The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-08-15


committed suicide i'm the Grand hotel
10y drinking acid Hartman had been
divorced from his wife for several
wears. No reason is known for his
act For week hc had been work
ing for his brother-ln-law. proprietor
of restaurant in Button. but came
10 Muncle -four days ago and rented
room in the Grand hotel Mrs. Nancy
Hartman. his mother. lives In Indian
apols Two sisters live i'm Button.
lafayette Thomas 4. Moran,
head of the history and economics de-
partment OF Purdue university. and
Prof James \. Woodburn Of Indiana
university are the authors OF new
text book on American history. which
has just been published. The pur-
! pose of the volume. which contains
/ or pages. is explained in the preface.
Anderson. Local ice manufac-
turers notified their patrons that
hey would probably not be able TO
| provide a full daily quota of ice after
Monday Two hundred tons n day now
are being used for domestic consump-
1 tion. II was thought that ice may bcs
ratloncd by Monday There are three
companies here.
shoals Button factories AT Shoal>
have RAISED The price of mussel shells
from so Ia $50 ton nnd are buyng
all they can -et This + the highest
price hat has ever been paid for
shells and scores Of persons are dig
gmg for muSSels who have never done
II before. Diggers can earn IS to $40
day.
shoals Rosa Bell Powell. age
twenty. daughter Of George Powell a
farmer Twin. seven miles southeast
of here. killed herself She used
shotgun and the load entered her
heart The motive il not known She
had been working 1T French Lick and
came home 10 visit her parents.
observation-disclosures -Mattingley. age
eighteen. OF Glenwood. east Of here.
* dead of injuries suffered when he
was run over by h9ndcar on the
Cincinnati. Indianapolis x Western
railroad few days age His feet
Were mashed and blood poisoning de-
veloped.
Brazil-Perry Zenor. better known
~ Dad" a veteran Of the Civil
way and sportsman died suddenly
of apopleXy az his home here. For
many years he was assessor Of Brazil
township and served as deputy during
the recent assessment Of property.
Sullivan. The annual meeting
- the onion Baptist association
Will b" held at tho First Baptist
church in Ninccnne~ September I. >
and 3 The association j. composed
30 the Baptist churches OF the counties
Of sullivan Knov and pavieS>
Frankfort. - Accompanied by con.
tiuuou~ lightning Frankfort and Gin
ton county were swept by 70 heavy
storm Many buildings and crops
were destroyed hy lightning. The
damage was estimated ID more than
$1,000.
Petersburg Taylor bearing. age
Scvcnty-two OF Maroon township.
Pike county. who formerly was
prominent Democratic politician. was
kicked hy horse at his home. near
Nelpen Ills skull was crushed and
hc died
Anderson. Twcnty-onc states were
represented az the Chesterfield camp
Of the Indiana Association of Spirltu-
alist>. Among more than 5000 persons
present were many soldiers. some in
uniform who recently returned from
overseas.
Muncic. Presumably respondent be-
c.use Il sprained ankle prevented him
doing farm work, Henry Sweeney. age
seventy seven. Civil war veteran. living
FIVE miles northwest OF CASTOR, hanged
himself IN wagon shed on his farm.
Evansville Flour mills Of This city
announced that they have given an IN
"a ease Of from 10 To Is per cent. in
wages To their employees. The increase
makes she pay Of the mill workers nv
cragc from - 10 90 cents ma hour
I0gansport Frank Benson. age
fortythree. II farmer was Instantly
killed when "a Penns Nl,ania passenger
train. near har. struck wagon in
which lac was riding l;oth horses
Were killed and the wagon demoli~hc
Anderson Consolidation Of the In
diana ~ilo company of Anderson aud
thc Star Traction company ~ Findlay
a.. ~ arranged recently. was com
pleted here ct n meeting Of The stock
/ holders of both concerns
Y Evansville Fire Of undetermn.
90 origin destroyed the home Of
Mrs Mollie Bickwell ~ Howell. sub
urh. The loss Il about 5000. with
part insurance. All ihc household ef
fleets were destroyed.
Anderson. Most of the city en-.
4 pioyee~ whuSc salaries were raised
$40 month recently. have reported
their house rent has now been in
creased $40 a month.
Anderson Alleging that The nag
ging diSposton Of her husband has m.