The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06
INDIANA STATE NEWS

ana. Patches have been found covering
acres on many farms. Experts az Iur-
due university pronounce the weea a.
the most dangerous pest 10 farmers
in existence.
Ngs Emily pRircnfT. widow 81 inc
lafenr. John Pritchet. aged eighty-hve
wears, fell down stairs AT her home IN
Centerville. breaking her right MP
bone.
Ara festival at BRYANT Chanel. three
m lies southwest of Centerville. a buggy
whip thief was there and relieved
about fifteen buggies OF their WHIPS
and robes.
'rnouAs SHOEMAKER and Carl Gar
ret,. of Emison. while attempting 10
cross the railroad at Oaktown, i've
miles north of Emison. were struck
by south bound fast freight Shoe
maker was instantly killed and Gar
reit seriously injured. The buggy was
torn TO splinters. but the horse escaped
injury Shoemaker leaves wife and
one child in Harrison county.
AT Portland. Bracey Brothers and
McNair. of Chicago. railroad contract
ors, have brought suit TO foreclose that
lien Of SIS. 900 against the Cincinnati,
Union City 4 Chicago railroad. The
road has been hanging fire for four
years. and this late move will hasten
il one way or the other.
JONI H. SACRE. of Fayette county. Is
lying Mt the point of death from MUIR
les sustained on a barbed wire fence
while trying TO check runaway team
AT indianapolis Judge McCray, in
charging the grand jury few days
ago, directed a rigid investigation
into the attempt recently made by the
citizens of West indianapolis to lynch
a young man named Patterson The
latter was charged with criminal as
sault
JoHx FRIDAY. trustee of Center town.
ship. Vanderburg county, has brought
suit 10 recover 1920 which Christian W.
Kra,z, his predecessor. paid out for
Office rent buggy hire, etc. The
plaintiff claims that the law does not
warrant the expenditures made by de-
PENDANT
The long continued drought which
has prevailed at Elwood was broken
the other day by steady downpour OF
rain which will be worth thousands
of dollars to farmers The water FAM
inc is ended
The family of Walter johnson, OF
Richmond. were Frustrated by drink
ing milk which stood for several hours
in refrigerator which contained veg
etables. among other things. part Of
a rad
il involuntary poisoning due to tyro-
toxicon-
THE Madison county federation will
run a special train to Indianapolis on
the occasion of the Labor day demon
stration.
JACOB FExDRIcK. an escaped inmate
of Marion county asylum. was run
down by an east-bound passenger train
one mile west of Lebanon the other
day. and his body was crushed almost
beyond recognition.
The Postal Telegraph Co has begun
building its lines south from Terre
Haute to Evansville, and expect TO be
in operation BY the middle of Septcm.
Der The Long Distance Telephone Co.
has recently completed its line to the
same city.
ALTOGETHER fifty-one farms in Put
nam and Hendricks counties have been
quarantined against the CHAMBERS
MrxclE papers want bicyclers to gt
slow on the Streets. They complain
that there is too much fast riding.
AT Marion Joseph Lugar. father O
VIM. Lucar. the alleged assailant Of ar
old woman. swore out an atfidavi
against his son. charging insanity.
The bi,uminous miners Of the state
after a months suspension. have VOL
their point and the operators hav'
agreed 10 pay the 60-cent scale
JAMES DEyAx. an old man who doe
not believe in banks. was knocked
down the other day upon his farm
near Charlottesville, and 1920 takel
from him. Several months ago ne wa
also robbed Of nearly 500. the othe
day a man slipped up behind him an
hit him on the head with clut
knocking him sen-eless No clew =
the guilty party.
AeREAT building boom is reporte
lat Evansville
BEDFORD will be literally represent
ed at the Louisville encampment
TuE Columbus Stove and Range q
will locate at Cicero.
THE scarcity Of pasturage is causin
a butter famine at Noblesville-
WV. KELLER has escaped from tn
insane hospital at Long Cliff. and
thought to be following the Barnum
Bailey circus lie was injured when
young man while tumbling in a circr
ring. and was mad on the circus que
: ton.
. AT Noorefield the people expect
) large attendance at the annual eel
: bration. This has been held for man
{ wears. the attendance sometimes reacl
5 ing 5000 II is one of the best know
$ gatherings in the state Ii will be hel
August 81.
: JAMES EuRRrs. an old farmer livir
. three miles west of Lebanon. and BE
a Neese. IA years Of age. who also liv'
c in the same vicinity, had serio'
r quarrel at the formers home, in whis
; Burris was fatally stabbed.
0 A PETITION for rchearing in the Ro'
case has been filed in the supren
c court. 1t is claiNed that the new RI
I ing law is void.
Z A kokoMo girl baby. born recent
;; has the strange pedigree Of being Z