The Jasper weekly courier., 1915-12-10
INDIANA
BREVITIES

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biscuits in which calomel was used
in mistake for baking powder.
Commemorative Benjamin E Cliff
ton. formerly pastor OF the Meth
odist churches at Kingman and
Salem, was on trial here for theft.
his father. John Clifton. ffty-eight.
died at Flora OF heart trouble The
father had been failing rapidly since
the son was arrested
Goshen.-Mrs. Lamar p. j. Croop,
manager Of the Jefferson theater.
Is in very serious condition at
her home. suffering from blood poi
soning that physicians believe was
contracted by handling money at the
theater box Office Infection first ap-
peared on her heel.
Gary.-William Brummell. forty-five
years old. prominent in theatrical
circles, died suddenly here. Brum-
NELL lived for years at the On
tario and Bismarck hotels. Chicago.
He was a member OF the Bedford
lodge of Elks. Katherine Snow. sis
ter. lives at Jamaica Plains. n. Y.
The Elks took charge of the body.
Frankfort-Buen Witt, a teacher
in the schools at Mechanicsburg.
and Miss Lulu Heighley. a trained
nurse of Lebanon, were mar
ried in the school building at Mechan-
icsourg. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Omer Dale OF Leban-
on and was witnessed by the pupils
of the school
lndianapolis.-Cleo Hart. alias Irene
Hart twenty-one years old. for
merly of Knightstown. was ar
rested here charged with vagrancy,
and is being held under high bond.
The young woman was wearing a wig
when arrested and claims to have trav-
eled about the country wearing mems
apparel
Valparaiso.-The Burrows camp,
saloon and dance resort on the Kan
kakee river near here. was burned in
fire believed to have been started by
persons who objectd to the presence of
the resort. Remonstrances against
the saloon license petition OF Leonard
Burrows. the owner. had been unsuc-
cessful
Indianapolis.-Rev. William Martin
Gearing, eighty-six, one Of the best
known of Indiana ministers and
active in ministerial circles for more
than fifty years. died here from an
operation performed at the Methodist
hospital. Mr.. Zearing's advanced age
was responsible for his failure to rally
from the shock of the operation.
Gary. = Fearing that ST Johns
church and parsonage in Tolles-
ton will be burned by incendiaries.
steps were taken to guard the prop
erty The police are searching for the
incendiaries who destroyed the va
cant dwelling adjoining the untenant-
ed parsonage where Rev. Edmund
Kayser was mysteriously assassinated
three months ago.
Terre Haute.-Fire destroyed the
tipple and adjoining buildings OF
the Vandalia Coal companys mine
at Liggett, seven miles west OF
here on the Vandalia railroad. causing
loss of about $4,000. The cause
of the fire is unknown. No one was
injured Chemical and hose trucks
were sent from here and prevented
the spreading of the blaze. The build
:ngs destroyed will be replaced.
Lafayette.-A needle she had been
using in the biological laboratory
at Purdue university caused the
death of Bernaldine Surface. aged
twenty She used the needle to open
small pimple on her forehead, and
acute septicaemia set in. Physicians
failed ID check the progress of the
poison, the nature of which could not
be determined. and in forty-eight
hours she was dead.
EIkhart-More than 300 Knights of
Pythias. representing lodges in the
five counties OF the second fra
ternal district. participated in
banquet given at the close OF one
day convention held in this city.
Among those present was Frederick
Tiers of Goshen, who was the fifty
sixth member taken into the national
organization.
Terre Haute.-The ten-months-old
daughter. OF MI. ana MIS-. Elmer
Elmer Johnson of Cayuga died in
hospital here following an operation
which the parents said might prolong
the life of their defective child. The
baby was born with spinal malforma-
tion and with other internal defects
which precluded natural physical de-
velopment and which probably would
cause death In few months
Evansville.-In celebration OF his
golden wedding anniversary. Ben
jamin Eckert. age seventy. living
In the Stringtown road near here.
opened an old-fashioned logrollirg
contest by rolling the first and big
gest log into place with his own
hands Mr. Eckert is vigorous despite
his years, and this fall plowed ten
acres OF wheat land in preparation for
the planting
indianapolis Samuel n Raj
ston has invited the governors OF