The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-12

signed.
INDIANAPOLIS ministers are Preach
ing against sunday base ball.
Gov. MATTHEWS appointed John +.
Cass, of Valparaiso, judge of the new
superior court of Lake, Porter and La
Porte counties.
The Sheridan brick works. which
recently burned, will be rebuilt mt
once, with capacity of 80 900 a day.
The employees OF the Kelly AK works,
ut Alexandria. zoo in number, have
gone on strike because the company
prohibited the formation of union
among them.
SEVERAL houses were blown down in
Lawrenceburg, by an explosion OF
powder in stock. The loss was about
$4,000, but no one was hurt
II. 7. SAHoET, near Wabash. has eve
which. on January, 10 dropped lamb.
On March IS. two months and eighteen
days later she gave birth to two lambs,
both Of them very small, but healthy
and risky. Breeders say they have
never known of parallel case.
koKoMo Odd Fellows have decided
TO erect a $4,000 building the present
season. Other business buildings,
costing in all about $4,000. will also
go up this year.
THE beech trees throughout Wabash
county are dying. Many of them.
farmers say, will not put out leaves
tins spring. owing to the extreme dry
weather. The young trees are suffer
ing more severely than the old ones.
ADoIrH HERMANN, n young man of
Brownstown, is the possessor of an old
and valuable violin The instrument
is of very antique make. an inscription
in Latin conveying the intelligence
that il was made in the year 1916. by
Germonius, an old maker of violins at
that time. The instrument is one of
rare tone. and weighs only thirteen
ounces. Hermann contemplates sell
ing il to some collector Of rare fiddles.
FIRE destroyed the large stock barn
belonging TO Samuel lialdeman, of
Wakarusa. together with contents and
four valuable horses. Loss on barn.
SO. 500: no insurance. Loss on harness.
81. $50; insured for $3.50 in the Ohio Live
Stock and Rockford Mutual.
AT Shelbyville William Dean played
the good samaritan act to chap
named Simms. The latter returned
evil for good by stealing si40 from his
benefactor.
MARION Soldiers home inmates are
besieged with grip. over one hundred
vets are hors de combat for a time.
A pHANTAscoPE for photographine
objects in motion. has bcel lvented
by c. +. Jenkins. of Richmond.
FIVE hundred head of cattle are be
ing fed by the Columbus starch works
for shipping purposes
A koKoMo man. ID. +. Cook has in.
vented n continuance on the plan of the
''penny-in-the-slot" machines, by which
stamps, postal cards, newspapers or
anything of the kind may be obtained
by inserting coin.
JAY kEHRIEs, aged twenty-eight
who was deserted by his wife, went to
Michigan the other day and attempted
to bring about a reconciliation. He
was unsuccessful and returned home
to Goshen much broken in spirit The
other night pistol shot was heard in
the direction of his home, but no at
tention was paid to it, aid not until
next morning was the body found.
His clothing had caught fire from the
pistol shot and his body was badly
burned The fire was then communi-
Gated TO the fence, which was burning
when found.
OVER 100 guests who attended
wedding in Brown county. says an ex-
change, contracted measles from the
best man.
THE case against John ladders for
obstructing the railroad during the
strike last summer, was up for trial
the other day in the Sullivan circuit
court. The jury, after brief consulta-
ton. returned verdict for the defen-
dant The trials OF the others charged
with the same offense will 90 over I'M
til the June term.
GEo. REYNOLDS. young man about
20 years old, committed suicide at
Worthington. the other morning. by
He left several letters. but gave no
reason for the rash act. a sad fea-
ture of the case is that the dav of his
death was to have been his wedding
day.
In runaway accident at Peru. few
days ago. Mr.. and Mrs. T. Stout and
Israel Minnie were dangerously and
probably fatally injured The run
away was caused by a dog barking at
the horses.
The discovery Of a rich pool Of oil
south Of Portland, and the opening up
of good territory northwest in the last
few days has added new life to the oil
business. and has given the Jay county
oil field another boom. Forty-fivc new
wells are being drilled.
PROF. w. w. BORDEN, OF jefferson
vile, has received from York. Eng,
set of Audit on's Birds Of America"
consisting of four volumes Of paintings
and five of text and descriptions The
cost was sl,l23. and Prof Borden
claims it TO the only set in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS capitalists will incor-
porate the franklin foundry and ma
chine works.