The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-10

clerk of the United States Express Co.
Mt indianapolis. who disappeared with
funds aggregating 81, BOO
Mrs. SAMUEL liAIGH, aged 81 years
dropped dead of heart disease at Mum.
Gle. She had not been i'll and her death
was great surprise. She was the
mother Of Is children.
THE last legislature appropriated
$50, 900 TO the Indiana university. ss2..
800 To Purdue university and 81. 800 to
the state normal institute, and il pro-
vided for one-sixth of mill tax levy
To furnish permanent funds for these
institutions. The presidents of these
several institutions claimed that the
institutions should get the several APP
preparations as well as the funds aris-
ing from the tax but the attorney gen
eral held that the educational institu-
tons could not draw on the appropra-
tons after the state tax became avail
able This ruling cuts materially into
the funds of these institutions, and
the several faculties are very much
disturbed over the decision rea ched by
the attorney general.
AT Licl<skillet church, eight miles
north Of Winchester John jameson.
Lon Strahan and William Fisher got
into fight, and Fisher had his lief:
thumb severed besides being stabbed
in number of places There were
about i've hundred people in the
church, and the fight created a panic.
Men and women jumped from the win
dows, and number were bruised and
hurt.
CHARLES CHAsroN. living four and
one-half miles southeast of Shelburn.
became violently insane the other even
ing, and attempted TO kill his father
and mother by firing two shots from a
revolver al them. Both went wide of
the mark, and by the timely assistance
Of the neighbors Chaston was caught
and bound hand and foot before any
serious harm was done
COL NATHANIEL Il. FRENCH. late of
the Forty-sccond Indiana volun teers.
and well known all over southern In
aiana, died at Princeton few days
ago.
At Evansville John stephens, aged
~ years. was drowned in the river
while bathing.
HERMAN HAsPER shot and fatally
wounded Andrew Defries at Defries' I
hotel. shelby. The trouble was the
result of a family quarrel No arrests
have been made
MRS. KATIE WAGNER a domestic. was
fatally gored by a COW while crossiDra
field in the outskirts of Evansville. The
cow tossed her ten feet in the air. and
then attacked her again and tore off
her clothes.
IL shooting affray at Pierceton
lew mornings ago. VIM Brewer shot
ina severely wounded his brother-in-
aw, Frank Gibson. of Fort Wavne.
5oth were intoxicated, and quarreled
'ver fishing expedition.
The case of Miss Marie Aurelius. of
llwood. againstthe Lake Erie & West
'rn railway for Sl,g99 damages was de-
'lded the other day in favor of the
'iaintih. The jury returned a verdict
or 81. 100 Miss Aurelus was struck
" passenger train while crossing the
abroad at Elwood and was badly in.
ured.
REV. JAMES RICHARDS. aged 81. died
he other night at Muncie of Bright's
isease- He was for many years a min.
ster In the Methodist church He was
'orn in England
HE general store of William Mona
nara, at Pierceton. was robbed "A few
avs since he loss is about $500. ard
100 reward is offered for the capture
t the thieves
HE trial of James f. Mccoy. for the
murder of Deputy Marshal Columbus
'rown last Christmas, was begun at
'aoli, the other day. The dav was
onsumed in getting y jury. There are
~ witnesses summoned on the ease. :
nd the trial will likely occupy two
-ceks.
GEORGE SAMSON. a carpenter. was ,
illed the other afternoon. being run =.
yer by freight train on the Union :.
racks at Evansville. lie attempted 10 !
limit on the ears. but fell under the !
heels.
BLOOMFIELD was visited by a dcstruc- !,
We downpour of rain, the heaviest 4
yer witnessed there. Washcuts are :.
,portec over the various railroads and !,
ravcl roads near there. A l2-vear-old !,
IN of }. ii. ONeal was struck bv !.
ghtning during the storm and was :.
'riously shocked and burned.
CLARENCE ROBERT kLESK. a talented q
1dng violinist of Connersville. who ..
Is had several music classes in Shell =,
vile, mas been selected rs the lead. I,
s professor of violin instruction in h
e College of Music at Cincinnati. He
also member of the Cincinnati or.
estra. =,
she unusual phenomenon of a lunar
inboSv of singular brilliancy was OBJ
rived in indianapolis few nights o.
o. A heavy storm sweeping up from q
c west. with the moon rising in the :,
s., caused the strangely beautiful -
ectacle, which was observed by thou =,
nds of people. ,h
The Uniform Rank Knights Of Py. mr.
las have organized at Bedford and ~,
bile installation of officers took
ice the other night. !.
Ar Lebanon. Ida McCaslin. "A Young
iy ef Is years. became suddenly in. a.
ie the other afternoon and attempted -
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