The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-01-03


a nation among the saloon men.
CHARLEs WILLIAMS, a Delphi grocey
: made an assign ment n few davs ACC
william laugh. assignee Assets an,
|. liabilities about equal.
liE supreme court has reversed m
4 decision OF the lower court and hel,
: sha' the express companies of the stat
must pay tax, thus holding valid tn,
) action OF 1893, tn king express compan
. les upon each mile OF route with,
the state. The decision is TO the efree
mat The assessment is on actual pron
erty.
"A MEETING Of the groccrs Of tn,
} s'aoe' together with the jooberS inter
ested IN handling tobacco. will be held
ia Indianapolis in the near future 10
laKe action with reference 10 the To-.
oacco trust, at which time an effort
VIII oe made TO pass resolution de-
Ginning to handle goods placed on the
market by the American tobacco
trust The feeling in opposition
nrst began manifesting itself after
puoiicny had been given TO the tes-
tlmony OF John Rauh. of INDIANAPOLIS.
IN the suit brought BY the officials
OF New Jersey, and gradually several
Oh the largest Joobers have shown a
disposition 10 rebel against the trust.
Inc American Trust Co. places an
enormous amount OF goods in Indiana.
out the leadersin the opposition move
ment claim that il concerted action is
/ agreed upon enough good-selliur
brands OF cigarettes can be secured TO
supply the trade and only the trust
would be the sufferer They add. how
ever. that the spirit Of antagonism
could be quickly aba,ed if only the
trust would lower its prices so that the
margin for handling would Weld liv.
ing profit
HE Heavenly Recruits. new church.
representatives of which were in ses-
sion at Elwood for three DAYS orcan-
Yea IT'S frst state conference west of
pennsylvania. A bout twenty minis
ters We're present. representing about
That many churches all there are
IN the state Rev. J. w Davis. of Ell
WOOD. was selected presiding elder. and
the plan Of the years work of 1890 was
mapped ont The sect is only three
.4oH l'tC tQ TADAllf.
me congregation of the Kingsley
~ L church. Evansville. dedicated its \
new building. and the services. morn
ING, afternoon and night. the other
sunday. we're attended by such crowds
as 10 completely ill the church. Rev.
I. y. Sims, of indianapolis. preached.
and by mis- eloquence raised enough
money 10 completely pay of the debt
assumed to build H.
CHARLES VAN LAKE. turnkey at The
II Joseph county jail, South Bend.
was assaulted By two OF AnderSon's
desperate criminals and was badly in
Jured. IL was a struggle for life. in
which the criminals received numerous ,
wounis- Great excitement prevailed !
for lille
ISAAC ; HENDERSON. a leading farm ,
r and stock dealer, living four '
niles west Of Franklin. was forced to :
make an assignment 70 $ A. Wilson.
ne assets are 5000; the liabilities ),
lbout the same. !.
DAVID JoSEs, Of Elwood. the sleep- a
ess wonder. who last year wen, n, q
ays without sleeping wink. has got 7
I'm again and FOR ~ days has not slept v
EDDIE BRowN, aged 10. was cut 10 e
ieees in the L. and \. yards. Evans p
ille, by switch engine. =
HE following fourth-class postmas. n
FRS were com N issoncd the other dav. ca
iilsourg, Clinton county, q. +. Yates: o.
ouin Raub, Tippecanoe county. W. X. =
aub. \
The following Indiana post Offices rn
ere discontinued: Brag, Randolph ~
'unty. mail 70 Brinckley: Sherman, -
andoiph county, mail TO Horn in
XIV. ID. BRu one Of the oldest
inisters OF the vicinity Of Wabash.
ed the other day of old age in his W
Il year. as
PETER WINTER. who came to Wabash
ON Germany 40 years ago died the
her day aged 80 years r
Mrs. MARY DEFINES. aged %. widow !
james lefrees, pioneer business <,
an OF Wabash. is dead ~ -,
a NEW fair associa ion has been or. vid
nized at Newport under the name Of i a
'er'nillion County Agricultural ~. .,ol
.n'
HE statement is given out bv the am
oprictors Of the Elwood window thii
Iss factory, mem Der Of the west. ceL
com pination controlling all plants In
ST of Pittsburgh, that there would dat
no general closing down of the emf
nts on January /. and that no ac- .nr
mas as yet been aiken by the COM rea,
e. but that some de finite conclusion not
regard TO il would likely be reached "
the middle Of next month. one
=, :, BY I
.rv. NJ {. MCDANIEL. pastor of tile tise
~ Z church, of Logansport, di. d for
other evening. after an illness Of AZ !,
eral weeks. at the age Of ~. 80 :,
Hk lntcrU rban Electric railroad def,
been granted the use OF the streets oc.u
Princeton 10y the city council. autn
ntry towns will be taken in as a an I.
uit tire
on JOHN w. REYMAy, the oldest nom
zen OF salem, is dead. He was ann'
IN Virginia, May 10 1sol, and Ell srlp
'e TO lndiana when about twenty an q
~ years old. settling near salem. sn1,
represented Washington county in the !
legislature in Isl, and isss He was a Y, Ne q
long wing and repu blicau. He was tons
'essful in business and acquired BON
e property interests scrin
AAc IELIERs. who runs a feed barn
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