The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-11-20

J. +. CARPENTER. leading bicycle
dealer in Anderson. is being congratu-
lated on all sides by his ic,iow-busi'
ness associates. At noon the other day
Mrs Carpenter presented her husband
with triplcts-all sound, healthy, we'll
developed sons. and they are doing
well MIR. and Mrs Carpsni have a
daughter two years old. III ; is the
first case OF triplets having pesn born
in Anderson.
THE committee appointed by the
grand lodge |. q. o. f. has decided
upon the erection of n new grand
lodge hall building in indianapolis,
the same To he built on the site OF
the present hall. and 10 be nine sto-
rics in height. The estimated cost is
$500 900.
The returning tide of confidence in
business is already felt in ingalls,. All
the factories have started and are run
ming with increased force, while the
demand for the manufactured products
OF the different concerns is better than
it has been for months.
THREE weeks ago the corpse OF man
was found in IA haymow at Gasport.
Later it was Identified as Chas Foust.
of Martinsville. Foust has arrived at
Martinsville and was arrested on an
old charge. lie says he is sorry that
he is alive.
SEVERAL stores were burglarized Mt
Chalmers, White county. The post
office was entered, the safe blown to
pieces and money and stamps taken
amounting to ST.. The safe, which was
destroyed, was valued at $3.50. The
burglars made good their escape on a
hand-car, which they left near the
Wabash bridge in cornfield
The factory of j. w. Lunt & Co,
indianapolis. manufacturers OF desks
and furniture, was destroyed by fire.
Loss Si5, 600; insurance, $4,000
AT Crown Point, Charley Lathrop,
the horseman, bet Otis Cleveland ten
against $500 that Bryan would be
elected. The deed was made out aud
properly signed by Lathrop and his
wife, and with the $500 was placed in
the Commercial bank TO await the re-
suit. Since the election Mrs. Lathrop
took up the deed and refuses to let it
90 on the bet.
DIR A. ii. LAMBS, of Logansport,
d ed recently, aged 20 years lie was
the father of A. NJ. Lands, who
was secretary of the late Walter q.
Gresham, and C Il. lands, con-
gressman-elect from the Ninth district
of Indiana.
TIE large furniture factories, ear
riage works, fou ndries, machine shops
ana other manufacturing enterprises at
Connersville are preparing for the inn
mediate resumption of business after
having been practically idle for
months A large mum Der of employees
are affected.
IN a republican naradc at Red Kew,
George Laudeman, prominent silver
man, had to wheel Charles Kerner
through town in a wheeibarrow. John
Carter had 10 carry tin horn ten feet
long, and Charles Jones, who had won
his bet, footed for hours
THE Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing
Co., Jacksonville, has closed a con-
tract with the Sierra Madrid and Pa
cific railroad to build $50 cars and
number of cabooses Work on the con-
tract will be commenced at once.
AT his home, two miles from Lafon-
tame, on the old Miam: reservation,
Robt Pecongea. aged 50 years, the
head of the Miami Indian tribe in this
part of Indiana, dropped dead of heart
disease. He was not i'll minute be-
10 ltp Gel ~
his home. Deceased was a grandson
of Me- Shin-Go- Nj esia. the chief Of the
tribe for years. and brother of VIM.
Pecongea, successor to Me-Shin-Go-
Mesia-
Mrs. ISAAC lcKEs, of Noble town
ship, Jay county, met with terrible
fate the other evening. She is para
lytic and had been placed in front OF
the stove. where she could be more
comfortable, while the children went
out to look after the work. One of
them noticed light at the house, and
going back, found that the dress of
Mrs Icles had caught fire. and that
the clothing had been completely
burned off the paralyzcd woman, who
was unable to help herself in any way.
She can not recover.
PRESIDENT KNIGHT. of the Miners
State organization, and President Tai
ly, of the Operators association, both
say that something will develop in the
strike situation. Both sides had virtu-
ally agreed not to make an effort for
settlement until after the election, and
now some move is expected 10y either
side on the part of the ther.
INDIANIASs pensioned-O Original
James +. Jellcf, Indianapolis: Robert
n. Harding, Flackville; Abraham AL
len, National Military home. Addi-
tional-Amos Gilman, Newtonville.
Restoration and Reissue-John Kelly,
deceased, Mace; VIM Blair, deceased,
Hartsville. Increase Andrew West.
indianapolis; Richard :. II. Nation,
Huron; John II. Lynch, Huffman;
Michael Waybright, Goshen; barney
Green, West indianapolis; Farling Du-
vail, Spencer: Peter Dougan. Selvin;
Isaac Johnston, Schooner Point; Sam
uel A. Bunting, Vincennes. Reissue
John L. Fremont, Clarksburg; George