The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-19
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

was visited the past week on an army
Of grasshoppers. which Is literally eat
ing up the crops. Whole fields OF hay
and corn have been taken by them
The damage amounts to thousands OF
dollars
A REMARKABLE instance occurred ~
Hagerstown. John Rowe, aged Is, the
father of sixteen living children ana
all but three attended his birthday an
niversary at his home near there.
There were ninety-hve relatives pres
ent.
SULLIVAN county reports the melon
| crop in excellent condition, but with
three fourths less acreage than last
| year.
DR. JosnvA ii. HESTER prominent
physician OF Hammond. sixty-seven
years OF age. committed suicide the
| other morning in his office. When dis
covered he was lying on the floor with
his coat thrown over his head. and was
apparently asleep. but on examination
il was found that the coat had been
saturated with chloroform and he was
dead.
THE Elwood Natural Gas and Oil
Co. of Elwood. has been sued for Sio.-
600. Jerry Claxton wants Sa5. 900 and
Charles Hand demands $4,000 for per
sonal injuries sustained.
Mr.. AND Mrs. josiah SkELT cele-
brated their golden wedding in Elk
hart
REV. HAYDEN RAyBrRN. Of Kokomo.
has married 1870 couples in the past
half century,
THE Studebakers at South Bend are
organizing fine band among their
employees
GoID brick swindlers have struck
Whitley county.
AT indianapolis Jacob Allen. a young
colored man, well known, the other
afternoon sprang off bridge into the
canal with suicidal intent. The water
was too shallow. but he continued 10
wade until he found n deep hole, and
then sank TO the bottom.
a WABAsmwoma has been bothered
by cat which killed her chickens.
and. not being able to induce any of
her male acquaintances TO kill it, She
caught the feline the other day. and,
holding il by the neck at arm length.
shot il full of holes with a revolver.
REV. OMEE OAKEs. of Wheeler, Por-
ter county, died the other morning.
aged 4j. \ singular coincidence exists
in the death of the Cakes family All
the mem bers. eight in number. so far.
have died on sunday. and the funerals
were held on Tuesday. The deceased
prophesied his death on that day last
Wednesday,
LIBBrE MOORE. aged iG years old, OF
Leo. refused to assist in washing the
breakfast dishes. and then, il is said.
she went to her room and attempted
suicide with rat poison.
BIG Four road has purchased IL acres
of land at Jacksonville, on which TO
erect the new shops.
WALTER LOWE. an employee Of the
American wire-nail works was badly
burned while cleaning out one Of the
mammoth boilers.
WHILE suffering from the effects OF
recent siege of sickness. Miss Rose
Ellars. living near Peru. ended her life
with morphine.
WHILE Charles Brothers was digging
a well Monday on the farm of Joseph
keppler near Wabash, the bucket
dropped on his head, crushing his
skull. He can not live.
The seventeen-year-old daughter OF
Daniel s'hannas, of Parke county, was
found beaten to death in the woods
near her home a few days ago.
neighbor. a married man Is suspected.
FRANK WArcoN. while painting his
residence north of Brazil, fell from q
ladder and broke his neck. killing hin
instantly.
New fourth-class postmasters com
missioned in this state: W. :. Fowler
Guy; Henry Howard. Phlex: W. ID
Boedeker. Voorhees,; w. ii. McCloskey
Youngstown.
AT Franklin while cleaning a shot
gun. the l3-vear-old son Of w. f. Hen
bricks accidentally touched the 'trig
ger. One of the shots struck son o.
Van West. who was standing near, ir
the hip producing a very dangerous
wound.
WEST INDIANAPOLIS citizens raise,
$500 for grand fireworks blowout OF
the evening of the Fourth.
CLAY CITY is reveling in concret'
sidewalks.
EprvBrEG IS angling for an anti-trus
starch factory.
Milk dealers at IT. Wayne have raise,
the price to eight cents a quart
SOUTH BEND has a brood of petit,
burglars.
CLAY county sheep are being killc'
by dogs.
AT Muncie Uncle Jimmy Stewart
aged %. died from the effects of falling
down steps, dislocating his hip.
AT Logansport, while bathing il
Eel river Albert. the li-ycar-old sol
Of Prof. Graham \. Berry, principal il
the Logansport public schools, wa
seized with cramps and was drowne'
in the presence of companions
INDIANAPoIIs was remarka bly, quie
the Fourth under the operations Of tn
Nicholson Temperance law.
THERE are $50 idle convicts in tn
prison south.
The Union steel Co.. Alexandria lie
, q contract for fifty houses TO be bull
near its plant.
MlpDrEBrRY has new hook and lad
der outfit and volunteer fire compan,
will be organized
A. Evansville. the other afternoon
Henry kirkcndall. aged 26 was kille'