The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-02

Piqua. q. He also cxcayatcn pctrihed
dog head AT the same place ana time.
Ara picnic nj Monroe City. recently.
coiored woman Ill years OF age was
given the prize for being the olaest
person on the grounds
WABASH. Grant and Huntington
counties will organize ,ri-co. nty
fair association. with grounds al La
fon;ane.
SorTn BEND cllief of police has or
dcred all saloon partitions taken
down. in compliance with the Nichol-
son law.
Tnr body of John p. Awkward was
found in the Wabash river. Mt Lafav-
ette the other morning. How he go,
there is not known. and there is sus-
picion Of foul play. Young Awkward
was evidently thrown over the side
Of the bridge TO the water, Fifty
feet below
A TERRIBLE storm passed over Frank
lin. wrecking shiloh church. a bout two
miles ont.
AT Laporte Joseph Growalske and
Valentine Bilski quarreled over the
wv icIchlP VI SoinS BiolSttls iA-ret
attempted to strike Growalski. when
the latter retaliated by dealing his as
sailant a murdcrous blow on the head
with an AK. The injured man will die.
Growalski is in Jail waiting prelimi-
nary hearing.
AT Indianapolis Joseph Wuensch. a
German. aged 30. dincd with his moth
err, after which he crawled under the
house and committed suicide by drown
ing himself in the cistern. He was a
man of family. No cause is known.
WILD lettuce is bothering Madison
county farmers
one OF the heaviest rainfalls ever
seen in Valparaiso fell the other day.
More than three inches of water fell.
flooding easements and washing out
culverts. The Franklin street bridge
was washed out and hole ten feet
deep washed through the street
W. ii. BEACH. an Elkhart drayman.
is suffering from bloodpoisoning caused
by horse biting him.
FRANK A. REAGAN and fellow capt.
italists. of Lebanon. have secured a tel
ephone franchise at Brazil.
The 5-year-old son of VIM. Daugher-
ty. of Mecca. was accidentally drowned
in Big Racoon creek
JoE VAN CLEvE, the Greencastlc
saloonist. fined So so for violation of
the Nicholson law. will surrender his
license
FARMLAND has voted TO purchase a
chemical fire engine.
sr,,,. >.f...l-.~..-. o~~..s.,,or
dianapolis may collapse.
VALPARAISO has passed stringent
ordinance on the faker nuisance.
Fir. WAYNE authorities are prosecut-
ing cigar men for selling cigarettes TO
boys.
Mrs. WM. WHALEN. Sellersburr fell
into hive 'of bees. and was fatally
stung.
SQUIRE LYLE. Richmond. has married
600 couples since 1855.
kENpAILyIII.IA>s are mad because
the post office has been removed from
room il had occupied for nine years.
DR. = A. BELL. Of Hammond has
accepted three years contract to rep
resen, dental company al Rio ia
neiro Brazil.
WARSAW wheeimen held a bicycle
parade the other night Prizes Were
given for the four most handsomely
decorated wheels
The old settlers of Eaglestown will
ing in the grove near that place on Au-
gust TO-
AN old gentleman giving r., name
as Ezekiel Bates. with hon Il TiDpe-
canoe county. was found by .rankfo fort
police the other day wandering about
the western outskirts of that city. He
was in condition Of demcntia. The
police placed him in prison and mott
fed the Lafayette authorities
An Injunction suit has been fled bv
the Connersville Gas and Electric
building municipal electric light
plar.. The case will be brought To i'm
mediate trial.
Coon rains throughout Randolph
county the past week insures the hes,
corn crop for years.
PROF. w. II. FOREMAN. principal OF
the Union City high school. has been
elected 10 the supcrintendency of the
Petersburg public schools and has ac.
cepted.
MARSHAL HUNTER. Of Frankton. who
was injured in fight with Frank
Wright. was in a critical condition al
last reports. Wright is in Jail. on a
charge of attempting TO kill Hunter.
CoxNEgsyIrIE is 10 own its own cleo.
tric light plant
THE orchards in Washington Gown
ship, Harrison county, are bending
and breaking. so heavily are the fruit
trees loaded. The Estimated value of
the fruit crop is placed AT 10000
MORGAN corNTy's hickory. hazel and
walnut trees and bushes are simply
overburdencd with nuts.
ALBEIT HARVEY. near Plainfeld. cap.
turcd large chicken hawk measuring
over four feet from tip 10 tip.
L. u. krrTrSGEE. employed in a saw
mill nj I.oogootee. was dangerously
hurt by a flying fragment OF wood
thrown off by circular saw.
YouNc quails arc reported very plen.
tiful in Daviess county.
A CAT is on exhibition in Grcencas-
tie that has the ears, tail and gai. of a
rabbit.
STOCKHOLDERS Of the Anderson Belt
Railway Co. elected the following di.
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