The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-10


health.
AT Nalpara iso Willis L. Priest. aged
IS. "A prominent farmer, died suddcnl,
the other morning. lie leaves an estat,
valued ~ over 500. o0o.
THE common council of South BEND
will order that all electrical wires b,
placed under ground 10y Julyl.
TnE First baptist church. Of Valpa.
raise. has extended call To Rev. Wm.
4. Randall. of Boone. Ia.
rHE next North Indiana Methodist
conference viii be held ut kokomo one
year hence
I'nE Elwood baseball club. which for
several years has won the amateur
championship Of the state. has been re-
organized. and will bc under the man
agement Of Ollie Hoffman. who is an ex.
pert manager strong battery has
been secured. and the club will have
the finest park in the state, as the new
fair grounds have been leased for the
purpose, and will make "A grand ball
park. The club will make great
fight for the amateur championship
again. and issues challenge 10 all
comers-
HAYDEN ARMSTRONG, who resides
with his mother Catherine Armstrong.
ten miles north Of Shelbyville became
suddenly and violently nsa ne the other
morning and attempted to murder his
mother with an AK. The mother was
chased over the premises and fell cx-
hausted just as neighbor caught the
son and disarmed him. Mrs Arm
strong is in critical condition.
IL shelby township. shelby county.
the other morning. the clothing Of
Mrs. Amelia Monroe. aged 50 years. be-
came ignited while standing before an
open fireplace. Before the flames could
be extinguished she was SO badly burn.
cd that She died.
LONG petition from Anderson was
sent 10 Gov. Bradley. Of Kentucky.
praying for executive clemcncy in be-
half of Robert Rich. who was recap
tured at Anderson some weeks ago and
returned TO prison in that state Judge
Alfred Ellison. Mayor Dunlap, sheriff
Storr and hundreds of well-lxnown citi-
zens OF Anderson signed the petition.
MrNcIE officers have discovered two
dollar bills which have been passing as (
ten-dollar bills The bills have been
altered with pen and ink.
The celebrated divorce suit al Ieb. \
anon of Michael Hessian against Mar
garet Hessian. was decided in favor of
the defedant. and she was given 81 900
alimony.
Tony SAGsrETTER. of Wabash. as
saulted Albert Wigner. about his own
age. with stone breaking the tenn
poral bone and making "A fracture
" hich the surgeon fears may result
fatally. The attack was unprovolseL.
il is said. sagstc,tcr has been taken
into custody
HAD 1t not been for prompt medical
assistance there would have been
wholesale deaths from poisoning of the
six members OF Widow MARY Nissalink's
family at Terre Haute. The mother
went on visit 10 Baker Strubbes FAM
ily' and left the house in charge of her
'idest daughter. Mary. IN preparing
he MONDAY meal Mary fried some
iver and rolled it in what She supposed
vas Hour. The stuff proved TO be a
composition OF flour and rough on rats.
which the mother had prepared for
nice. The children all ate the liver
nd 1t took the doctors all day TO get
hem out of danger.
The Paoli Mineral Springs hotel has
pened its doors The hotel building '
5 a four-story. s0-room structure. with
lie floor, electric lights steam heat
ot and cold water. elevator. every {
ind OF bath. etc Col. Amos stout Is |
he manager a
MRS SARAH ScHELL. five miles from
'orth Mynchester. Wabash county. q
led the other morning of old age. She 7
ENG in her eightieth year For four j
ears she has been con ii ned to her bed. n
lrs schell came to Wabash county &C
ears ago.
AMELIA MONROE. aged 50. died a, D
helbyville the other night from thc
nects OF burns received several nights
efore. :,
lie other evening at O'Clock for G.
ne nrst time shady Childers, aged -. a
nj Mrs Amanda Winters. aged a. \,
e, al the home of the former in Har. al
son township. Delaware county. and Ia
ext evening. just "a hours later ~
quire Gray. of Muncie. united them So
marriage. The brides home Il IN IL
reene county. near bloomfield. She hi
me 70 Delaware county several DAYS s.,
- 20 visit her son, who had married n m
'ughter of Mrs Celia Coone. her chill. 81
en- nearest neighbor The two vo- an
en- visited the old gentlemen tho 70
her evening. Five minutes after their
rival he was Informed that the visitor
= a widow, and a proposition for
,uhlhg was at once made and accent. -
. Inc groom's wife died six months
= after a married life Of 40 wears.
Z no children had been born TO them. ~
rs winters has been a widow for "a Gu
airs Mr.. Childers owns a farmland NC
extremely agile for n man of his IN
E. The groom had out men on horse io
ck' inviting the neigh bors To toe pres Gu
I. and over 100 persons witnessed the an
doing ceremony. ~
'corr SiSk. Of Ohio county. was par- ~ ~
ned BY the governor a few DAYS 40
&c. ne was serving a tivc-year SEN n'
ice for attempted murder. ere
DIN WILHELM. tobacco merchant ~
Huntington, assigned few DAYS =
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