The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-06
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HOOSIER NEWS.
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stantly killed by an engine on 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.
Will 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 a member OF the South
Bend fire department and for
IL 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, work OF SEEMING
Lake Manitou OF undesirable fish
has begun under the supervision
of Game Warden Hisey. The men ex-
pect to make their first haul next week.
Hundreds OF persons in the comfy
plan to witness the first haul. The
seine TO be used is 1880 feet long.
ookville.-lIarvey Slaughter and
his wife and son, I'm Jail here on
charges OF conspiracy in the burn
ing OF n 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.--Fire starting from
defective fiue, destroyed the ele-
vator OF the Montpelier Grain Il
Milling company, OF which +. +.
Halter is manager. The TOSS is $751;
900. with $4,000 insurance Four hun
dred dollars I'm checks and currency
and 1000 bushels OF wheat were con-
sumed
South 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 or the West side il has been
necessary TO employ additional teach
ers and open temporary rooms.
Logansport. Sarah A. Eldridge,
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 a rope.
Mrs. Eldridge moved here with her
son from Delphi last September.
ShelbyVille.-M and Mrs. John
Unger, living near Morristown. eel
ebrated their golden wedding ami
versary gy entertaining many OF their
friends and relatives at dinner and
many others at n reception at night.
They have nine children living Mr..
and Mrs. +. NJ. Sawin OF near Edin-
burg celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary by giving dinner for
many of their friends and relatives.
Charlottesville. - Suffering under
the hallucination that he had cor
nered the money market and that
it 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 a 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
Schoppmann, a young farmer, was
standing on a street corner. waiting
for his wife, Mrs Schoppmann
gave birth to baby daughter in the
woman's room of the courthouse. The
ambulance carrying the wife and baby
to hospital, passed Schoppmann on
the street He appealed TO the police
when his wife did not appear. and
learned that she was In the hospital.
Rochester Mrs. Fife Hunter
who was granted $4,000 at War
saw in the suit against the Erie
railroad as the result of the death OF
her husband. Joseph Hunter. Is resi-.
dent of this city. She is in poor cir
cumstances. Her husband, an en-
ploye of the Erie, was her only sup
port. He was killed near here a year
ago when an engine backed upon him
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 the
mountains of Kentucky, were arrested
here as they were attempting to
board freight train. They were later
returned 10 Marion by Sheriff White
of that place, where they will be held
for the alleged theft Of number OF
chickens and hogs from the Lee Hale
farm. Sheriff White was reported TO
have been shot while chasing the
young men, but said that, although
he ran for a mile through the STOW
In an effort TO apprehend them. nc
shots were fired.
North Vernon.-Freight train No. sc
| On the Louisville division OF the b. &
| g. was derailed near Paris when seven
cars loaded with merchandise and
4 ~ota loft tho trark Two wreckin q