The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-25
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

berger stabbed >turm i'm the neck with
penknife seyering the jugular vein.
The boy was arrested.
Mrs. GRACE DoLAN, the woman who
shot and killed Henry Jackson, the
Negro who tried TO enter her home on
North Liberty street, Indianapolis,
on December 10. and who was charged
with murder, had preliminary eN-
animation in police court the other
morning. A number OF witnesses on
both sides were examined. and IL re-
suited in the discharge of the prisoner.
/ DIR. l.. COREY. of Van buren,. one OF
the oldest as well as one OF the best
known physicians in the county, died
the other night He had been n resi-
dent of the county since 1899 and was
"A prominent member of the Grant
County Medical society.
WILLIAM SUrnERIIN has tcen ar
rested at Knox charged with the muir
der of Ed Fetters, his late partner in
the horse dealing business. Fettcrs is
the man whose body was found buried
with the carcass of mule the other
day.
CHARLES W. FISK, "A prominent bust
ness man of Logansport, and formerly
an active democratic politician, died
the other morning of apopleNy, aged
81 years.
HENRY Z. JOHNSON, postmaster at
Kappa, Howard county. is dead aged
49, A week ago he went to koI<om 10
visit his mother, Mrs. : L. johnson,
and while there was taken suddenly
i'll, complication of diseases tcrmin- =
ating in death.
Ir has developed that the postmaster
at Atlanta. four miles south of Upton.
who was removed from Office the other
day by a post Office Inspector. who
found a shortage in his accounts
on the election.
AGENTS OF the Cuban junta are ac-
lively at work in northern Indiana
mastering recruits for service in the
insurgent army. The statement is
made that within the last ten days
company of 100 young men had been
secretly recruited in northern Indiana.
The Cuban junta has esta blished
several recruiting offices in this state
and an effort will be made to take ut
least 1000 men from Indiana to fight
for Cuban independence. The central
recruiting office was opened in Indian
apolis recently with DR.. +. l. Wright in
charge. The other offices are at Evans.
Vile. Terre IIaute, Fort Wayne. Koko-
mo and Anderson. DIR. Wright tells
the men who call upon him that the
junta advances the money TO take the
men to Cuba and furnishes them arms.
The pay for cavalry and infantry
troops is SOP month, and for artillery
service SIT a month Each man is TO
be credited with three months pay in
advance. out of which his expenses un-
til he reaches the seat of war will be
paid.
TAYLOR DEITY, the candy dealer at
POI Massachusetts aveVue, who came
to indianapolis from Cincinnati five
weeks ago, and who took laudanum
the other night, died.
IRAN STOUT, a pioneer of Orange
county, was buried the other day, aged
So. He was born in Orange county,
North Carolina, in ls0s, and came TO
Orange county, this state. nine years
later. He was the head of large and
influential family, there being six chill
dren. 40 grandchildren and % great
grandchildren. His sons. John T. and
Amos Stout, are well-known merchants
and bankers in Paoli. John Il. Stout
was delegate to the St Louis conven.
ton.
Hon. s. y. SHEERIN and S. Il. Nc.
Connell have been selected to repre-
sent Logansport and its commercial
club in the indianapolis convention OF
January IL.
AT Columbus Samuel Beckstadt has
sued Tunis Nading for $500 damages
for attempted bribery. 1t is another
suit growing out of the many election
cases of last November.
OK January the chief office of tie
Irondale Iron and Steel Co. of Middle
town. will be removed to Richmond.
and G A. Laughlin, who has charge
of the Office. will 90 with it. Rich
mond capital is interested in the plant.
ATTORNEYS for the Central Trust Co.
of New York. and James Murdoch. OF
Lafayette. filed bill of complaint the
other morning with the clerk of the
federal court at indianapolis. asking
for the appointment of receiver for
the Louisville. New Albany & Chicago
tNlonon) railway and the foreclosure
of mortgages held by the complain
ants.
THE Dubois county Farmers Insti.
tute held "A profitable two days session.
T.. NJ. c. Hobbs. of Washington county,
and 7. +. Bowles Of Hamilton county.
were the instructors In the recrgan-
ization Samuel ii. Stewart, OF ireland,
and Sebastian Anderson. chairman of
the republican county central commit
tee, of Ireland, were reelected presi-
dent and secretary respectively.
The county commissioners over
stepped an established precedent and
granted Maurice Fesser the privilege
of operating a pool and billiard table
in his saloon, at Bluffton, and Fred
Baldwin lunch counter privilege.
thus inaugurating wide open policy
for that city, in direct opposition to
the wishes of a ma jority Of its citi.
zens The board is being severely CEN
aured