The Jasper weekly courier., 1914-12-04
HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Dctu Calleu IOI SloChlou lONuSulps
outside of Linton.
Cannelton.-Rev. Ernest Leo Lee
Birchby, vicar in charge of ST. Lukes
Episcopal church here, has resigned
TO become rector of St Paul's parish
at Columbus.
Anderson.-Rev. o. b. Sarber OF
indianapolis. who has been in mis-
sionary work for the Baptist church.
has received a call 10 the First Bap-
tist church here.
Elkhart.-J. Z. Seely, seventy years
old, turnkey at the city jail for seven
years. has resigned because he has
received an increased pension as a
Civil war veteran.
North Vernon.-Miss Lena Mangold.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Mangold, was hurled 20 feet when the
buggy in which she was riding was
struck by a Pennsylvania passenger
train, but escaped injury.
Petersburg.-The house of Horace
Rainey, six miles south of here, was
destroyed by fire while the family
was away. The fire was caused by a
defective fiue. The loss was $1,000.
partially insured.
Franklin.-The stalls at the west
side of the Johnson county fair
grounds and the building for sheep
and hogs were destroyed by fire. with
$1,000 loss. The fire is thought TO
have been of incendiary origin.
Anderson.-James Longnecker, fif-
ty-seven years old, a factory en-
ployee, who has a wife and two chill
dren, was sentenced TO two TO twenty
one years in the state prison, after
he was found guilty by jury of mis-
treating a fifteen-year-old girl.
Franklin.-James Bertram, secre-
tary of the Carnegie library commits
sion, has notified the library board of
this city that the application for an
increased allowance for Franklin has
been granted, the amount being in
creased from 1900 tc s17 500
Lawrenceburg.-Col. Fred Kinsinger
OF Peoria, ILL.,, has presented more
than two hundred books to the Public
library here in memory of his daugh-
ter. Ora. This is the largest single
gift ever received by the library
Guilford.-Thirty cars of Big
-Four freight train went into the ditch
near here, due to a broken rail. it
is believed. For four hours trains
We're run into Cincinnati over the B.
q .. S. w. by way of North Vernon.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are be-
ing made to begin the manufacture
OF brick at the Indiana reformatory
by the first of next year The prod
uct at first will be used for the CON-
structlon Of wall extension to take
in the land bought from the Pennsyl-
vanja RAILROAD.
Bioomfngton.-An almost unprece-
dented drought which has prevailed in
this section all fall was broken by a
downfall of rain which began during
the night and continued throughout
the day. The local government gauge
shows that the precipitation for this
community is considerably below nor
NAL. Practically all of southern In
diana has been affected by the pro-
longed dry SPELL
Petersburg.-A large stock barn on
the farm of William Hoover. eight
miles west of here, was fired by
small forest fire that covered a tract
near the barn. Twenty-Five hogs.
which had taken refuge in the barn
were cremated. Much machinery and
feed were burned. The loss is $4,000.
with no insurance Fire also de-
stroyed the large residence of William
Hensley, six miles south of here. The
loss is $1,000. partially insured
Hammond.-Three men employed
by the Standard Oil company at
Whiting were fatally injured when
car being switched on a side
track jumped the switch and crashed
into the gondola underneath which the
trio were making repairs. The gon-
dola fell on the men and they were
badly crushed. The injured are:
Peter Lis. George Paul and Andrew
Vlacha. They were taken to the Pas
savant hospital in Chicago.
Lafayetse.-The second outbreak
OF hoof-and-mouth disease in Tip
pc canoe county has been discoy-
cred by DR.. T. L. Gallagher, federal
inspector. on the farm of Bruce Tag
gart. four miles east of this city and
a half mile from where the first out
break was discovered a month ago.
The disease is among a drove OF IS
swines and 10 died in "a hours. The
federal inspectors say IL is the great
est mortality list since the outbreak
was discovered at Niles. Mich.
South Bend-A charge OF en-
bezzling more than two thousand
dollars caused the arrest here OF Boyd
M. Cox. proprietor OF the b. NJ. Cox
piano house, one of the largest musi-
cal establishments in this city. Cox
Is accused by the Jesse French &
Sons Plano company OF Newcastle. and
Is held on a charge filed in the circuit
court here. He was released under
bond OF $1,000. and will have a pre-
liminary hearing before Judge Walter
A Funk