The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-09-08
INDIANA
BREVITIES

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indianapolis. = Death took James
Whitcomb Riley. the Hoosier poet. Sat
urday night, July -. He had suffered
q violent stroke OF paralysis early in
the day. Physicians did not expect
the end Immediately. however. and on
ly the nurse was with the patient when
he died. He was sixty-two years old
and bachelor.
One of the most unusual celebrations
In the country was held in his honor
October Z, 1915, when Riley Day" was
observed by banquet In Indianapolis
and In schools Of the country. attended
by more than 100000 children.
The poet was the son of Reuben A.
Riley, a lawyer and political speaker
| of Greenfield The boy could not be
brought TO the dull routine of school
days, but he was wise in the lore OF
streams and fields.
In the early sos he began writing
verses In "Hoosier" dialect for the old
Indianapolis Journal. A volume was
published and 1.-The Hoosier poet" be-
gan TO win a public.
Publication of books of poems year
after year brought Riley n fortune and
wide recognition of his literary genius.
indianapolis. - The public service
commission has granted the petition OF
the Logansport Heating company to is
sue $25O000 worth of preferred stock.
Fort Wayne.-Twenty-tw of Fort
Wayne's leading stores will close Sat
urday evenings at six o'clock during
the remainder of July and all of Aug
uSt.
Shelbyville.-J. Oscar Hall. who was
nominated by the Progressive state
convention for Judge of the supreme
court, has announced he would decline
the nomination.
Kendallville.-Rev. +. III. Bayles has
rendered his resignation as pastor OF
the First Baptist church TO engage in
Evangelistic work. His resignation be-
came effective October i.
Peru.-Dr. Claire Taylor has given
81 200 TO the Miami County Hospital
association and the money is TO be
used to buy real estate adjoining the
hospital.
Bloomington. - Indiana university
has established branch library In
Texas. 1t is located at Mercedes, has
lOO volumes. and Is for the particular
use of the university students I'm Com
pany |, Indiana National Guard.
Indianapolis.-Tw fires. both of I'M
known origin, caused $4,000 loss here.
The Gibson Wholesale Automobile
company's warerooms were Quilted by
fire which caused $4,000 loss and the
Citizens Ice plant was damaged $1,000.
Evansville.-The Anti-Cult Lecture
and Publication bureau has been or
ganized here as successor TO the Anti
Infidel league. Rev Il. w. Lie. pastor
of the Park Memorial Presbyterian
church, Is the secretary-treasure OF
the bureau.
Indianapolis. - The Pottawattomie
Golf club of Michigan City and the
Hill Crest Golf club Of Batesville have
been admitted 10 the Indiana Gold club
and will have representatives I'm the
state tournament at Laporte the week
of August ii.
Indanapolls.-Persistent reports In
political circles TO the effect that Sem
ator Thomas Taggart, Democratic
leader in Indiana, had bought the In
dianapolis News caused Taggart TO tel.
egraph denial OF the story from
Washington.
Indianapolis.-Th were 3.414 ac-
cidents I'm industrial work in Indiana
I'm June the state industrial board has
reported in urging safety first"
Employers paid over $4,000 In COM
pensation during the month.
Seymour.-Counterfe silver dollars
and paper money OF So denomination
have been circulated among business
men here. The dollars are crude coun-
terfeits and are much lighter in weight.
The So notes are difficult TO detect
from real notes.
Lafayette.-O. ]. Chapman Of Eaton
will continue TO head the Indiana
State League of Postmasters for an
other year. Other officers selected
are: c. Il. Neale, Montgomery, vice
president: w. c. Wesner, Campbells-
burg, secretary-treasurer.
Hammond.-James Alfonzo, aged
seventy-five, and Gastova Gentele, sew
enty-two. both Sicilians, fought a duel
with stilettos I'm box car here over
an Italian lass whom they both loved
80 years ago and who had been dead
half a century in Sardinia. Both men
were cut into ribbons and the box car
looked like a slaughter pen. Neither
is expected TO live.
Hammond. - Sixteen-year-old Leila
Tanner of Jackson. Mich. was found
hidden by the police in the room OF
John X. Pollard, son OF Rev. /. Pol
lard. She was doped and declares that
Pollard, on a trip TO Whiting, induced
her to dring some funny fizzy stuff"
Leila Is Il beauty and engaged TO Gayle
Mathews of Jackson. She quarreled
with her mother and ran away TO
Hammond Pollard met and hafrfand