The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-11
INDIANA STATE NEWS.


libel law on the statute books OF any
state. Through it> provisions the IN
diana publishers are made the prey OF
any impecurious lawyer. and many
unjust hardship> have been innie'eo
bv the enforceme mt Of its provisions.
Al a meeting recently il was decided
to ask the legislature 10 enact in place
d the Grubbs law statute that VIII
be "A virtual copy of the Minnesota law
which i conceded 10 be fair 10 the
publishers a well As to the man VINO
aas a grievance
FARMLAND gas companies will raise
rates
FLORA citizens are working for FAR
association
FRANKFORT saloonists pay strict at
,ention TO the law
EIkHART has fourteen feeble-minded
children in the Fort Wayne institution
TERRE HArTE citizens get two loaves
Of bread for i've cents. Bread was
The diphtheiria quarantine had just
been raised of n family at Elkhart
when they were attacked with scarlet
fever.
DIR A. : HorsroN. one of the best
known physicians Of the state died az
his home in Anderson. few days ago.
after a long illness Of cancer OF the
stomach. He is beside being n physi-
clan a Sundav-school worker of ma
tional reputation having attended the
national conventions fo- the past sew
eral years and held national Offices
NRs PETER Lyons. Of Catlin- Will
age near Rockville. was burned TO
death Her clothing caught fire from
the stove The fforts Of her aged hus-
band 10 extinguish the fire were futile.
and she ran into the yard. where all
her clothing was burned from her. She
was ~ years old
JONI H. BALL of Laporte. who mys-
teriousIy disappeared from south Chi
cago on the night of December Il. and
was thought TO have been murdered
returned nome the other night much
Ia the joy of his family. who mourned
| him as dead He claims to have no
recollection Of his movements part OF
the time and can give no satisfactory
reason for mis- action.
JonN kEARSs was struck over the
head BY Joe Hanrahan at indianapolis
and MS skull was fractured. A coup
ling pin was the weapon used.
AT Greenfield. Gus Morton. horse
man. his wife and three children were
found unconscious in bed. fully clad.
| There is a mystery about the case
FARMERS in >teuben county say that
there is not one-tenth of the wood
chucks in the county now that there
were before bounty was given for
| their scalps.
THERE are only three counties in the
state era " ford. Orange and Nerrnillion-
without any Representatives in the
school for feeble minded youths al IT
Wayne.
A rFRErBLE dynamite explosion oc
CURED the other afternoon at No.
mine belonging To the Brazil Blocs
Coal Co. near Brazil Several pounds
of dynamite were placed around the
sraoke-stack of the engine-house Il
dry. Suddenly it exploded. tearing
down the smo<e-stack- demolishins
the engine house and damaging several
work in the engine-room- but escapes
serious injury. John Marshall was
Il sIi.-ntly bruised The explosion wa
heard throughout the city The MAIN
inr OF the engine stopped the fan
which forces air in the shaft course
consequently the miners were i'm
prisoned for short time in the min'
with the air cut off from them How
ever. they succeeded in reaching tin
ladder and esca ped death
JACOB GOLDMAN and wife. residin:
near the Midland steel works Muncie
escaped from their burning home. tn
other night into the cold in their nigh
clothes. to save their lives. and bot
were badly burned The irreguisl
natural gas pressure in the stove hat
caused an explosion and when the.
avvoke their bed was in flames Tn
h-.r was burned from both Of thei
heads and both were badly burned be
sides.
AT Elkhart the pastor of a Cor
c-rerational churct left his pulpi
and pitched disordo rly member .
the congregation bodily out Of tn
house.
A COMMERCIAL club viii be formed a
Princeton
THoESIoy has dedicated her ne,
high school building.
NIKE JuBBER- the handsome youn
woman arrested by the govern ment r.
fraudulent use of the mails at New \
bany. has been transferred from TN
Jail in indianapolis 20 the state reform
atory until the federal grand jury cor
siders her case.
T.. c. RUDY drove over an embanl
: men. near Cambridge City. and va
killed.
CLAY county attorneys have orgai
lied permanent association.
M.s FRANK CHRrsrMAN fell dead q
the street at Frankfort She had bee
! making Christmas purchases for hs
children. and was returning home
Tn1 new judge in the Lagrange eli
cult will not allow lawyers TO sit
court with their legs piled up on
9 table in front Of them
HENRY STEIN Of Niles. o.. had h
a throa. cut from ear TO ear near r.
: transport by one of gang Of tramp
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