The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-09
State
Happenings

Colfax.-The new Carnegie library
recently completed here at 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 a new
$4,000 building.
dianapolis.-Several inspectors of
the public service commission are scat
tered through the state TO see that rail-
roads and coal dealers are carrying out
the commissions orders for quick ship
ment and delivery of coal.
Bloomington.-Mrs. Ida S. Wicks
filed suit for separate maintenance
| by w. w. Wicks, a prominent bust
ness man here, asking for $4,000
or for $3.50 month. The couple was
married in 1908 and separated I'm 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 loss of nearly $4,000
Marion.-Omer V. Harrigan, TWEEN
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 fremen 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.
Muncie.-"Johnny' Sullivan, lime
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 ''b'ly a
writing machine and hire q pretty girl
TO engineer it,"
GreencaStle.-TwO hundred farmers
armed with rifles, shotgunS and
other weapons are engaged in q
game drive in an effort TO kill I'M ami
NAL, believed to be either q coyote or
and gripping dogs.
JeffersOnville.-Ralp Barger, the
Johnson county dwarf, who arrived
January ID at the Indiana re-
fOrmatOry to serve from two to twenty
one years for killing his father, Mack
Barger, has been put to work i'm the re-
formatOry hospital.
Indianapolis. l.. Moorehead
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 OwensborO-
KY, were arrested at Orleans and
brought here on charge of steal
ing an automobile owned by d. C. Col
Inns. The young men. ii is said, drove
the car to Paoli, where 1t 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, 1t was stated by the
governor. There Is movement" said
Governor Goodrich "to divide the COM
mission and make changes which will
probably result in practically reor-
ganizatiOn of that body. l shall not
appoint Mr.. Lees successor until the
general assembly adjourns"
Crawfordsville-The Woman's aux
Hilary to the Episcopalian church held
Its annual meeting here with more than
fifty from the Indianapolis diocese In
attendance. Mrs. E. G.. Peck of In
dianapolis presided at the meeting and
announced that the Emily Uphold me-
mortal would be in the form Of white
marble altar, to be placed In the st.
Johns church here. 1t also was an
nOunced 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 G.. 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, q 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 q
fight with student, has also resigned.
Muncie-Arthur Ball, twenty-year-
old son of Frank G. 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 allena-
ton of her young husbands affections.
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