The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-11


derson
The corner stone OF the new Catho-
lie church at Nashville was laid the
other daT.
TINREK Is being bought At kokomo
for shipment 10 England. TO be used in
construction of navy vessels
HENRY CAKrER, a reckless young
man. fell down a stairway IN qucs-
tionable hous- at indianapolis and was
killed.
W. l. PESFiELD. Judge of the De
4. kalb circuit court. has accepted the
tender OF the Office OF solicitor for the
state department at Washington made
by the president through Senator
Fairbanks The position pays SIS. 600
year Judge Penfieli mas five years 10
serve on the bench, and was not known
10 be an applicant for any federal Of
fee. Gov. Mount viii appoint his sue
cessor soon.
JUDGE CHASE. Logansport, has de-
clsred the new garnishee law invalid
LEVY FIELD, Wellsboro business
man. poisoned himself through de-
spondency.
GEORGE W VoRIs. the Crawfords-
vile man who refused a pension. has
been adjudged insane.
THE other afternoon l. d. Wagner
rushed into mis- house Al Twenty-sec-
ond street Marion. and without warn
NJ opened fire on his wife He fred
two shots al her, one taking effect in
her left breast and the other in her
LETT upper arm Wagner then held
the revolver 10 his right ear and blazed
away. and the second bullet fired
lodged in his jaw. Wagner was taken
10 jail and his wife TO the hospital
Wagoner's injuries are not considered
dangerous but his wife may die.
Jealousy was the cause of the act
Neither would make any statement.
DAISY d. CoMsTocK Is under arrest
at Shelbyville for marrying without
getting a divorce from her first hus-
band
ANNE HELNs. aged 20. an inmate of
the Home for the Friendlcss 1T Rich
mond. set fire TO her clothing and was
fatally burned
The State national bank at Logans-
port looted of si5O,oO by John J.
johnson, now in the Columbus (O.)
penitentiary, will be reorganized-
Two young women secured a parole
for John Russell. a convict in the state
prison His father was dying The
young women pledged themselves that
they would return Russell TO prison.
PASTOR T. :. GARDINER of the First
Baptist church, Franklin. has been
exonerated by a ministerial committee,
composed of Rev C. A. Hare. Rev. {.
F. W. Dobbs Rev. r. T. Neigh Dor,
Deacon Alexander Shallcuberger and
Deacon W. : thompson
JACOB MUsHRUsH. aged 65. was fatal
" hurt at the Chicago sewer pipe
works. in Brazil. the other day He
was oiling the shafting when his cloth
ing caught in the machinery and he
was hurled to the ground, injuring
him internally.
JUDGE BLACK, of Indianapolis. de-
Hartford City.
ELMER PIERCE. of Brazil, won the
time-prize bicycle race al indianapolis.
doing the course. ID % miles. in 36:5s.
The race won By Harry Gordon in
3T:59 from FIVE men start IL ne road
was bad. and the time-prize winner
performed great feat
Too MANY green goose berries caused
the death of Claude Lay. II years old,
son of Robert Lay. in South Franklin.
His death was due TO acute appendi-
citis The plants had been sprinkled
with paris green; but it is not thought
death was due to the effect of the
poison
The Memorial day address at Green
lawn cemetery. in Franklin, was by
Rev. Geo. Smith
C. y. WILEY. a Muncie carpenter. the
other night fell from = new building
being erected for the Muncie Wheel
Co. and received injuries that will
prove fatal
AZ Spencer. Milton Bledsoe. a sa-
loon-keeper. committed suicide the
other morning by shooting himself
AT Muncie the big factories and
mills closed and business was suspend
ed from noon until 6 o'clock during
the Memorial day exercises Addresses
were made at the Walnut Street Opera
house by Hon Joseph q. LETTER and
Rev. w. ~. Oxtoby- In the march
TO the cemetery 200 old soldiers took
Part
LEBANoS's annual horse show was
held few days ago. Ten thousand
people were in attendance. In Is
classes there were nearly 500 entries
Horses were entered from six counties
About $500 in prizes was awarded
PROF G. r. KESAsToS. OF Man
kato. Mich. has been elected super n
tendent of the public schools at Craw-
louisville at a salary of si.50o
JOHN J. JOHNSON. late president and
cashier of the State National bank OF
Logansport. was sentenced to ten
years in the Ohio state penitentiary
at 10 o'clock the other morning. by
Judge Baker. of the United States
court for the district of Indiana
There was no sensation. and johnson
received the words of the Judge with
out a tremor. and Mrs Johnson who
was present in the court room. listen
ed to the evidence without emotion
By counting off good time Johnson