The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-09
INDIANA HAPPENINGS
Live Wire Notes From All Over
the Entire State.

Rushville.-The annual meeting of
the Audubon society will be held here
April 81, 2S and %.
Kendallville.-Guy c. Hart, a mail
carrier, was selected by popular vote
for the next postmaster.
Madison.-For shooting off the left
arm of his son-in-law, Christopher c.
Henry was fined SO and costs.
Indianapolis.-The husband is the
owner of the household goods, accord
ing to decision of the superior court.
North Vernon.-St. AIMS Catholic
church was fired by mice chewing
matches, resulting in about $500 dam
ages.
Indianapolis.-Wo is under way
in remodeling the union station. The
new train sheds will be in three sec
tions.
g.-Seventy-fve barrels
day is the estimated production of an
oil we'll brought in three miles west
of here.
Sullivan.-The body of Frank Ros
bolt, who was drowned while hunting
mussels in motor boat, has been re-
covered.
Seymour-A coliseum will be built
here by business men at Shields park
for the use of the chautauqua and
conventions
Columbus.-Police stopped ten
round boxing exhibition here and pre-
ferred charges against the promoter
of the bout.
Newcastle. - Jitney BUSES must
stop at least one square from the
interurban station, according to re-
cent ordinance.
Columbus.-The Eagles have de-
cided to hold the next district meeting
at Shelbyville. Nearly 1000 attended
the meeting here.
Madison. = Thirty-four acres Of
ground has been purchased by the
Southeastern hospital, making total
acreage of 374.
Bluffton.-Fire destroyed the "tree
house," erected by boys in the top of
a high tree on the banks of the
Wabash river.
Shelbyville.-Ge Stubs, CASH
Ter of the Shelby National Bank, has
been selected treasurer of the new
Chamber of Commerce.
Delphi.-Rev. w. T. Van Cleave,
pastor here when the Baptist church
was built, is dead at Santa Anna,
CAL, according to word received.
Shelbyville.-Donald, the three
year-old son of city engineer George
Mcbride, was instantly killed when
his fathers automobile turned over.
Evansville.-By accidentally taking
hold of live wire, Thomas Foster is
dead Twenty-three thousand volts
of electricity passed through his body.
Columbus.-The vacant lots in the
city will be cultivated by the members
of the Commercial club this summer,
and the profits will be used as fac
tory fund.
Bicknell.-Mr and Mrs. Claude
Lackey were both shot in the head
when they interfered in a quarrel be-
tween George Murphy, who did the
shooting, and George Suitor.
encastle.-Bascom O'Hair, in his
will, left the Commercial hotel prop
erty to DePauw university, subject to
an annuity of $500 to his sister, Mrs.
j. A. Curtis, of Putnamville.
New Albany.-Frank Spelman, age
sixty-four, is dead after an illness CT
ten days, from nervous prostration.
He was serving his third term as
county recorder of Floyd county.
Muncie.--A finger that was pinched
off the hand of Joseph Long dropped
to the sidewalk with a thud. Long
was astonished when he looked down
and exclaimed, "Well what do you
think of that, some one has lost a
finger" He later discovered it was
his own finger.
Elwood.-While Miss Leora Cross
was in an undertaking establishment
selecting coffin for her father, who
dropped dead, the body of her fiance,
Donald Powell, was brought into the
place. Powell was instantly killed in
the collapse of a brick cupola he had
just completed.
Charlottesville. The Woman's
Council are planning Better babies
contest" which will be held in May.
Mrs. George L. Macintosh, wife of
the president of Wabash college, and
herself the mother of a one-year-old
baby daughter, is chairman of the
committee in charge.
Franklin.-Mrs. Dewitt Parker is
In Jail charged with completely in the
attempt to rob the bank at Green
wood. She denies the charge.
Indianapolis.-Mayor Bell and over
1000 city employees participated an
a mammoth parade Saturday with the
sole purpose of showing the public
what is being done with its money.
English.-Adam Gilmore, 20, has
left for Ireland to visit brother he
has not seen for fifty years. He came