The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-07-20
STATE NEWS

vocational department OF Anderson
high school is giving n six-weeks' free
course In canning and drying.
Rev. w. /. Waggener has resigned
as pastor Of the Bluff Creek Christian
church.
Miss Annie Wright. twenty-five. has
been employed as watchwoman at one
OF the important grade crossings OF
the Nickel plate road at Hammond.
At Franklin William Carter. four
teen, exploded a giant f~recracker In
a bottle on the Fourth and will prob
ably lose the sight OF his eye as a
result.
County commissioners at Mobiles.
Vile have appointed ]. s. shannon as
county surveyor TO succeed Z. q.
Baker.
John Wilson. thirty-three. Of Jack
sonville, was s~uffocated while firing
shots nj the West Clinton mine.
At Greensburg Dale Tumulty. nine,
fastened a chain with which he was
leading a COW about his waist, the
cow ran away and he vas dragged
and trampled probably fatally.
DIR. J.. NJ. Morris of Fulton. his wife.
son and daughter were killed when
their auto turned turtle near Peru.
Muncie dogs are suffering from a
disease strongly resembling rabies.
A revival service has been conclud-
ed at Twelve Mile with 100 CONVEX
sions.
Rev. ]. c. Todd, head of the Bible
chair in the Christian church I'm the
Indiana university at Bloomington,
has beer asked TO take the head of the
school of religion at the university.
Rev. Thomas l.. Gray, pastor of the
Marion Temple Congregational church,
has resigned.
AT Shelbyville Mary Farley, four
teen. is suffering from wounds caused
by dynamite cap which she struck
with n hammer.
Henry Humphrey walked into 20 feet
of water at indianapolis, claiming he
could walk on the water as Christ did.
He was drowned.
Sixty farmers living near Stockport
demand that Vernon Wood, twelve, be
prosecuted for killing Gilmer, six. de-
clarlng that he did not shoot him by
accident as he claims.
w. j. Warehouse. thirty-one. of La
porte, has been called TO Dayton, D.,
by the government TO direct the work
of building 1000 airplanes.
Capt. Basil Middleton Of the First
Indiana infantry has resigned owing
TO ill-health.
Cedar Lake resorts were pulled
because women were kept there.
Annual retreat of the priests OF the
Order of the Holy Cross. attended by
500 priests. has ended at Notre Dame
university ut South Bend.
d. b. Rumsey of Richmond has been
elected principal of the grade schools
at Columbia City.
Omea Lentz OF Jacksonville has
been named township trustee for Utica
township to succeed Frank w. John
son who dropped dead. He will pay
half of the salary of $500 to the
widow.
Study of German in the Churubusco
high school has been stopped.
Annual meeting of the Indiana Let
ter Carriers association held at Terre
Haute with 80 delegates present, who
elected c. o. Methorn of Connersville,
president.
E. a. Bowman of Indianapolis elect
ed president of the Indiana state
branch of the United National Asso-
citation of Post Office Clerks.
Indiana has 167,1S1 automobiles
worth $50. 1000.
Frank Dawson Of Angola was killed
in auto accident at Lake James.
At Newcastle Arthur Dawson fined
$50 and 80 days in Jail for carrying
dice in his pocket.
Mrs. Blanche Lundy OF Muncie drank
iodine solution after quarrel with her
husband.
AT Huntington Nathan L.. Ledbetter
lost his $4,000 damage suit for per-
sonal injuries against A. c. Beeson
whose auto frightened the formers
horse.
A. L. Moore, farmer. Anderson. has
~hiccoughed for twelve days and may
not ecove
City playground opened In the city
park at Shelbyville.
Rev. S. A. Massey Of the Laporte
Disciples church has resigned ID re-
sumo his trade as painter.
Princeton Central Labor union has
elected f. j. Schmitt, a m%achinist,
president.
County Agent Loew is holding meet
ing to induce farmers Of Huntington
county 10 build more silos.
George G.. G.. Hall OF Louisville has
been made general manager OF the
Southern Telephone company Of Indi-
ana, with headquarters In Evansville.
Henry r. Shields. grocer. has as
signed for the benefit OF his creditors
at Boonville.
Mrs. Berne WEIGH has been appoint
ed member of Peru board OF health
Increase of LAO I'm population OF
Fort Wayne shown by the new city d.
rectory.
Tippecanoe county has exceeded Its