Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1910 — Live Tarantula Found in New Bunch of Bananas at Haus’. [ARTICLE]

Live Tarantula Found in New Bunch of Bananas at Haus’.

When Forest Morlan opened up a bunch of bananas at Haus’ restuarant Monday he saw a swift moving little animal and, upon investigation decided that it was a tarantula, the spider that is so much dreaded and popularly supposed to be very poisonous. Forest succeeded in capturing me varmint and has it on exhibition in the restaurant window. An egg bag was also found and it is proposed to keep it until the young ones hatch and offer the captive-to the high school. While the general supposition that tarantulas are venemous may not be correct, there are none here who care to handle them without taking precautions against being bitten.

John W. Burns, formerly city attorney of Rockport, Ind., has just been arrested, and will have to face several charges of embezzlement, forgery, and obtaining money under false pretenses. Burns cut a wide dash and made a lot of history during the past two osthree years. He is said to be a brilliant young pan, but his habits were irregular and he went the pace that kills. He now stands a chance of serving a long term in the penitentiary. On Juno 2stli he disappeared and one act of dishonesty after another was uncovered, it was thought t bathe would never return to Rockport, but he tired cf roaming about a fugitive and gave himself up. A man rented a house at Lafayette last week, then telephoned to a coal office, telling the manager to send a ton of soft coal and change for a 120 bill. After the coal was delivered the man got the change from the driver, telling him he would go into the house for the bill, but he made his escape out of the rear door. No furniture had been moved into the house.