Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1910 — Stone Road Election Curries In Keener Township. [ARTICLE]

Stone Road Election Curries In Keener Township.

The stone road election in Keener township for a system of ten miles of stone roads carried last Saturday by a vote’ of 103 to 26. The sysron consists of five roads, and each were voted upon separately. ' This road when completed will connect with DeMotte and will shorten the automobile route to Chicago two besides adding considerable to the value of real estate in the north end of the county. r~y Crying pitifully, Dorsey Storton, 9, confessed to being a fire bug befor? Chief of Police Covey, of Evansville, Thursday. He admitted that he had fired stables by throwing matches into hay. He went into one stable to light a cigarette and threw the match in the manger. The resulting fire scsu thrilled him so that he started other conflagrations. Joseph Gray and George Richardson, of Wabash, narrowly escaped suffocation when the floor of the Daniel McKahn barn gave way beneath 1,00) bushels of wheat which had been piled lust outside the granaries. Both were being submerged, but by a desperate struggle, reached the open doors a'most exhausted.