The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-25

day decided the contest for mayor IN
favor OF Ellison IL Mcclure. the dcm-
ocrat
Tnr new police force OF IT Wayne.
has been given instructions 10 rigidly
enforce the II o'clock and SUNDAY liq-
uor laws
TmE Anderson police force is 10 10
increased.
TUX dead body OF William Edward
Hills, the is-year-old son Of John iii.
lis. living about four miles south OF
Bracken. near Huntington. was found
suspended from the rafters by half
inch rope in the tool house in the cem-
etcry in Warren township
Tnk water works of North Man
chester are completed.
LIGHTNING struck the clubhouse on
the premises OF Smith Coiiing. OF Cow
ington. and severely injured Mrs cof-
ting and three young ladies as they
stepped out All the parties are in a
dangerous condition. and one miss can
not recover.
AN open switch caused a bad passen-
ger wreck on the Monon at Dyer Sta
ton. inj9ring five persons Engineer
David Pope and Baggageman Eustee II
is thought can not recover
JrpGr kIEkrArgiCk. of kokomo. in
habeas corpus proceedings. awarded
the a-vear-old daughter of Mrs Barna
Kelly 10 her mother. who lives IN
Providence. X. L.. the child having been
abducted a year ago and brought to
kokomo by its father The woman
came here and found the girl Al its
grandmother's The parties are proni-
Dent
JUSTICE WoopMAN and Deputy " est
erfield, of Chicago. own a large farm,
four miles south of Valparaiso For
some months workmen have been drill
ing we'll for oil They reached "A
depth of hoo feet. and the other day
the well was shot. resulting in large
flow of water. which still continues A
quantity Of oil also appears The
Chicago gentlemen will organize a
stock company and put down ten wells,
believing they own an oil field.
A FAMILY near Monroe, small town
six miles south OF Decatur. have been
poisoned, except two children. In a
short time after breakfast. Mart Adler
the husband, his wife and two chill
dren became sick. and when VIM
Adler. bro, her OF the poisoned man.
came to the house he found the family
Frustrated on the floor. II is thought
that poison was put in the well during
the night.
An inccndiary fire destroyed Tie
ma mmoth cold storage building owned
10y Fogle. Mccarthy 4 Co. Lapor,e.
Loss. $40. 900: insurance, 5000.
.IosrPH LAW. a saloon keeper o,
Shelbyville. was fatally stabbed by an
unknown man on the street. the other
night.
WnsK is now progressing on the
long-distance telephone being con-
structed between indianapolis and Wa
bash.
THF common council Of Columbia
City mas passed an ordinance for the IL
sue Of So. 900 OK water works bonds
These bonds are to run 20 years and
bear per cent
The Richmond Commercial club has
received word from the industrial
wood working monopoly, of Philadel'
Dnld. WHICH ueclEtS W itihOst itr th-
tire plant. and will do so If their prop
osition i considered favora bly, by Rich
mond people The company's assets
are $1,000 of machinery. $40, 900 in
cash and 500. 900 cash loan at : pei
cent. for ten years They claim that
they have "A capital stock of $1,000. 600
in shares of 800 each. and nonassess
able.
SoME days ago Henry Jenkins a col
ored preacher, began series of re
ligious meetings at the residences o.
colored people The other night the
reverend gentleman was attacked by
John Hardy. colored brother. whose
wife Jenkins was paving too much at
tention TO, and bloody fight ensued
in which the minister came out best
TuE l4-vear-old son of VIM. Leonard
was perhaps fatally injured by an ele
vator at the tile factory of william
Noftsker. Elmwood. falling distance
of fifteen feet catching his head be
tween il and some heavy timbers-
The political complexion Of the La
fayeite city administration changed a
the meeting of the city council thu
other evening, the republicans taNin.
control. after rest of five years. TIL,
new council is composed Of eight re
publicans and six democrats. witt
Mayor Mckinley, democrat, presiding
The election OF Simon Strauss n
democratic mayor Of Ligonier. by three
ma jority. will be contested by his on
ponent. William Nondersmith.
RECRUITING SEGEA>T GRO. j. WALSH
formerly of the Thirteenth Infantry
L.. s. A., was found dead in the batl
tub at recruiting headquarters. Indian
apolis. the supposed cause is clio
On the brain.
The smallpox scare which has pre-
vailed at Richmond for some days ha
subsidized. as the time for those exposes
20 the disease to contract IL has passed
The remains Of dead infant wer
found in an alley at Logansport by
crowd of street urchins The youths
imbued by the near approach Of circu
dav. erected tent and. charging $
many pins admission to see the won
der were making quite Speculation
when discovered by the police.
The Muncic flint glass works are idle
and 600 men are thrown out Of work o
Account ~ ninety carry out bows ri