The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-02-28

. well IL JQ5 feet deep and has n
output Of 10000 gallons OF water 10
day. Before il could be controlle
7 IL had inundated almost the entir
: plant.
: Ar Crawfordsvile. 7. j. Huston wa
bound over to court 20 answer to III
: charge OF collecting note for $40 an
spending the money. which belonre
to the Singer sewing Machine Co
while he was acting rs its agent.
GEORGE OLIVER. freight brakeman
on the Clover Leaf railroad sued 10
injuries received. The ease was triee
at Charlottesville and the jury rcturnc,
iinding OF facts. leaving the Judge I,
name the amount OF damages JUDY,
llarncy has given Oliver 81. 400.
TnE Forma Cycling club, OF Craw
louisville has been disbanded and :
new one formed with omcr Cox. pres
ident; Maurice Kelly. vice president
T. +. Nilhite. secretary, and ID. "
Blair, treasurer.
RICHMOND lodge of Masons has re.
ceived historical brick-one rom the
cell in the old Jail al Canandaigua. \.
T., in which Morgan. the principal in
the great sensation OF 1877. was con.
fined.
/. T. HELMS, Of DePauw university,
tate organizer of the Y NJ c. A.. is
conducting revival meetings for week
at Earlnam college.
The three linen handkerchief found
in the pockets of Scott jackson were
received by the Bryan family at Green
castle from Chief Deitsch, OF Cincin.
natl They were identified as the prop
erty Of Pearl Bryan. having been given
her by her sister Mrs. stanley. las,
Christmas. The pocketbook found in
the manhoie accompanied the hand
kerchiefs. but was not identified
Louis SoULE. an aged Frenchman.
was found dead in bed the other morn
ing. in cabin eight miles below Vim
cennes
DIR WASHINGTON GLADDEN., pastor
OF the Congregational church at Co.
lumb bus. o., has been secured by Earl
ham college Cor commencement day
orator.
Rev. EZRA BUTLER NEwcoMB, pas.
tor OF the First Presby terian church of
Elkhart. has rendered his resignation.
to accept a call TO the First Westmin-
ster church of keokuk, la MIR. New
comb is one of the trustees of the Nc
Cormick Theological seminary, Chi
cago.
The new stone NJ. 4. church at
Williamsport was dedicated the other
day. DR.. Moore. OF Cincinnati. editor
OF the Christian Advocate. had charge
of the ceremonies and preached two
sermons during the day. The edifice
$ said TO be the first stone church
ouiit in the Northwest Conference. Its
'ost was $3.50 l6. Subscriptions were
occurred for the extra church debt.
which amounted to over s., 500
REV III. n. BARNES. Of the North
ndiana Conference. died at his home
a Pasadena, Cal. the other morning.
n 1884 and 1855 he was the pastor Of
soberts Chapel. indianapolis. and from
SCI to 1864 was presiding elder of the
indianapolis district.
W. X STEVENS. n former employe of
he Pittsburgh Plase-Glass Co. OF Ell
rood, has entered suit in the superior
ourt for S25 900 damages against that
ompany. Stevens was ordered to re- !,
air some machinery, he alleges, and
lille doing so the starting of the ma
hinery caught him and crushed his
ack SO as to render him a permanent !
ripple.
The limited express on the vandalia
ne early the other morning ran over !
elk Blutooker, German shoemaker.
yed a.. at the Center street crossing.
ere Hautc. and ground him to /
eces. Parts of the body were taken /,
ON the train at Glenn. five miles east !,
Terre Haute. The head was com !,
etely severed from the body ;,
PROF. George MAIER Of Fort Wavne. q
As accepted a call TO the superintend.
OF the Wernle Orphans home at il
edmond. q
1T is astonishing to note the great Is
'tivity now going on in the great In q
ana oil district. New derriclss for r,
ellis are sprlnging up in all directions. N
mere seems TO be no one favored spot (,
r pushing the drill. The work is
altered over the entire producing
ca IL. c. Mourats has leased a small
reage three miles south of Mont =
lier and will put down test we'll on
e DR. Elder farm. Several good pro-
GERS have been completed in the past >
" days. review of the late com "
eted work and the new work now re
der wav is given by counties, as fol- IN
VS.: In blackboard county. out OF nine "
" wells one is dry. The other eight CO
I'D 100 barrels daily. Eighteen new m
Ills are being drilled. In Wells !"
unity six new wells showed Us bar ca
s a day at the start TWENTY-FIVE 10
" wells are being drilled in black u
d county In Grant county eight ir
" wells arc being drilled. FIVE are ic
der way in Huntington county, two ev
jay county and one test well IL 60 su
: down in Wabash county. tn
The republican state central com. .
ttee met Mt indianapolis and decided
attack IN the courts the apportion-
mt act of 1855, which the supreme co
Irt has declared to be in force. This ag
With the proviso that Gov. Matthews a.,
IS to call an extra session of the y.
isle ture. ~,
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