The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-12-20

use OF boih arms Their hired girl. a
schoolmaie OF the woman-s. i also
blind. the entire household being sight
less The husband sells candy on the
streets that j. made By the women
FOLKS Their residence is as neat and
clean as the tides; h~cusckeeper with
good eyes could keep il.
MIS- Eli MEYEEs. wife Of a farmer
living near North Manchester. Wa
bash county. while cleaning a chicken
found in the gizxard n small lump Of
pure gold weighing thirtv-three
grains Whether she fowl picked up
the metal in the creek bed or the small
nugget was lost. by some one is not
known The gold was disposed o. by
Mrs Meyers for ST. 80.
Mrs. AGNES GwYNx HARREr. a bride.
aged 10 ear attempted 20 commit
suicide at Lexington By swallowing
morphine Dependency was the cause
She is the daughter Of George Gwynn,
OF Lexington. anu three months =
she eioped with her presen; husband.
who has deserted her.
GEo- ErBE- aged 80 wears. and q
prominent citizen of Jeffersonviiie.
committed suicide By shooting himself.
Sickness and domestic troubles respon-
kible.
SINCE April ! the Door of Hope mis-
sion. OF Indianapolis. mas cared for 80
unfortunate girls The home will te
Incorporated.
II Delaware county commissioners
have decided to force all workhouse
prisoners in f~natcounty 10 wear stripes
while at labor IN the future This ac-
tion Is 10 pnt 4 check on the number of
escapes
AT >~helbnrn an s-year-oid daughter
of Mrs :. Z Emery was playing ne-
fore a CRATE when her dress caught
fire The girl was severely burned.
and i. is thought viii not live
CHARLES GRAHAM. "A rServm Of
Ohio Falls. planted several grains OF
maize that had been taken from a
mound supposed 10 be 400 years old
Strange 10 relate. the grain sproutei
and grew and bore several ears OF
smali-grained corn looking like the
sweet corn OF to-day.
Mrs MANY J. maxwell. at shelby
vile. has fled a 5000 damage sui.
against the Big -Four Railroad Co. for
injuries received while aiighting from
a train at Falkland recently.
The hokomo plant OF the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co made a new record on
ben; glass the other day. Five mann
moth plates We're turned out of the
bending room that are the monarchs
OF American-naGe bent glass They
were on a special order. three for New
York and two for san Francisco. In
the first shipment one plate measured
Ssxl3s inches and in the San Francisco
order one ssxll& inches The bent
plates are made for oval business
fronts
The statistical part of the repor; OF
the state auditor which refers 10 the
building and oar associations has
been completed. The repor. shows
hat Ia. GA persons hold STOCK. tina.
4s.s-s of these are borrowing members
and 93.0i5 are investing members
There are sci associations incorporated
under the laws Of the state. with a
combined authorized capital Of S3sd.-
75.. Co.,. The amount OF capital stock
subscribed Is Sol. o.0.0 si. Loans have
been made on e-4.s-6 shares During
the year loans were paid on 5000
shares. and loans were made on g-.sDs
shares The present number OF shares
is sis. AIS. of which se-2-2 are paid up
or prepaid shares and "a. 5 are run
ming shares
JrDGE BAKER has confirmed the sale
of the South lend and Nisnawka Elec-
tric road The confirmation puts an
end 10 long litigation
CHARLES STEPHENSON. on trial for
the murder Of Jack Moore. al Upton.
last May, was given ten years sen
tence-
IT j. doubtful whether = Joe coun-
ty Will have a fair next year. a the
Agricultural society j. ss.oo0 in debt
ROLLER skating IS being revived in
the state.
The thirteenth annual meeting os
the Randolph County sunday school
union. after a two days session. at
Farmland. has adjourned.
THE mammoth gas pumping station
of the indianapolis Gas Co. at Perkins
vile. has been com nieted-
Hoe cholera is prevalent in the vicin-
ity Of Hagerstown-
The Roland damage case has been
venued TO Shelby county.
THE Elwood-AnGerson electric road
will be built this spring.
Hos. A. l. EALrJoU j. ont for con-
gress from the Twelfth district
ZErLA NicoLArs' father. Wesley
Lyle. keeps a small grocery az Wa
bash.
JAMES MCBRIDE. Of Franklin. was
probably accidentally fatally shot
while hunting by his companion. Art
Redmon-
A TENEMENT house owned by J. X
Hand. of Indianapolis. and occupied
by j. 7. Robinson and Roy HURT. was
fred by mice gnawing matches and
was destroyed. causing a loss Of 5000
The United states glass factory. Of
J~onesboro. has made a reduction from
ii TO 9 cents per dozen on goblets.
though 1. is said this is only the he
ginning OF the cuts TO be made. Work
men say good wages can o &c made
az this rate.