The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-01-08

dynamite ana apout Glow ia NAHh INV
stamps taken.
JAMES OlAILs, Greentown saloons
keeper. was found dead on the side
walk with bullet in his brain and
revolver at his side The shooting was
done AZ the yard gate of Ida Lang. /
| The Lang woman and Mollie Carson
were arrested.
A COMPARISON of the industries OF
! Elwood with this time last year shows
n larger number employed in the diff
ferent industries and IA slightly larger
monthly pay roll. which now exceeds
$50. coo per month for all the indus
tries and shops in that city. There are
over 1900 men employed.
AT Columbus Wallis Ryan was
killed by n falling tree while trying
10 save his brother from a similar
fate.
Tur saw-mill connected with the
Wright hoop works, kolomo, burned,
causing a loss of 81, 600, with no insur-
ance. The main factory was not dam
aged
DIR. 5. f. SMITH, medical superin-
tendent of the Eastern Indiana hos
pital for the insane believes that one
afflicted is through amusement This
idea was fully ememplltied in the pro-
rramme that was carried out there
during the holidays. The week may
almost be said TO be continual round
OF pleasure TO the people there. The
programme began on Wednesday even
ing, when the patients danced. On
Christmas eve farce-comedy, Hunt
, ing Son-in-law,' was presented. FRI
day morning presents were distributed
, among the patients and in the evening
I the employees had a social Saturday
evening there was gramaphone party
| in the department for men. Sunday
there were religious services Monday
, evening there was gramaphone party
, in the department for women, Tuesday
evening "A musical concert, Wednesday
evening a patients dance, New Years
eve the comic opera Nottingham" was
presented. and the programme closed
on New Years night with an employees
social.
/. AT Seymour a young man named
' Hodapp had his right eye torn out and
his head frightfully cut by the expo
sion of toy cannon. He lit the fuse
= with cigar and the canon exploded.
!, A piece of the iron also entered his
: arm.
: EENJAMIS Zoss, aged l6, an inveter-
ate cigarette smoker, died from effects
= Of nicotine poisoning at South Bead
: The boy had nearly recovered under a
! physicians treatment, but got hold Of
another cigarette. which aggravated
his case and death resulted.
sf.u
). receipts for the money due taxpayers
= of West and Cedar Greek townships,
: Lake county. which has lain in an In
: dianapolis bank for nearly twenty
= years. The taxpayers voted tax on
themselves to secure a railroad, but II
failed to materialize and since then
i the money has been tied up in court
u Instead of the taxpayers getting SO,
. 900 as they expected. only $1,000, or
1. less than half. was brought here 10y
d the state The rest was eaten up 10y
fr attorneys fees and numerous Other
~ bills. A fight is now on between two
township trustees and the taxpayer:
u over the money.
y Hoo cholera, which has been killing
A. off stock in the vicinity OF Danevill'
" for weeks, is now abating. The fol
ID lowing losses are reported as result
of the epidemic: Thornburg Bros, 30
head; Edward llar mann. 100; Davi'
Kilgore, IS; Geo Lockridge IA; Rol
Lcnningt on, 8.
w. VINCENT T.. RING, a glass factor,
M architect, of St. Louis. has been en
ne gagged at the plant of the Hartford Cit
lis Glass Co. for the past two week
er preparing plans for the third tank
at be erected in the near future. Tn
'at Hartford City plant is already the thir
ne largest plant in America, and whe
ai. this is completed it will surpass an
u in point Of capacity in the country
" Francis A. COFFIN. who is serving
sentence at tho Prison North for CON
st- plicity in wreclSing the lndianapoi
'ar National bank. has gone into bushes
3d. Coffin has purchased the prison Tobacco
M stand.
0ue MIKE KEyNEY, Of Toledo; Jack Ley
&C. is. Joseph Klinkc, George and Jof
es' Haraestv and Billie Dugan engaged
ere n fight over game of cards at Munci
'tai and the first two named were serious
cut by Kleinke, who used peck
40 knife. Lewis was stabbed in the ba'
ere and hip and Kcnney was slash
20 across the stomach.
2ts, TIproS is experiencing rat plag,
''5' Raids are being made on them, a
'ags hundreds are being killed every ds
IN The drug-stores are having big ira
or, in rat poison.
ana WILLIAM HnGER iled suit in
Grant circuit court against the {
can City Pottery works for $40, 900 da
New ages for injuries received in an nc
lst' dent
oy AT Rochester announcement v
ony' made the other day OF the deaths
pas John ID. Hudkins, ex-county comm
oy sioner, aged 6s years; Mrs Ju
nstls Ernsperger, aged 81 years, and NJ
ecre- John ID. Brown, aged ~ years,
pioneer settlers of Fulton county.
many LEoRA GIANT, the express mess
'ams ger who embezzled STAT from
ana Adams Express Co.. at Richmond, W
g. A. ~