The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-21
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

AT Anderson Edmund Lester was 90
Ing 10 his work. While crossing IN,
White river bridge the Cincinnati &C
eommodation train struck him ans
! crushed his skull.
GEORGE SroNr an aged timer Of Ell
wood, fell down an elevator shaft. sus
tanning injuries of very serious ma
ture. but he will recover.
PENDLEroN has secured n new glass
plant employing 100 men.
WARSAW is thinking about paving
her main thorough fares with brick.
As result of natural gas explo
sion 1T the old Darnall iron works,
Muncie. now owned by the Findlay
Rolling Mill Co. the other afternoon
two big furnaces were wrecked at a
loss of several hundred dollars. Ii is
the custom at the works TO fire the
furnaces every sunday afternoon. The
explosion occurred an hour after the
gas had been lighted. The cause is
not yet known. No one was in the
building at the time.
DIR. ANNA DAVIDSON. aged u. was
appointed by the county commissioners
Of Fayette county as physician of the
poor of Connersville township. being
the first lady in the state known to &C.
cupy such position.
la PORTE county commissioners have
learned that they were being system
atically defrauded by persons in Mich
igan who were sending hundreds OF
woodchuck scalps TO La Porte to re-
ceive the fifteen cents bounty on each
scalp. The commissioners withdrew
the bounty entirely.
CARL KERN and Carl Nc channels. two
le-year-old youths Of Frankfort. went
to the country. the other afte rnoon.
for drive. and took with them a re-
vclver. On their return home they sup
posed they had fired all the cartridges.
and young Kern was in the act Of
cleaning the shells from the chamber
when there was report and McDan-
iels fell over in the buggy, shot
through the side. While the wound is
dangerous the physicians have hopes
Of McDaniels' recovery.
LAroHTE business men fill their show
windows with live animals and fowls
VERY highly accomplished Goshen
young lady threatens TO go on the |
stage.
WILLIAM FLEMING. aged 80. a pros
porous and well to do farmer. hanged |
himself in his barn. near Noblesville,
at an early hour the other morning.
No cause assigned for the rash act. He
recently purchased another farm and
was preparing 10 move on il in few
DAYS
JOHNSON county school teachers are
of professional library.
WABASH merchants are working
against the establishment of free mail
delivery.
SOUTH BEND fair stockholders have
elected new directors. The present
sbt will be paid and fair will be
leld next year
GHouL> We're frightened away from
he shelbyville cemetery. II Is thought
hat they were after the body Of Her.
nan Tornelia. who died in Shelbyville
If elephantisis.
A CHICKEN at Michigan City was lost
months ago 1t was found under some
lay the other day almost starved TO
lcath.
NEEN CARPENTER. who recently had
DOT cut off by Big Four train. was 20
ne upstairs on crutches. at Anderson,
rhen he lost his balance and fell back
ard to the bottom lie is. perhaps.
a tally hurt.
EicHMoND's new street cars will be
estibulcd and have gates on the sides ,
the cars.
RICHMOND and IT. Wayne consume ,
lore pretzcls than any other two cities {
! the state. .
CATTLE thieves are at work in Della
are county. :
AT Prescott. Ferd Orschel warered
lat he could cross the track ahead Of d
q express The usual result q
ASA CIRCUIT and family. on n farm on
lie Mississinewa. ten miles northeast. '
Farmland, the other night. while i
ting near pleasant fire, heard A
ra;ching at the door. which they at q
ibuted 10 the family cat They paid b
, attention to the cat. and there came d
wild yell that greatly frightened
lem. All jumped to their feet and
arted for the door. In the dim glare
the moon they distinguished the a
itline OF what they believe was a
lnther or lynx leaping down the bank
ID across the shallow into a thicket II
! the opposite side Of the river. The Il
limal is supposed to be the panther o
at escaped from a gang Of gypsies c,
at camped in that neigh borhood sew d,
nj weeks ago. A hunting party is II
ing organized at Ridgeville and the r
'cessary steps will he taken to cap SC
re the ''crittur.- Travel in that To- re
lily after night has been abandoned .,
nee then. NJ
EVANGELIST f. +. Corr and J. p. Il
linn, the reformed gambler. are con. ~
citing crusade against vice in Tcrrc 81
lutte. fir
a HITLER young woman swore out q ~
irrant against her father for assault OK
q battery in firing" her beau from ~
{ house. re
SEVERAL Franklin college bows have mi
en- suspended for jollifying over ep
,tball victory
.AroRrE county IS suffering greatly
I'M the scarcity Of water. Marsh
IS have burned over thousands OF rs
-cs pc
NE cornerstone Of the new court.
use at Winamac has been laid. -;
.piNBrEG is losing much Of its old. II.
&c prestige as q grain market.
~ seymour, John liimler accident