Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1896 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Cjtizena of Terre Haute Get After Refractory Liquor Seller*—Peculiar l>eath of an Insane Man—Qnlt-Clalna Heed for a Husband. Will Prosecute Baloon Men. The saloon njcu, who for a week have been giving Terre Haute the novel experience of closed saloons after 1 p. m. and. on Suntluy, kept open Saturday, which, was a violation of law, on aeeouut of its being a holiday. Prosecutor Huston has a bushel of affidavits against them. The saloon men have been voluntarily complying with the closing feature of the law since the Supreme CoUrt held'it so be valid, but they wouldn't go so far.asto keep closed two days In succession. Two big citizens’ meetings have been held, but the saloon men came to the conclusion that the participants in these meetings would not take an’ active part tm prosecuting violators of the ’Jaw.' There/ is where they made a mistake,' ’ ' Girl Buys a Husband for 87SO. Mrs. Susan Harris, of Hammond, ha« disposed of her husband, William T. Harris, to Miss Carrie West, of Delphi, f«n* s7.">o. Miss West is the foster daughter of the late Judge James H. 'Stewart 1 anil’ wife. She inherited from her foster parents about $20,000. Harris came to DeL |>hi front Hammond to take the position of night operator on the Monon. Miss West became infatuated with him, and. lie lived at her home. She said to remonstrating friends that their love wa4 *f divine origin, and soon afterward Harris brought suit for dlvoreb from his wife, whom he had left nt Hammond. Attorney Knotts, of Hammond, notified MhutWest that Mr*. Harris was willing to dispose of her claim to her husband for money, and the bargain described was at thick. The other Stewart heirs have brought suit to set aside the will.

Maltreated in an Asylum, i. ,-| George T. Aloxnuder died at the eastern hospital for the insane at Richmond mi Wednesday and .a report wits given circulation dial he died,from ill treatment at tlte hands of au attendant. Superintendent Smith denies the charge, and now Mrs. Alexander publishes u statement to show that tho charge is true. Sho s*j* that the visit)*! the hospital ami found her husband with a broken limb and when klvc asked him liow he was injured he replied that the "big fellow” had pushed him down. Site re|s>ated tills statement to the pihcers of tilt* Institution und after that she was not allowed to see her husband except with others present. She declares iict 1 IxMiofTn the statement of her husband nnd says that lie was rational when he made it. . , , All Over the State. Ralph. H-yenr-ohl son of Myron.i G. Eddy, of Elkhart, while playing with hi* father’s revolver, shot himself fatally; ,i Mrs. Mollie Wash", of Columbus, ha* sued the American Starch Company for SIO,OOO. Her htislmud was detained in the mill by his duties until lie wns burned to death. The dispiemltered lsidy of Edward Auholr, a switch tender, was found in the yards at Isigansport. Everything of value lmd been stolen nnd it is thought In- was murdered and placed across the tracks. Immense crowds celebrated nl Robinson Park, Fort Wayne. The principal attraction was the marriage of n yoiing couple on the hand stand. They received as a reward a handsome sot tif.fovfilturA, fhno license and free dergyliiun's service. A specinl.jdxev l cat, 1 beautifully decorated. Was set a puff for their use. Augustus L. Craig, the chemist of the malleable iron works'at Marion, a young •man of high social standing, accidentally swallowed strychnine, mistaking it for quinine. He realized his utisLake within n few minutes and summoned help from an adjoining room, telling them what to do in relief. Meanwhile he swallowed four raw eggs as tut antidote and lie battled strenuously for his life, but died some hours later. - ' ■ A few days ago W, P. Bldgood, of Greenfield, brought suit against Coairaetors Geakehenri &. Co, to enjoin them from proceeding with the work of building Ihe new court house. The plaintiff’s attorneys served notice on the county treasurer und auditor that If paymant was made on $4,000 ns a partial estimate on the work which wus allowed by the county commissioners, they would begin proceeding* immediately on their bonds. Indications are that work will not be resumed for several months. J. Antonio I'nrru, who committed suicide on ills wife’s graVe nt Terre Haute, was buried by her side. It is now known that several nights ago lie was found on the grave in an unconscious condition by -Mr. lCbel, his father-in-law. It is recalled that when ho was courting Miss Khel, while he was attending the Rose Polytechnic institute, be was extravagantly devoted to her nnd there is little doubt that lie litis iieeu more or less insane since her death a mouth after the wedding two yours ago, Word has been sent to his father, who is n wealthy mine owner in tlte United States of Colombia. Monday afternoon Deputy Sheriff Wiley arrested George Jewell on the charge of having committed an ussault at Kdgorton. Late in the night the rumor of the crime become circulated. Jewell' fled toward McGill, <).. six miles distant. An Edgerton mob pursued him nnd fired several shots at his flying figure in the dark. One bullet grazed his left side. He escaped the mob, but a'messenger to McGill headed him off, and caused his arrest there, but fearing the mob, the marshal hurried his prisoner to Payne, O. The mob followed, when the prisoner was spirited to Antwerp, aud later brought quietly to Fort Wayne. Jewell confessed his guilt to Officer Wiley. He is 40 years old and married.

.Sheridan, for the first time in several years, is free from saloons and quart shops. A SIOO license imposed by the City Council and the rigid enforcement of the Nicholson law drove the whisky merchant to other fields. At Shelbyviile, Mrs. Alice Girard, jealous of the attentions paid her husband by Mrs. Lina Spurlin, waylaid her while en route home from church and, jerking her from her buggy, almost beat her, to death. She was- kicked and stamped almost into insensibility, and her condition remains serious. Mrs. Girard is under arrest. . ' . , " : £ Ball Brothers' fruit jar factory at Mnncle, .which has turned out 3,000 carloads of glass, fruit jars this season, has closed, throwing 1,500 hands out of employment until September. The .Port Green Glass factory, employing 200 men, also closed, i ,V*. At Newport, Ky., Judge Helm over - ruled the motion, for a new trial for Alonzo Walling, convicted ns an accomplice of Scott Jackson in the murder of Ijearl Bryan. The appeals bf Wrilliag and Jackson cannot be heard by the appellate court at Prankfort before the September term, and the prisoners Will remain in jail under the death Sentence some month* beforc'‘gettmg further hearings,