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

lrF publication IN the news ~ REFS
\ az the fact ina, Dan Lixer. ~ Liaculn-
Willie. Nabash county. has tue pair AZ
handouts originally worn ~ john
Erpwn. the atolilionis,. has nrorrn;
Mr.. Dan i.izrr innumera Die letters OF
inquiry from al. over the country.
Many persons. Including director 81
the Chicago hoard Of trade. wish TO
Uuy the relic, but Mr.. Lszer refuses 10
par with i.
TIM price ~ new cora will be lower
mt Watash This fall than for rnany
years. Heretofore the farmers nave
been able 10 feed their corn "a stock.
but the croD this year j. much larger
than usual and for the frs; time in a
decade there will he heavy shipments
Of the cereal from Wabash county.
Wabash elevator men expec; 20 pay
twenty cents per bushel-
GrcnGr HARTMAN. aged 10. was
killed by trolley car IT Lafayette. =
few days ago. His body was fright
fully mangied.
ScARi.Er fever is raging in Van Bu-
rem township. near >helbyville. and
the schools have been suspended for
the present
THOUSANDS OF barrels OF apples are
going 10 waste in Harrison county for
lack OF river transportation.
TnE Methodist, Church at Oaktown.
Knox county. was barnei the other
evening Nothing was saved The
congregation will rebuild
REV MyRoN HARTLEY. for several
years minister Of the Friends Church
in Wabash. accepted a call 10 the
Friends Church AT Plant field and will
at once move his family to his new
charge
NUMBER OF quails have invaded
Hartford City. and the inhabitants
take il as good omen There are
also woodcock and jacksnipe in town.
The other morning VIM. NJ. Kemp. a
Hartford City business man. killed
jacksnipe with a club back Of his store
room jus; of the public square
UNCLE BILLY Prov. while crossing
the railroad on wagon at Elects
vile. was struck By the Chicago flyer.
the other evening, and badly injured.
JOSEPH JORDAN. a laborer. in at
tempting TO board a moving train at
Indianapolis. fell under and was killed.
He was a man of family.
LEVI a. HARpEsrY. Of Southport, has
celebrated his eighsy-fourth birthday.
He settled in Marion count- in 1885.
THE laying o. the gas line by the
Chicago Pipeline Co.. has been
stopped in Grant county By the sheriff.
COMMISSION men are paying farmers
but seventy cents a barrel for the fin
est apples and lots Of corn has been
sold at twenty cents
A DISCOVERY has just been made in
chemistry which will. it is alleged.
m-nt of oil and gas wells in the Indiana
and Ohio oil fields Ii has been found
that the action OF hydro-chloric acid
on the Limestone formation in this ter
rito-y is far more powerful than nitro
giycerine in opening up the Trenton
strata while il IS much less dangerous
TO handle. The removal of a ton Of
rock by the application Of a ton of acid
in the bottom OF a gas or oil well
means a great deal for producers and a
practical test Just made is said TO
demonstrate the efficiency OF the new
agent An increase Of 90 per cent in
the yield OF oil and 400 per cent in the
rroduc. zion Of gas is reported 20 have
followed the use OF she acid in certain
wells The acid is said 70 peculiarly
affect the Ohio and Indiana limestone
formations and is vnlueiess in the sed-
inentary deposits OF the eastern states
where oil is found-
Az incident calculated to emphasize
the remark Z bic drought in Indiana is
the shutting Gown Of the Eaton paper
mill because OF the lack OF water. This
mill is supplied with water from the
Mississ inewa river. There is 4 dam
above the mill site and the water mas
bcen leased By the paper company but
the supply j. insufficient ard the mill
had 10 smut down or pump the river
dry
NES- ArETTLA CEEeoE has brought
suit at >heibyille against The Chem
natl Hamilton ard indianapolis Rail-
way Co for $1,000 FOR killing her hrs-
band. Theodore C-eyor. while nc was
= passenger on that rails The com
paint alleges that crcgc-. November
IL. 1928. was on Z train which was
crowGed and ne was required 70 ride in
a caboosc. that after a number Of pas.
sengers mad aligh-ed he was requested
10 pass into another coach. anG in do
ing 50 fell between the cars and was
killed
AT Harcrstown. Wayne county. an
ether gas wei has been drilled in by
the local gas company. is capacity
is about equal 10 the several other.
drilled there
VITAL statistics OF Wayne county fol
the three months show that there were
total Of ls6 deaths. 1913 births. q
marriages ana liz cases of contagious
and infectious diseases.
Two cases Of diphiheria in the sami
I, i OF William Beisinger. north OF Mar
| tinsvillc. were operated on with anti
toxine by DIR. T. IL Sweet with very
gratifying results D.ph;heria pre-.
walls to an alarming extent in some
I parts OF Morgan county. The school.
Of Mo-cantown were closed.