The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

yard. She secured some matches and
attempted To make bonfire of news
papers, when her clothing caught fire.
The Marion school board has engaged
Superintendent Virgil Mcknight. OF
Shawneetown, TO serve as principal in
the Marion high school.
Mr.. EDWARD MARSH, OF Seymour.
had a stroke of paralysis OF his left
side, while sitting in chair at his lv-
cry stable.
PHILIP PAUL died at his home near
Waverly aged 20 years lie had come
from Virginia with his family in 1920.
and settled at the old home in Harrison
township. whore he has resided ever
since with bachelor brother and nm
married sister, he being bachelor as
we'll
ELMER THOMAS colored, of Indian
apolls, convict i'm the northern In
diana state prison, was fatally stabbed
the other morning during chapel SER
vices by Henry Jones, fellow con-
Wet. Thomas was sent up from Marion
county for term of five years for
burglary, and Jones was sent up from
the same county for "A term of Fl wears
Tor manslaughter. Jones had grudge
against Thomas for testifying against
him during his trial at Indianapolis.
HE other day the family of Milton
Nhitsett, of Seymour, went out black
berrying in the Muscatituck bottoms.
few miles from Seymour A small
enid strayed away and became lost.
After searching all day in vain and un-
tll $50 o'clock in the evening the Car
Ter Dloodhousds were sent for. but Mt
last report the hounds were unable to
pick up the trail.
AT Terre Haute, Len Oliver. aged is
escaped from superintendent OF Police
Meaghen the other day while on his I
way TO the reform school, by jumping
rom the train, which was running 30 !
niles an hour. He was handcuifed. !
'ut was not injured. lie then stole a
horse and buggy, but was overtaken :
~ the owner and made to give up the :
~. lie then made for the woods. !,
y. a. PAERA. a South American. com a
nltted suicide on m grave of his wife O
I Tcrrc Haute y
BURGLARS entered the residence OF %
hi Justice, at Morristown, and stole
100 M
SAM ScHurP, G3 years of age. the old -
- prisoner IN the Jcffersonville peni- is
'ntiary. died few DAYS ago IA
NEW wheat is being marketed from Is
ass county The crop is not such a ~ =.
4ilure as was predicted. IN
The Pierceton burglars were captured pc
Columbia City and part of the stolen IN
'ods recovered.
birIirHERA is very prevalent in
uncle, and because of it no services %,
ere held in the First Presbyterian col
urch. the other Sunday. The sarv-
5 at other churches were slightly at sh;
nded for
BENZ. THOMAS. a leading citizen of ,he
wood, aged 80. had his head blown der
10y cannon cracker, while engaged
the Fourth OF July. SUI
cLouDBURsr washed away f. u. la,
rters store and bakery, Martin gat
llers residence, the Methodist Epis- II
,al parsonage, the residence of VIM. "
hlnlcy's box mandatory at Bor- bea
!. No fatalities have been reported. pea
1T Elwood two strangers kidnaped and
liter Jordan, aged nine, placed him ply
buggy and drove off. The news the
n spread that he had been stolen &c
1 a posse of officers were started in ss -e
suit. Officers of surrounding cities pora
re been notified. non,
sAAc PURNELT. a well known resi- late
II NJ R;chrno,,d lion
N0"'i'i''.e'i suicide all p
hanging in the county jail. some he 1
eks ago Mr.. Purnell's wife died and tor d
loss SO preyed on his mind that II oy Y
noticed that he had become men 'n"''
y deranged and he was locked mn
he jail for safe keeping. W.
DIN PERKINS, "A farm hand In the adin'
hoy of Edgar Hamilton, Greens coun
&, while assisting in threshinr. Or Sc
pped dead from heart disease. ~ 70
nght on by becoming overheated. ~
he convention Of the A. NJ. +. SIM pubil
schools of northern Indiana cl...a whicl
other evening. Logansport was p,e
cted as the next place of meeting, dnstr
the following officers were elected: mono
'ldent, Joseph jackson, OF Tcrre Of th'
te; vice president. Miss Della prou.
ghter, of Richmond; secretary. O.. ones,
ing. Logansport; recording secre- iatou
MISS Allie Morgan, Indianapolis: excep
tant secretary. Mrs. Mary Keith neli Il
cie treasurer. Miss Elizabeth Wea- far ~
knightstown; district superintend- would
J. W. Burden, Marion. passe,
p Union steel works N Alexandria suane'
.;,,r.,l 80 - e''"'i ia for ne
an" me LOU en- ing In
IS are rejoicing over the encourage object
outlook for steady employment viousi
is one of the largest plants in the VINO h
try, and the assurance of its con- . .na' !.
d operations is encouraging To desisi,
indria citizens. by tn
Hollytown. one mile west of sttute
IN, Ed Mcclure, voting stone w Nc eln
r, had built a new house and was penses
ring To move into the same. as
q beer lately married. The other We
ng some unknown person set fire tccting
building and burned il To the portati
d. with IL
Cartcr's bakery, Richmond. an ana nr,
sion of gas beneath a large oven moneta
red. flame IL feet long leaned Of their
the doors and completely envel- a ~ tnu
Gus Hanning, young man of 20 la an'
who is cmploveA M tho nl,oa ronntr,,