The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

ans-Crum bribery case, II was learned
that he had gone To Iowa. He was to
be the star witness for the state
ORA FINE young woman who died
under suspicious circumstances at
Bedford, il is thought was killed by y
criminal operation. The remains
were taken up and "A post norton ex-
animation held.
ELDER Il. I. SWEENEY has resigned
as pastor of the Christian church, at
Columbus. with which he has been con
nected for 70 years. lie will enter
polite,
LoT ULRICH, of Upton, had the grip
and now the skin is peeling off his
body. No pain accompanies the trans
formation and physicians are unable
to explain the cause
MORE than 1000 witnesses were ex-
amined at the trial OF County Treas
urer Bolds, Decatur, wherein the coun-
ty commissioners sued TO recover 50, 900
stolen township funds.
Mrs. NAOMI JONES, aged so, was run
over and horribly mangled by train
at TT Wayne
AT Bourbon, John Williams, on his
death bed, told how Frank James and
Bob Younger, the outlaws, once wore
in hiding al his house for several
weeks.
A MULE Is hands high and weighing
1000 pounds was sold by W. w. Iiamil-
ton, of Greensburg, to a Rochester, \.
Y, man. The mule is said to be the
largest in the world.
STRIKERs along the Chicago & South
eastern railroad have decided to pull
out all switches and refuse to return
to work until their salaries are paid.
ANDREW j. sToTT, bright young
lawyer student at De Paw university,
has been declared insane because he
wrote letters to a bout 20 women solic-
iting their hand in marriage.
The police force stopped a prize fight
between Kid Reed and Charles Parry,
at Middletown.
GEO hIRcnNER, of Valparaiso, has
invented a motor that runs without
steam or electricity.
AT EIwood. James Fancher attempt
ed to shoot his wife because she made
application for divorce.
JOHN CHANDLER, a 2-year-old boy.
Princeton.
MIR f. 5 CoYLE has starten a tobacco
factory in Madison, expecting TO EN-.
ploy sixty or seventy hands
The Ogden-Ross Electrical Manufac-
turing Co has been located in Madi.
son and will employ 100 hands. 1t will
manufacture telegraphic and telephone
Sincs.
The other morning n tramp was bad
ia injured. one mile north of Green
wood. from falling from north-bound
freight He gave his name as Frank
Forr. and said he lived in Terre Haute.
He was taken to Indianapolis by the
trainmen.
A SMALL cyclone struck Davies coun.
ty at o'clock the other morning.
The north wall of the Swan Pond
school building was torn out and the
stone cross on St Simons church
steeple blown off and broken. A
large amount OF cornice on the court
house was torn off. Many trees were
uprooted and windows broken.
A CYCLONE passed over Princeton,
the other night, but was too high to
do much damage. One large building
was completely demolished.
JOHN MARTIN, arrested the other
evening for stealing $500 from Com
missioner Morris. at Madison, got FIVE
years in the penitentiary.
THE old national bridge built in 1892
at Richmond, has been closed to traffic
and will not be opened.
WLLETT SWEENEY. of South Bend,
aged 81 years. has never ridden on a
railroad or street car in his life
TWENTY rollers at the Cathedral
glass-worlxs. Anderson, went on
strike the other morning. and the fac
tory was closed. They demand shorter
hours. 1t throws 200 men out Of work.
AT Kokomo the family Of John Coy
er, including nine persons became i'll
while at the breakfast table. Three
children were lying at the point of
death few days ago. They were poi
soned from brass spoon in n gravy
dish. The spoon was one that had
been lost and accumulated verdigris
while lysng on the ground.
THE friends of Congressman George
W. Steel in the Wabash district are
quietly coaching boom for him as the
successor of Senator David Turpie in
1892
Gov. MOUNT, of Indiana, disregarded
politics in making appointments to
various boards of control and police
commissioners Repu blicans, gold
democrats, silverites and women were
named.
GEO. w. COOPER, ex-congressman, has
refused the appointment to the posi-
ton OF director of the state reform
atory Mt Jeffersonvile.
AT Kokomo, Paul w Brossart Is held
on the charge of bigamy.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS has decided to
recommend VIM ID. Page for postmas-
ter at TT Wayne. Mr.. Page is editor
of the News.
AT Hanryville, the four-year old
child of Mr. and Mrs David Shuler
was burned to death by its dress
catching fire from CRATE.
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