The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-07
INDIANA STATE NEWS.


John stephens, along with two boys.
George Meredith, of Si3 seventeeth
street. Manchester. Va, ana Dick Grcf,
OF 3l2 North Twelfth street, Paducah.
Ky. were arrested at South Bend on
suspicion of burglarizing Iettners
hardware store. In compartment
in Benefits wooden leg was found
S335.
ROBERT ADAMS. of Roachedale, and
Edward Smith,of New Ross, got into an
argument over the populist convention
atthe Charlottesville depot the other
day. During the wrangle Adams lcaped
upon Smith and sank "A dirk into his
breast Smith can not recover.
WHILE out driving Monday, Mrs Da-
vid Wiseman. of Portland. died in her
carriage north OF here. She and her
three children VINO were with her,
were singing familiar song when the
end came The coroner was called and
pronounced heart disease as the cause
of death
A. MURRAY TURNER. of Crown Point,
was Saturday appointed receiver of the
East Chicago Iron and Steel Co. His
bond was fixed at $4,000.
Ar Whiting the barns of the For
svthc track were totally destroyed by
fire recently. The horses Amanda. Eliz-
abeth T.. Margaret Il, Lady Wentworth
and Adam A. Mack, the property Of
NJ. J. Rogers, of Chicago, and valued
at $4,000. were burned TO death. The
total loss is about SIS, 900. The origin
of the fire is thought TO have been in
cendiary.
MICHAEL. SHELLEY of Elkhart was
kicked down by colt, which then
stepped upon his throat and broke his
windpipe. with the result that when he
breathed the air passed under the skin,
causing his body To swell TO twice his
natural size. He died of strangulation.
He was 30 years of s.re.
ALIEN BELL. horsethief. and Sam
Bryant, burglar. broke Jail the other
day at Columbus by knocking Jailer
Hull down while serving dinner.
Bloodhounds were put on their track.
Bell had formerly served seven years
in the penitentiary.
FRANK CARIrHERs, of Shelbyville. re-
Gently. while dressing, crossed his leg
to tie his shoe In some way the leg
was broken four inches below the hip.
RICHARD STERLING, better known as
Dick Currigan. and Mrs. Alice Sweezy.
of Aurora. arrested on a charge OF inn
proper conduct, were married the other
day at the courthouse, Lawrence burg.
by Squire Probst. after which they
were placed in Jail 10 await the com
ing term of court.
u IDi.
10. accidentally shot his sister Matte,
agen ten. in the right shoulder with a
3a-ealibre revolver short time ago.
He had just taken il down from "A shelf
and was in the act of placing il in his
pocket. but didn't know it was loaded.
The girl may die.
THE American Tin-plate Co.. of FL
wood. will furnish free 5000 tin plates
for the barbecue which is to be given
at the Richmond fair this year.
WHILE a swarm of bees was being
cut from limb at the home of George
Paxton. near Muncie the limb fell up
on Mrs Paxton. and the bees covered
her head and shoulders. singing her
on the mouth. ears and eyes, in all in
more than five hundred places. She
will recover.
PROF ROBERT l.. SACKErr and Miss
Marie Coggeshall. both instructors in
Earlham college. Richmond. were mar
red the other day.
A BOLD daylight robbery was
perpctrated 1t Lebanon. at the resi-
dence of Theodore Dicks while
the family was in the rear
of the house. A gold watch, gold
locket. revolver, cameo earrings and
other articles were taken. The locket
contained the only picture Of Mrs.
Dicks father which the family pos
scssed
FAILURE to remove a small portion of
splinter in Harvey Eller's foot caused
lock- jaw and death at South Bend
AT Huntington John Buchanan at
tempted suicide by cutting his throat.
He will die.
/ Az insane patient set Gre to the luna
. tic asylum at indianapolis and several
> patients narrowly escaped.
= A NUMBER of tin plate workers of FL
, wood and Anderson are arranging to
t secure control of the Montpelier tin
r plate plant az Montpelier. and operate
it on the cooperative plan.
r II. ID. SMITH one time "A w althy coal
: operator at Brazil and 1erre lIaute,
e committed suicide by shooting himself
4 through the head with revolver,
E death ensuing in 60 minutes.
r FRANK REAHARD, farmer of Pleas
: ant township. Wabash county, at
5 tempted to drive across Ell river at a
ford. The stream was high and the
I current carried the team and Rcahard
: into deep water. and Reahard and both
: horses were drowned The other
g morning the team and wagon were
: found on an island half a mile below
!. the ford, but the body of Reahard was
l not in the wagon. and has not been re-
covered. He was about thirty years
A old and married.
Q The other morning as pedestrians
: were passing the corner Of Main street
$ and Forest avenue, Brazil, they saw an
: old man sitting by an upstairs window
staring out. For several hours he sat
there until the people grew suspicious,