The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-08-21
HoOSier News
Briefly Told

OF the Baptist temple in Brooklyn.
N Y.
Lawrenceburg Anthony z. Moody,
age thirty-two. a farmer. lost the
sight OF his right eye In a peculiar
manner He was attempting 10 open
a bottle OF beer when he dropped the
bottle on the floor. II bursted and the
tin cork struck him in the eye.
Gary.-Headed by Mrs. Kate Wood
Ray. surragist leader and president
OF the Gary Civic Service club.
women OF the city have begun
Tight on the higher cost OF living In
cidental TO the war. They have re-
solved not TO eat pork until its pres
ent price is reduced two cents pound.
Warsaw.-One OF the most interest
ing events OF the season at
Winona lake was the annual Bible con-
test. This was won by Mrs. George
Whiteside OF Evanston. III. Miss
Myrtle T. Scott OF Goodland, Ind. was
second. and Miss Laura V. Cordeley
Of Muncie was third. The contest was
conducted BY DR.. Harley +. hartman
Of the Moody Bible institute.
Columbus.-The officers elected for
the Flatrock Baptist association. at
its annual meeting here are: II.
n. Spear. Richmond. moderator; j.
d. Brison. Shelbyville. vice-moder-
ator; Ezra Quick. Columbus. clerk;
s. l. Essick. Hope, treasurer. About
two hundred people attended the
annual meeting which closed here
this Afternoon. Last night DIR. E. A
Hanley. president OF Franklin college.
made the chief address.
e-Broken-hearted because
her mother is said TO have whipped
her for losing receipt book.
Lucille Jackson. twelve years old. COM
United suicide here by swallowing car
bolic acid. A young brother found
ncte in her room where her body lay
on the floor. The note read: Dear
Brother: ! am going away from you.
Mamma whips me and can't stand 1t
any longer. She viii know how mean
she treated me after / am gone. Good
by forever" Parents OF the girl say
she had a mania for reacing about
suicides in the newspapers.
Wabash.-A shor. cut from his
home 10 his garage enabled Sher-
81 Coble to prevent the escape OF all
the prisoners IA the county Jail here.
Sheriff Coble was passing through an
I alley in the rear of the Jail. when
I he heard a disturbance inside. and
I promptly investigated. Approaching
l the outer door, he found three OF the
prisoners diligently working with an
iron bar The lock had been broken
and in another minute the men would
have made their escape.
Tipton.-James Whitcomb Riley.
Indianas favorite poet. has &C
cepted an invitation TO speak here on
homecoming and park dedication day.
August % The committee having in
charge the arrangements OF the cele-
bration expects $4,000 persons to be
present at the ceremonies. The park
was purchased by private subscrip-
tons and a large majority OF the citi-
zens OF Upton county own a share in
the park Homecoming day was inaug-
urated as an opening feature OF the
fourth annual chautauqua, which con-
yenes on the 26th and continues until
September 1.
Frankfort-"Mail me 500 within
twenty-four hours or you are a
dead man." read the top lines of a
Black Hand letter received by Thomas
Keussurelis. proprietor of Greek con-
dictionary. large skull and cross
bones were inserted. sketched in ink.
and then a footnote ereading: Re
member. send me 800 within "a hours.
IL you don't you will pay with life.
Send money by general delivery 10
George Bosalius." The letter received
by the Greek was placed In the hands
, of police officials and a decoy letter
> sent to the post Office and officers lay
. in wait. Napoleon Yarick. a Syrian
, fruit peddler. who has been in the city
for several days. called for the letter
, and was arrested and jailed The case
} has been reported to federal author.
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: Greensburg George Armstrong. age
! thirty. was accidentally shot and
killed at Let's when shotgun
! in the hands OF Ed Logan. was
r discharged. Logan had been hunting
and had stepped into the Let's Hard
ware company store to take apart the
, hammerless gun he had been using.
He forgot to remove the shells and
when he broke" the gun shell was
exploded and almost the entire charge
struck Armstrong in the right temple.
Horace Taggart. who was near Arm
strong. was struck in the arm by few
shot. Armstrong; father was sitting
near when his son fell of the chair
dead. The load OF shot. after passing
through the screen door OF the store.
barely missed a brother OF Logan be-
fore striking Armstrong Logan is
Frustrated with grief over the tragedy.
Armstrong leaves a widow.
Fort Wayne.-Fire. which started
in the engine room OF the rsw