The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-16
State
Happenings

| OOlIdA-- lie new carnegie UOTdEy
recently completed here at a cost of
$4,000 will be dedicated some time In
February.
Hartford City.-In order TO retain
their commissioned high school, tax
payers of Washington township have
sanctioned the construction of new
$4,000 building.
anapOlis.-Several inspectors OF
the public service commission are scat
tered through the state 10 see that rail-
roads and coal dealers are carrying out
the commissions orders for quick ship
ment and delivery of coal.
/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ida S. Wicks
filed suit for separate maintenance
by w. w. Wicks, prominent bust
ness man here, asking for $4,000
or for $3.50 a month. The couple was
married in 1908 and separated in 1916.
COnnersville.-The old canal through
Connersville flooded the factory
district, damaging the Indiana
Lamp works the Central Manufacture
ing plant and the HOoSier Castings fac
tory, causing a loss of nearly $4,000.
MariOn.-Omer V. Harrigan, twen-
ty-six, son of Ellen Harrigan, left
his home here ten years ago and has
not been heard of for nine years.
His mother has filed petition in court
To settle the sons estate as an alb
sentee.
CovingtOn.-When firemen arrived
at the store of Merryman Brothers
and extinguished small blaze, they
discovered the place had been robbed
of SO left in the cash register The
fire was started by matches dropped
by the robber.
Johnny Sullivan, line
ty-One, filed for the Democratic nOmi-
nation for mayor on platform OF
Get the job" He cannot write, but
said that if elected he would billy a
writing machine and hire a pretty girl
TO engineer it."
Greencastle.-TwO hundred farmers
armed with rifles, shOtguns and
other weapons are engaged in q
game drive i'm an effort TO kill IN anil
NAL, believed to be either a coyote or
wolf, that has been killing live stock
and Gripping dogs.
JefferSOnville.-Ralph Barger, the
Johnson county dwarf, who arrived
January 13 at the Indiana re-
fOrmatOry to serve from two to twenty
one years for killing his father, Mack
Barger, has been put to work in the re-
fOrmatOry hospital.
Dnb
has been made inspector general Of
the Indiana National Guard. Sergt. j.
b. Dilworth Of Laporte, q member Of
the Indiana house of representatives,
was made second lieutenant of his
machine gun company.
New Albany.-James and Sanders
HuskesOn, brothers, of Greensboro
KY, were arrested ut Orleans and
brought here on a charge of steal
ing an automobile owned by d. c. Col
lins. The young men, it is said, drove
the car to PaOli, where Ii was aban-
dOned. The police said they confessed.
indianapolis. = Governor Goodrich
will appoint no successor 10 fill the va
cancy on the public service commits
sion, which was Occasioned in the re-
mOval of Edwin NJ Lee, until the close
of the legislature it was stated by the
governor. There Is movement" said
Governor Goodrich, ito divide the COM
mission and make changes which will
probably result in practically reor-
ganiZation of that body. / shall not
appoint Mr.. Lees successor until the
general assembly adjourns.'
CrawfOrdsville.-The Woman's aux
Hilary to the Episcopalan church held
its annual meeting here with more than
fifty from the Indianapolis diocese In
dianapolis presided at the meeting and
announced that the Emily Uphold me-
mortal would be In the form Of q white
marble altar, to be placed In the st.
Johns church here. 1t also was an
neunced at the meeting that the Craw-
louisville Episcopal church, the first
built in Indiana, would me remodeled.
Goshen.-The Goshen city board OF
education announced A. E. Condor OF
Marion will succeed Fred c. Allison of
Chicago as instructor in English and !
science at the high school. Allison
resigned following his arrest on a
charge of brutally attacking Raymond
Eulery, student, with whom he quar-
relied regarding gum chewing Court
proceedings aimed at Allison were dis
missed when he agreed TO resign. Pro-
fessor Watt of the faculty. who had a
fight with a student, has also resigned.
Muncie.-Arthur Ball, twenty-year-
old son of Frank c. Ball, multi
millionaire fruit Jar company manu-
facturer, has filed suit for divorce from
his beautiful young wife Margaret, a
former artists model, whom he mar
ried secretly in New Haven. Conn, last
May, while attending school In Boston.
He charges infidelity on January 10 |
and 20 with John Doe" The girl has
been staying at the Y. w. c. a. here |
and consulted lawyers with view TO
suing Frank c. Ball. alleging aliena-
ton of her young husbands affections. |
South Bend.-Approximat 1900 /
children are In the South Rend /