The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-20

al the state prison south. in Jefferson
willie. the other day. There are within
the prison forty-four unfor'unates vet
Grams who once wore the blue but now
wear the stripes. All OF them have
heavy sentences. and several of them
are in for murders that were commit
ted under the influence OF drink. but in
the heart Of each there is still love
for his countrys flag.
ALA.oE acreage OF rye is being put
| out by Wabash county farmers. treble
or quadruple that ever sown before.
The " heat crop OF the county was
ire failure this year. while those who
sowed rye had good yield, and the
grain sold for almost as much as
wheat
AIARGE number OF orphans from the
Cincinnati Orphans home have been
placed this wear in families in the Vi
.i.is, of Moores Hill. Another dis
tribution took place there few days
ago
LEW H. DAVIS. of Wabash. was pas
senger on the Graham x Norton lake
vessel City OF Louisville, which was
struck by lightning while in midlake,
between Chicago and Benton llarocr,
the OF her morning. Mr.. Davis was in
mis- berth asleep. but the terrific shock.
which stunned all the officers on duty.
awakened though il did not seriously
affect him. Twelve feet Of the fore
mast of the Louisville was torn on Ly
the fire. and the deck was developed IN
fire.
AT Elwocd. James Cottrells Swear
old son found four-ounce bottle OF
carbolic acid and camphor Imminent
and drank lot of it. The mouth,
throat and stomach we're burned raw,
and the child may not recover.
JOSEPH BENNETT fell from third
story window at the Lake Erie house,
Lafayette. and his skull was crushed
by contact with the brick-pa court
below. He had been drinking the
night before. He was one-armed
peddler and a stranger there
THE officials of the Marion county
Jail frustrated an attempt al jail deliv-
cry which, if successful, would have
released two murderers now awaiting
trial. two burglars and other noted
criminals.
A. L. MARTIN. of Kokomo. has been
made a guard at Prison North.
The Wabash river rose nine feet dur.
ing that awful storm the other day
Near Rich Valley thousands of fish
are lying dead on the banks of the
Wabash.
The state board of health has been
looking into Evansville's typhoid fever
epidemic.
INDIANAPOLIS Retail Clerks Unicn
is growing and now has about l25
members
SAMUEL HUNTER. farm hand living
near Cross Plains. came in contact
with vine of wild ivy. The poison
inoculated his system. lie has already
become blind. and is suffering from
blood poisoning. which it is feared will
result fatally.
PosTMAsTERs were commissioned the
other day as follows: Alien Creek,
Monroe county. l. J. Conner; Moberly,
Harrison county. j. II. Schuck: Pur-
cells. Knox county. Samuel Byers
NEARLY $500 students are enrolled
for the fall term of the normal school
at Valparaiso.
ELDER A. L. CAIN. Martinsville. has
accepted a call to the Thornton Chris
tian church.
ACHIcAGo firm has purchased SIS. DOC
of Jay county FIVE per cent. bonds at q
premium OF SECS.
IT is reported that many wealthy
men are behind the movement to estab-
lish a college at Lincoln City.
The bricks OF the old Petersburg Jail
will be used in laying pavements
around the courthouse
JomS MURRAY. a glassblower. at
tempted to effect an entrance TO the
house of Mrs Ellen simpson. "A woman
living in Cicero She warned him 10
keep away, and while endeavoring "a
force open door she shot him in the
head and breast. One of the balls
lodged in the lungs. infiicting an in
Jury from which he can not recover.
AT the reunion of the Pearson fam
ilv held few days ago at Wabash,
there were three hundred persons
present. fifty of them being members
OF the Million family, living in Cass
aud Carroll counties Addresses were
delivered by Rev. Hartley. Mrs Frances
Jenkins, Of Kansas City, and d. w
Fowler. of Wabash.
ELDER A. l.. CAIN, of Martinsville
has accepted the passionate of the Chris
tan church OF Thorntown and will gt
at once to take charge.
AFARMER near Goshen sold 90 fine
watermelons for s.
THE celebrated Nicholson bill ha,
knocked out FIVE saloon-keepers il
Gibson county. All will appeal 4
higher courts
Ar Brazil Miss Ida Jolbcrt was sc
verely shocked and her horse killed
by a live wire, which the horse step
ped on.
Gov. MATTHEWS and his staff arr
pcrfecting arrangements for going e
the dedication of Ckickamauga battle
field.
ANDERSON is the place for the stat,
celebration of Labor day next year
The United Glassworks at Orestc
are TO start Up September 81 with I
full force OF 500 hands
john H. AUsTREw was fatally injure,
The other day in a fall of slate in tn,
First avenue coal mine. Evansville.
AT Evansville a large number Of cx