The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-31

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FLOYD county, al noon the other day
killed his wife by shooting her with
n rifle and then committed suicide with
the same weapon. No cause - known
-Four children are left. the eldest 10
wears cid and the youngest five Mil
Ter until year ago was mechanic IN
Louisville when he purchased ia IN
two miles from Grcenville.
REV. ALEXANDER posEY. pastor OF
the second NJ. +. church tcoloredl. was
stricken with paralysis while preach
ing at Nashville.
A PARTY Of Italians employed al
Kenneth stone quarries. Logansport-
became involved in fight the other
afternoon. Knives. stones and clubs
were freely used. and Antonio Canova
was probably fatally stabbed with a
butcher knife. His assailant was
Greek. aud he is held 10 await Canova's
injuries.
THE democrats of Hammond opened
the campaign the other night with "A
ratification meeting. at which Hon H.
f. shively. candidate for governor. was
the principal speaker. He spoke for
over two hours and devoted most Of
the time TO silver
ONE of the most terrible rain storms
that ever visited the vicinity of Brazil
ragged for over three hours the other
evening. Many of the principal streets
overfiowed with water. small creek
which passes through the center of the
city was swelled TO enormous proper
tions and flooded numerous houses.
forcing the occupants To flee or escape
20 higher quarters Many We're hauled
out in wagons. and frequently boys
and men could be seen floating in the
raging waters on driftwood. Immense
damage was done TO property. bat as
yet no lives have been reported lost
AT South Bend A. A. Hubee. jewel
er's clerk. was sandbagged and robbed
by two men early the other morning
while on his way home. lie lay in an
unconscious condition several hours be-
fore found. lie will recover.
The Standard Oil Co. is dropping the
prices of the crude product almost
daily, and what il means is a mystery
to the trade. All the indications go 10
show that the Indiana product will be
less than half dollar before the ma
chine stops the downward course.
THE annual picnic of the settlers Of
Hendricks and Marion county will be
held at Clermont, Saturday. August 20.
Gov. Matthews will speak in the morn
ing and James A. Mount. republican
candidate for governor, in the after
noon.
JOHN JACKSON, a laborer of Lebanon.
suffered the loss Of foot the other
morning by Big Four freight train.
He is supposed to have been asleep on
the track. His wife is blind and this
makes il a very sad case
ROBERT MEADOWS. seven years old.
and Edward Boyle. aged II. drove into
White river, at indianapolis. beyond
their depth and the horse and boys
were drowned.
PRoF. T. A. Morr. superintendent of
the Madison city schools. has resigned
to accept a similar position with in
creased salary at Richmond
The large -four milling establishment
of lewisville, Henry county. was de-
stroyed by fire. 1t contained several
thousand bushels of wheat left on de-
DO>lL Nv WHY " ao AoAaAAf
stroyed. The loss is SIS. 900, with no
insurance.
Mrs. CoRA A. ALLEN, of Sedalia, has
gone insane from religious excitement.
produced at the meetings of Mrs
Mershen, trance evangelist
The city council at Hartford
City passed a cigarette ordi-
nance the other day putting
the license at 500 per year. a
penalty of So to 500 is added for vio-
lations by dealers The ordinance is
go into effect August s. This will
put stop to the sale of cigarettes in
that city. as no dealer in the city viii
pay license.
GUsTAvus SCHMIDT and wife. who
lived on small farm near She byyille.
apparently fell out and separated.
Mrs Schmidt securing divorce
Adolph Wraite. an aged neighbor who
lived near. had been greatly attracted
by Mrs Schmidt. and he agreed 10 buy
the farm If Schmidt would leave the
state. This Schmidt was willing TO DO.
and. according to Wraite. was paid a
large sum for the farm. No sooner had
than Schmidt and his divorced wife left
together for Ohio. and now Nraite is
Kicking himself because he did no;
marry Mrs Schmidt before he bought
the farm. He is certain that the whole
affair was arranged 10 catch him and
dispose of an undesirabl farm.
AT Donelson. eight miles East OF Ply.
mouth, Jno. Allen and Jno. Rowell. both
drunk. assaulted samuel !. Burgener
the leading storekeeper, in the pos. Of
fee. Seeing he was cornered Burgener
drew his revolver and fired four shots
at the rufians. one taking effect in
Rowell's head. from which he will die.
The fight is the result of n trial for
larceny. where Burgener was the
principal witness against The two
aey were acquitted. and since then
have repeatedly threatened Burgener's
l life.
TIE democrats of the Fourth Indi.
ana congressional district met in con.
1 vention at North Vernon and noni
mated Hon. VIM. Steele Holman. 1.-THE
sah |..r Of Ia. . -.