The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
INDIANA HAPPENINGS.
Live Wire Notes From All Over
the Entire State.

city hall.
Vincennes.-Whilee eating breakfast,
j. c. Smith, wealthy retired farmer,
dropped dead.
Rushville.-The annual meeting of
the Audubon society will be held here
April q, % 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 {.
Henry was fined $40 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 is under way
in remodeling the union station. The
new train sheds will be in three sec
tions.
Petersburg.-Seventy- 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 a motor boat, has been re-
covered.
Seymour.-A coliseum will be built
here by business men at Shields park
conventions.
Columbus.-Police stopped a ten
round boxing exhibition here and pre-
ferred charges against the promoter
of the bout.
Newcastle. = Jitney busses 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.
Blufton.-Fire destroyed the "tree
house." erected by boys in the top of
a high tree on the banks of the
Wabash river.
George 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 wher
his fathers automobile turned over.
Evansville.-By accidentally taking
hold of live wire, Thomas Foster is
dead. Twenty-three thousand volt:
of electricity passed through his body
Columbus vacant lots in the
city will be cultivated by the member!
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 heaC
when they interfered in a quarrel be
tween George Murphy, who did tn,
shooting, and George Suitor.
eencastle.-Bascom O'Hair, in hi
will, left the Commercial hotel prop
erty to DePauw university, subject t
an annuity of 5000 to his sister, Mrs
]. A. Curtis, of Putnamville.
New Albany.-Frank Spelman, ag
sixty-four, is dead after an illness o
ten days, from nervous prostration
He was serving his third term a
county recorder of Floyd county.
Muncie.-A finger that was pinche'
off the hand of Joseph Long dropped
to the sidewalk with thud. Ions
was astonished when he looked down
and exclaimed, "Well what do yo,
think of that, some one has lost
finger" He later discovered t wa
his own finger.
Elwood. Miss Leora eros
was in an undertaking establishment
selecting a coffin for her father, VIII
dropped dead, the body of her fiance
Donald Powell, was brought into tn
place. Powell was instantly killed il
the collapse of brick cupola he ha'
just completed.
Charlottesville. - The Woman
Council are planning Better babe:
contest" which will be held in May
Mrs. George l.. Macintosh, wife o
the president of Wabash college, an
herself the mother of e-year-ol
baby daughter, is chairman Of tn
committee in charge.
Franklin.-Mrs. Dewitt Parker
IN Jail charged with completely in Tn
attempt to rob the bank at Green
wood. She denies the charge.
Indianapolis.-Mayor Bell and Owe
1000 city employees participated !
a mammoth parade Saturday with tn
sole purpose of showing the publ
what Is being done with its money.