The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-01-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
HAPPENINGS
INDIANA L

Springport-An election will be
held here soon to determine the ques-
ton OF Incorporating as a town
Nashville.-Brown county Demo
Gratis will hold their primary TO name
a county ticket January "a
Eyansville-Mr. and Mrs Anthony
Schu have celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary.
Bedford.-A committee has been
named to drafi a constitution and BY
laws for the Lawrence County His
! torical association.
Bedford.-Leroy Stevens has sued
the Ohio & Western Lime company
for $4,000, alleging injuries while in
its employ.
Terre Haute.-Oswald DeRossy,
Porto Rican student at veterinary
college, homesick, shot and killed him
self in his room here.
Waynetown.-Walter Harvey has
suer the T. H.. l. & f. Traction com
pany for $4,000. alleging injuries
when run down by a car last summer.
Petersburg. Cleman. TWEEN
ty years old. who has disappeared
from his home here. is said TO have
passed number OF worthless checks.
Nashville.-James NJ Moore. sixty
eight years old. iSin jail on complaint
of his wife. who SAYS he attempted TO
shoot her.
Cromwell-James Burwell Jr.. has
filed suit for $4,000 for injuries sus-
tained when he was run down by al
auto driven by Albert Adds.
Evansville.-First District Progress
siyes will hold their convention here
January 20 Charles Finley Smith
will probably be reelected chairman.
Petersburg county commits
sioners have elected VIII Chew road
superintendent; DR.. f. Bell OF Wins
low, health board secretary, and s. w.
Dillin, attorney
Sullivan.-Numerous robberies have
caused the employment of a night pa
trolman. Merchants have been or
dered to maintain a light i'm the rear
of their stores.
ansville.-Friends of William VIII
son, serving penitentiary term for
Il u.
Ky, will ask his pardon at the next
meeting of the board
Coyington.-The Fountain county :
commissioners have appointed former
Commissioner James A. Copeland
road superintendent, the position pay
ing five dollars a day.
Terre Haute.-Sales of Red Cross
seals in Vigo county aggregated ST.
$50, according TO the report of Helen
who had charge of the dis
tribution.
Blunton.-Wellsc county commission
ers have chosen John f. Markley
road superintendent and George Mock
as county attorney TO succeed Frank
G. DALEY, appointed United States
district attorney
Brazil.-Lewis McNutt entertained
he Clay County Bar association at q
banquet in honor Of his father, Judge
James A. McNutt, celebrating the lat
-er's seventy-fifth birth anniversary.
and fortieth year as a member of the
par.
Goshen.-Harvey Swoveland. for
y-hve years old, a well-to-do farm
II, for the second time defeated
Efforts of his wife to send him 10
1ongcliffe asylum. He was given into
he care of his brother and sister. I'd
o date Swoveland has had three
guardians.
Terre Haute-William Locke, aged
evenly, for a third of a CEN
ury cashier OF the local branch
Il the American Distilling company,
married Miss Ray Conkling az the res
dence of his daughter. Mrs. Jane
ohnson. in Connersville The first
lrs. Locke was a sister OF the bride,
Tho is sixty-three
South nd.-Announcement was
lade of the founding OF scholar
hips at the University of Notre
)ame and at ST. Marys college
memory OF the late Patrick OBrien
this city. The foundation amounts
$4,000 and becomes available i'm
lediately. The scholarships were
warded TO Frank Mulcahy and Emil
eidman of Rochester, " Y. seniors.
Marion.-Crist Miste, twenty-sev-
n years old. was struck by
train near Sweetzer. six
lilies west of here. receiving injuries
his head and spine which caused
cath shortly after he was brought 10
lie city hospital here. He had been
orking for the railroad company and
had started TO walk 10 this
ty. His pockets contained sl2s
I'd papers which disclosed his name
I'd that he had wife and two chill
'en in Macedonia
Eyansyille.-Bertis E Capel. TWEEN
years old, of Shawneetown, III.
hampton typist and former secretary
Governor Deneen of Illinois. was
raigned here in city court on
large OF passing fraudulent checks
'gregating s43
Marion.-Miss Freda Prail. nine
EN- years old. was found SPY
'ighbor on the floor OF her home I'M
nSciOuS and strfferinQ from, cb1oro