The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-03-03


the Seymour National bank a few
days ago. The coins were made In
the early part of the Eighteenth CEN
fury.
Evansville. new Evansville
city directory. which will be ready for
distribution In a few days. will contain
approximately $4,000 names, giving the
city an estimated population of $4,000
This is an increase of several thou
sand names over last year.
Greensburg.-Th trustees of the
Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the
Insane at Madison have closed deal
for 1873 acres of land which adjoins
The states holdings OF 1,400 acres
ard has on 1t 1000 bearing apple
trees. go young peach trees and also
800 young apple and 300 young peach
trees. an acre of strawberries and an
acre of raspberries. The price paid
by the state was $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures pOstmasters
have been confirmed by the senate as
follows: Charles f. Combs, Bloom
field; Elisha \. McGinnis, Clayton;
Maude f. Mitchell, Ellettsville: Lor-
india Guy, Etna Green; Moody i.
Katter. Huntingburg; Ben III. Sink.
Jasonville and Athur f. Saylor. New
Paris. The civil service commission
has designated March II as the date
OF examination for the selection OF
n "A n
Petersburg.-OthoD Dorsey, thirty-one
years old. farmer, was arrested at
Petersburg as a suspect in the murder
near here of Lon Bement and the
fatal wOunding of Turner Willis. Dor
sey's arrest followed statements by
Mrs. John Willis, mother OF one of the
dead men, that she saw Dorsey near
the scene Of the crime shortly before
the bodies were found. Bloodhounds
are also said to have taken a trail
from the scene direct TO the Dorsey
home.
Indianapolis.-Boy and girls who
are interested in religion, but who
are not interested i'm the sermons,
hymns and prayers of regular church
service. are now being provided with
services of their own in number Of
churches IN Indiana Children from
ten to fourteen years old are thus cared
for The chief features of the junior
church are q regular order of service,
junior church choir, junior ushers
and Junior officials. The only one not
junior is the pastor.
Indianapolis.-Is automobile
licenses i'm the Office of the secretary
of state. took a sudden squirt the past
week. Licenses have been going out
the delivery windows at the rate of
1000 day, and mail orders approXi-
mate 1000 day. said the superinten-
dent of the automobile division. Police
are to begin to arrest persons for not
having 1922 licenses. The law re-
quires the licenses by January /. and
while the authorities everywhere in the
state nave been lenient. they propose
to draw the lines from now on.
Laporte.-State and federal prohibit
ton officers have placed the seal OF
the United States government upon the
property of the Atlas Brewing COM
pany at LapOrte. The brewery was
raided a short time ago when more
than 1000 gallons of beer. said to
be around per cent alcohol was
found. Officials declared that the
placing of seals indicates that the
government will sell the plant. Several
mortgages are held against the build
ings. and these will be settled by
federal authorities. The brewery was
the property of Chicago capitalists.
Seizure of the plant came when it
was learned additional beer had been
made and sold since the raid of the
place.
Muncie.-Bal Brothers, Muncie
manufacturers, announced gift of
S1,000,OO0 TO public institutions, the
money TO be Immediately available for
the purposes intended. 1t was the
largest single distribution of money
for public purposes that these men
ever have made although their ag-
gregate gifts of the kind in the past
perhaps total as much more. The
money is to be expended as follows:
To the eastern division of the In
diana State Normal school, Muncie,
$4,000 for additional buildings. For
public auditorium in Muncie, $780,
600. To the Muncie Young Mems
Christian association as a permanent
endowment, 100000. To Hillsdale
College. Hillsdale, Mich. as an endow-
ment, 100000. To the proposed James
Whitcomb Riley Memorial hospital for
children at Indianapolis. $4,000. To
the Delaware County Tuberculosis as
ISOLATION as an endowment for the
care and treatment of those afflicted
with tuberculosis and for the proven
ton Of the disease, $4,000. To the
building fund of the Muncie Masonic
Temple. $4,000. For hospital ex-
tension work In Muncie, 100000. The
remainder of the 81 100000. amounting
to S140,OO0, is to be spent in ways
which Ball Brothers are not yet ready
TO announce. The donors are Frank
C. Ball, Edmund Ball, George A. Ball,
DR.. Lucius l.. Ball and the estate OF
William G. Ball. The latter died about