The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-03-23
INDIANA
II STATE NEWS


scdlHeu Dy IRE tnat burned clOtninB
store here.
Muncie.-Grace Episcopal church
has called Rev. Ira Lee Rice of Green
Point L. l., to pastorate to succeed
Rev. Fred d. Graves, resigned.
New Albany.-Plankesha chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, will purchase the Scribner home
over one hundred years old.
Laporte.-Fire in William Heald's
garage damaged 80 autos. loss $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures in southern
Indiana accompanied by thunder and
lightning.
Richmond.-A Rotary club formed
here with Walter Land president.
Greenwood.-Drove of 81 hogs, aver
aging 1913 pounds, sold for S13.65.
Notwithstanding pipe line
from Mount olympus oil field in
Washington county 70 this point be-
ing laid.
Indianapolis in state during
January were 1866 against 5,514
births.
Muncie.-Delaware county Jail with
accommodations for % prisoners has
90 locked up.
Summitville.-Bett Anderson of
Lynn will build a new schoolhouse for
SEC, 400.
VincenneS.-Marble mausoleum for
William II. Vollmer, former state
treasurer, will cost $500.
Shelbyville.-County infirmary will
be repaired at cost of $4,000.
Decker.-The Wabash-White river
levee, p miles long, costing 100000, is
complete.
PrincetOn.-Chamber of commerce
has elected Roderick S. Munford sec
rotary.
BOOnville.-FOr the fourth time the
vets have lost in their efforts to ap-
peal from the order of county COM
missiOners.
New Carlisle.-Indiana state prison
will establish a canning factory here.
ianapolis.-Henry ]. Martin ana
William r. Johnson have been appoint
ed lay members of the Marion county
board of review.
hree young children Of
George Sturgeon died within a week
and q fourth cannot live.
Bicknell.-New $4,000 waterworks
nearly completed.
Wabash.-Rev. B. II. Flora has just
filed an old marriage certificate, he
having forgotten to file same 20 years
ago.
vansville.-Madison J. Bray, sup
posedly wealthy, has filed petition in
bankruptcy. Liabilities, $1,3OO0OO ;
assets, $21S,72O.
Anderson.-This city will hold its
third annual auto show.
Greencastle.-Jame and Lewis
Bales have struck coal on their farm
and are mining it in paying quantities.
Strychnine found in
stomach of Russell ]. Hilbert, aged
seven, has lead to arrest of his father
and stepmOther.
MariOn.-George S. Morrow, war vet
eran, rescued from burning building
after being knocked senseless by fall
Ing roof by Stanlet Parsons and Wal
ter Hillsamer.
Evansville.-Robert Garshall. aged
seventy-three, Civil war veteran, died
at his home here.
Acknowledgement store of G.. A.
Bockover struck by lightning and
burned with residence adjoining.
BedfOrd.-Earl Richardson. aged
twenty-one, arrested and is said to
have confessed to the murder of Bon
nell Edwards, aged fourteen.
acknowledgements are making
war on cedar and juniper trees be-
cause they produce rust spores that
damage fruit trees.
Muncie. = Third Glass Postmasters'
association of state will hold annual
convention here June and {.
Brazil-This city must pay 5000 to
Mrs. Serinda Sibella Scobell for in
juries received by q defective sewer.
Muncie.-May 10 has been desig-
mated as cleanup" week.
Soldiers and Sailors
Memorial coliseum costing S25OOOO to
be dedicated Easter Sunday.
RichmOnd.-D. w. Kerber, aged
twenty-seven. took grand prize at Sec
ond annual corn show of Wayne Coun-
ty Corn Growers association
Richmond.-H. c. L. is proving fatal
to dogs here. % being brought to
crematory by owners TO be killed
Evansville.-City Sealer J. c. Wal
lenmeyer reports wheat crop in First
district is 90 per cent failure.
indianapolis. = Thirteenth annual
banquet of the Indiana Alumni asso-
citation of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity held and III. Foster Clip
pinger elected president.
Columbus.-Mayor H. X. volland
has instituted a city beautiful and
backyard vegetable garden.
ncastle-Domestic science de-
partment students Of DePauw univer-
Sity will prepare meals In the homes
of the faculty as part of their daily
class work.
Bluff Creek-New Christian church
hare has haor da1ioa+aJ