The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-24

""'"" man e'hucrately mounted TN
Zig Four bridge over Pleasant run an,
Jumped of. sustaining n compourt
fracture OF the skull. lie was removed
70 the city hospital and identified Il,
n james \. Wheathll. who has been /:
n anemher of the police and fire depar,.
e ments OF Terrc llaute for the pasr
twenty-five years several years ac,
r he was seriously injured at "A fire. and
last November he was transferred "a
the central Indiana hospital. where he
Y was discharged as cured. sIIis recovery
. is doubtful.
. MICHAEL EEYRIoDr found a two.
bushel sack in some shrubbery near
South Bend. 1t contained a dead
. child.
AT Mt. Vernon, Naylor Bentley. a
! prominent farmer, was kicked to death
! by n vicious mule.
MART SHELLEY, n young farmer Of
leru, was probably fatally injured the
other day by the accidental discharge
of a shotgun.
FRANK CoAkLEy. aged 81. n farmer.
was for his money near In.
d~ianapolis.
reports squirrels plentiful
about there.
GEORGE W~AsHiyGrox BnApsuAw is
the name Of an eccentric colored man
OF Frankfort. who claims to be a sec.
ond christ, and will endeavor to estab-
lish "a new church in that city. lie saws
ne is n seventh son Of a seventh son.
oorn on Christmas day. and has the
power to either punish or reward man
KIND. In a bright red flannel vest.
winch he wears at all times, the Nero
believes turks the mysterious charm
which gives him his in fluence over all
children of the earth.
jim BAGLEy and Oscar McDuff were
lodged in the county jail at Winchester
py mon City authorities for robbery.
They are alleged to have broken into
the Branham hotel in Union City.
BLACK insect is raising trou BILE with
Rockville crops.
ANDERsoN's unions are fighting nom
union bricklayers.
An unknown man struck by a Lake
Shore passenger train betweed South
Bend and Misha waka. is thought 10 be
George Dish. brother of John Dish. a
w~ell-known farmer near South BEND.
The death of Ira j. Chase leaves AL
bert q. Porter the only living ex-rov-
ernor Of the state. Two ex-rovernors
have died within the vear-Grav and
Chase. OF defeated candidates for rov-
ernor there are three survivors Gen.
Harrison was defeated for governor by
James Williams in 1876. Franklin
nder who was thrown down by
Gov. Porter in 1850, still resides nj In
dianapolis, hale specimen of vigorous
old age. and Courtland 4. Matson. who
was defeated by Gov. Hovey in Iss~.
still survives. with a good long expect
ancy ahead of him.
AT Meltzerville while al a country
dance Misses Elizabeth Worland and
Noble Wilson collided during d quad
rifle Both were knocked senseless
and carried from the room Medical
AID was summoned and Miss Wilson
was restored to consciousness. but not
so with Miss Worland. All efforts to
restore her have proven futile and her
physician has given up all hopes for
her recovery.
SIIE MILLER went to shoot n dog at
a policeman had the same
dea. but missed the canine and shot
>ile in the leg.
WILL GAyER, Elkhart. bought a
guinea pig and put it in his barn to
sill rats The next morning he found ,
he rats had devoured the supposed
'odent exterminator. (,
MISS ANNA SosKE. daughter Of Archi- /
paid Soske. OF Elvood. was compelled
9 have her left leg amputated above !
he knee to save her life. She has 1
'een suffering from a white swelling I
or years.
JEssE DAVIS, the farmer who shot /
rs divorced wife a few days ago, near '
lontczuma. and then shot himself. (
; in jail and may not recover. The
vife's injuries are also thought to be n
aeal. /
LOUIS SCHMIDT, of Laporte, has Just \
his brother. Charles Schmidt. "
HON he had mourned as dead for o
orty-two years. The brothers came
rom Germany and separated at Buff
alo. y. Y. Repeated efforts on the :.
art of Louis to locate his brother "
iiled until recently. when his where.
bouts We're ascertained through Buff
no cilcldls- Inc result Will he a low ~
US reunion in a day or two. u
JAMES WADE. a wealthy Frankfort :"
armer. is dead. -
a QuARTER-MrfE cinder path will 10 !.
uilt by Elkhart bicyclists. :,
GROCER. son Of w A.. Landon. was -
'und in the mill pond, drowned. at -
ancaster.
JrsT e36 bicycle licenses have been II,
sued at Elkhart. !,
The indianapolis post Office force 81
1926, $50 pieces OF mail in ~
pril. -
Er.LroTr's 3-months-old child 80
cd at Anderson from a spider bite re- a,
lived three weeks before. ",
is figuring upon securing al
orphans home through the m,
Order Of American Mechanics. ia,
NEAR Shclbyvillc Mrs. Lizzie Ensley. |
indianapolis, is said To have beaten ha
John Tcltoc badly with a club DO,
d whip because IL was alleged he .Ju
idc remarks about her daughter. Coz
citizens will bore for bio
(. They have Incorporated under go,
e name OF the Hancock Oil Co. the
At indianapolis George Davidson,
20, who had been committed 10
J in surety Of peace proceedings, was