The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-26
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

ghost aud was fatally shot 10y man
whom he attempted Ia brighten.
TnE wife OF eA-Mayor lharr. OF
Washington, horsewhipped young
man named Earl for slapping her son.
A PET cat was found alive aud mnin-
iured under the ruins of the Park the
alter, indianapolis, where i; had re-
NAMED over "A week.
A rrB OF chemicals in the match fac"
tory at Aurora, exploded and seven
men were slightly burned. IL was
with difficulty that the buildings were
saved
KITTENS belonging to "A family in
South lend showed evidences OF a
malignant disease and an examina-
ton by "A doctor revealed the fact that
they had dipntheria. Whether or not
the felines have spread the disease is
not known, but the health officers
will cause rigid outlook to be kept
on all tabbies.
Moan Il. HOOVER. farmer OF Peru,
fell from the top of his windmill the
other dav. and suffered terribly, when
he was relieved by death. Mr.. Hoover
Indiana.
OSE of the rare coins much sought
after by coin collectors has been Sc
cured by George i. Emswiler, OF Rich
mond. 1t is n Mexican dollar coined
during the snort reign OF Maximilian.
SEVERAL years ago Jacob Gindel-
parger, o. Lagrange, sold his boly for
SIS in order To save funeral expenses.
He is now dead, and the doctor who
bought the body has laid claim to It,
Ir is believed that members OF
gang of counterfeiters killed Joseph
Sanders, one of their number. lie was
found dead on road leading into
Munce about "A year ago.
The church originally erected by
Henry Ward Beecher in indianapolis
will be demolished. lie preached in II
when he was 26 years old.
A SECOND militia company is to be
enrolled at Terre llaute.
GLEN SAMUEL and Oliver Gaar, sons
of ne lac Abram Gaar. have present
ed to the First NJ. l.. church of Rich
mond. where their father was me IN
Der. handsome pulpit in his memory.
1t was dedicated with a special pro
gramme.
Richmond ministers are making a
war on spiritualism.
Lille White has been arrested
| charged with drowning her infant
child at Laporte.
NJ. c. Kindle. of Goshen, depended
on faith TO cure him OF a chronic dis
ease and died.
A big bunch of shamrocks from Ire
land have been received by Postmaster
Rush.
MRS. SAREPrA CLINE, noted for hel
numerous charities, is dead at hei
home in New Salem, aged -.
j. W. srRon OF Crawfordville. ha
instituted in Nashville Tribe No. 100
of the Tribe o. Ben Hur 1t starts of
with 80 members
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ELI JOHNSON
of Plain field. will cele brate his forfeit
anniversary as esquire" next autumn
He is now over 50 years old.
A.W. BIEGHLE, eff Laurel. has dee
to government land signed by Pres
dent James Madison.
THERE was strange upheaval q
the ground on the farm of Georg
White near Franklin. For a distanc
of 80 feet the ground was thrown u
several feet high.
WARRANTS have been issued for tw
indianapolis medical students, charge
with attempting TO steal corpscs iroi
the graveyard at Chillicothe.
The farmers of Howard county hay
organized To watch the markets an
make carload shipments of produs
at me.
Nov. Mourn the other day appointe
John w. Vest custodian, f. Legsdo
assistant custodian, and Samuel
Shut engineer of the statehous
MRS. HENRIETTA WuKIE. of Elwoo
the other day applied for admittan'
to the Madison county bar, and is u
first woman to make such applicable
in this court. She is the wife of A
torney Herman Wrinkle.
Miss OLIVE HALL. young womf
living near st. Joseph. has been Sc
, to the Central insane asylum. ~
imagines that she is Mrs. James
Elaine, IT.. and spends the day writir
letters to her imagined husband.
TRE prisoners in the county Jail
Warsaw attempted to escape the 9th
hight by setting fire TO the buildin
William Crowl threw lighted mat
: through the CRATES into barrel
kerosene which was standing in I
corridor. An explosion resulted. I
woodwork in the corridor becomi
at once ignited. Sheriff Matthews
not release the prisoners as they h
anticipated, but let them suffoca
x while he and his deputies battled wi
the flames until the fire was under &C
q troll. 1t was then discovered that 5,
G eral of the prisoners were in b
e condition from the effects OF the he
"a and smoke Crowl and two oth'
a were carried out unconscious and b'
4. ly burned.
n ONE of the biggest beets ever gro
l. In Elwood was being exhibited
other morning and measured 80 incl
/. long and 90 inches around the larg
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