The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-08-14
Hoosier News
Briefly Told
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Peter Potts died from the effects OF
drinking liquid fly poison
Fort Wayne. - John Schewan. a
wealthy farmer. sixty-four years old.
residing near New Haven. committed
suicide by hanging himself Three
years ago he sustained an injury 10 his
head in runaway. and 1t is thought
that temporary alteration from this
trouble caused his deed.
Kokomo.-Mrs. d. r Thompson.
sixty-four years old, OF Crawfords-
vile, concession holder at the How
ard county fair. dropped dead. Mrs.
Thompson had conducted a lunch stand
at the county fair here for the last ten
years. She Is survived by her hus-
band. two daughters and a son. The
body was taken back to Charlottesville
| for burial
Shelbyville.-The grand lodge. col
ored Knights Of Pythias. at its
closing session here picked South
Bend as the 1915 meeting place. A
warm fight for the honor was waged
by the French Lick delegation and
the vote was close. Members OF the
uniform rank. who have been in Camp
Harrington at the fair grounds, broke
camp.
Plainheld.-As a result OF an eff
fort put forth by the Woman's
club OF this place. some time ago. the
old Van Buren, elm, which is one OF the
historical spots along the National
road, has been cemented in order that
its life might be prolonged. The Caro-
line Scott Harrison chapter, ID. A. r..
OF indianapolis. has taken the matter
up and is preparing suitable marker
to be placed on the tree.
Jeffersonville.-Hen Eli. who
appeared in city court To testify
that Rufus Anthem had stolen a
pair of shoes from him, said he was
one hundred and one years old. and
served during the Civil war in one OF
the colored regiments. He has for a
long time been at the National Sol
diers' home at Marion. and is here on
a vacation.
South Bend.-A search I'm prog
ress since last February and extend
Ing from coast TO coast ended IN
the arrest in Detroit of Herbert Tras
ka OF this city, charged here with hav-
ing passed a fraudulent check for $3.50
on the st. Joseph Savings bank Tras
ka has been in a Detroit hospital for
several weeks under an assumed name.
The officers say his discovery there
was an accident
Jacksonville Workmen In a quar-
ry near Cementville, five miles
north of the city, unearthed a grave
about three feet below the surface OF I
the ground In which they found what
appears TO be the skeleton OF an in
FAINT or possibly parts OF two skele-
tons. Two tomahawks and an arrow
head were also found In the grave.
The grave had been closed with rocks
placed at it's ends and built In on the
top.
Elkhart. = Eighteen empty stock
cars, the large freight transfer
sheds belonging to the Lake Shore
railroad. and sheds in the Swift Pack
Ing companys car repair yards at
Gravitation, near here, were burned
1t is believed the fire was started by
tramps. The loss to the Swift COM
pany is estimated at $4,000, and the
Lake Shore $4,000 The cars de
stroyed belonged to the Swift com
pany.
Lafayette.-The body OF an unideD-
titled man was found beneath the
high Wabash railroad bridge over
Wild Cat creek. east of the city. The
body Is that Of a man about thirty-five
years. and there is broise on his
head. Evidently the man either fell
from a train or a trestle. or was walk
ing across and was struck by a train.
checks from an establishment in 10
komo.
Lafayette.-A large grain elevator
owned by Gilbert Hawkins and
located on the Big Four railroad
at Fowler. was destroyed by fire.
Several thousand bushels OF grain
went up in smoke. and the loss is est
mated at 100000. 1t is thought that
the fire started from the same incen-
diary that fired the Babcock e Hop
kins elevator at Rensselaer, Saturday
night The state fire marshal Is here
making an investigation OF the two
fires.
Warsaw-Ralph Koontz, age TWEEN
ty-eight, a graduate OF Indiana
university, and a student in the
university biological station. was WI
nona lakes first victim this year He
was swimming with other students.
and started for deep water. when he
suddenly disappeared His body was
found Is minutes later in Is feet OF
water. A pulmotor was used. but
proved ineffective. The fact that
there was little water In his lungs
caused physicians to believe he died
OF injuries received In diving. Mr.
Koontz was spending the summer
here with his mother and sister His
home was at Sidney, but he was in
structor in the Centervilie high school
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