The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-25
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

number Of people TO Richmond on Oc-
tober is the annual German day, OBJ
served by the Germans OF eastern In
diana and western Ohio. Arrange
ments are now being made for the
by the railroads.
Rev. n. DUBOIS WILLIAMSON died at
South Bend. aged ~ lie performed
7s1 marriage ceremonies and oiiiciated
at 9i3 funerals in that city alone. lie
was the late Vice President Colfax's
pastor and preached his funeral
A sIX-YFAR-oLD lad named kopinski.
Of South Bend, died from lock jaw. due
TO rusty nail puncture.
Mrs. SARAH SIMMER, "A well-xnown
lady of Elwood, has become n raving
maniac over religion, and threatened
10 kill the neighbors and members Of
her family. She was placed in jail for
safe-keeping.
The son of Daniel shearer. of Wa
bash, was killed by log rolling over
him. He was assisting in loading logs
when. one broke away and fell upon
him. producing injuries which caused
death in an hour
THE annual reunion of the ex-sold-
iers of Jay county was largely at
tended. The following officers were
elected. President John w. Heading
ton; secretary, Levi l.. Gilpin; assist
ant secretary. William Green.
CHARLES SCHoLL. better known as
'Nobby' Seholl, well-known horse
man, droppe dead from heart disease
at his home in Beech Grove Park, near
Madison. the other day while rocking
his baby TO sleep.
MATTHIAS ENGLF. 45. residing at st.
Joe, had his back broken 10y a runaway
team the other morning. He will die.
TRACES of gold have been discovered
in the VIM. Bryant farm, five miles
southwest of Bedford
EARLHAM college, Richmond, has
opened and the prospects for a large
attendance are excellent.
Will BURKE. Richmond boy who
graduated from Rose Polytechnic in
stitute, at Terrc Haute, last spring.
has been made assistant professor in
chemistry in that institution.
ORA McMEANs, of Richmond. has
been given the position OF junior pro-
fessor Of free hand drawing and ply
steal director at Rose Polytechnic insti-
tute, Terra Haute. Hcgraduated from
that institution the past year.
The grand jury inspected the county
jail at Logansport and will condemn it.
The Jail was found to be in a most I'M
healthy condition. owing to defective
sewers. The board OF health's atten-
tion has been directed to the matter.
and it is expected that n new jail will
be built
Ar Evansville Mrs. Luther King,
aged 81, committed suicide by shooting
herself through the head with flobert
rifle. She has been in bad health for
several months, and believing she
would never be again well became in
sane.
AT Lafayette Timothy c. Harring-
ton has been reappointed fireman
Waterman in the public building.
AT Shelbyvffle John Jessup was
gored by vicious bull the other
He can not recover.
INFORMATION reached Elwood few
days ago that Ed Porter, well known
young musician of that city, was killed
at Ewing, Ky, last Friday, while at
to board a train. lie was /
mangled and was killed in /
lie was quite popular here,
and his tragic ending causes much re-
gre, among his friends
AT Newcastle, viii Wiseman, a pre-
viously intelligent young man, aged |
about 80 years. became violently in
sane, and was the terror Of the neigh
borhood for "A time. lie tore all the
from his body and it required !
the efforts of four stout men TO re-
strain him. The other day he escaped !
and was chased ten miles before he
could be captured and brought to Jail.
The cause oil his sudden insanity is sup
posed to be due TO studying over reli.
gion.
The sudden death is announced oil
Mrs Hannah Singer, the wife of Hon
VIM. w. Curry, well known all over
Indiana. Mrs. Curry died early the
other morning at her country home,
Oak Crest, near Washington. She was
go years old. Mr.. Curry was away
from NOME dt Nut lliut VI HtT utaln.
having entered actively on the cam
paign.
The brick works of Leach & Co, Ko-
komo, were partially destroyed by
fire the other morning. Loss, $40
insured.
IycENDIARIEs made n second attempt
within two months to burn the town of
Falkland. The torch was applied to the
meat-market building of Orrin Crum,
which was destroyed, with contents, as
well as the building adjoining.
AT Carthage, Samuel, the 12-year-old
son of John Hercules, fell from a
wagon loaded with tomatoes and was,
1t is thought, fatally kicked by horse
THE old soldiers of Montgomery
county have organized under the name
of the Montgomery County Veterans !
The officers are Alexander
Scott. president; J. w. Clemson. vice
presidcn,; w. II. Webster, secretary
and treasurer. The next meeting will I
be held on October 10, 1897.