The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-05-28


ma the Worlds fair They cons,s, ~
"a handsome gold medal for the STAT .v'
hibi' and bronze medal Sor xha no
!. tional exhibit.
At FRANK kobnINs, aged IL, exploded a
:, raiiroad torpedo by dropping a bowlder
a on y AZ Seymour. His legs and body
Il Were hiied with the Fragments, aud ho
a suffers intensely.
!. IhE work on the new line from Ash.
r icy To Peru has been commenced. The
:. WABASH CO. is building this line 10 rive
I an outlet from Peru to Detroit. ana
4 VIII abandon the Eel River which win
. probably be operated the Lake Shore
Co. ''o'e
=. H. MORRISON. one of the hest
known men of Marion. and cashier. ~
,he FIRST nation bank. died suddenly ~
ms home of disease OF the heart. Ue
was about forty-tive years old. A wife
and one child survive him.
~ addition TO the rust and the He's
sian ny, which have been playing havoc
with the wheat and rye in Wabash
county the farmers of that local;tv
nave new enemy to contend with
IN. county commissioner j. II. Star
uuck' OF Lagro township, has found
.nousaius OF woody worms about an
men ana half in length and totally
unlihe any other pest he has ever seen
destroying his corn crop. They an +
peareo 10 come from a strip of woods
anu. invading fine field Of corn. ate
iour acres OF the grain off lust above
the ground. Mr.. Starbuch saws thcv
are IN evidence in countless numbers
On ms place and farms adjacent. and he
haa ms neighbors are much alarmed bv
their appearance.
HE summer meeting OF the Indian,
horticultural society will be held in
richmond on June IL and l3.
lHE cornerstone of st. Paul,s chrrc,, ,
was laid in Marion the other dav Ex.
oursiohs were run from Union City, Lo- !
eansport, Peru, Dclphos and Anderson. S
anu iuii 1000 strangers Were in town. q
bishop kademacher, of 1t. Wayne. otii-
GATED
MAX VolGT. the German baker Of
ieru, who has been at Elwood a short
'iihe, dled the other day as the result
OF ialiing from train on the Lake Erie
" western railroad a few DAYS previous
and losing a leg.
Al rankin horse hitche1 10 a sur.
rey became frightened al two nassino
BICYCLES and the occupants OF the sur.
rey Were hurled To the brick street
Mrs Isaac Crowell and her da,,yh.sr.
n-law, Mrs Frank Croweu. wives ~ 4
'roniihens citizens. are lying at the :
,olnt Of death. Mrs. Frank Cro,velI.s z
ittle SON. aged two years, was instant. -
y killed, his neck being broken. An n
''her son, aged four. escaped with -
light injuries =
PRIVATE letter received in Laporte X
rom washington conveys the informa- y
ION that senator Voorhees, will retire
rom puoic life at the end of his nrcs
n' term. ms failing health has given
is friends concern for more than "a n,
ear past IL is believed that if his
ealth will permit he will seek 10 re-. -
over X by trip 10 Europe ~,
MANY farmers in Porter countv are
I'D to be blowing wheat under be- -,
luse of the injury done bv the Hes
an fiies and a new insect to that mar, -
the country. ees
Mrs. THOMAS f. JAMES. of Franklin
II dead of heart disease while vis;t;ng a.
latives az Logan. O. -.
LLOYD WILEY, a l6-vear old boy vho :.
sided with his parents at Fortville -.
as instantly killed by Big -Four ON
ast 80 pa,'1,|. -, turning mile and
q ho.- 49, So. - ehs nicer saw in I
ooy' VINO left the tracks at the ap- A
oach OF the train. but when near he vac,
'ppeu IN front of the pilot. Young ~.
icy had beeu i'll for some weeks ana 49,.
IS delirous eros
Ir 4 ra.a..~, -. wat
eadie VIII start a free silver paper in -
iore
HE funeral OF Thomas Whitehead 60
Z OF the first settlers al Perkinsyilie
* place few days ago.
SQUIRE u. +. McCAErfrv. of Ander.
!, rescued l5-year-old bow from,
'wning ia the river.
EREMIAH HEATH. wholesale AMI re-
harness dealer. OF Ell.hart City.
de an assignment 10 W. II. Ander-
: few days ago. for the benefit ~
creditors. Liabilities, - 500.
HERE Is 10 longer any doubt that
usands Of acres Of wheat have hcen
ost totally destroyed by the ~
ny farmers state that they will ~,
me harvester into any Of their y
IS, as the insects work has bean III
nlete i works IN the Joints. ara IN
le the wheat may head out, il soon ~
and dies. The most disastrous n,
x Of the insect i, being done 81
ground and in fields where wheat
sown in corn.
.FuBLicANs Of Lake. Porter ard
orte counties met in delegatc con. !.
ION at Hammond and nominated ,
ry u. futile, of Michigan City. for ~ F.
e OF the superior court. !,
the SANDER suit OF Oliver r. Smith A ~,
lst VIM X. Whitaker brought "A r., ~ "
ncastlc from Owen county an ~. =
ge ~ venue. the jury, few DAYS ,' ';,'',
brought in a verdict for The plaint- III Il"
r 500 About one hundred vii. .''N
> from Morgan and owen counties s'on'
in attendance. ~ !
account Of other important ana .erea
pccted business J., l. ."n , ',iu tillcry
H. Gillett the other day decided iHe
y over the iniprc.i,r ''e'' the pa
Point against the race tracks nay -
managers for few days, when he ~" .
ana down his decision - w
\. PARKER, traffic manager OF the ,'"n''a'
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