The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-31
INDIANA
BREVITIES


Frankfort. Lawson, TWEEN
ty-five years old, OF Lafayette
charged With the murder of John An
gust Scallon. an aged night watch
man, at Delphi. was found guilty here
of manslaughter. the verdict carrying
a sentence of two TO twenty-one years
Greensburg.-More than one thou
sand bottles of beer were dumped
into a pond near this city oy
the police. The beer had been &C
cumulating in the city building TOT
Is months, and was seized by repeat
ed raids on blind tigers"
Muncie.-George w. Maring. seven
ty-two. pioneer in the glass manu-
featuring business. reputed million
sire. died suddenly in his home
here. He is said TO have helped or
ganize the first window glass company
in the United States. at Bellaire. y.
Crawfordsville.-A petition signed
by 81 of the 81 teachers in the pub
lie schools OF Charlottesville. asking
| that they be made eligible TO receive
pensions under the new teachers re-
tirement law. has been filed with the
school board.
South Bend.-Five OF the twenty
four Belgian refugees en- route 10
South Bend arrived here and are
now with their relatives. The refu-
gees were given a noisy welcome upon
their arrival. the cries of JOY wnen
the families were reunited SURPRISING
any similar scene ever enacted.
indianapolis NJ. Stephen
son Of Rockford. ILL.,, has been
awarded the Rhodes scholarship for
Indiana, IL was learned. Stephenson
was given the scholarship for work
he did three years ago while student
at De Pauw university. He now is
teaching in private school In san
Francisco.
anapolis.-"Youre a saloonkeep-
er. aren't your" asked barber
OF poruy person. NO" replied
the occupant of the chair. Seems TO
me I've shaved you before" continued
the barber. mo. think not" was the
customers reply. The barber was IN
formed his customer was Governor
Ralston.
Madison.-The gasoline explosion a
week ago at the home OF Corba
Adams, farmer near mere,
claimed it's second victim when Mrs.
[ Adams, twenty-three years old, died
in a hospital here of burns that COW
, cred her entire body. Her sister. Miss
1 Grace Conover. nineteen years old.
persisted at the time OF the fire.
, Valparaiso Pierce OF this
: city and Miss Esther Christensen OF
- Menominee, Wis. student at Val
e paraiso university, eloped to Norris
ILL.,. and were married. Miss Mabel
9 Ollie, Valparaiso girl, and Harcl~
q Overstreet of Louisville. KY, stu
q dent here, performed like stunt In
Chicago.
h Tipton.-The county commissioner
q ordered a special election to b
q held the first week in Februar.
r to decide whether three concrete roads
1t leading into this city. aggregating sew
e en- miles. be constructed. There ar
u no concrete roads in the county. am
the commissioners spent nearly al
s. day hearing arguments for and agains
d. the election.
ot Fort Wayne-Theodore Keller. se'
IN enty-seven years old, for nearl
n half century prominent FL
OF ure in Fort Wayne business. died q
OF his summer home at Lake Gage. wher
tn he had been since he became seriou
as ly ill late in the summer. Mr.. Kelle
was born in Germany He served fC
the Union during the Civil war an
., was an eyewitness OF the fight b.
II tween the Monitor and Merrimac.
South Bend.-United States Sen
co tor B. F. Shively Of South Ben
according TO intimate friends in tn
city, is again in a critical condition [
result of an affection of the throa
," This information is verified by a
u nouncement from Washington that Il
Gu senator has left his hotel and is nc
=" being cared for in Providence hospit'
Since returning TO Washington for CO
on gress Senator Shively has not be-
,S aole to attend the sessions.
u9' Indianapolis.-Th origin of sh
ments of hogs TO Indianapolis. amo
,ur -. ,;rI, ,-,,h oh
which were anlmalS VIII Gil
era, and the disposition OF the no
after reaching this city, are being
- vestigated by the grand jury. The
vestigation is said to have been CO
pleted practically and 10 have sho'
-. that very little, if any. OF the NE
., reached the consuming public. On
era was found in three shipmen
The inspectors at the stock yards g
gled out those shipments. IT is ga
and the animals which had the CD
MI era were sold. presumably for tai
age. Several statutes provide per
.na. ties for traffic in cholera hogs.
prevents carrying them on the nj
ways. another is against shipp
them. and another prohibits sell
,hin | them for meat
rtv Kendallvlle.-Mrs. Grace Mullie
ling forty-three, died here from injul
n sustained when she plunged II
off. fire escape on the third n
dad of a school building TO the grou
,per Her daughter. fourteen years