The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-04
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

ton II the state Teachers association,
which meets in Indianapolis December
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THE Marion F.ei; Jar and Bottle Co
has increased It's capital s,ock rom
so. COZ to sioo. 0Oo the increased capital
To 20 toward increasing cap1c4iy %.
works al Fairmont and Marion SIX
hundred men are now employed and
this force will be doubled AT least
LAST year the senior class ~ Earl
ham college introduced the custom
OF wearing caps and gowns, and this
wears class has decided 10 do the
same
JonS HAywoRrH. postmaster and Ad-
ans Express agent az Clifford. was ar
rested charged with embezzing si5A
WHILE two school girls were walking
along the streets of Greentcwn they
were accosted familiarity by travelling
man The girls. though alone had
their gri; with them They turned on
the man like tiger eats and began
gouring his eyes scratching his face
and tearing his clothing. The sur
prised stranger took 10 MS heels and
Quit the town on the first train
The Westhcld Gas co. brought into
service a new well. with n pressure OF
500 pounds The well j. two miles
southwest from Westfield. and Is per
tectlv dry. Ii is the second new well
in that immediate vicinity, which was
hitherto undeveloped An abundant
supply OF natural gas IS thus assured
to Nestfcld and vicinity
WHES Gov.-elect Mount was II Coates
college the other day. attending q
meeting OF the board OF trustees. the
board decided to make an effort next
spring TO raise 500. Oco. half OF which
is 10 he used on buildings and half for
an en- dowment- \ committee OF which
Gov elect Mount is member was APP
pointed 10 make plans for the work OF
raising the money
THE Ohio plate glass factory. at
Arcadia. Is not in operation owing
20 strike among the employees The
management desired the men TO return
10 work at the old scale Of prices. on;
they refused and demanded an advance
first. of ten per cent. then of seven per
cent
BES JOHNSON. colored. was jailed q;
Brazil on charge of wholesale theft.
which covers a period of two years
The charge was preferred by A * l.
Mcintosh. general merchants A
wagon load OF valuable goods were
found.
BURGLARS entered the clothing store
OF NJ T. Phillips & Co. E.wood. and
succeeded in carrying away large
amour; of the stocx and made iheil
escape. The loss may reach $500
COLLIN CARTER was sentenced a
Nashville 20 one year in the peniten
tiary FOR stealing and butchering !
sheep
CITIZENS OF Logansport were startle'
by a young woman who smoked cigar
cites on the streets and k.-sed p-des
TRANS She proved - te Frank >Asu
. ner. who was paying an election bet
IHE ten-year-old son OF Henry Rath
ert. a machinis. IN the Pennsylvanl
, shops. TT Wayne. was run over by al
electric car on Calhoun street and IN
{ siantly killed. The body was cut i
, two. He was running across The stree
to avoid carriage. and ran Oh II
: track in front % the car.
: SPlDrE HUDDERsoN. = convict in III
|. JeffersonviIle penitentiary. spoke III
other DAY after having played dea
and dumb for five years
j. W FREEMAN. one OF the mos
prominent business men o. Blufftor
u committed suicide the other mornin
By firing a revolver bullet into ii
q heart in bed A few minutes previot
70 firing the fatal sno. Mr. Frccna
. arose from his bed. procured a revoivs
from a bureau drawer and returned I
: bed Ills wife was aroused BIZ the {,
O. plosion aud found that he had fred
~ 2a-calibre bullet directly into his hear
diving within n few minutes VI
n Freeman has been engaged in the dru
4 and stonequarry business IN BiuffrC
D. for 25 years During the last two
= three years he has been a student
re spiritualism and his mind becan
DR. slightly unbalanced
n. A. G GREEN. a well known produc
IN Of registered Essex and Suffolk hog
residing four miles southwest OF Wi
ne chester has recently lost over SIS
r worth OF swine. among the number h
ing some of the finest individuals
j. his herds The disease seems TO
III something new The members os Il
" herd afflicted are observed TO I
be fuse food and become bloated-
medicine will give relief. and they SO
Of begin TO swell and in little time a
m. 4ead- There Is also good deal 81 h
he c.solera. especially in the sou:hws
m. part o. the county. where Mr.. Geor
-es II. Bright. of Modoc. lost li2-
m, TBK business portion 81 Center Poi
,rd was destroyed by an ireendiary fire
few nights ago
ny PERRY bullet, prominet you
as farmer of Porter county while ru
o.. ming a corn-hu>king machine had
elk right arm caught in the machiner
res drawing il in The machine had to
taken apart TO release him
ed ASA kISDLEy. a young genius
IT, New Holland. mas devised a bot
as which can be filed but once. and |
Dol which ,'.e glass manufacturers of I
country have offered a consiterat
ed sum. The bottle has a double net