Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSEUf -told. .- r ■ ■'} ■f 'i-'llB'! Young Man Sues to| Recover aa IRH gagament Ring Expert '-Her in the Tfcils—Woman Iml i.oraewhlp-Convicts Jump i Tr^H 1 » , * ’(• To Charge a Lover for Ftel. Albert. Smith of Jeffersonville, book! keeper r the Mclntosh Millinery CoOM pany of Louisville, has applied to tkS courts to recover an engagement rin« from Miss Nellie Stuart. They were botfeemployed by the same firm and after ig year’s acquaintance became engaged. A month ago the young woman broke th# engagement and Smith demanded hiR ring. Miss Stuart refused to give it ntt and suit was instituted in Justice Adaoup court. The young woman went to Franlte lin County, Kentucky, to avoid process# When she returns the ease will bo tried. Both sides have engaged counsel, and Mrs. Stuart, the mother, has made out a bill for fuel burned while Smith waa a caller at the house, and will present it a* an offset. Horsewhipped by a Women. | Mrs. Delia Baugher Nixon horsewhip* ped Joshua S. Wood, secretary of tha Humphrey Smelter Company at Upland. It Is alleged that Wood made statements; detrimental to - Mrs. Nixon’s character, Mrs. Nixon purchased a buggy whip and walked a mile to the factory, where she found Wood, and gave him a severe whipping. The blood flowed freely from the wounds upon the defenseless man and he offered no resistance. Wood came to Up* land from Quincy, lU.

MaJ. Carter Catches Counterfeiter. | After trailing the maker of counterfeit dollars for four years Major Carter of the Government secret service rounded up Frank McCormick and he is in jail at Anderson. He was arrested while driT- * ing out of the city for the Middleton fair.’ Stacks of the counterfeit dollars and tha;: dies were found on his person. He has been turning out the coin for five years. He cast them in his mother’s cellar. The coins have turned up all over the country. Convicts Escape from a Train. Charles Neal, Edward McCoy and Edward Jutson, en route to Jeffersonville prison with Sheriff Weddle of Jay County, jumped from the car windows while Weddle was temporarily absent, making their escape. The train was stopped and chase given the men. without success. One or more of the men were shot, as blood was found in their path. They are desperate characters and were convicted of highway robber}-. Drops a Basket of Dynamite, * : D. Kinnankin, a young Washington, farmer, was instantly killed by dynamite. He was carrying a basket of dynamite sticks preparatory to blowing up some stumps. He dropped the basket and the dynamite exploded, almost tearing off his head. David Armore, who was working with Kinnaman, was seriously injured.

Within Onr Borders. James Martin, son of Orlando Martin of Elkhart, was drowned while bathing. At Washington, Calvin Stewart, 14 years old, was drowned while swimming in White river. The pumping station of the Wabash road at Crocker was totally destroyed by fire. Ix>ss, $2,500. Rev. Father Herman Mayrose, on a visit at Shelbyville from Columbus, Ohio, was found dead in bed. John Smith of Highland township, aged 65, committed suicide. He had been in poor health for some time. The holyites, a new religious sect, will build a tabernacle at Hudson lake with a. seating capacity of 2,000. John Spiece, engineer at the Indiana Pipe Line Company's pumping station at Kellers, was killed by being caught in the engine. At LaPorte, Thomas Hauek, aged 16» was placed in jail on his confession that he threw a switch which wrecked a Michigan Central train east of Michigan City. The executive committee of the State Federation of Labor has decided to hold the annual convention in Terre Haute, and the dates selected are Sept. 27, 28 and 29.

Leonidas Hinton started a new traction engine from Arlington for a point near Uusbville. The engine weighed five or Bix tons. In crossing the wooden bridge over Mud creek the timbers of the west end of the bridge broke and bridge and engine went to ths bottom of the stream. James Runyan, oj farmer living west of Clinton, was arreted for shooting a fine horse belonging to Jack Buies, a neighbor. He was arraigned before a Clinton justice, and to the surprise of everybody was let off with a fine of $lO. The shooting was the result of a long-standing feud. The general’ store of Bremer Brothers, including the postoffice and telephone exchange, at Plato, was totally destroyed by fire. Spontaneous combustion in the warerooms is thought to have been the cause. There —ere several partial losses by smoke and water. Loss, $5,000, partially insured. Burglars entered the residence of W. B. Vanderlip, lu an Elkhart suburb, and beat him seriously about the head and broke his wrist. The intruders cut off one diamond earring and wrenched off another from Mrs. Vanderlip’s ears. They secured four diamond rings in addition, the total value being about SSOO. The Air-line Company’s investigation of the recent Wreck at Georgetown, in whidx Engineer Cearns of New Albany and John Shipley of Corydon were killed, resulted in the discharge of Engineer Wykoff. Conductor Coleman and Brakemaa O’Halloran, who were on the "engine which Cearns struck, and Operator Faulkner, who allowed the brakeman instead of the conductor to sign a telegraph order, was also discharged. At Indianapolis, the State Labor Commissioners have secured a settlement between the striking painters and employera and the former returned to work at a, minimum wage of 25 cents an hour. , Three men died of alcoholism in Elkhart. Their names were William Roth, William Rhode and Daniel Donovan, all of Chicago. Donovan had written but not mailed a letter to his mother, who lives in Cranston, Mich. The had been drinking alcohol and wandering about the city for two days. They were found lying ly the roadside. Two werfdead and Donovan expired soon %ft«r. ..