The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-19

Evansville the other day and electe,
George ". shanklin. editor Of the
Evansville Courier. chairman of dis
trict committee, and member OF tn.
state central committee. Resolution.
were adopted favoring free and I'M
limited coinage of gold and silver in
the ratio OF sixteen 10 one. and by the
abolition Of all forms of paper money
except treasury notes
TIir democrats Of Indiana elected the
following state central committeeman
at their various district conventions
throughout the state, few DAYS since:
First district. John q. >hanklin:
second. Thos. Il. Buskirk: third. Isaac
r. Leyden: fourth. VIM II. OBrien;
fifth. W. c. Duncan; sixth. John NJ.
Loutz; seventh. Thos Taggard: eighth,
Thos J. Mann: ninth. w. NJ Black
slock; tenth. NJ. NJ. Hathaway: eleventh.
J. A. VI. kintz: twelfth. Judge Allen
Zollers; thirteenth. W. ii. Conrad
WM FrsoS. aged 10, was instantly
killed near Muncie by tree falling on
him His head was crushed beyond
recognition He was assisting in telling
timber
OS November Is Mrs. Hollingsworth
and her four children left Union City
for the west. spending a short time in
Richmond in route. When near ST.
Louis the mother and two children me,
death in a railroad accident, and the
remaining two children were started
back TO Richmond to their friends. but
have never arrived. and have not since
been heard OF. Ii is claimed they are
in Richmond. but all search fails TO find
them
The sixth congressional district of
democrats met at Richmond and elect
ed John NJ. Loutz n member of the
state central committee. They passed
resolutions indorsing the Wilson tariff
bill and incorsing L. ;. senator Daniel
W. Voorhees, as the nominee of the
democratic party for president in 1899.
BURGLARS broke into Nansant's and
+. j. Englefield's stores al Lena. near
Greencastle. and carried off nearly the
entire stock.
The litigation growing out of the
Franklin l.. Nelson assignment at
Greencastle has been compromised.
Twenty-Five hundred acres of land
were decided TO the creditors OF Nelson,
while Nelson's wife was given the fam
ly residence and allowed 10 retain
also
WILLIAM PATE residing three miles
from Jeffersonville. early the other
morning shot and. il is said, mortally
wounded Benson Veasey. prominent
farmer. Neasey of late has been miss
ing chickens. and he accused Pate Of
being the thief veasey. il is said.
found a number Of his fowls concealed
on Pate's place. So enraged did Pate
become over the charge that he pro-
cured a shotgun and fired upon his ac-
cuser. Pate made his escape.
FROM the will of Mrs Henrietta
Meyers. an eccentric old lady of De-
catur- who has been living alone for
years. which was prcbated the other
morning. il is learned that her entire
estate. amounting to about $40. 600. Is
bequeathed 10 the poor of New York
city. William Niback is named as ex- /
ecutor.
ALIEN NJ McCURDY. wanted at Golden.
Col. on charge Of murder. was arrest
ed at Martinsville by City Marshal i
Mills. who will receive 5000 rewards
JUICE BAKER decided against the
city of indianapolis in case wherein
the city attempted to retain forfeit OF
ssl. 900 deposited by Coffin 4 stanton.
brokers of New York city. who had
to buy bonds 10 the amount
Of s6oo.0Oo Coffin & stanton refused to
take the bonds owing to alleged in
in the issue
JAMES ScrgcLE. whose saloon at Tail
holt was wrecked by temperance wom-
IN. attempted to secure warrants
against them. but the states attorney
-efused to issue them
ALBEIT BrsH. of Hammond, while
shot off both hands
A LETTER has Just been returned
rom the dead letter office to LaPorte
hat was sent from LaPorte by ~
weber fourteen years ago IL contained
! sum of money for an address in New
York 1t has been lying in the dead
esser Office At Washington. and the cx-
'lanation IS that il was found in the
lesk of a clerk who had recently been
ForE years ago Emma Huston, who
ives near Seymour. wrote a note in a
moment. and. having con-
igned IL 10 n corlSed bottle. she gave il
o the waters of the Blue river to carry
there they would For four years
liss Huston heard nothing from the
ote. few days ago Frank Always
lille digging in gravel bank. found
ne bottle buried beneath four feet OF
eposit 1t was within two miles of
ockport There has been no we'd
ing.
The superior courtroom. Brazil. was
acked TO suffocation to hear the aryu-
lent in the Elias Owens murder case.
he jury the other evening rendered ,
rrdict sentencing the defendant to the
rison south for life Ovens shot and t,
lied James Riggs at Clay City. June s.
Mrs GEO. krEEIr. OF Valparaiso. .
recovered her speech. lost i
venty-three years ago. when she
card OF railroad accident in which
sr brother was killed 4,
The Orphans home at Columbus {