The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-02-21

! tional convention At Terre iiaute
on TUESDAY, June. >. next.
MoNr >HFrsED. day labc-cr at the
, mine. Jackson Hin, was caught in the
chain gear of revoAving coal screen
anu one arm WAS torn 20 nieces. and
the other arm broken ana badly iacer-
ated- His clothes were torn from his
body lie is not expected TO live
JoHN Dickson. ex-cpmnty treasurer.
aged =. and pioneer 81 Decatur coun-
~. dropped dead the other day lie
was a member OF the petit jury now in
session.
SUPERINTENDENT T. u. SCNrTr Of
the III Wayne Electric Street railway.
died a few days ago OF obstruction Of
the bowels He had been III only one
week
Ton MCMAHON. 4 tool-drcsser on the
Lver>' lease. one mile south 81 Mont
pelier. was caught in the cable The
other morning and was whirled with
lightning speed around the cable shaft
lie was killed almost Instantly
WHILE leading team OF blooded
horses 10 MS shop. George Doolev. 4
sullivan blacksmith. was perhaps ia
tally injured b. being kicked on top OF
the head
II has been discovered that dia-
mond and an opal ring worn by Pearl
Bryan when she went 70 Cincinnati
did not return 70 Grecncastle with the
corpse. and the family assert that they
were taken from the dead body by the
murderer for the same purpose that
the head was severed, To destroy the
possibility of Identification. The
corpse will not be buried for several
days, in the hope that the missing
mead may be found.
The grand council of the ROYAL Ar
canum will be held At Richmond in
April
Richmond has passed dog ordi-
nance, and Will dispose OF every ca
nine that is caught without check
HoS. Z Il. REYNOLDS OF Hagers-
town, IS again a candidate for the leg
islature from Wayne county
A LODGE of the improved Order
Knights of Pythias was instituted at
Ierre Haute the other day. and in
Guided in its membership many Ger
incorporating citizens of that city.
There are now seven lodges in the
state, four in indianapolis, and one
eacn IN Evansville. Muncie ami Terre
Haute
lNDiANArorIs police were looking
the other day for prepossessing wom-
an, who went into cloak store there
the otner morning and offered
$1,000 cheek in payment for n $500 seal
skin cloak she became very indi--
nant because the store delay ed deiiv-
cry OF the parcel on various pretex,s
until the bank could be consulted
When the messenger returned nc re-
ported that the woman had =. 600 on
deposit The woman. however. mad
gone out angry She returned in half
an hour and said she had been hastv in
aer anger. and as she could find no
other garment that suited her so well.
she concluded TO take the one she had
looked at She again proffered the
check for $1,000. received the coat and
500 and departed Then the check
was sent 10 the bank for collection.
but the woman had been there in the
meantime and drawn out all of her
money.
MIS-. NANCY WIRE died at the home
81 her daughter in Columbus. the other
night She was almost eighty-fve
years old. and had for many years lived
IN Columbus. and was one OF the pio-
neers Of the county.
VIM H. Brown. shoe dealer Of Lo-
transport. made an assignment. the
,taer day. Liabilities about ~ 500 II
5 believed he Will be able to pay dollar
'cr dollar. Ills stock is worth only
about g. 200, but Mr.. brown has turned
n al his other property and some
stocks.
DESPITE the persistent efforts OF his
attorneys ex-Irustee Adam Fornev. %
Adams township. Madison county. will
e held 70 answer to the charge II per-
'rry in the circuit court OF that coun- :
y The other afternoon Judge Eli
'on decided against the plea Of MS at {
orneys 70 quash the Indictment The
'ase is one Of almost criminal neglect I
= the business affairs of the township
n which George w. Ray is implicated. {
TIE township was plunged into debts /
hat will take years to eliminate For {
ley never rendered any connected ac- I
cunt of mis- transactions and swore to
us final report a. trustee, a false and
misleading statement i
The annual meeting OF the Society Q
4 Indiana Florists was held in Rich. '
nond the other day. Arrangements !
vere made for the annual chrysanthe- I
num show al indianapolis. and officers '
we're elected as follows: j. :. stuart.
anderson. president: Henry Rcman. p
indianapolis. vice president: Robert e
ickcan. Indianapolis. secretary: r. J.
indianapolis. treasurer. :
JoHS COMMAND. for stealing buggy
ones at protracied meeting at Ne
ada, and John Blake. for robbinp =
lothing store at Upton. were each :,
entenced to one year in the peniten-
larry.
a CASE has just been compromised !;
Richmond which has been in the !,
ourts u years. Samuel Reployle sued =,
ne Home Insurance Co. to collect !
loo policy on his barn. on which ne n
al another policy without the per- !,