The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-01

An >helhyville L j. Lee, wealthy
farmer. was thrown To the ground "
horse he WAS leading and fatally m
jured.
FRANK u. l;r~AprM will be tried for
the murder 81 Lawyer Lcmnel Haily NJ
Winchester on change ~ venue from
Nuncie
A nrIIF at New Albany has an alum
mum bicycle.
HENRY WArTERso> >rEALEN. ~ JET
fcrsonville. was the other day, through
Congressman Jason u Brown desig-
mated by the president for appointment
n cadet to the military academy AT
West Point lie will take his exam
nation on the 18th of June.
DURING the last two years terms 81
the present courthouse officials Of Co
lumbus. the wives of William IA. Full
wider. county clerk: George Pence.
county auditor and the grown daugh-
ters If John Walker. county treasurer
William H. klep>ch. county recorder;
Isaac Lucas county sheriff. and the
mother-in-law Of James III. Kyle
county commissioner. have died
PosrNAsrERs appointed the other
day: Miss Rosa &. Kurch. Dudley.
Monroe county. vice Il. NJ. Butcher. re
signed and sidney A. uncaher. t'rov-
ertown. >tarke county. vice A. f..
Solder. resigned.
SCOTT ArPIEwHIrE. ~ Jackson
county. has passed his examination.
mental AMI physical. a, the naval acad-
envy at Annapolis and the other day
was sent tn sea
a hoARp of trade has been organ
lied at Churubusco.
AT Bedford the stone quarrie, are
rushed with orders.
THE citizens Of Valparaiso are sub
scribing for public library
EpINRrRG j. ont OF debt and has a
balance Of 5000.
FISH dynamiter> are az work on the
Wabash river al Terre liautc.
NEWCASTLE houses are being num-
bered.
GREEN goods circular, are being
hoated al Valparaiso.
kNIGnT~rowN small hovs are kept of
the streets nj night
TIE will Of F.. H. >tillman. who died
AT Elkhart six months ago bequeathing
all Of his property. valued Al $4,000. IN
his niece. Mrs. NJ X Weaver. viii he
contested 10y woman claiming 10 be
his wife He passed himself off a "A
single man in Elkhart. Mrs. ~tillman.
who has been residing in Washington.
u. g.. claims to possess documentary
evidence To prove her claim 70 wife :
share in the estate
ARTHUR FRANKLIN. living near Dale
Vile. has made "A statement n 10 the
probable cause ~ the strange suicide
of his ll-year-old daughter Edna. lie
saws the girl had great mania for
reading. and her choice literature was
the newspapers. year ago she
threatened 10 take her life IL her
parents did not cease reprimanding her.
A few weeks ago she attempted 10 exc
cute her threat. After She took the
fatal dose Of rough on rats she con
fessed and wanted TO he saved. but il
was too late
AT Newcastle. Oscar Heidelberg got
three years for robhing a store.
AT Greencastle. three heavy damage
suits against the Zig Four have been
compromised. Mrs. Mildred Wood re-
ceives =. 800. Miss Josie Nanbuskirl;
S. Sc and Mrs. Welch >5.6.3. The Ia
dies were injured at a railway cross
\ ing.
PRETTY ida simpson. a girl Of Is
daughter of John simpson. OF Trafal
u "a.
ago. and the other day her parents ar
rived in search They found her dead
the victim Of criminal malpractice.
TnE Indiana Midland. now known a.
the Chicago 4 Southeastern. i running
again. The taxes due were paid ane
the sheriff released the rolling stock.
AT indianapolis DR.. Elijah ;. Elder
one Of the most prominent physicians
OF the state. i dead If peritoniti>.
a vicious COW. belonging 10 >amue
Vie. living four miles from Portland
attacked valuable horse the o:hel
evening and ripped il open. She Tough
another one the next morning. and dis
EN- bowlcd il. Both animals died
a STRANGER about sixty years old
fairly well dressed. with gray mus
tache and chin whiskers registered at
hotel at Lawrenceburg a. John Crow
lev. indianapolis. lie was found dca,
in his room that night In his ha
the name Of {. T.. Higgins j. stamped
THE u. &. Lane Paper Manufacturing
Co., OF Ellhart. went into the hands o
receiver. w. ~. knickerbocl<er. wh'
fled a bond " s2oO.ooo The liabili,ie
aggregate $4,000. with assets Of SIPS,
900.
TIE citizens Of Attica are after
new theater.
ALL Of Mrncie's iron and steel an,
glass producers are working full force
and some of them are greatly in ar
rears with their orders. The Scarcit
If coal has shut down many concerns
and the natural gas belt will have I
supply the trade in many instances
At the Midland steel works there is n
possible chance for the usual summe
vacation. and every wheel in the bi
mill is being turned twenty-four hour
each day The Port Glass works put il
entire plant into operation the othe
day. and ovc- one-half Of the I.eade
Glass works. at West Muncie. resume
work recently.
a MILITIA company will he reorgar
lied al Ell<hart.
a. =.