The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-02-18
State
Happenings

ty-Seven. started MS nfty-nrSt year OF
service with the First National bank.
lie is the cashier.
Hazelton.-One hundred cars OF
stone are standing on the Z. * = l.
tracks. owing 10 the White river hood
washing the track away.
Hartford City.-James Lewis, son OF
Cyrus Lewis of this city. lost his right
foot and narrowly escaped death az
Dunkirk when he attempted to board
a moving train.
Elkhart-Rev. c. l.. Owners. who
recently resigned as pastor of the First
Baptist church here. has accepted a
call from the Baptist church at Mont
pelier
Elkhart. Mrs. Elizabeth Inheld.
one hundred and one years old.
died al the Elkhart county inhrmary.
where she had been an inmate for live
years
Wabash Nine horses and cattle
were cremated in a $4,000 ire
that destroyed barn owned by Frank
Tate, a farmer. near here. The ORR
gin of the fire is unknown.
Richmond-Five persons were in
jured, two seriously. in run
away in a funeral party. The horses
drawing a hack in the party became
unmanageable and crashed into tela-
graph pole.
Fowler-Wesley Chatham OF At
kinson was found guilty in the Ben
ton circuit court here of attacking
Miss Gladys Nichols, the fourteen
year-old daughter of Abner Nichols OF
Oxford
Laporte. Failing TO see a Grand
Trunk train. Fred Blum. Jr.. thirty
years old, a business man. drove
his automobile in front of the engine
at Union Mills and was instantly
killed
Logansport - Highwaymen robbed
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carter OF
this city of $40 on a country road.
Mrs. Carter removed the diamond
rings from her fingers and hid them
! in the seat OF the buggy.
Marion.-W. O. Watson, farm
| er. who lived near Mount Etna, was
so seriously injured by a ram that he
has been brought to the Grant county
hospital for treatment He was
knocked down and his right knee frac-
tured. Neighbors beat off the ram
and carried Mr.. Watson to his home.
Richmond.-R. G. Leeds. millionaire
owner of the Richmond Palladium
and the Leeds stock farm. an
nounced he had purchased from W.
f. Corsa of Whitehall. H.. half in
terest in the champion Fercheron stall
lion Carnot. 1t is said $4,000 was In
volved in the deal. Carnot was bred
in France in 1909.
Columbus.-John w. Morgan. at
torney. has advised the marshal
of Hope, Bartholomew county. not to
obey the W. G. Il. u, which does not
want cigars, drugs, ice cream and
newspapers sold on Sunday. The W.
c. T. U asked the marshal to arrest
all persons found doing business on
Sunday.
South Bend-Rev. John NJ. Cava-
naugh, president OF Notre Dame
university, instructed chaperoBes for
the annual Notre Dame military ball
to be held here tonight that girls at
tired in sleeveless and low-necked
gowns must be barred from the floor.
In the edict he also said that extreme
dancing would not be allowed.
Lafayette-When the civil docket
was called in the circuit court
two cases of George r. Durgan
against Thomas Bauer. one asking for
a recount of the ballots in the city
election in 1913 and the other an cleo
ton contest, were dismissed at the
petition Of the plaintiff The costs
were assessed against Former Mayor
Durgan.
Greencastle.-The funeral of Wilbur
Starr, Greencastle concert singer
who was drowned near Stockport
O., in crossing creek. was held
at the College Avenue Methodist
.. church in this city Thursday after
noon. Dr. H. A Goblin. vicepresiden'
of Depauw university. and DIR. De
metrius Tillotson. pastor OF the
, church. conducted the services.
Indianapolis. = Democratic editors
!. In their annual convention go
. down TO business at Friday sessions
, There was a large delegation here
, President Wilson Turing a larger rep
a fesentation than usual Although the
a editors were disappointed because o.
their failure TO induce President VIII
:. son to stop off an hour and make ar
address at the banquet, they heard
?. an enthusiastic address by Governor
4 Major of Missouri and short talks b,
i, several other prominent party lead
!. ers. The following officers were elect
ed: Henry F. Schricker OF Knox wa
elected president; Henry b. Wilson
n Delphi and G. H. Hazen of Boonville
yice-presidents: George F. Sanders o
Button. secretary; f. W. Pickhard
of Hmtingburg. treasurer.
Columbus.-Mrs. Amelia Steinke
has filed suit in the Bartholomew
u circuit court TO have the will Q
is her father. John Overweser. sc
lie aside on the ground OF undue infit
n ence. According 10 the will she is no
Of entitled TO her share OF the estate VI