The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-10-31

HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

SulllVan.-N lllldul OitAuOAC hoo 49,
the Gregory Mining company for 81
600. alleging injuries when kicked by
a mule.
Winchester.-The Progressive com
mittee has named E. Coffin as canoi-
date for clerk. vice Harry Wysong.
who withdrew.
Jacksonville Denny has
been awarded $3.50 by jury .tor
nursing Josephine Denny for nve
years. She sued the estate for s4,SVo-
Charlottesville the Pro-
gressives have no city ticket in the
field Judge West had decided that the
party is entitled to representation on
the election board.
Greencastle.-Thieves are busy IN
iormitories where DePauw goods i've.
Several of the girls report thefts Oh
small amounts of money and one girl
lost a gold watch.
Pendleton.-Oscar Davis was hnec
| $50 and costs for operating puma
tiger and s25- and costs for selling
LIQUOR TO a minor. He must also serve
six months in jail
|
man of Indianapolis, president OF
the Marion county w. c. 7. u. who
was operated on for peritonitis at the
Epworth hospital here, remains In
critical condition. She is only slightly
improved although hope is held out
for her ultimate recovery.
Elkhart-Frank Curry, laoorer.
committed suicide by shooting
himself with a revolver. He died In
the hospital two hours after being
found where he had lain in the rain
for about ten hours after the shooting.
He had been divorced about ten days
ago.
Franklin.-The $4,000 school build
ing at Bargersville was dedicated.
The speakers were Doctor King OF the
state board Of health and o. A. Neal,
state high school building inspector.
The exercises were held in the schooi
yard and were attended by a large
crowd and several school trustees
The building is modern.
Columbus The annual convention
of the Christian churches of the
Eleventh district was called TO
order at Hartsville. Bartholomew
county. The program included talks
by Mrs Carrie Robertson OF Browns
town. Mrs. o. H. Griest OF Carlyle. and
E. w. Taylor of South Bend.
Sullivan. = Mrs. Eleanor Combes,
: one hundred and four years old
held a quiet celebration of the an
: niversary at the home OF her son
Wiley Gambill, former commissioner
of the county, who lives half mile
south of this city Mrs. Combes, who
:, is the oldest woman in the county
: possesses good health.
Princeton=Mrs. Elizabeth Hitch
aged forty-two, widow of Harrison
Hitch, the policeman for who's
1 murder. last May, Walter Brocail IL
serving life sentence, died. never
n having recovered from the grief ane
shock of her husbands murder. She
leaves ten children, several OF then
small
l. Greenfield.-Guy Barnard and San
Il Cummins escaped from the cour
J. ty jail here by saving throug
r three sets of iron bars and Lowering
y themselves to the ground by means o
n a rubber hose. 1t is believed they ha
n outside help Barnard was awaitin
e trial on a charge of larceny and Cum
d minis on a charge of forgery.
It Bedford.-Officers are searchin
d for Fred Burton, who, it
,r alleged. attempted TO kill his wifi
t. with a shotgun at Bryantsville. hi
ID aim was faulty and his fire MISE
at his wife, but several stray shot
at struck his daughter. who was tryln
d. to protect her mother. Burton e
a. capped and is believed to have gone
DIT Lafayette,
30 South Bend.-Lyman s. Ken
n well known, one OF the large!
and best manufactures, filed suit fC
divorce from Matte f.ent, alleging d
m sertion The suit, although devoid
" sensational allegations. has created
sensation. The Kents live in Navarl
place, one of the most aristocrat
suburbs of South Bend. and vel
members of the exclusive society Ct
:. cles. Mrs Kent has returned to b.
st home in Chicago.
Noblesville.-The Progressives
=. Noblesyille met in convention al
- nominated the following tickle
IL Mayor, Daniel McCoun; clerk, Clau,
y. Warren.
=. The Democrats have nominated
j. w. Koltz for mayor and Vince
:, Boyles for clerk.
- Muncie. Oct 20.-In the mass &C
vention Of Republicans Michael
az l3roderick was nominated for may
and Earl Gruver for city clagk. Bro
erick is president of the Broderi
VA Boiler company and is rated millic
aire
md Lawrenceburg Oct 20.-Progr'
sive- OF this city nominated Edwa
J. Metzger for treasurer and n.
Klumpp for councilman from {
,er- Third ward.
ere South Bend-Joe Shively. sew
be- teen years old. son OF Senator Shive
,an has been granted a patent on 6
by engine that he constructed when
nd was fourteen years old.
emit Gary.-F. A. Sandstrom, an electri
WI engineer employed by the Gene
Electrical company. was shocked a
nrohably fatally burned at the G..