The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-13
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HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Stdnlly killed Dy an engine OH the
Chicago. Indiana & Southern railroad
at street crossing here.
Shelbyville.-In a fight here Will
lam Davis of this city was dan
gerously stabbed in the abdomen.
VIII Baxter, who has been in trouble
on several occasions, was chased by
the police. but escaped. and has not
been found.
South Bend.-Wilfred Grant, for
% years member OF the South
Bend fire department and for
u years chief of the organization. has
refused to accept the position of chief
of the Gary department because of the
political fight in that city between the
two factions of officeholders.
Rochester.-The work OF SEEMING
Lake Manitou of undesirable fish
has begun under the supervision
of Game Warden Hisey. The men ex-
pect 70 make their first haul next week.
Hundreds Of persons in the county
plan to witness the first haul. The
seine to be used is 1880 feet long.
Brookville-Harvey Slaughter and
his wife and son, in Jail here on
charges OF conspiracy in the burn
ing Of a house at Laurel. were
released on their recognizance by
agreement of parties to appear the
first Monday of the next term OF the
Franklin circuit court
Hartford City.-F'ire starting from
a defective fiue, destroyed the ele-
vator of the Montpelier Grain Il
Milling company, OF which f. +.
Halter is manager. The loss is $751;
900, with $4,000 insurance. Four hun
dred dollars in checks and currency
and 1000 bushels of wheat were con-
sumed
South Bend.-Following the en-
rollment OF $50 pupils from st.
Casimir's Polish Roman Catholic par
fish in the public schools. the paro-
chial school OF the parish was closed
for the year. Because OF the sudden
increased tax on the public school
facilities on the West side it has been
necessary to employ additional teach
ers and open temporary rooms.
Logansport. - Sarah A. Eldrldge.
eighty-three years old. committed
suicide at the home OF her son,
Arthur w. Cain. with whom she
has been staying. She hanged her
self from a rafter in the barn and the
body was found by her son when he
returned home for dinner. She. had
torn sheet to strips to make rope.
Mrs. Eldridge moved here with her
son from Delphi last September
Shelbyville.--Mr and Mrs. John
Unger, living near Morristown, Gel
ebrated their golden wedding ami
versary gy entertaining many OF their
friends and relatives at dinner and
many others at reception at night.
They have nine children living. Mr..
and Mrs. +. M. Sawin of near Edin-
burg celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary by giving a dinner for
many OF their friends and relatives.
Charlottesville. - Suffering under
! the hallucination that he had cor
nered the money market and that
1t was his duty to give 1t back to the
poor, w. G. Graves, prominent farmer
living near Wingate, became violently
insane here, and had to be taken into
custody. Graves had attempted To
board car for indianapolis. where, he
told friends, he would make speech
in front OF the monument and give
lots OF money" to the poor.
Fort Wayne. While Lawrence
Sehoppmann, young farmer, was
standing on a street corner, waiting
for his wife, Mrs. Schoppmanr
gave birth to a baby daughter in the
woman's room OF the courthouse. The
ambulance carrying the wife and bah,
to a hospital, passed Schoppmann or
the street He appealed to the police
when his wife did not appear. ant
learned that she was In the hospital
Rochester. - Mrs. Eflie Hunter
who was granted $4,000 at War
saw in the suit against the Erie
railroad az the result of the death o
her husband. Joseph Hunter. is a resi-
dent OF this city. She is In poor cir
cumstances. Her husband. an EN-
ploye OF the Erie. was her only sup
| port. lie was killed. near HeIc yea
ago when an engine backed upon hin
while he was walking In the middle
OF the track.
Elwood. Clifford and william
Green. two young men who came
to Grant county recently from tn
mountains OF Kentucky. were arrested
here as they were attempting u
board freight train. They were late
returned to Marion by Sheriff Whit
of that place, where they Will be hel'
for the alleged theft OF number o
chickens and hogs from the Lee Hal
farm. Sheriff White was reported Z
have been shot while chasing tn
young men. but said that. although
he ran for a mile through the snow
In an effort To apprehend them. n
shots were fired.
North Vernon.-Freight train No. s
on the Louisville division OF the b.
O. was derailed near Paris when seyel
cars loaded with merchandise am
| eoka left the track Two wreckin