The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-12
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

ntcn rctallCd oN tue ierFe ii"utS
brewing Go. 70 ties, the constitutions
ulltr OF the Nicholson law.
hENRY IucAS. a yoang farmer, was
proba nly fatally injured al Knights
town. lie attempted 10 cross the track
in front OF the Pennsylvania limited
train and was hurled thirty feet.
An lndiarapolis. Rriscor NJ. Carter
died very suddenly under circum-
stances that have aroused the srs-
pieions OF the officers. The coroner
has taken the dead mans stomach and
will have the contents analysed.
TIM residence OF VIM Y. sanders.
New Portland. was struck by light
ming III an early hour the other morn
ing. The fluid descended the chimney.
ran into the rooms and stunned Mrs.
sanders and also her son. who was
Sleeping in an adjoining room. Neither
OF them are dangerously hurt.
Josfrn pANfoN and VIM. II. Ar;man.
life convicts in the prison south al JEFF
OF each other the other day. They
We're on adjoining cots.
Ex-CoNGRE~sMAS WN +. PAEnorr. o.
Evansville. died suddenly the other
day.
PENSIONS have been issued as fol.
lows: Original-James f. lioughton.
Plymouth. Marshall. Additional
William y. barnes. Hartford City,
Black ford. Renewal-Jacob c. Smith.
North Liberty. st. Joseph. Renewal
and ncrcase-velosea \. Taylor. Loo
NJ, f.af
wei. Lvnnville. Warrick: Booker
Smith. Jacksonville. Clark: George
BurlSet. Seymour. Jackson: John :.
Cotfman, Bainbridge. Putnam. Refs.
sue Laban Swafford. New Lisbon.
Henry; William Perry. New Albany,
Floyd: George A. Jones, Newtonville.
Spencer: Jesse Axe, Poe. Allen: Till
man II. Weatherman. sullivan. Sulli-
van: Josiah Y. Grant. Brazil. Clay:
John A. Swoveland. Upton. Upton:
Chester W. Putnam. Wawaka. Noble.
Original Widows - Lucinda Kinney.
Franklin. Johnson. Original Widows
ACKNOWLEDGMENT A. Crossman, In
dianapolis. Marion.
a MONSTER oil we'll on the Beckell
farm, seven miles north of Portland.
has been struck. The well COM
nenced flowing when two feet in the
sand.
CcNprcroR SEVERANCE. of the Wa
bash railroad. discovered n female
tramp. bound for Wabash, on his train
after leaving Huntington.
THE water in the rivers ut Eli. mart is
low and people are afraid of typhoid,
malaria and kindred evils.
HAMMoNp'> mayor issued an order
that all unmuzzled dogs found upon
the streets must be shot and the city
marshall killed Is the first day.
MR +. J.. PATRICK. of Columh bus. O..
leading protector OF the Chicago. In
d:anapolis and Rockport railroad. ar
rived in Rockport the other day from
Chicago. where he has been arranging
for the resumption of work on the
road and for a settlement with the
Italian laborers who caused SO much
turmoil here several days ago. Mr..
Patrick has contracted with the South
Chicago Contracting Co. TO construct
the entire line Of railroad from Chicago
70 Rock port. which will be commenced
at once. The South Chicago Contract
Co will settle the accrued indebted
ness of the road, and now has repre-
sentatives at Pittsburgh contracting
for rails for the track alreacy COM
pleted from RocKport to Grandview
which will be laid al once. The $50
Italians have been in camp near Rock
port. but are quiet and orderly and will
receive their wages in full and will be
retained on the work of grazing.
THE bicycle road race from Indian
apolis to Matthews. via Muncie. dis
lance Of - miles. was one Of the hard
est road races ever run, and the winner
was Marshall Taylor. "A colorcd lad,
AGED Is.
FIVE surgeons performed an opera
tion upon Matte. the lO-year-old
laughter Of Rev. George Knox. pastor
OF the Seventh Presbyterian Church.
indianapolis, for appendicitis. The
operation was successful and the pa
tient will recover.
CHAIRMAN TAGGARr. of the Indiana
state democratic committee. has re-
fused to call silver convention.
GAIT FLOYD PosT No 10. G.. a. r.. Of
Annapolis. at recent meeting adopted
resolutions eulogiStic of the late Gov.
Chase and expressing sympathy with
his family.
TirToN's Farmers Alliance elevator.
that burned. may be rebuilt.
DAVID ID. FIckIE was appointed re-
ceiver Of the Logansport street rail-
way.
NEARLY every saloonkeepcr in BED.
ford has arranged to abide by the
Nicholson law
THE will Of John Yankee. Eluffton.
will lie contested. He left his estate
to two children, disinheriting FIVE.
REV. FIELD. Delphi. says he killed
two big rattlesnalses in the road near
that place. and each had twenty-eight
rattleS.
VIM GOODIES. an engineer on the l..
T.. & W.. was killed at Alexandria.
WILL CopsE was Frustrated by the
heat at Columbia City. falling on the
pavement, breaking his shoulder
blade
New Indiana postma~tcrs: j. G. Cur
It's, Dundee. Madison county. vice A.
G.. Howell. resigned; II. III. Mot. Santa
Claus Spencer county. vice 4. a. iIoff.
removed, and Edwin DUNCAN. West
Point. Tippccanoc county. vice Daniel