The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-13
Hoosier News
Briefly Told

in q week DO miners at the IN
dian Creek mine went on strike when
the company employed nonunion men.
Bloomington.-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.-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. 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.-Littleh hope was held out
for the recovery of Dale Gibbs, twenty
four, formerly of Kokomo, who shot
himself on the street with a 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 Ills home in San Diego, Cal.
Thursday, August 81. according 10
word received here. He was despond-
ent because of sickness.
Muncie.-M park will have
bathing and boating features next year
by the damming of White river, If
plans being considered by the board
of park commissioners are completed.
The Whiteley Malleable Iron Castings
company has offered 10 give the city
Il 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.-Ha and rain storms
in many sections of the state caused
much damage and also proved of i'm
places rain was badly needed. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 damage was
done by a storm in Blackford county
and railroad washouts were reported
from Jefferson county.
Misunderstanding rails are be-
lleved to have caused eastbound Chesa-
peake & Ohio train No. 4 to leave the
track near Medford while travelling 40
miles an hour A n. 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 Ny
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 q p0stponement 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 A 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, bones, 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 2,150 acres OF farm land near
New Carlisle for state prison farm.
Prisoners will work the land and will
be housed in the ten dwellings on Ii.
There will be no guards at the farm,
every man being placed on his homer.
G.. G.. McCaulley, former guard, will
be superintendent in charge. Warden
Fogarty expects to build cannery and
a pickle factory on the farm next
year.
Indianapolis.-Th will of Addison
G. Harris, former minister TO Austria,
which has been probated here, provides
| that his widow, IF she can make a
| good provision. give. say $4,000 to
| 100000 TO some institution in this
| state TO help young men TO q good,
| thorough education il the noble pro-
| fession of law" The entire estate is
| given 10 the widow with other requests
that she make requests to certain rela-
tives and 10 the Indianapolis Orphan
asylum. The estate was valued at $780,
600. Harris was greatly interested in
the Indiana Law school OF this city,
in which he was a lecturer.
Newcastle.-Sam Ford Bales. n
| teamster, returned to his home and