The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-09-15
Hoosier News
Briefly Told

III week J1U HllutTS Ut tire III
dian Creek mine went on strike when =
the company employed nonunion men.
oomington.7John A. Hunter. fifty
two, the largest stone quarry operator
in the Bloomington district. dropped
dead. He was prominent in the ar.
fairs of Indiana university.
IndianapOlis.-The ID. NJ. Shively es-
tate is the name of South Bend COM
pany Incorporated with $4,000 capt.
tai stock. Directors: ID. NJ. Shively,
G.. X. Bitner and \. 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. ID. Brown. Civil
war veteran and former resident OF
this city, committed suicide by shoot
ing at lis home in San Diego, Cal.
Thursday, August 81. according To
word received here. He was despond-
ont 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
e. 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
Iniianapolis-Hail and rain storms
i'm many sections OF the state caused
much damage and also proved of Inn
mense benefit TO crops. In many
places rain was badly needed. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 damage was
done by a storm in blackboard county
and railroad washouts were reported
from jefferson county.
Muncie.-Spreading rails are be-
| lieyed 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, ana
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 a 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 q postp0nement at
the opening Of the city schools, and
theaters. revival services and other
public meetings have been closed tenn
porarily. None of the patients is In
q serious condition.
Indianapolis. = The federal stamp
taxes under schedules and b, 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 ]
Fogarty of the Indiana state prison has
leased 2,15O acres of farm land neal
New Carlisle for state prison farm
Prisoners will work the land and viii
be housed In the ten dwellings on IL
4 1nerP VIII De no GURUS Ut the luii III
every man being placed on his honor
G. G. McCaulley, former guard, vii
be superintendent in charge. Warder
Fogarty expects 10 build cannery ant
q pickle factory on the farm mex
year.
Indianapolis.-The will of Addison
C. Harris, former minister to Austria
which has been probated here. provide
that his widow, IF she can make :
good provision, give. say $4,000 t.
100000 10 some institution In thi
state TO help young men 10 a good
thorough education in the noble pro
| fession of law The entire estate 4
given 10 the widow with other request
that she make requests 10 certain rela
tives and 10 the Indianapolis Orphan
| asylum. The estate was valued at $500
600. Harris was greatly interested II
, the Indiana Law school OF this city
, In which he was lecturer.
, Newcastle.-Sam Ford Bales,
teamster. returned TO his home an