The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-11

the third child OF MIR. and Mrs. Mosri'
who has died from accident
FIRE thc other afternoon DESTROYED
the Arnold hotel AZ Milford Loss
sil.coo. insured for $1,000 in the Ohic
Mutual.
OLIVER o'NEnI fell into vat o.
boiling lard in Jones Il Sons slaughter
house in Wabash. 9 4 was fatally
scaldcd.
{, T.. FISHER was fined &C. 81 az Elk.
hart for throwing an apple. which
struck and seriously injured a young
woman.
SASlrAErAN WYNN has made an ex-
pert examination Of "A portion of the
remains found in the Holmes castle"
al lrvington. He finds that the por-
tion is probably the lungs Of Howard
Peitzel.
On the application of local stock
holders the offices of the Indiana Tele-
phone Construction Co. with headquar-
tiers at Frankfort. were placed in the
hands Of receiver. Charles W. Fish,
of ElNhart.
TnE block coal operators and miners
of the district met at Brazil. "A few
days ago, to arrange a new schedule
! of mining rates. The operators grant
ed the miners demand OF seventy cents
per ton. and work will be resumed at
once. A prominent operator said that
the advance was granted the miners in
the face of rumor that the OHIO and
Indiana operators would not grant an
I increase TO the miners, ana that
strike would bc called in those states
and probably several Others soon
AT Point lsa bel. fifteen miles south
east of Wabash. there is a war on in
regard TO the management OF the
school which threatens TO disrupt the
community. j. II. >alvers the prin-
cipal, desired to admit 10 the schools
children from other districts. but the
patrons objected strenuously. and such
ill-feeling was bred that SAVERS was
forced to resign. Frank Sherwin being
appointed in his place. Sherwin was
not popular at Point lisa bel. and boy
colt was begun on the school The
citizens resolved TO contribute enough
To hire hall and pay the services of
first class instructor during the school
year unless Sherwin is withdrawn.
-NlSE " uHho l4le bAEEdkc De-
longing TO the colored people who held
a camp meeting in the fair grounds at
huntington recently. were the other
day attached for debts.
CHARLES WILSON, who is wanted at
Huntington on charge OF forging a
check for $50 on James L. Stack, was
captured al Warsaw.
MONTGOMERY horsethief detective as
ISOLATION met at Charlottesville and
elected officers.
a STRONG flow of gas was struck at
Oldenburg while drilling for water at
depth of zoo feet.
A NEW hog disease has broken out in
Upton county. and good, fat hogs are
dying in great numbers.
A HUNTINGTON man is said 10 have a
beard 80 inches long.
JACKSON Amos. of Shei byville. while
handling timber in Morgan county. fell |
through bridge with his team. Both 1
legs were broken
SHERIFF DAN MckAHAN. OF Wabash I
county. found two large iron bars con- |
cealed in the berth of prisoner in the I
county Jail. The bars Were passed in !
the windows by friends of \
some of the prisoners to facilitate a ,
jail delivery.
Rev. NATHAN CALDWELL. NcDILL |
will have completed his forty-third \
year AS pastor o. the Tn tied brethren !
Church. at Richland. Rush county. in !
November. lie is now seventy-one
years old. but continues in the active
discharge Of his duties as pastor lie |
has been married three times.
A. J. HENLEY. aged sixty-four. a
patient in the Central hospital for the
insane. at indianapolis. committed sui
eide by hanging himself with a towel.
The Union Shoe Co.. a large eastern
manufacturing concern. will locate a
shoe factory at Wellsboro. near La
porte. that will give employment to
four hundred men. Ohio capitalists
are booming Wellsboro as the coming
birmingham of Indiana. ard have al
ready located large number Of indus
tries
Is the circuit court at Crown Point
Judge Shirley has rendered his decis-
ion against the Lakeside Jockey club,
which knocks out racing at the old
Roby track until April Is. The new
Sheffield track is running. but it is un-
derstood that Gov Matthews will stop
it in day or so.
FIVE Putnam county people were
fined So each on pleas of guilty to hav-
ing caught fish with a seine.
GRANDMA MERCER. living Eve miles
northwest Of Eden, has just ce lie bra ted
her Tooth birthday.
THE indianapolis Commercial club |
committee on city interests favors .
$4,000 appropriation for parks.
WILLIAM I. PERCY. superin tendcnt !
of the New Albany Gene mt Co dropped
dead at Haussdale, near Scllersburg.
The post Office at How, Jefferson
county. has been discontinued. Mail |
goes TO Big Creek.
TnE 3-year-old daughter Of NJ. q. |
Wilson. of Wolcott fell under the
wheels Of heavily loaded wagon and
was crushed TO deaAi
"A TEIr to the Atlanta exposition is
being planned for the Anderson
schools. Ii is thought that from 800 10
500 will go.
MuNcIE colored citizens celebrated
Emanc ipation day Anniversary n fety