The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-11-14

HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

S1Xteen, VINO was hurt IN a
Pennsylvania wreck near vanwert.
received a verdict OF $4,000. being
two thousand more han her demand.
Her injuries were internal.
Muncie.-Elias BoItz, sixty years
old, Of Dunkirk. died, the third
victim of the interurban wreck at
Yorktown. Motorman Stanley was ar
rested at Anderson on g charge of in
voluntary manslaughter. He vas
brought TO Nuncie, where he was re
leased on $4,000 bond.
Fort Understanding on a tie
rs he threw the knuckle on a
Wabash freight train. Henry Spacht, a
brakeman of this city. fell across tho
rail and a crawled backward for
nearly ten feet in an effort to get
clear of the tracks when the wheels
caught him. severing his head. A
widow and two children survive.
Richmond.-Coroner Pierce in his
report filed of the death of the
two-weeks-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles c. Settle, this city, October
Is. found that the baby had been lit
orally Rugged TO death, but without
intentional violence. by its mother
when she fell asleep while rocking the
little one.
Bloomington. - Bloomington was
visited by the committee appointed
to select a site for the state penal
farm. The committee inspected a
tract known as the ~Kyle-Ferguson
farm, of more than 1,200 acres near
Harrodsburg. and went from his city
to ~Springville TO inspect another pro-
posed site.
o Wayne.-The biennial in
spection of the local Knights Temp
lar chapter was made a big event
" Zen it was conducted by Right Emf
nent Commander Joseph Ibach of the
grand commandery of Indiana and Sid
ney Douglas, the inspector general OF
the grand commandery of the state,
both of whom are from indianapolis.
Evansville.-J. d. Barber, age
se~venty-seven, and Mrs. Kate Mar
tin, G sixty-two. both living at
Oakland City. were married here by
Ben, Morris, justice of the peace. IL
was the third marriage for each. Bar
Der said marrying had got TO a sort
of habit with him.
Warsaw.-Clarence Duffee. twenty
two, and Chester Evans, seven
teen years old, were run down by
a Pennsylvania passenger train and n
stantly killed. They were walking on
the west-bound track as a passenger
train passed On the opposite track.
and failed to hear the train coming
from the other direction. Duffee is
survived by a widow and Evans by a
mother. brother and sister.
Observation-Disclosures will be no
tango dances at Indiana university
during the present school year.
Resolutions asking the cooperation OF
all the students in making the dances
this year beyond criticism were given
out by Miss Denise. dean of women.
and have just been adopted by the
Pan Hellenic council of young women.
The resolution asks that the students
restrict themselves TO the waltz, two
step, Boston without the low Dip
ping), the hesitation waltz and the
one step without the dip).
Marion.-Dr. V. V. Cameron. coro-
of Grant county, found that
Jennie Robinson. age thirty-fve,
found dead in the Grant county Jail,
died Of chronic alcoholism. The WON
an was placed in Jail when ~intoxicat-
ed. She came formerly from Fort
wayne. Nothing is known of her rel
atives.
Evansville.-W. II. Blanchett, fire.
on the towboat Taber, who
shot and killed William January.
the engineer on the boat. on Green
river, near Evansville, gave himself
up at Morgantown. KY. He has en-
pioyed an attorney and will plead self
defense. The body of January has
brought here for burial.
Observation-Disclosures. William Wright
age seventy-three, who lived north
of Lewisville, about sixteen miles
west of this city. committed sui
eide by swallowing carbolic acid.
She was found by her son In a dying
condition. Mrs. Wright had dressed
for burial.
North Vernon.-From all indications
city election to be held here
4 will be a clean one.
The Progressives and Democrats have
to an agreement, and no money
will be used or any other means OF
influencing voters. The present out
ook seems most favorable for the
Progressives, and there is little doubt
but that they will make a clean
sweep.
Lebanon.-JaHes WEIGH, seventeen
years old. Of Indianapolis. pleaded
guilty to robbing the homes OF
Jasper c. Shelburne and William
Ginger. near louisville, and Judge
sentenced him to serve two to
years in the reformatory.
In Jail here WEIGH was inter
by Superintendent Hyland or
and that official later
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