The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-05-01
HOOsier News
Briefly Told
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DOJo &O4AlN NOIA
club has been organized here. with %
members, by County Agricultural
Agent Johnson and County Super!n-
tendent darlington.
Laporte.-Rev. G. E. Francis. pastor
or the Methodist church at Westvflle.
has resigned to accept a call to James
town, Ind. He will be succeeded az
Westville by Rev. c. l.. Law.
observation-disclosures a colored
man was sent down from Chicago 10
work in the mill OF the Central Stone
mill OF this city. the 80 employees OF
the company quit work. The places
OF the strikers were filed with new
employees.
Terre Haute. Members OF he
Christian churches of Terre Haute
are rapidly concluding plans for
the diamond jubilee convention OF
the Christian churches OF Indiana.
May IL to ii. One thousand persons
from all parts of the state are ex-
pected to attend.
Columbus. Jack Arner, eighteen
years old, who, with two other youths.
Is walking from Birmingham. Ala. TO
indianapolis. the winner TO receive
5000, and the losers to receive full out
hts or clothing. two weeks board at
the Claypool hotel and their car fare
home, arrived here.
Hartford City.-An estate worth 500
600 is left by will to the widow OF A.
X iailAr fO-n,o
who died on the streets at Columbus.
u, April 9. Mrs. Weller was formerly
Miss Blanche Kahn of Indianapolis.
Among numerous requests are $1,000
each TO Carroll and Dorothea Weller
of South Bend.
Rushville.-Miss Leah Flint will rep
resent the local high school at the ora
torlcal contest OF the Central Indiana
high School league In Shelbyville. May
., having won the preliminary contest
here. There were seven contestants
n Miss Flint took for her subject
"Toussant L'Overture." She is a senior
In the high school.
Columbus.-Salum Wilbur OF Eliza
bethtown filed suit in circuit court
here for $4,000 damages against the
chicago, Terre- Haute & Southeastern
Railway company. A few days ago his
wife, Mary Wilbur, was given a judg-
ment for 81, 900 damages for alleged
personal injuries m a suit against the
same company, which was tried at
Greensburg.
Laporte.-Walter Lopathka, bailiff
IN the Laporte circuit court and a
prominent young Polish-American. adj
dressed a letter to President Wilson
Offering the services of himself and
20 Polish young men of this city. He
also offers TO organize a complete COM
pany in Laporte, Michigan City and
South Bend to go to the front and fight
the Mexicans.
Sh~elbyville. - Harry Neil paid a
fine and costs OF $50 in the may
ors court on a charge OF assault
and battery on Harry Anderson, a
lad whom he ran down with an auto
here April s. The mayor suspended
a 30-days' Jail sentence. Anderson's
back was broken I'm the accident. but
it is believed he will recover. lie Will
probably be a cripple for life.
Delphi-The Great Western Can.
ming c%ompany's plant was de-
by fire. The loss was 1925
300, with insurance of 100000. The
OF the building was $4,000:
stock. $4,000. The owners were w.
Smith, mayor OF Delphi: Isaac
smith of Kokomo. and Earl Smith OF
Fire also destroyed the plant
IF the Delphi Engineering company,
manufacturers OF steam hoists. Both
plants probably will be rebuilt.
Warsaw.-The general store OF l..
}. Menden at Burket was robbed here.
$500 and $1,000 in jewelry.
ilferware, clothing and shoes was
away. Late this afternoon
c.. A. Kitsell and a posse OF
surrounded a woods four
niles from Burket and captured Thull
iathias, twenty-five, and Herman
wagner, eighteen years OF age, both
oreigners. They had part OF the goods
4 their possession and led the officers
the place where the other was hid
Connersville.-Stopes were hurled
the windows. when lightning
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
during the severe electrical
torn here. The bolt struck a CHM >
ey above the room where Mr.. and
Irs. Trusler were sleeping and both
ere knocked insensible. Fred Trus-
n, a son, sleeping downstairs near a
indow. was greatly startled when a
stone was fired through the head
of his bed. The lightning ripped
lie telephone from the wall and bored
hole in the earth several feet deep.
Indianapolis. - Governor Ralston
a full pardon 20 Louis
aqrith OF Aurora. who was paroled
1911 by Governor Marshall after