Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1917 — SAY FROGS KEPT HIM AWAKE [ARTICLE]

SAY FROGS KEPT HIM AWAKE

Now Wants $2,000 Damages From Owner of Pond. Ottumwa, lowa.—Because bullfrogs made such noise in a pond near his home that he lost sleep during the hot weather, Charles H. Barton, retired capitalist, filed a $2,000 damage suit against L. H. Hughes. wealthy River - view grocer and postmaster. Barton charges that the pond was constructed -by Hughes so he could fish from the rear step of his store.