The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-09-22
J HOOSIER NEWS
! BRIEFLY TOLD

Bicknell.-Joseph Kimmel. prose
cutting attorney. has appointed Russell
s. Racey as deputy to handle cases in
the city each Tuesday and Friday.
Milton.-Edgar Allen. an employee
Of the electric light company. was
burned severely when he was ut the
top of the poles and came In contact
with live wire. He Jumped from the
pole.
Embellishments OF the COM
pany flag presented TO Capt. Reu-
ben a. Riley in 1861 are on display
here. Mrs. Pamela Thayer presented
the flag, which was made by Greenfield
women.
East Chicago.-Seven hundred en-
ployeeS OF the busheling department,
and 200 laborers in the finishing plant
of the Republic Iron and Steel com
pany struck for two-cent an hour
increase in wages.
Monticello.-Th Church of God par
sonage ut Idaville, occupied by Rev.
and Mrs VI. W. Johnson. was burned,
causing loss of $500, which is COW
cred by insurance. The cause OF the
fire was not determined
GreencaStle.-The Greencastle high
school is So crowded that during
chapel periods when all the students
are in the assembly room. the pupils
sit three i'm seat. The enrolment is
the largest In the history OF the high
school.
Plymouth.-Before adjournment the
Seventy third Indiana regiment elect
ed James Berry of Argos president
and w. s. Ramsey OF Bourbon secre-
tary and treasurer. All but nine vet
Grams of the regiment mustered into
service in 1862 are I'm soldiers homes.
Columbus.-All business houses here
were closed during the funeral OF
George Neinaber, fifty-three, who died
Mt the Southeastern Indiana Hospital
| for the Insane. For several years he
was a tailor here. and he was n mem
Der OF the Retail Merchants associa-
ton.
Marion.-For years Fremont Will
son was safety first disciple His
motto was: stop. look and listen.
The other night he. as many others
have done, forgot for a moment and
! killed He was formerly county sur
veyor.
CIinton.-John Lindsey. mine boss at
Dering mine No. s, was fined 81 and
costs for violating the mining laws OF
the state i'm failing TO see that props
OF the right length were taken into
the room of August Hintz, who was
killed by fall of slate. Lindsey
pleaded guilty.
Alexandria.=Adam Waterman. thir-
ty-two, was struck by an automobile
near here when on his way to Linwood
and was thrown ten feet in the air anu
over a fence The driver of the auto
mobile did not stop after the accident.
Waterman escaped with few bruises
about the body.
Rochester.-An automobile driven
by Ralph Arnsberger OF Mentone
struck bridge railing near here and
Arnsberger and Howard Russell of
Mentone both were injured serious
". Russell was thrown through the
windshield and he may die of his In
iuries. Arnsberger suffered fractures
of both legs.
Princeton-A suit is being tried be-
fore a jury in circuit court here In
which Randolph Linden, twenty-five.
asks $1,000 damages for injuries al
legged TO have been inflicted when
Frank Arburn, policeman, struck him
when he resisted arrest for intoxica-
ton. The suit is against Arburn, but
the city is assisting in the defense.
ianapolis.-Support of the COM
mercial bodies in the state was asked
by committee of indianapolis bust
ness men who will present this city's
claim for q farm loan bank when the
government commission visits the city
September %. Speakers have been Sc
lected from various parts OF the state
TO emphasize Indiana's independence
as an agricultural state.
Rose Lawn.-A dapper well-dressed
stranger stepped up TO John Baker,
Monon agent here, and told him he
was sent from Chicago TO relieve him
for his vacation. He presented Gre
dentials. OverjOyed, Baker literally
flung the keys at the affable fellow
and left The stranger Immediately
collected some large freight bills. sold
, milk tickets and got away with about
$500 in cash. Johns vacation is ended.
t Fort Wayne.-When the case against
John r. Quigley, circus employee,
charged with assault with intent 10
kill. was called in city court. II devel-
; oped that Edward Johnson, the pros
{ ecuting witness. could not appear be
cause he was without wearing apparel
: of any character. Johnson. badly In.
: jured by Quigley in an attack more
than n week ago. was removed TO the
e hospital, and his clothing was in such
e tattered and blood-soaked condition
Y from his encounter that hospital au
thorities burned it. Such other ward
robe as the man possessed had moved
I onward with the circus with which
both men had been connected. Tbs
case against Quigley was continued.
Oakland City.-Sanitary drinking
fountains OF the bubbling yarief,