The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-03

= ~hcu requested lie alleges that Il
was appointed for four years and tha
. his discharge was a violation OF ia
(, contract The city council asserts tina
+ he was subject e. cmoval. aud allcg,
|, incumpetency as the cause Of his Iii,
: charge.
TnE $500 damage suit of Adar
( Hir>ch. jr.. OF Winchester. agains
/. Henry Rowan. Of Elwood. on charg
E of alienation of Mrs llirsch's affc,
I tons. has been compromised.
, DANIEL Hill aged IS. well know,
pioneer and one of the wcaithicSt mel
! Of the vicinity Of Elkhart died sudden
~ of heart failure the other night H.
| was The father Of Warren q. Hill. on
, OF the leading business men Of North
. ern Indiana. and who has been calle,
! home from his wedding trip 10y hi
fathers demise.
W. A. FARMER formerly one of tn,
best known travelling men in Centra
Indiana, died at Green castle the Other
day. of a complication Of diseases. IIs
travelled for many years for HUMAN 4
Co. Of Terre Haute. but of late wears
was in business in Greencastle
Co>slnERABLE excitement has result
ed from the striking OF small fiow Of
OIL three miles northeast OF Muncie in
well which was being drilled To Sc
cure gas oil was struck at depth Of
$50 feet.
The Crystal clubhouse on the Kan
kakee river near Valparaiso. owned bv
Pittsburgh parties. was DESTROYED by
fire together with contents Loss.
$4,000.
FRED kAYLoR, farmer living near
Glenwood. Rush county. while intoxi-
Gated. attempted to board the east
bound passenger train on the c.. III. 4
l. railroad at Nashville, and falling. his
head struck the platform. breaking his
neck. and instantly killing him.
ANDREW DEGoLYER and Riley Degol-
yer. brothers. arrested at Windfall.
charged with burglarizing the store Of
James Cole and the grocery and notion
store OF A. ii. Zehner, were released.
rs there was not enough evidence TO
hold them.
l.. j. MAS. the district organizer OF
the typographical union. has orga nized
union in Elwood. including all the Of
fees John Larkin was elected presi.
dent
JOSEPH TiNNoSs. leading politician
OF Benton county. committed suicide
by shooting himself with a shotgun.
Financial trouble had unbalanced his
mind
By vote of 5s4 TO as6 Nishaxaka
the other day refused to adopt a city
government. The voters are jubilant
over the result, as hard fight was
predicted
MARSHALL BENEDICT and George
Crull. Of Curtisville. Upton county.
were jailed the other day on charge
OF disturbing religious services.
Two hundred and fifty indictments
have been found in DanvilIe against
druggists for violating the law prohib-
ing the sale Of liquor.
The Tribe of Ben-Hur. with head.
quarters at Charlottesville. has reached
1000 membership
GEORGE MCCORMICK was cut on the
scalp during a fight over cards at Alex-
andria- Fourteen stitches were re.
quired TO close the wound.
EPH DAVIS. Of Columbus. who was
shot by Doc Wittig. has died Of his
wound Wittig was held to sis. 900 bail
and went back 10 Jail. wittig's par.
en's reside in Michigan.
ABRAHAM LIFE. veteran soldier Of
Farmland. who lost his right arm dur-
ing the war. is suffering from a pecu.
iiar affiiction that is pulling the doc
tors A few months ago his right leg
began 10 shorten. and il is now five
inches shorter than it used to be.
The Chicago & Nashville limited on
the Chicago n Eastern Illinois. which
eft Terre Haute at $40 o'clock the 9th.
n morning for Chicago. ran into an oil
tank car at Hillsdale. The oil was
gnited and for time il was thought
he train would be burned. The pas
'engers were badly shaken up. but no
me was injured The engineer and
1reman jumped before the collision.
he engine was almost DESTROYED
Go W. SNYDER. aged -. fell at his
aome in Charlottesville. a few day,
'go. and broke his hip. He is a well. !
inown resident of that place. where he
las lived many years and where he has
'cen postmaster. an editor and a Jus.
Ice Of the peace. lie has also resided '
i jamestown and veedersburg. where
he edited papers
The new brick schoolhouse at Sara. e
oga. Randolph county. was DESTROYED
y fire. O
The American Tin Plate company at q
.lwood. about April will increase the .
wages OF the men employed on the
oating gang from si.l5 to si.4O per
ay =
oSE of the most successful REVEALS
the history of the Friends church at
Winchester has just closed. The meet. =
ng was conducted by Esther Frame !
nd her husband. During the meetings !,
ne number converted and reclaimed !,
as fully one hundred J,
IHE office at Shawswick. Lawrence :,
punty. has been discontinued Mail N
oes 10 Erie. 1,
A NUMBER of business men were =.
overly taken in at Valparaiso by q n,
iiscd check swindler the other night. !,
ne and two dollar bills being raised TO I,
p and $50. The work was finely done II
al was only discovered when they a.,
ere deposifed nj han