The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-10
INDIANA STATE. NEWS.
Jrper cnAs L. WALKER, leading At.

tCrney OF the teuersoh county udr, W
which he was admitted in 40, died sud
denly Of grip, aged -.
Mrs. JAMES WARNER, 81 Taylorsville,
Bartholomew county, was kicked To
death in runaway accident.
JAcuB GRAHAM. aged 10. second son
Of Amos Graham. well-known farmer
living six miles north OF Wabash. COM
mi,,ed suicide 10y hanging.
LAroRIE has warned tramps to stay
away.
INpIANArolIs' new manual training
school Will be dedicated June J.
JAMES Yorxo. janitor At the court
house. shot and killed his wife at
Hoosierville the other day. He then
drove 10 the city. went TO the court
house and sho, himself dead.
Mis-. CHARLES YorNG, of >helbyville.
attempted 10 separate two large dogs
while fighting and was attacked by
the vicious brutes. sustaining injuries
from the effects of which she died.
c. y. METCALF, secretary of the
state board of health. found three
cases of smallpox at Tell City, white
woman. boy and Negro man, the lat
ter case very serious. There Is also
one new case in the suburbs. Strict
quarantine regulations are being in
forced by surrounding towns.
Jon> CARR, dangerous lunatic. mas
escaped from the Frankfort poor
| house.
JOSEPH DILLON and wife. who were
injured in the Coatsvillc wreck. have
compromised with the Vandalia Co. for
| $1,000.
EX-SENATOR ". w. BERRY died the
other evening at his home in Vim
cennes. aged - He was president of
the Knox County Agricultural as>ocia-
ton.
EDNA Brown was walking a t-estle
near Delphi the other day. when
Vandalia train approached. She saved
herself by swinging from the ties while
the train passed over her.
A PIECE Of watch case has been
| plowed up in Laporte county. 40 rods
from the spot where a man named
Fletcher was blown up by dynamite
eight years ago.
JOHN FULLER. a convict confined in
the Indiana prison south. made a des-
perate attempt 70 hang himself in his
cell He was not discovered until
Guard McKesson was making his usual
rounds He was sent down from Vigo
county TO serve three years for burg
| larry.
Gov. MATTHEWS will join Gov. Alt
geld. of Illinois. in demanding tina; the
federal government remove the dam
L. e II
structing the passage OF the finny tribe
10 Indiana waters.
A LoGANsPoRT physician says that
the long stretches of cement walk in
that city are causing sore eyes.
joins McCrLLoUGH. aged Is. fell from
haymow at Upton, breaking four
ribs and one arm.
Mrs. THOMAS WHITEHEAD was
thrown from a buggy near Upton.
Her skull was fractured.
WILLIAM NEWMAN. a railroad brake
man. was arrested in the First Baptist
church. Fl. Wayne. on the charge OF
numbering the woman whose funeral
was being held. Mrs. savanna Duran.
who was found dead al her home with
her neck broken.
JosFPH Il. HAMILTON. an eccentric
character. aged %. committed suicide
at Madison. the other morning at his
home near Dupont BY shooting himsel!
with a musket. He leaves wife and
four children. all grown.
The ten-year-old son of Felix Craig
was killed by Panhandle train al
MidGletown
ANAD dog belonging to j. T. Humes
a, English biz his two horses. COW
and other valuable stock. The rabid
animal is still at large.
JoHS Shelley, an alleged horse
thief, was traced 10 Vincennes by vii
liam Bridenback. Of Dubois county
who secured his arrest. Two stoler
horses were recovered.
Col ELI Lilly. of indianapolis. ha.
brought suit TO have a receiver ap
pointed for the Wawasee club. which
is located at Cedar Beach. known al
Turkey Lake. in koscuisko county.
FARMER GEORGE WASHINGTON AB
BOT. near Elwood. has horse tina
pumps fresh water into the trough II
the field whenever il wants drink.
HOMER THOMAS. fifteen years old
while horseback riding two miles cas-
Of Alexandria. the other night. wa
thrown from his horse and fatally in
jured.
EZRA SEARI.Es, Of Nuncie. has mort
gagged his property for $500 and gon'
20 New York 70 try and get his son
Arthur Searles. out Of prison by max
ing good the money the young man re
ceived by fraudulentlv representing
himself 10 be an agent Of an Indianar
. oils newspaper.
DOLLY SMITH, six-year-old daugh
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs John smith. wa
instantly killed by an electric ca
while crossing the track on her way Z
. ssiooi at Marion.
The Muncie Architectural Iron Co
works burned. Loss. 5000 with SIG.
900 insurance. James X Sprangle !
, the heavy loser. Charles w. kilgor
had the factory leased.
n JAMES III. CHANDLER. running re.
d taurant at indianapolis. was appeale
I, 10 BY q cha mbermaid for protectio
against three drunken fellows. Chand
n Ter undertook 10 demonstrate wit
q his customers. and was hurled down
! steep fiirhtof steps. fatally fracturin
I his skull Harry McGufiin and jaime
n Pierce were arrested.