The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-28
INDIANA STATE NEWS

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CATTLE are being shipped from Bed
ford to England.
ISAAC BLACK, of Anderson. blind for
years, was given n days sight
EDWARD PURCELL, a trusty at Michi-
gan City pen~i;entiary, walked away.
FIRE destroyed Henderlang Bros. 4
Oneill's planning mill at Valparaiso.
Loss ses. 900.
JonN C. PARR attempted suicide at
kokomo rather than stand trial for al
legged %swindling.
DANGER of violence to the alleged
murderer of Lizzie Buente at Evans.
Vile has passed.
The proprictors OF the Nutter- w Der
sanatorium, OF Martinsville. have APP
piled for "A receiver to conduct their
business until such time as they can
mutually agree on some plan OF adjust.
ment of their differences. The sanato-
rum is enjoying a good patronage,
but there is incompatability among the
proprietors.
RICHMOND will this year entertain
both the yearly meetings of Friends
Orthodox and Hicksite. The meetings
will be held toward the close of sep
tember.
A WOMAN in Seymour gave $500 away
in an old shirt, and now she seeks to
recover the amount rom the beggar.
PR~EsByTERIAN women at Bedford
gave a social in a coal mine and raised
enough money to pay of the church
debt
WIN CRULL was arrested at Anderson
for stealing a wagon load OF corn. lie
admitted the theft, but said he was
going to be married and that he needed
the money.
The Iappan sho factory at Muncie
has been sold 20 w. Hogan. n wealthy
manufacturer of Lynn, Mass. lie will
make the factory the largest west of
h Alleghenies
Two of the late employees of the city
of Charlottesville are thinking of suing
the city for the coming years salary.
claiming that a year ago they were
elected for two years, and that the
council had no right to turn them out
at the end of one year
THE family of Mrs. Margaret Law
sier found her dead in bed the other
morning. h was about 20 years old
and was appare ntly in good health the
night before. She came to this coun-
try from Germany in 1910, and has re-
sided on a farm south of Greenwood
ever since.
SHERIFF BuGH, at Hartford City, dis
covered three prisoners saving out OF
the county Jail there at l o'clock the
other morning. Two bars had been
"a yyai off in fha call - w., 60. 49,
Logansport burglar captured there 70.
Gently.
THE contract for a new schoolhouse
ut Hartford City was let recently to
William Cantcr, OF Hartford City, for
SO, 500. SO.
NEAR Hagerstown, while being driv-
en- along the road. a fine horse be-.
longing to Thomas Benbow, becoming
suddenly frightened at q strutting tur-
key, ran back ward a few steps and
fell dead. Death was the result Of
paralysis of the heart superinduced by
fright
HARRY GMPIN, q w~ell-known young
man of bloomington, was instantly
killed at the Consolidated stone quar-
~. He was oiling a main shaft, when
his clothing caught. his neck being
broken. He was % years old and q
son OF James Gilpin, a ~well-known
spike contractor.
The large and fine law library
owned by the late Capt. j. Lee Yaryan
has been sold to Jonas Walker, of
Greenfield. 1t is one of the most COM
plete libraries in the state.
Miss LAURA PENQUITE has presented
to the Earlham College museum a fine
specimen of prehistoric stone mallet.
1t is made of granite and came from
Trail county, Dakota.
AT . o'clock the other morning John
Stadtler and family, of Muncie, were
awakened by cries of Fire. Fire..
from the family parrot They found
the house and saloon adjoining envel-
oped in flames, and barely escaped
with their lives. all being burned. The
parrot was cremated. The fire was an
~incendiary. There have been threats
against the place.
JEALOUSY prompted John Dregcher.
a painter of some note, to commit sui.
eide at Hammond. lie swallowed
-rough-on-rats and when told he could
not recover he called his young wife
End children to his bedside. and bid
each IN affectionate farewell. Dresch.
CIR was prominent in secret society cir
cles.
THE three counter letters. William Z.
Tyler, Mabel Tyler and Ida Swinson.
who were arrested at Evansville, nave
made written confessions of their
work. Their arrest was brought
about by the finding Of a box Of tools
for raising So bills to tens in the Unit.
ed States express Office.
GEORGE BARTON is under arrest at
Muncie for robbing a bank al Zanes-
vile, o.
The labor council at Muncie 10 di
vidcd on the proposed boy cotting Of an
indianapolis brewery.
CAPT. G. NJ. ATKINSON. of Wabash,
has given s., 200 to the Christian Min
i~sterial Relief association OF that city.
FORGED checks were passed by a man
giving his name as c. Raglan 1T Ander-
SON..