The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-09-29
Hoosier News
Briefly Told

the company employed nonunlOn men,
Blo0mington.-John A. Hunter. fifty
two, the largest stone quarry operator
in the Bloomington district dropped
dead. He was prominent in the az
fairs Of Indiana university.
Indianapolis.-Th ID. vi. Shiyely eS-
tate is the name of South Bend COM
pany incorporated with $4,000 CAPT.
tai stock. Directors: u. NJ. Shively,
G.. h. Bitner and 4. A. Fulke.
Anderson.-An ordinance designed
TO prevent schoOlchildren from at
tending movies" except on Friday
nights and Saturday is being drafted
at the request of Mayor Mellett.
AnderSon.-Little hope was held out
for the recovery of Dale Gibbs. twenty
four, formerly of Kokomo. who shot
himself on the street with n revolver
Gibbs asserts the shooting was acct
dental.
Hartford City. u. Brown. a Civil
war veteran and former resident OF
this city. committed suicide by shoot
ing ut his home in San Diego, Cal,
Thursday, August 81 according to
word received here. He was despond-
cnt because of sickness.
Muncie.-McCulloch park will have
bathing and boating features next year
by the damming of White river. IL
plans being considered by the board
of park commissioners are completed.
The Whiteley Malleable Iron Castings
company has offered To give the city
large tract of ground as an addition
L. the park.
Anderson. - Six persons were in
jured in movie theater here when
panic-stricken men, women and chill
dren rushed for exits after fire had
burst out in the film cage. The fact
that two policemen happened to be in
the theater and fought the crowds
back with maces probably prevented
loss of life
Indianapolis.-IIai and rain storms
in many sections of the state caused
much damage and also proved of i'm
mense benefit to crops. In many
places rain was badly needed. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 damage was
| done by storm in Blackford county
and railroad washouts were reported
| from Jefferson county.
Muncie.-Spreading rails are be-
lieved to have caused eastbound Chesa-
peake & Ohio train No. TO leave the
| track near Medford while travelling 40
miles an hour. A. y. Decker, baggage
man of Chicago, suffered the most Sc
rious injuries. His foot was badly
mashed The back of Robert Harris,
| engineer of Peru, was wrenched. and
several others were slightly injured.
Marion.-Emma and Benjamin My
ers of Lansing. Mich, have filed suit
here against ID. Rice and Ebert {.
Ferris, asking that deed given the
defendants for property in Gas City
formerly owned by Mrs. Myers be de-
clared void. 1t is alleged the deed was
obtained through fraud and misrepre-
sentation in the trading of properties.
Tipton.-Health officials believe they
have smallpox well under control, no
additional cases having been found
| since eight were reported among the
| children of three families Monday.
| The cases caused a postponement ar
| the opening of the city schools, ana
theaters, revival services and other
public meetings have been closed tenn
porarily. None of the patients is in
a serious condition.
| Indianapolis - The federal stamp
taxes under schedules A and Il, which
yielded $4,000 last year In the Sixth
revenue district. became imperative
Saturday midnight Revenue officers
notified all substations In the state OF
this. Among the articles included by
the two schedules were prOmissory
notes, bonds, express and freight bills,
telegraph and telephone messages. per-
| fumes, toilet water, cosmetics and 9TH
er toilet articles.
Michigan City.-Warden Edward J..
Fogarty of the Indiana state prison has
leased $50 acres of farm land near
New Carlisle for a state prison farm.
Prisoners will work the land and will
be housed in the ten dwellings on IL.
There will be no guards at the farm,
every man being placed on his honor.
| " VI -httduiitss "f'a
be superintendent in charge. Warden
Fogarty expects 10 build cannery and
| q pickle factory on the farm next
year.
Indianapolis-The will OF Addison
G.. Harris, former minister 10 Austria,
which has been probated here, provides
that his widow, IF she can make a
good provision. give, say $4,000 10
100000 TO some institution I'm this
state 10 help young men 10 good,
thorough education in the noble pro-
fess;on of law" The entire estate is
given TO the widow with other requests
that she make requests TO certain rela-
tives and TO the Indianapolis Orphan
| asylum. The estate was valued at $500
OOO Harris was greatly interested in
the Indiana Law school OF this city,
In which he was lecturer.
Newcastle.-Sam Ford Bales, a
teamster, returned 10 his home and
found his wife dead, with three small
children and baby grouped around
her. Neighbors had seen her rocking
the baby two hours before.
Indianapolis. - Edison f.. Sarber