The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-04-03
Hoosier News
Briefly Told

released from Jail because his son IL
lying at the point OF death OF tubercu-
losis.
Logansport-TheB Broadway M z
church viii invite the Northern Indi-
ana Nj. 4. conference 10 hold its an
nual session here I'm 1915.
hochester.-After a fourth ATTEMPT
10 get undesirable fish In Lake Mani
lou here the seiners gavs up their lob
and the big nets will be shipped back
to Wisconsin.
Evansvfile-Kirk Tabor. who had
escaped by leveling a revolver at
ratroiman Tornatta. was captured IN
railroad yard here. Tabor is said
TO be concerned in a robbery at Patoka.
Elkhart-Leonidas ]. Ensing. who
ADMITTED Issuing false trading stamps.
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and
sentence OF two to fourteen years
was suspended
ANDERSON Woman Suffrage" will
be the subject of ten-minute talks To
De given by every Protestant minister
IN Anderson at the Starland theater
Sunday afternoon.
Rushville.-The contract for the
building OF the Masonic Temple 10
replace the one destroyed by fire last
summer. was awarded to Bert Ander-
son or Lynn, Ind His bid was s27 .9s5.
Rushville.-L b. Smelser. a teacher
In the high school, has been named IA
secretary for the chamber of COM
Herce, which was recently organized
Smelser was formerly OF Richmond
ana is graduate OF Earlham college.
columbus William Wilmington,
Terrell Wilmington and James Whit
ungton filed suit against DR.. Gran
vile l.. Oldham OF this city for $4,000
damages. The plaintiffs allege that
the defendant unlawfully entered on
land owned by plaintiffs and cut green
trees of the value of SO. 600.
South Bend.-Alumni OF Indiana Uni.
versity In Elkhart county have organ
lied and elected the following officers.
K. II. Drake. Elkhart. president. A +
weaver, Goshen, vice president: Miss
Stella Peede. Goshen, secretary treas
urer.
hochester.-Great Commander Milo
Meredith of Wabash, Deputy Com
mander Fred Gildersleeve of Laporte
and Great Record Keeper J. w. Rep
logle OF Goshen were present at a
Macabee gathering here, when 20 men
were initiated.
Shelbyville.-A woman's LoyaI
Moose circle has been Instituted here
with 30 charter members by Mrs. Ma
honey and Mrs. Hayes OF Indianapolis.
Mrs. Leila Fletcher is the worthy
matron and Mrs. Olive Price the sec
rotary.
Wflkinson.-The election was held
mere for the Incorporated town
OF Wilkinson. The officers fol-
low Matt f. Cook, trustee First
ward; John c. Cooper, trustee Second
ward; s. c. Staley, trustee Third
ward; }. w. Garriott, clerk; DIR. L. r.
Gibbs, treasurer; X C. Garriott. mar
shall
Laporte-Despondent because the
'irl he loved would not marry
lin. but Tilted him for another.
William A. Schaveder, eighteen, com
nitted suicide at Klinger Lake by eat
ng paris green. A photograph of his
weetheart was found in his clothing.
nd on the photo cover was written:
She fell in love with William:
you'd Kill him and spend my life in
rison If l could muster the cour-
ge."
Linton-The report OF the treas
rer of District IL, United Nine
workers. OF America, featured
ession OF the bienniel convention.
hich is being held here. The report
moved the receipts for the two years
nding March 1. were s147.S45.34 and
lie disbursements s96.075.44. leaving
balance of s51.7699O. Mrs. Anna
lement of Calumet, Mich, and Miss
Brewer OF Columbus. O.,
idressed the miners
Terre Haute.-Claude Trent. aga
ghteen, and Pansy Fuller. aged
urteen, accompanied by his IA
r and with a letter OF consent
ON the girls mother. appealed first
the county clerk and then TO Judge
M. Fortune Of the circuit court in
in for marriage license The clerk
Id that the law required the consent
the circuit judge for a girl under a
ven age, and after Judge Fortune
d questioned the youth and the IA
er he declined TO give consent.
South Bend.-Fred Miller, age
shteen, who says his home is in
w York, explained to Walter A.
NIX. Judge Of the circuit court. that
was Just in fun" when he held I'D
Baltimore & Ohio freight train at
st. Joseph county. two
Us ago. Miller faces a charge OF
'bery. He pleaded guilty. The boy
pped the train by uncoupling the
brakes and then rified the caboose
held up two trainmen i'm the ca
'se at the point OF loaded re-
yer.
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