The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-21

burst and the heaviest rainfall for
many years. lasting over an hour.
Streets were ovcrfiowtd aud several
groceries on Harrison street We're
I Hooded. In the cellar Of the Fl Wayne
7 clubhouse water was one foot and a
half deep. An electrical storm prevailed
al the time and Mrs Frederick kayscr
and Mrs. William Leech were badly
shocked.
JAMES SElMorR. saloon keeper at
Roby, committed suicide The other
night hy shooting himself. \ love
affair was the cause.
A RESIDENCE in Anderson belonging
20 Geo K Root, Of Indianapolis was
destroyed BY fire. Loss $1,000.
TmE new Corydon oil Co. with cap
ital stock Of $4,000. has been organ.
izcd. and Will file is articles Of incor-
roraticn with the secretary OF state.
The company has large tracts of land
leasel in Wabash township. Jay coun-
II. and viii drill three wells imme Ii
atclv.
MIS- FANNIE GREEN. aged - years.
connected with The leading families OF
+ khart and its oldest woman resident.
died the other night.
AT a meeting OF LaPoite citizens
called by Mayor Carson recently. it
was decided 10 give a two days fire.
mans band and bicycle tournament in
that city October and :. Two thou
sand two hundred and twenty-five dol
lars VIII be given in cash prizes; en-
tries open 70 Ill.
a heavy wind storm did considera-
bic damage AZ Ninona Park. Warsaw
the other afternoon. The race track
grand stand was unroofcd The switch
back railway was turned completely
over and some large trees blown down.
No one was injured.
ELMO HAIL member OF Company +.
Indiana national guard. threatens to
sue the state for damages. While at
tending the recent encampment at In
dianapolis. he was taken very III from
exposure. and claims as result he j.
paraly zed in one leg.
Mrs SARAH HUDsoS, aged > years.
died al the home of John a.
Brown. ut Martin>ville. she was
the last OF one Of the families that frs,
settled in Morgan county. when the
Indians were yet plenty there. and has
resided in the county continually
since.
GARLAND TRAVIS, Of Pleasant town
ship. Laporte county. and William
Way. Of Laporte. were fishing in the
kankakce river and their boat was ac-
eide. tally overturned. Travis was IN
able 10 swim. and his companion en-
deavored To swim ashore with him. but
he became exhausted before reaching
shallow water and both were drowned.
Their bodies were recovered. They
were sons Of prominent farmers. and
were aged 20 and 3 years old. respect
lively
ARTuLUs Y. BARTHOLOMEW. aged -.
died al Valparaiso the other morning.
lie was a prominent republican and
had held many positions 81 trust.
FRANZ BAEGER. prominent butcher
OF Shelbyviile. disappeared. leaving
a note pinned to his ice chest. directed
% his wife and children. stating that
he was unable TO longer face his cred
itors.
The contract was let in Marion for
the construction of three new barracks
at the Marion branch of the National
Soldiers home. The contract was
awarded 70 Downs. Ready 4 Co. of
Connersville. who will erect the three
brick barracks for SOL 900. Each bar
rack j. supposed to accommodate 80
veterans When completed this will
make y barracks Tor the Marion
branch.
AMANDA HARTLEr. aged % wife OF
John J. Hartley. a well-known capital
ist and real estate man. died the other
night OF cancer. contracted under the
arm while in Europe two years ago
from a brrise sustained in bathtub.
After the funeral services the remains
were taken TO Mansfield. O.. for burial
DIR JAMES Il. >coTT. 40 years a resi-
dent OF Greentown, committed suicide
81 Alexandria. He was visiting AZ the
home Of his brother-in-law. Rev. Hen
~ Davis, and cut his throat with a
razor.
a CALI was issued the other day BY
j. : Ostrander. mayor OF Richmond.
for help for the flood victims. and a
special committee Of council members
has been appointed TO receive and dis
tribute all donations The council will
probably make an appropriation to-
ward the work also. The roads of the
county are in deplorablc condition as
a result OF the food. The enormous
damage Is just beginning to be seen
From every township in the county
comes serious reports. In some por-
tions % the county there are roads that
are entirely ruined. and weeks of hard
work viii be required 70 put them in
good condition. Ii IS believed that
more than 900 cElvcrts in the county
were either washed out or partly de-
stroyed. and eight or ten bridges were
moved from their abutments A very
heavy loss was sustained in the melon
district. south Of the city. where about
six hundred acres ofrmeloEs were swept
away.
WILLIAM ErMEACcH, a farmer living
six miles east 81 Albion. died from the
result 81 suustrcSc
THE old settlers Of Clifford. Wash.
ington and Liberty townships. Hen
bricks county met in fourteenth an.