The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-27

guilty. lie gave lil> name 'iilN Nini' 10
George Titus. lie WAS bound over 70
the circuit court ON "A bond Of $500. III
default of which he went to jail Inc
boy. so far as know, has not friend IN
the world
FRANZ CONFER attempted 10 jump
from the seat of hay rake ~ Munele
10 avoid the dangerous kicks of horse
and met instant death. Ills mead
struck wheel on the rake, crushing
hole from which the brains oo1ed our
lie lived near ncsoto and was the son
Of 4 stock dealer. His age MAS seven
teen.
A FIRE which DESTROYED two box ears
| and a passenger coach occurred IN the
| Chicago & Southeastern Railway Co.'S
wards i'm Lebanon. the other morning
Its origin is a mystery, but is supposed
To be the work of incendiaries.
FARMER JAMES MEEks' residence and
| household goods were destroyed by
fire in shelby township. near Madison,
the other day. Loss heavy.
Tnr large planning mill of John W.
Heaton. two blocks west of he Fan
handle depot. knightstown, burned
the other afternoon. Loss. $1,000 no
insurance. sparks from passing loco
motive set the building on fire
TRAMP printers are abundant N Nor
| ristown.
A MILITIA company may be organized
at CheSterton.
MrNclK streets are being paved with
asphalt.
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the prison south.
TmE Richmond Telegram has put in
typcsctting machines.
TnE Muncic Flint Glass 60. closed
down. the other night. and Will remain
idle until August Il. when onc-half Of
the big concern will resume. The
Muncie Pulp Co. has resumed opera
tions after two weeks idlcncss caused
partially by the strike. The mill EN-
plovs over 100 hands. The Midland
Steel Co has signed the Amalga mated
wage scale. and will resume work with
$50 hands in a few days.
The twentieth annual reunion of old
settlers and soldiers will be held at
Quincy. owen county. this state, Au-
gust IL.
A LADIES exchange will be e>tab-
! lished in Conncrsvillc in "A few days,
under the management of Mrs. Emma
| \ewhouse.
THERE is much interest manifested
in Richmond over a rcputed gold mine
that VIM. r. Nauley and company of
nine other men are having sunk just
west of the city They first drilled a.
I Il, "A .,f
hundred feet. al which point they
found a cavity in which there Is said To
be gold in large quantities. They are
now digging for itand have sunk a hole
about ten feet square to the depth Of
twenty-five feet.
JEFFERsoNvILIE police the other
night arrested a trio OF thieves and
landed them in Jail. where they gave
their names as James GODDARD, William
Jones. alias Buck Board. and George
Higginbotham. They are shantyboai
men On the night Of the 18th the dry
goods store Of Howe x Bros. at Car
rolton Ky. was robbed ;l.d 500 worth
Of silk stolen.
The switchmen on the Vandalia. who
returned 70 work at Brazil. the other
afternoon. quit work that night They
,yere a. lScd to switch some coal TO the
c. & +. |. road. and they refused. say
ing they would not switch freight &c
be hauled by scab trainmcn-
AT indianapolis. Winnie" Smith
who murdered Weston Il. Thomas re
Gently. waived preliminary examina
tiop the other day and was committed
/ ...:.l.,,, a.. n f.,- "A it,rt- uefi.n Thu
defendant persists in his determination
not To talk.
The American Strawboard works. o.
Anderson. resumed operation the Other
morning. after shutdown Of tws
months. The entire force of two hun
dred men were employed.
Tur new normal school at Marion i
completed.
MANY gypsies are camping naa
Union City
Er.KuARr authorities are getting ris
of the hobos.
THERE are only eleven children il
the orphan asylum at Franklin.
Tur Ellxhart q Adamsville telegraph
line will be converted into "A telephon
service.
Ar Portland a pony recently bough
by Bob Branch went mad and hangc'
himself at the end Of a halter.
: The law-abiding citizens Of Sheri
: dan. in mass meeting the other night
( passed resolutions indorsing the at
, zion of the president and Gov. Mat
thews i'm their endeavors to suppress
: lawlcssness and anarchy. DR. III. I
, Davenport was selected captain of
: company of one hundred men VIII
!. volunteered their services to the GOV
!. ernor.
IARvE HANCOCK and Ole Health
r farmers living four miles east of Lebf
!. non. got into an alteration the othe
k morning over the pasturing of som
= hogs. which may result seriously
q Health attacked Hancock with clui
while his wife aided him with q scytht
}. Hancock was badly cut about the hca
4 and may die.
; Ar New Albany. Carrie Watcrhous'
{ a twcnty-ycar-old young woman. a
: tempted suicide by shooting and wi
die The bullet passed through III
: lungs. She was dependent over a 10y
!, affair.
= FIRE the ether afternoon destroye
= the residence Of Maj. George Fcasor.
the Third regiment. l. y. 81. IN Mylc
e u suburb Of south Bend. The hons