilege. and returned 10
their homes.
TIN Fox Wooden Mills. of Lapor'e.
closed indefinitely the other day for
lack of business Many hands are out
of employment thereby.
An attempt was made 10 dynamite
Miranda Dowclls house at Columbus.
Sorru BEND has celebrated the fifty
ninth anniversary OF her incorpora-
ton.
THE controller of the currency the
other day declared third dividend OF
Il per cent. in favor Of the creditors OF
the First National bank of North Man
chester. making in all 60 per cent.
on claims proved amounting TO SIS
5-9.O3.
THF unknown burglar who was shot
and killed by W. III. McCord. Tangier
merchant of Parke county, has been
identified by L. l. Roberts. miner. Of
Rosedale. Coroner Newlin took Mr..
Roberts and he recognized the un-
known burglar a> man who mined
coal with him as Ross Fornash, his res
idence being Perryville. Vermillion
county. lie left wife and step. child.
The people OF Tangier refused 10 let
the body Toe buried in their cemetery
and the coroner brought the corpse 70
the poor farm. where it was inferred.
By an explosion Of sewer gas in the
basement Of Westminster seminary. a
young ladies' college at Fit. Wayne. the
other morning. Clara Diebold was fa-
tally burned and Edith Masters was
seriously injured. They We're servant
girls at the seminary. and had gone
into the basement 10 see about leak
in the watcr-pipes. lighting matches
for that purpose.
AT Portland Ell Goeserman's infant
child. months old. crawled across the
kitchen floor and plunged into tub Of
water II drowned before the accident
was noticed.
On farm near South Bend is a hog
that has been dieting on COWS milk for
some time. receiving the tactical fluid
from the original package The COW
doesn't object in the least.
PosrMAsTrRs appointed the other
day: ID. J. Brown. Riddle, Crawford
county. vice Fora Pevton. resigned.
and Mary Craig, Worth, Harrison
county. vice Leander Bottles. resigned.
"JAck THE PEPPER" j. again worry
ing Albion residents.
The other night. Louis Robinson
probably fatally cut the throat of Bet
tie Bruce. Both were colored. and it
j. not known what the trouble was.
EDDIE WINDSOR. the ll-year-old SON
Of Benz f. Windsor. was fatally in
iured by Fire Chief Granville sheep
wagon. The lad started across Wal
nut street. running from behind an.
other vehicle into the fire chiefs horse.
lie was knocked down and run over. II
was not believed that he was seriously
injured at first. but he has continued
TO grow worse. and all hopes Of recoy-
erv have been abandoned.
MAxrNkucKEE lake Is reported to be
fairly alive with wild ducks
u. NJ PARRY. OF Indianapolis has
closed $4,000 contract with Downs,
Ready & Co. Of Connersvillc. for a new
business block in that city.
DIR. w. II. McCLrRc has been ap
pointed member Of the kokomo pen
sion board. TO fill the vacancy occa
stoned by the death Of DIR. Theodor,
Kern.
CALVIN HOLMES. of Let's Corner
near Greensburg. grain dealer. made
an assignment To James w. Armstrong
Liabilities. 5000: assets small
FORTY new families have moved into
Muncie.
Alta MAINE. Of indianapolis. hal
made another attempt AT suicide.
RE tree containing a. pounds o
honey was opened near South Bend
| MICHIGAN CITY boasts that her cleo
trio railway will be in operation in q
days.
| THE four sandbaggers who ASSAULTED
two indianapolis saloonists have beer
arrested.
IL is ANNOUNCED that the construction
Of the Cincinnati. Union and Chicap,