The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-17


eorE-tory were paroled
The Premier steel works. Of Indian
apolis. has gone into the hanos Oh
receiver.
JONI BAKER. of Connersvillc, eloped
with his wife's sister, Mrs seely-
An annual convention of Christian
churches will be held at Milton sep
TENDER Is, Is and IL.
WHIrEcAPs knocked John Poor, .
farmer near Brownstown. senseless,
beat his wife. and left him for dead.
RICHMOND will entertain both the
yearly meetings of Friends-orthodoN
and Hicksite-.he last Of this month
COMPANY ID. OF the lSOth Indiana Vol
unteer infantry. held its reunion near
Huntington. Twenty out OF 100 sur
vive.
ED ~grrEsMA was fatally shot at
Huntingburg by VIM. Solomon, who
was Jealous of Stutcsman's attentions
to his wife.
JOSEPH BIsEI- a wealthy and nnu
tial farmer living nea Bluff Point. Jay
county. accidentally shot and killed
himself the other afternoon. His wife
is sick. and he got down an old muzzle-
loading shotgun TO 90 and kill a spur
rel for her. He undertook to clean II,
and had the r..mrod in one OF b bar
rels. when il was discharged, the rod
passing through his heart, while the
charge of shot tore out his left side and
be fell a corpse before his wife Ills
wife is not expected to live.
REV. u. Il. SWEENEY. of Columbus,
addressed a crowd estimated at 1000 at
the Washington county annual meet
ing of the Christian Church at Candon.
LABOR day celebrations were the
biggest demonstrations of h KIND
ever held in Terre Haute. The
Central Labor union insisted on
a woman.s bicycle race at the fair
grounds track. Notwithstanding the
protest of the l.. A.. W. and falr
Grounds association. The National L..
A. ". will put a ban on the track. Cen
trail Labor union rented the grounds
and hold that they can use them for
the The result was a lively
row between wheelmen and organized
labor. John w. Lloyd, of Chicago. was
orator OF the day.
BERKELEY WALKER, of Button. shot
at his wife who had left him, wound
ing his sistcr-in-law. and then tried to
shoot himself when captured.
BURTON. alias Hennessey. taken from
Nashville to indianapolis. charged
with numbering Frank Redmond, de
mics the charge. and says his name Il
not Burton
THE bottle factories in Elwood ant
Frankton resumed work. giving EN-
ployment to $50 hands.
The Elwood window glass factor.
has started. the employees having reach
ed an agreement satisfactory to all
AT Kckomo Mrs Marian Jones die
from blood poisoning. Mrs Jones, VIII
was 60 years of age. combed the hair o
a corpse a short time ago, and from
scalp abscess poison communicate
through a slight scratch on her hand
IDELLA DAVIS, a young schoc
teacher. fell from her wheel in front
a street car at Terre Haute and re
ceived injuries from which she died
!. few hours later.
ALBERT BLOCKER. aged IS, living nes
Nottingham. Wells county, Academia
!, ly shot himself wi,ile out hunting. II
| died Instantly
A DEED of trust from Kerlin Bros
\, the Indiana Trust Co. of Indianapoli
: was filed the other morning with I'll
!, recorder of Blackford county. 1t is
secure the payment of 500. 900 in bono
and covers all the company's oil lar
leases. pipe lines and other property
Blackford. Jay. Wells, Adams and 9th
a counties.
At IL the circuit court at Indianapol
10 Judge Allen entered an order for Il
TX sale of the Premier Steel Co. : immen
plant in that city on January Is. Is
The property has been in the hands
a receiver since April. 1898. and h
been imperative. The order of "a
q. was based on a excessive expense
to the trust.
is The deal has been closed that brin
re TO Swayzee a o -blower window gla
tank factory. The citizens voted
ch Sd. 900 bonus and free factory si'
nd Emil Baner, the proprietor. has pr
on chased the old calcined plant at +,
Ie. toria. o.. and will remove it to Swa
a zee. The factory will employ :
a hands.
er HARTFORD City BARRIERS union a
ed about 200 uSion ~glassworkers and 9th
he union labor representatives attend
the state labor convention held at Nh
n Gle.
is THE eleventh annual reunion of I
or Porter and Lake County Veteran as
m citation will be held in Valparaiso ;.
bt TENDER "a. p and 20. Among the pro
re. inent grand army men who have
RI cepted invitations to bc present 4
Gov. Mount, Department Command
m Dodge. Adj. Gen. Smock and Gen 10
ia c. Black. of Chicago, ex-commissior
mt of pensions.
ria Mrs. w. RIIRy. of Lebanon, has 81
rs Thomas Allen. who killed her husba
200 during a quarrel. for $4,000.
THE annual reunion of the Nj
wa teenth Regiment volunteers. will
an held at Dunkirk. Excursion rates.
ad Mrs. J. A. BROWNING. of Louisvi
he was found dead in her berth WI
on passing through Richmond He
20 disease.