Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — RECORD OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK.

INDIANA INCIDENTS TCflfillA Went tie UP a Principal Business Bleat* Burned Marl Deposits in I.SM Maxinkuckce—Electric Roil wnjFil* Paper-Killed for Theft. !* A disastrous fire swept over the ; |mH ness portion of Westfield the other night* beginning about 11:30, and burning st«oH ily until after 2 o’clock in the m°rn||H when it was finally overcome. 'Hhe tlagration started in the Union which is located the Westfield Bank, €■ L. Myers’ grocery and F. M. Smith’s dr* goods store, on the first floor, aud varitiiH offices and business establishments q* the second floor. As soon as possible th* tire department went to work, and aft* three hours’ hard work finally got the fir* under control, but not until the block and the adjoining drug store ot 13* H. Conklin was a mass of ruins. Tbfl origin of the fire is unknown, and the. lot* is estimated nt between $2<>.(XX) and Marl Deposit Is Valuable. ■% ■ Fros. Scovell, who has taken more thj* I, soundings in Lake Maxinkuek* during the past few weeks, made an it* vestigation of the marl beds at the jH quest of State Geologist Blatehley. found the deposit at least eighteen fe* thick where the water is from eight, j* fourteen feet deep, but how intieh thick* he'could not tell with the instruments I* had at hand. The deposit, so far as eritoH be judged without making a thoroujjj* analysis, was of a superior qunlity. havfl ing a large proportion of lime, which makes it valuable in the man ufacture of cement aud as a fertilizer. jM greater depths there also was marl, l|* it contained less carbonate of lime. I Proposed Electric Railway. I Private advices give meager details ol a project for the building of an elect** railway from Chicago to Goshen via VaH para iso. La Porte, South Bend and ]*H hart. Negotiations have been opened fa* Chicago capitalists for the purchase of ttjß Burns line in Goshen and the frnnch£* for the building of a line between Goshf* and Elkhart, which would be a part of tfa* | Lake Shore if built. I Killed for Stealings a Watch, • M A mau supposed to be Thos. Hawthorn* of Chicago, who has been following tt* fairs, was shot and killed near the fa* grounds at Shelbyville by Thomas Cu* kadeti. a young farmer, whose watrhj* is said, Hawthorne and his “pals” ha* jerked from his pocket. Cttskaden is der arrest, while the officers are lookia* for Hawthorne’s companions. j* Ends Life by Hanging. Thomas llardv, a member of a rent family in Lexington township, found dead, hanging in a corn crib, wfaHf relatives returned from church. for years prospected for and found in small quantities in Saluda creek. l*J was considered weak-minded. No is known for the rash act. H Within Our Borders. I A $1,650 brick parsonage is being bltfH by the Christian Church at City Clerk Daniel S. Monaghan Washington has mysteriously disappe^H Oscar Fawber. 2<>. unmarried, was kij* ed at Kokomo by a Panhandle train. M Joseph Ilebor, a wealthy farmer ** Holt township, aged 80 years, died sa* denly. jBfB Itcv. T. ,T. Shuey, pastor of the Edf* burg Christian Church, litis resigned at* will locate in Seattle, Wash. m The new Hotel Davis at Sullivan wf* opened Thursday with a reception to oi* hundred citizens of that city. * At Elwood, Alonzo Blackwell, a yom* man, despondent, took his life by firm* a pistol ball through his heart. R Greensburg will hold a big free sire* fair for six days, beginning Mon<£^j* The Newby family held its annual |* union near Cadiz Sept. 1. Represent* tives from every town in the county wd* present. * James Mills, a prominent grocer dry goods merchant of Knightstowa* jjjj* made an assignment for the benefit of jafl creditors. The dead body of Mrs. G. Ivyes wf* found in the woods near Valparaiso. Sl* quarreled with her husband aud ted suicide. At Anderson, Thayer Thomas, ForM* Burton and Ernest Hunt, 7-year-old bqpfl have been arrested charged with whiflfl sale horse stealing: ■ Webb Casto, a well-known died at Terre Haute of apoplexy. He hi* a quarrel with a court official. CasnN* cused a friend of the official of havfifll been a traitor to W. It. McKeen at *■ time the latter was a candidate for UnHol States Senator in 1806, and in the quanH struck the official. The brought on the fatal attack. Daniel Ilcrkless. 17, son of Mrs. CitaH erin& Herkloss, living southeast of Ot* thage. was found dead. He had stagSl to drive a team to the home of a nt “igbl*fl aud his mother became uneasy, and sd*xl a search for him she found him lyinHil the road with his skull crushed. It >Sf*l posed one of the horses kicked became unmanageable and threw him* of the wagon. Ig* Miss Pink Hubbard of Cohinit»a||** from the effects of gasoline About two weeks ago, while pair of white kid gloves with the saturated gloves caught fire gasoline stove near by. Miss ran out into the street screaming, t|H| the flames rising from her arms ders. She was seriously burned, -uHI was almost certain at that time tfaflHhti could never recover. The Dealers’ Distilling CompaQjgnt&il practically closed negotiations (*■ b.M erection of a distillery at cost $1,000,000. on the site owued l^B ;>;M cus M. Towle and State Senator Gotal' I whose plant was destroyed a ago by fire. g li, . "11 An excursion train on the isßj and Western Radway was Gould'S cut, near Lapbrte. .Will** Fireman Htiferf s'lilrhtly