Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1913 — Latest News From All Oyer The State of Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Latest News From All Oyer The State of Indiana.

Princeton —Chester Osborne has changed his plea to guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill his cousin, Will Osborne, of‘Oakland City, and will be sentenced Saturday. • " Richmond —The home of James Shores was destroyed with its contents. It is said he set the place on Are in trying to start a fire in a stove while intoxicated. Goshen— I The division headquarters of the Pere Marquette system will be located at Chesterton. Richmond —At a meeting of the city progressive committee it was decided to hold the primary election June 9. LaPorte— Carrol B. Huntress has been chosen secretary of the newly organized chamber of commerce. The membership is nearly 400. Richmond— Whitewater and Richmond lodges of Odd Fellows are considering a plan to merge. Richmond —ln a distribution test Leo Zeyen, postoffice clerk, “threw” 824 cards in twenty-one minutes, with only one mistake. This is said to be a new national record. Worthington— The Rev. S. B. Waggoner, of Lexington, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the local Christian church. Blountsville—A collie dog bit its owner, Oliver Cross, Mrs. Cross and their young child. It was killed and the head sent to the state laboratory. Lafayette—The annual report of the State Soldiers’ Home shows ownproperty valued at $635,653. There -were 39 deaths during the year.

Terre flaute— Suit for $2,000 for injuries received while enroute to this country on the steamship Oceana has been brought in behalf of Adob Kassis, 2 years old. Huntington —The annual oratorical contest of high schools of the eleventh congressional district will be held here May 24. Wabash— Donald Snyder has been chosen as the local orator at the Huntington high school contest on May 24. Terre Haute —Six hundred and ninety persons took the examination for teachers’ licenses at the superintendent’s offiee Saturday. Of these all but 120 were from Indiana Normal College. Nashville— Brown county farmers predict one of the largest wheat crops ever raised in the county. Corn will be short bu*t fruit heavy unless nipped by late frosts. Flatrock— The Methodist Sunday school, in a month’s campaign, raised enough money to pay off the church debt. Helmsburg— Walter Rariden with his hands, caught five carp, weighing four pounds each, in a pool of water left by the flood. Nashville— Merrill King, 8 years old, was kicked in the head by a horse and severely hurt. Fort Wayne— Hundreds of hotel reservations have been made for the state convention of the Travelers’ Protective 'Association here May 9 and 10. Shelbyville— Ora Winn, of Mt. Auburn, paid a fine of $lO for assault and battery on Charles Cutsinger, county truant officer. Richmond— Charles H. Muth will sue the city for damages for injuries sustained when he drove into a deep hole in a street. Wabash— Mayor Wilson has set May 1 for “clean-up” day.