The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-26


Jon~ BRADY. a prominent schools.
teacher OF ~Eockport, while bathing in
the Ohio river, the other day. was
seized with cramps aud was drowned.
The body has not been recovered.
JoHN EVANS and Wm. Ford. carpen-
tiers Of Flora. engaged in a fight. and
Ford struck Evans with a board on the
head. causing injuries hat will result
fatally.
TIM county commissioners AZ Frank
fort. the other day. rejected the peti-
fion Of Frankfor,'s saloon-keepers for
permits 10 connect pool and billiards in
connection with their bars.
NEIL Boo>E, JR. aged -. a brake
man on the middle division Of the BAL
timore and Ohio Southwestern rail
road. was struck by the spout Of the
water tank Mt Brownstown. knocked
from the car. and his skull fractured.
lie will die.
THE other night n violent electrical
storm ragged AT Columbus. Bert Howe.
a young farmer. riding a mule. was
struck by a bolt of lightning. which in
s,antly killed both himself and the
mule.
Mrs. THOMAS LEWIS. wife Of a coal
miner of Brazil. has been notified that
she is heiress 10 sl0o. 900 by the death
of an uncle ut San Francisco. from
whom she had not heard for 30 years.
THOMAS ErLrES. ex-superintendent
OF the fire department of Evans
VILE. dropped dead of paralysis of the
heart
SEVERAL saloon-keepers at Mobiles
willie are preparing TO sell their invest
ments. looking TO retiring.
J. X WILLIAMS died the other night
in the hospital ward of the prison
south. of ~dysentery. Williams was
sem from Jasper. Dubois county. 10
serve three years for larceny. His
term expired a few DAYS before. but
illness prevented his being discharged.
Williams was % years old. came Of re-
spectacle parents and leaves a young
wife.
FRANK MILLER. on trial charged with
criminal assault on ls-year-old Sarah
Favors. escaped from the court room
at New Corner. as the arguments on
his case were being made. and he can
not be found. The prisoner was found
guilty and bound over 10 the circuit
court
WAYNE county has a voting strength
of 1880
CARLISLE. sullivan county. is to have
a paper
THE Cloverdale bank has closed its
doors.
Bic locomotive works will he erected
at anderson.
l>DIA>AroIIs is going TO have a ma
tional rowing regatta this summer
MANY Indiana counties will nave two
county superintendent this fall.
RrFUs BARcLrs. Of Big Lake. Noble
county. Is making money raising tur-
ties.
TIE scheme 10 build a railroad from
R~ockport to Mitchell has. il i said.
fallen through.
JvHS JACKSON. who led the posse in
the pursuit Of the Jordan outlaws. was
badly hurt al Franklin by a beam fall
ing upon him.
CHARLES THEMES. OF Michigan City,
who operated a saloon in his hotel
with the door opening on n small alley.
and who was arrested under the Mich
olson law. has been acquitted. the jury
holding that the alley was a highway
sufficiently within the meaning Of the
law.
PosTNAsTERs appointed the other
day: Mrs Catherine Scott. Edwards.
Nigo county. vice 7. j. Scott. resigned.
and Nettie Wright. Fairview. Randolph
county. vice r. NJ. Wright. deceased.
TnE bituminous miners in the vicin-
ity Of >hclburn do not take kindly TO
the ji-cent compromise agreed upon al
Terre Iiaute. and they assert. with
much bitterness. mat their delegates
were ovcrreached by the operators.
AT Elwood a special detective who
has been working on the case for some
weeks placed Joshua Powell. a tin
plate worker. under arrest FOR passing
counterfeit money.
ALBERT HARVEY, living south Of
Piaintieid. captured a large chicken
hawk "A few DAYS ago. IL measures
nearly four and onc-half feet from tip
to tip
The t~wenty-first anniversary of the
old settlers and soldiers reunion will
w ~ At &u4htt WI ihal>.dts u u
gust Is Hons. Thos Hanna and j. c.
Robinson will be the speakers
Roy WAKEFIELD. aged 10. while play
ing with companions at Elwood. at
tempted to TURF a handspring from
an embankment His right leg doubled
under him. swapping IN two pieces
close up to his body.
THE Union steel plant, Alexandria.
employing 1000 hands. has started up.
H. J. COLLINS. colored. of Indianapo-
lis. was killed by an Erie train near
N~oblesville. lie is supposed TO have
fallen from the train
THE New Nonon shops at Lafayette
will be completed by September l.
MARX HELM. of Muncie. has been
elected superintendent Of the Eeming-
ton public schools.
Dr. ;. W. EDwrSs. Of Elwood. has
been appointed medical examiner Of
the Ind ana militia for Madison county.
Two ATHEISTS have been made az
Button for violating the Nicholson
temperance law-Elma Walbert. a
brother Of the ex-mayor. for permit