The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-13

Gee FORMAL letter refusing Ia convcn
| the general assembly in special session
, To enact new apportionment law. II,
says the extra session would cost III,
people 81 the state 81. 900 and yvoult
accomplish no good. a. the legislator,
OF is9, will pass an apportionment law
Ht board of trustees of the Stat,
Normal school decided to admit new
students nj the spring term who hold a
one years license 70 teach in the public
schools OF the state Last spring. ow-
ing To the short appropriation bv the
legislature and the lack OF school room.
applicants We're required to present a
two-years' license. The change this
X year was made possible by the new law
which increases the amount If money
for the school and by the fact that
more room in the new building viii be
available The total enrolment last
spring was about one thousand. and il
Is thought that this year it will reach
1.,po and possibly !. 400.
Two or the ''spottsrs~ who were M
ierre liaute spying on the letter car
rier> were arrested by the police on
suspicion. An officer took them in
because storekceper saw them hang
ing about his place and suspected they
might hnrglarizc his store. At police
headquarters the men showed their ere
dentials and were released. but their
identify was thus made known To IN.
carriers and their usefulness was AZ an
end
>ifIByvIiIE is flooded with counter
felt coin Of the denomination of u. Tn.
cate IS 1872 and the imitation is a very
poor one. IL is thought To be the work
OF home talent.
HENRY H. >corr. an agricultural i'm
PIGMENT dealer N Disco. made an as
>gnment To Tobias Gushard. L;abi.i-
ties about -. ZOO: assets. 5000.
NM- fRooh>. well known citizen.
iTed 90 wears. and a member Of the
thirteenth Indiana regiment died sud
ienly OF heart disease at Madison.
I'eter Hen'z. member OF the Sixth In
ilana. Is also dead
BERT WYcrIFFK. young man resid-
ng near Greenfield, was seriously in
urea about the head the other after
loon by being kicked by horse. His
INJURIES will probably result fatally.
FRED KINDER. a lf-year-old lad. was
aiied az Upton for stealing a bicycle.
when IL i alleged he took to Indian ,
polls and sold
WOMAN is supposed TO be- working ,
'ogan sport with two-and-a-half-dolla
'nnterfeit gold pieces. She passed one I
nc other afternoon upon Ed Gardner :
a street car. The counterfeit i well :,
iadc and Il pronounced the work Of an :,
xpert
hE huntington county commission !.
= appointed Nathan Fisher county re- !,
rider 70 till the vacancy caused br The
,ath of VIM Blackburn.
SoME days ago Miss sarah Phillip~. i
rmerly Of Richmond. died at her !,
'me in Philadelphia leaving consider !,
nc property al Richmond The con \
MS of her viii have been made pubic. I,
III reveal the fact that she bcqucathea !,
900 TO the Wayne County Orphans i
me- all the rest Of her considerable Il.
tate going TO persons and institutions Il,
Pennsylvania -
,. w ko>ENBEERy. a wcil-l<nown cit:- y,
~ kendallvillc. while loading his al
'oiver the other day was Instantly ca
led The gun slipped from his hand. &c
q, striking the floor. discharged. the Re
liet piercing his heart. la,
MULLINS. who is wanted q, til
'hmond on charge Of forgery. was ms
'e>ted the other day and is now IN
J. III has been about two month. be,
&c i developed that Mullins finau- Oh,
dealings Were not right. and when ",
nj develop il was found that he had Ooa
appeared and that no one knew ~ u,
whereabouts. His home i on . ~,
N south ~ the CITY. The Other e..
rning two officers heard Re wa. n, ~,
N ana aDou. ~ leave for The south. is,
ny went 70 Westville q way station. lar
ere Mullins got on. having walked tial
pss from his home. iic was al once y
rsted- Mullins dee. no. deny M. AL,
H. lie forged the name of his fa,b. Nh,
n-iaw. Isaac Seancv and the total .;a.
iunt Of money standing against him ,.s
at - 800.
X prisoners awaiting rial for bn-- ,
" and similar ofrenscs escaped from ~.
at south Bend the other night -,
= sawed through the ton If = al,
then lot themselves down from ,be
with ropes made from blankets l
escaped prisoners are Bert and
Anderson. Thomas Clark. John
ipcnstall. William Cahill and
mas McHcnrv. 80.
W. CRAZE. Of Elwood. was rdcJ
contract for building eleven miles Co
&C gravel road in Hobart township. OF
contract price being $4,000 This he
be the first free gravel road eyer fcrs,
- -. ~ county Ohio
Upton. in the damage sui, FOR even
2 against the Pan Handle railroad Epsl
~ 49,. ias,a rarren' the jury vi:tc
''''ic' A"T o. the y
ANuEr BEcHrEr. Of Newcastle. ,xaS kim
ng IN road wagon and leading /, seen
~ rope halter. lie had the n,
y the rope twisted about the thumb was
ie hand and the horse. becoming rena
tened. gave a quick spring back after
and ieslScd off the mans thrnb Moro
lctelv. ,..,,
firm Of ;. i. Shumaxer & Co. ca,r.
~ dealers and wholesale procrrs. la,al,