The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-03-03
STATE NEWS

| ANi eihSf lilt.-mTS. OdTdn OutlTluge
eighty-nine, pioneer resident of Nor
gan county, is dead.
dammond.-Sven Ericksons broke
the Ice on West creek. near Lowell
and drowned himself
Nalparaiso-Jacob Fisher. c. A. R.
commander here, fell from his wagon
and was killed farmer found his
body.
Princeton.-Bert Hope, slayer of his
mother, was taken to Michigan City to
begin a life term sentence in the state
prison
Wabash.-Earl Ravencroft. age six
teen, when cleaning revolver which
he thought was unloaded, was shot in
the hand.
Lyons-Mrs Stella Pape was severe.
ly burned when her clothing caught
fire from crate. before which she
was standing.
lndlanapolis.-Mr Joseph E. Nc
Donald, eighty. widow of Joseph e. Nc
Donald, former United States senator,
died Thursday.
Alexandria.-Clyde Cunningham, an
employee of the Mineral Wool plant In
this city, was injured seriously when
he fell from high trestle.
Greensburg-M Samuel Jackson,
wife of farmer and stock raiser near
Kingston. suffered a broken ankle
when alighting from buggy.
Greensburg. = The local option
election, called by the vets, will
be held Tuesday. February 20 The
city has been dry for more than two
years
Greencastle. = The boys in the
manual training department of the
Greencastle public schools are now
engaged in building bird houses. which
will be sold.
IndianapOlis.-Close friends of State
Representative John G. Branaman of
BrOwnstOn say that he will be q can
d1date for the Democratic nomination
for lieutenant governor.
Hammond.-George Bubuch of In
diana Harbor was sentenced to prison
Tor fourteen years for stabbing Rosa
Hujack. his former sweetheart. The
girl married another man.
Madison. - Steven Simmons, age
nty-eight, a cattle buyer. is in
hospital here suffering serious injuries
received when his automobile was
overturned near Hanover.
Muncie.-An unidentified man. be-
lieyeG to have been Clifford Ham,
twenty-four. was almost instantly
Killed when struck by Big Four en-
CINE
Garrett.-As Mrs. John Mitchell.
fifty-four, passed the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad yards she inhaled
gas escaping from locomotive
and died in a few minutes after
reaching home.
Vincennes.-The body Of Oliver
Hazleton, fireman, who lost his
life when Big Four train crashed
through the Wabash trestle here ten
days ago. was found two hundred feet
from the engine.
Evansville.-A romance said to have
started when Miss Louise Volk-
mann, aged twcnty-nine years,
trained nurse of this city, nursed Carl
Haas, bOokkeeper of Chicago, cul-
here when they were married |
The bride is the daughter of Carl |
Volkman, prosperous farmer living
q few miles north of this city Mr. |
and Mrs. Haas will make their home |
In Chicago
Martinsville.-Port Bond of Coal |
City, who killed Melvin Hubble |
and Hardy Gray here a few days ago,
vas found guilty of murder and Or
Tered committed to the Indiana colony
or the criminal insane at Michigan |
City until discharged by law. Bond
shot both Hubble and Gray at the in
erurban station here He was labor
ng under a delusion that they were
rying to poison him.
Indianapolis Definite announce
nent was made here that Sam
lei T Murdoch. former president of a
hahn of utility plants in the state. will
NoA "a oAAuSi lNlHS ldClOTy mere. rs !
ompany will be capitalized at $780,
90. Edward j. Fogarty. warden Of
he Indiana state prison at Michigan
'ity and former Democratic mayor of
south Bend. will be the manager of
he factory He became acquainted
nth the manufacture Of binder twine
I the prison factory. Lafayette was
rst picked as site for the factory
Hammond. - Angry parents of a
undred boys and girls of the
last Chicago grammar school de-
ounce the work of Wayne Miller,
eacher of physiology. who invited the
hildren to remain after school to see
cat killed and carved. Reports cir
ulated that the cat was cut up alive
re denied by the school authorities.
liller said the cat was dead before II
as cut up. Many of the girls at the
inic were nauseated and compelled
leave the room during the dissec-
on Miller declares that nc com
laint would have ben made were il
OF for the fact that the cat had been
cited around the school for a few
avs before IL was killed.
Greenfield. - The baby of Mr.
nd Mrs Dawilla Spannuth Of this