The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
INDIANA
BREVITIES

FrankfOrt.-Cbarles Lawson, TWEEN
ty-five years cid. OF Lafayette.
charged with the murder OF John Au-
gust Scallon. an aged night watch
man. at Delphi. was found guilty here
of manslaughter. the verdict carrying
q sentence of two TO twenty-one years.
reensburg.-More than one thou
sand bottles of beer were dumped
into a pond near this city by
cunulating in the city building for
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
aire. 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. ..
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 TO
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 when
the families were reunited surprising
any similar scene ever enacted.
Indianapolis NJ. Stephen
son Of Rockford. H., has been
awarded the Rhodes scholarship for
Indiana, it was learned. Stephenson
was given the scholarship for work
he did three years ago while a student
at De Pauw university He now is
teaching in a private school in San
Francisco
Indianapolis.-"Y a saloonkeep-
er. aren't you?" asked a barber
OF a portly 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, a farmer near here,
claimed its second victim when Mrs.
Adams. twenty three years old, died
in hospital here of burns that COW
cred her entire body. Her sister, Miss
Grace Conover. nineteen years old.
persisted at the time of the fire
Valparaiso.-Walter Pierce OF this
city and Miss Esther Christensen OF
Menominee, Wis, student at VAL
paraiso university. eloped to Morris.
ILL.,, and were married. Miss Mabel
Ollie, Valparaiso girl, and Harol.
Overstreet OF Louisville, Ky, a stu
dent here. performed a like stunt in
Chicago.
Tipton.-The county commissioners
ordered a special election to be
held the first week lin February
to decide whether three concrete roads
leading into this city. aggregating sew
en- miles. be constructed. There are
no concrete roads in the county. and
the commissioners spent nearly all
day hearing arguments for and against
the election.
Fort Wayne.-Theodore Keller. sew
enty-seven years old. for nearly
a half century prominent fig
ure in Fort Wayne business, died at
his summer home at Lake Gage, where
ha no no
ly i'll late in the summer. Mr.. Keller
was born in Germany. He served for
the Union during the Civil war and
was an eyewitness OF the fight be-
tween the Monitor and Merrimac.
South Bend.-United States Sena-
tor b. +. Shively of South Bend,
according TO intimate friends in this
city. is again in critical condition as
a result of an affection of the throat.
This information is verified by an
nouncement from Washington that the
senator has left his hotel and is now
being cared for in Providence hospital.
Since returning to Washington for con-
gress Senator Shively has not been
able TO attend the sessions
Indianapolis.-The origin OF ship
ments OF hogs to indianapolis, among
which were animals with chol-
era. and the disposition of the hogs
after reaching this city. are being in
vestigated by the grand jury The in
vestigation is said 10 have been COM
pleted practically and to have shown
that very little. If any, OF the meat
reached the consuming public. Chol-
era was found in three shipments.
The inspectors al the stock yards sim
gled out those shipments. 1t is said.
and the animals which had the chol-
era were sold. presumably for tank
age. Several statutes provide penal
ties for traffic in cholera hogs. One
prevents carrying them on the nigh
ways. another is against shipping
them. and another prohibits selling
them for meat.
Kendallyille.-Mrs Grace Mulligan.
forty three, died here from INJURIES
sustained when she plunged from
a fire escape on the third floor
OF a school building TO the ground.
Her daugh' er. fourteen years old.
chung TO her skirts to prevent the
woman from jumping. but her efforts
f..ttf rAs. a.