The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-06

lIaute. dropped dead.
GIDEON CurREr. aged i04, died ut his
home near Bloomfield.
Ar Terrc lIaute Daniel Roper was
killed while handling "A live electric
light wire.
SQUIRE JoHN HAUsE, of Jefferson
Vile, joined eight couples in wedlock
the other day.
CHARLES IL IIoRNEY, of Evansville,
was married to his niece, Lillian Price.
and the girls mother has just learned
OF the fact.
X. X BEMs and Prof. Il. A. Merely,
representing syndicate of capitalists.
have secured 30 days option on so
acres OF land ad joining Washington
with a view Of erecting So, 900 college
buildings.
A BALTIMORE & ONO SOUTHWESTERN
railway official was in Washington n
few days ago viewing the ground be-
tween Washington and Petersburg,
his road having in contemplation the
construction of a branch line to the
Pike county coal and natural gas
fields.
NJ. A. REED. of Anderson City claims
TO have invented an oil that will an
,wer the purpose of coal as fuel for
warships.
AT kokomo on account of the factor
les resuming, workmen have become
scarce and the contractors on the new
county pike want $50 more men.
MARY GLoEE, Sarah Meyers and
John keefer of La Grange county,
have been notified that they are heirs
20 vast estate near Danville, Pa.
ROY SLOAN. an ex-convict, was cap
tured the other night in an open field
by enraged farmers, near Ligonier.
sloan attempted All assault upon an
aigh -yearold girl. The arrival of the
authorities alone saved Sloan's neck,
as the rope was already hanging from
tree.
BURnL PERKINS. aged "a years. the
oldest man in Randolph county, and
Mrs. Eliza beth Goings aged 70 years,
Of Greenville, o.. both colored, were
married at the residence of Rev. Cal
Cook, in Winchester The groom has
been married four times before and
the bride twice He is the father of
"A children and innumerable grand
children.
The Nivison-Weiscon bottle factory,
E.wood, started the other morning
with full force and Will run indef-
initcly. A bout 800 men are employed.
Bob MEEKs has at his drug store in
Farmland a two-legged cat Its fore
feet and legs are as natural as any, but
it has no sign of hind legs 1t is very
play nj and is quite n curiosity run
ming around on its two feet
COMMISSIONERS Conner and Terhune,
appointed by Gov. Mount TO visit the
Indiana coal fields and report on the
condition of the miners submitted
their inclusion a few days ago They
end that a bout 5000 miners and fam.
lies will need assistance if the present.
conditions continue. They suggest
that prosperous people of Indiana
should give the subject their thought.
Operators are quoted to the effect that
they are res ponsible for low wages and
the condition of the miners, for they
have forced down prices under the
stress of competition, which in turn
has driven them to it. The report calls
attention to the fact that 10 lawless-
ness exists and that there are no signs
IF an unruly spirit Gov. Mount the
other night issued an appeal to the
people of Indiana calling for aid for
the striking coal miners A committee
has been appointed to receive subscrip-
tons The miners in many cases are
destitute.
Mis- JoIIS RoE, of Huntington coun-
ty. was cooking supper on gasoline
stove, when her clothing caught ire.
She was burned to a crisp
THOMAS ALEXANDER, the tallest man
in Rush county, died suddenly of heart
disease. He was o feet 10 inches high
and his brother Jim is 6 feet inches.
The Alexan ders were wi iely known as
he Twin Hoosier giants"
The following allowances for clerk
hire In Indiana post offices whose post
masters receive g, 800 or over were an
nouncel a few days since: Anderson,
s3,572; Attica. $4,000; Charlottesville.
e. 500; EIkhart, S6.74I; Elwood, 81, 800;
Evansville, sl2, 400; 1T Wayne, Si2, isi;
Goshen, 1886; indianapolis. 1850;
Lafayette, S6,55s; Marion, SO, ia; Mum
Gle, 1924; Richmond, $4,000; South
Bend, s9,ef4; Terre Haute, slo,5Os.
AUGUSTUS AMBoRS, OF Munce. whose
mania is TO order a quantity of goods
from several merchants every day, will
be sent to an asylum
The st George hotel, one of the old
est and largest hostelres in southern
Indiana, has closed its doors on ac-
count Of lack of patronage
the yield OF wheat in Madison coun-
ty will be from Is to 80 bushels To an
acre.
AT Kentland Miss Grace Hoover was
burned to death by the explosion of u
gasoline stove.
AN investigation shows that Mrs.
Lulu Williams, of Laporte, who died
recently, was poisoned.
The Indiana Farmers Savings and
Loan association, of TT. Wayne, has
gone into the hands OF receiver.
AT Gosport, Jerc De We're lost $500
on q three-card monte game at Halls
circus
DANIEL CLEARLY, crippled shocmak-
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