The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-16
INDIANA STATE NEWS.
MRS HESTER MONTGOMERY, the wom-

Harrison county, is now II. Jail at Cory
don. There is So little sympathy for
her that she will probably remain there
until court convenes. After the arrest
of Mrs. Montgomery DIR. Watkins be-
came her security. She then left for
Kentucky and on coming back To liar-
rison county was rearrested on an in
dictmcnt charging her with murder.
DIR. Watkins, who was indicted MS an
accessory, is now out ON bail. Frank
Watkins. son OF the murdered woman,
says his father will be prosecuted as an
accessory, The state charges that he
stood 10y while Mrs. Montgomery, who
was armed with club, struck Mrs
Watkins, and after she fell dubbed
her until she thought life was extinct.
Mrs Watkins died few days later
A STRANGER giving the name of Luz
Glen OLSON was arrested near DunkirN
in the act Of riding away with horse
belonging 10 Carl Manor.
At Marion. the other night, was in
auguratcd the "curfew" ordinance.
The huge whistle at the city water
works blew at o'clock and the young
BOYS and girls on the streets ut the
time knew what it meant and hurried
home No trouble has yet resulted
from the enforcement Of the ordinance.
The ordinance was the result OF the
efforts made by the w. G. L. u.
THE residence of Patrick Flanagan,
Muncie. was destroyed by fire few
nights ago during the family absence,
the result of the stovepipe slipping.
Patrick is a cousin Of Maj. Mckinley
Ar Leavenworth Mrs. Mary Cree
liens, while curling her hair, stuck the
red-hot curriers' into her left eye.
She was taken with spasms and for a
time it was thought she would die.
Dr. Shocklittle says, however, that he
hopes to ave the sight Of her eye.
The fourteenth annual reunion OF
the Seventh Indiana cavalry was held
at Union City the other day The reg
iment was raised 10y Gen- John I. {.
Shanks, of Portland.
AN old-fashioned barbecue was held
by the republicans at Greenfield. H.
Clay Evans, Congressman Dinglcy and
Congressman Johnson spoke. Ten OK
en-, so sheep. 500 chickens and 10000
buns were eaten
Posi- OFFICES in Indiana to be discon-
tinued after October IS: Dark Hollow,
Lawrence county; Sugar Grove, Iippe-
canoe county.
4 swAEM Of bees took possession of
Twells & Beamer's grocery store. Lo-
gansport. the other day. After driving
the propretors. clerks and customers
into the street they devourcd 20 pounds
of honey The bees held the fort three
hours. when they were driven out by
the fumes of burning sulphur.
AN electric wire set fire to the base
ment of the Circle Park hotel, Indian
apolis. As the fremen went into the
basement gas exploded enveloping the
men in flames and painfully burning
Fire Chief W ebster and Fireman Buck
Stahlman. The hotel was badly
smoked. and the guests hurriedly pre-
pared TO leave, but the fire was con-
trolled before it could spread to the
upper floors.
The Marion Flint-glass Co started
one furnace in its factory the other
day for the purpose of filing some or
ders recently booked. Union prices
are being paid.
JAMES COSTELLO. mem Der OF the
Leavenworth Soldiers home is now
at the Marion Soldiers home, badly in
iured by railway train while bum
ming his way to Washington. u. {.
ASI. O.. O. +. lodge was instituted at
Modoc. Rand olph county, the other
night. Farmland lodge did most OF
the work.
THE new three-story brick building
recently erected by the masons al
I Bridreport was burned the other
morning between 4 and o'clock. Loss
on building and contents, $1,000; in
sured for -, 800. The fire is supposee
To have been the work of an incendiary
Last March the frame building tina
stood on the same site was fired three
times before it was burned 1t is til,
general belief that the buildings wer'
fired by some one who was an enem.
TO the masonic fraternity or TO Mr.
Mills. who was occupying the groun'
floor OF the building with genera
store at the time of both fires
HARRY REAM, son of j. w. Rcam. o
Muncie. who has been studying for tn
Presbyterian ministry for three year
ut Hanover college. has become de
mented from typhoid fever. lie wan
dered away from home and can not b
found Before leaving Muncie he sen
home his overcoat and note contain
ing 81. all the money he had. He wa
an exceptionally bright young man.
THE post office at Rolling Prairie wa
entered the other night by burglars
who secured several hundred dollars
worth Of stamps and money. 1t issuI
posed that the work was done by CHI
cago crooks, and the police were asl<c
TO be on the lookout for them.
Ed FUNK, "A young man Of New An
sterdam. took dose Of poison the 9th
err night, from the effects OF which h
died next morning. He had been di,
appointed in love affair and took tn
poison with suicidal intent
a SUIT for $4,000 has been filed a
; Charlottesville against the Vandali
railway on account OF the death O
Robert 4. Fowler, who was the COZ
ductor killed by the Walnut For
trcstle giving away while an engin
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