The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-09
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

them that he had not only aimed the
rock which 80 seriously injured North,
but that it was he who had set fire to
his residence and barn. For years Capt.
North has fought the saloon element
at Milford. and has incurred their BIT
ter enmity. Ii is believed that Others
are concerned in the burning and that
now the gates are open other and more
damaging testimony to the gang VIII
be offered.
GLrN WATKINS and Rudolph Means,
colorcd. took their razors To church at
| Anderson. and while the Gospel
was being expounded engaged in a
fight. Both are terribly slashed. They
are under arrest.
| JomN MAHAN. who was assaulted In
a Lake Shore freight ear at Chesterton,
died as the result of the injuries he re-
! ceived. Mahan was shot and thrown
| from the train. His murderers escaped.
AN infant child Of Fred Stahl, Hunt
ington. was seriously poisoned 10y suck
ing the coloring matter from its stock
ing.
TIN Liberal Medical association of
Northern Indiana has been organized
at Rochester. IL Is eclectic in princi-
| pie.
THr city schools in Anderson and
Middlctown. which have been Closed
ON account of diphthera. Were opened
a few days ago. II is thought that the
disease is in the decline. During the
past two months 40 eases have been
reported in Anderson. of which sixty
eases were fatal
GEORGE DASyERs, who came 10 Kich-
mond some weeks ago from Grcenvillc.
o.. and secured position rs head cook
nj the Hotel Imperial. committed sui
eide the other night by taking nor
phine. Domestic trouble is the sup
posed cause of his deed
BEDFORD has a bottling works.
THE 9-year-old son of Thomas futile
was instantly killed 10y jumping from
west side electric street ear at Muncie.
The RoclSport grand jury has return
ed an indictment for murder against
Robert Burr. who killed Capt. William
son October IA.
Alta NANCE. daughter of an Owen
county farmer, stole $500 worth of
clothes and jewels and them attempted
suicide.
ALICE BRANDON. of Frankfort. stray
ed from the narrow path and then sui
cided. She left letter saying: The
wages of sin is death" She was from
Warsaw
LA PORTE bellies are giving cake
walks.
ALBION will have a chapter of the
Tribe of Benliur
MrNcIE will lave market place and
Marion wants one.
GnorIs robbed the grave Of Mrs.
John Chapple in Westfeld cemetery.
Noblesville
CHRIS II. STERN. secretary of the
state printing bureau. died suddenly of
hemorrhage-
Ar Jacksonville Tom Duncan. while
drunk. crushed his rnother's skull with
brick. lie then fed
TIE families of James lIarsman and
Gus Mills. of Muncie. have sued the
Erie road for 10000 damages.
Gov. MATTHEWS the other morning
granted executive clcmcncy 70 Johara
:. Crews, alias Henry Brown. and
Sherman Parsley. convcts confined in
the prison south. They were sent
down from Johnson county. Crews to
serve three years for larceny and Par.
sley one year for forgery.
RoBERT BONE of Valparaiso. has
sued John kryschcski for $4,000,
charging him with swindling him by
changing the per cent. on note.
HANCOCK county hogs are suffering
from the cholera.
The Elkhart Cycling Co. has been IT,
corporated.
ANNOYED because John Huffman. his
roommate. snored. Hubert Allen. a
ianitor at 81. Josephs hospital. TT.
Wayne. shot him and then himself.
Both will live.
THE death of Mayor Joseph A. Man.
ming. of Michigan City. makes vacant
the grand high priesthood of the grand
chapter, Royal Arch Masons of In.
diana. The vacancy will be filed by
Henry w. Nordhurst. Of TT. Wayne.
The r., +. & NJ. railway engine was
deraled the other morning near Frank
lin. a steer suddenly stepped on the
track. In moment the engine was in
the ditch. bottom side up. Engineer
Horton. Of Martinsville. had several
ribs broken and was otherwise njured
while his fireman. Harry Burncs. also
Of Martinsville. escaped almost without
injury.
JAMES WHISTLER. farmer. was in
stantly killed south Of Upton. while
telling tree.
The postmaster of New Albany will
have TO make good the loss sustained
by the Office in the recent robbery.
THE Big Four railroad will immcdi-
ately rebuild the shops Of the Michigan
division. which burned at Wabash.
Two more deaths occurred the other
night at Paramount from diphthcria.
Ar indianapolis. the man found dead
in the canal. ten days ago, with a
bullet hole through his head has been
identified as Charles Ilcrickson. a
butcher of Peoria. ILL., a revolver,
with two exploded cartridges. was
found on the bank. and the trampled
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