The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-29

mOnths ago Smltn WAS repairing thc
wires when n pole broke and let him
fall.
MONTGOMERY pHARos, who was ar-
rested at New Castle and taken To
Huntington on the charge OF forgery.
was sentenced to the ~penitentiary for
two years.
MESsRs. HAYNES and Appcrson OF
kokomo have completed two motor
cycles of their own invention and will
start both Of them in the horseless
carriage race AZ Chicago Thanksgiving
day as competitors for the s., 900 prize
offered.
NEWCASTLE hunters report that pos
sums are plenty.
CLINTON county may put up cottage
ut the soldiers home.
REV. WILLIAM MURRAY, the cvangc-
list, who is assisting Rev. Mills, has
been holding n series of meetings at
Towards ship yards. J~effersonyille,
immediately after the noon hour. The
employees OF the ship yards were much
interested in the religious service on
Quoted in this unusual place. and the
scene during the meeting was a strange
one. Many of the men were moved to
tears by the minister's story OF his
early life, and the touching way in
whice he referred TO their homes and
mothers. Mr.. Mills conducted services
In the prison chapel Sunday, speaking
TO the $50 convicts.
THE doctors have decided to place Il.
j. Riley in a plaster of paris east from
49, l.e-- .. -. Al. p.1-. E. $40,
man who was riding on a hand al rand
broke his back. His sufferings are ter
rible, and it is necessary to administer
an@sthetics before he can be moved.
The three hundred employees of the
Great Western pottery works. of ko-
komo. have gone out pending a settle
mcnt of the wage question in the east.
The factory has closed down. and the
proprietors have gone east to attend
the conference Of employers and en-
ployes.
ANDERSON police are after people
who abuse horses.
kNIGHTsTowN is figuring on a new
theater. Stock company may build it.
MICHIGAN CITY is going to have a fox
hunt Thanksgiving. if it doesn't rain
hard.
A MORGAN COUNTY nan has 500 to
bet that he can peel the husks off 100
bushels Of corn a day.
The boiler in Samuel kelly's saw
mill. Columbia City. exploded the 9TH
err morning and killed Engineer Joseph
Allen and Frank Kelly. 1t is thought
the engineer built a fire under the
boiler without putting water in il.
The explosion occurred about one hour
after work was commenced.
The Union Trust Go. recently
took possession OF the stock of the
Monarch Grocery Co.. indianapolis. on
replevin dues. No statement SO far
has been made.
EN-" LUCE, of indianapolis. ate a
handful of crude opium because life
over a washtub had become unbear-
able. Saved.
WnLIAMCRATEI, of Laporte, has just
found his father, Morris Crater, at
Quincy, Mich, after a separation Of
25 years.
WM. FERGUSON. Of Morgan county.
was probably fatally injured by being
struck by a train on the Big Four near
Marshallsville.
ABSER YoSKER. of Noble county,
has celebrated his one hundredth
birthday. The centenarian is passion
ately fond Of pitching quota. and daily
engages in his favoritc sport.
ALBERT FIELDS. aged II. living north
OF Wakarausa, met n horrible death by
falling from a loaded wagon, breaking
his neck.
JAMES WILLIAMS. n water boy on "a
new building constructed at Indianap-
oils. fell from the Sc venth TO the third
floor the other afternoon, receiving in
juries from which ne soon after died.
JAMES LoUpIS, Of Hammond. has
been released from the Marion county
Jail, where he has been confined since
August on a charge of counterfeit
ing.
BLACK diphtheria is raging in Tip
ton county. Several deaths were re-
ported a few days ago. The country
schools are being dismissed. The NAL
ady is mostly confined to children.
MONTPELIER people are going to turn
the faucet next spring and the new
water works will do the rest.
WI. ii. EVANS, a veteran editor Of
southern Indiana, died at his home ut
Oakland City.
NOBLE county has granted a fran
chise to the Huntington. Columbia City
& Ligonier Electric railway.
The 25-barrel oil well developed in
the vicinity of Fortville is the property
of a private company.
Gov. MATTHEWS has selected Mayor
Thomas Taggart, DR.. j. l.. Thompson,
Col. William r. Holloway and Charles
X. Williams, Of Indianapolis; Gen. Lew
Wallace, era wfordsvillc; Hon. s. =.
Sherin. Lognnsport, and Hon. Arthur
". Brady, of Muncic. to act in con-
junction with himself and John II.
Holiday. Of indianapolis in selecting
a silver service for the battleship In
diana
Gov. MATTHEWS the other day par
doned James Rodgers, Of Jasper coun-
ty, convicted of attempted murder on
the testimony Of two tramps, and
Charles Bodcn, of Hamilton, found
guilty of shooting at a neighbour. In
both cases a review showed the ac-
cuscd were innocent
FRANK MATT.EY. an Qmploye Of tho