Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1899 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY 5 TOLD. . Changes ia Salaries of Postmasters— Kailway Wreck Caused by Boys— Killed Himself Before Hie Mother-;-! Fee and Salary Law Valid. The Postoffice Department has mgds the following changes in postofflcea and postmasters' salaries in the State: ■ Richmond advnneed from second to flrte - class; Bedford, Fr&nklifi, Greenfield; Greensburg, Hartford City, Kendallvllle, Martinsville and Newcastle advanced from third to second class. Increases to — Increases to— Albany $1,500 Ladoga ........$1,200 - Albion 1,400 Lafayette 3,100 Alexandria ... 2,200 La Porte* 2,500 Attica 2,700 Lebanon ....... 2,200 Auburn 1,800 Liberty LSOO Anrora 1,700 Llgonfer 1,800 Bedford 2,000 Linton 1,200 Bloomfield .... 1,400 Logansport 2,700 Bluffton 2,300 Lowell 1,200 Bourbon 1,400 Martinsville ... 2,300 Bremen 1,100 Middletown ... 1,200 BroOkville .... 1,500 Mishawaka .... 2,200 • Butler 1,600 Montlceilo 1,700 Cambridge Cy. 1,500 Munde 2,900 Clay City 1,100 Nnppnee 1,400 Clinton 1,400 New Castle 2,000 Columbia City. 1,800)New Harmony. 1,200 Connersvllle .. 2,200 Noblesville .... 1,900 Converse 1,200 North Vernon., 1,800 Corydon 1,300 Notre Dame.... 2,100 Crown Point .. 1,600 Pendleton 1,300 Decatnr 1,800 Plainfield 1,400 Edinburg 1,400 Remington .... 1,300' Evansville .... 3,300 Richmond 3,000 Fairmont 1,500 Rochester 1,800 Fowler 1,500 liushvllle ...... 2,100 : Franklin 2,000 Seymour 2,200 Garrett 1,500 Sheridan 1,300 Gas City 1,600 South Whitley. 1,200 Goodland 1,400 Spencer 1,600 Goshen 2,600 Summitville ... 1,200 Greenfield .... 2,000 Thorntown .... 1,500' Greenebnrg ... 2,000 Tipton 1,800 Hammond .... 2,600 Union City 1,900 Hartford City. 2,000 Upland 1,200 Huntlngburg .. 1,400 Valparaiso 2,500 Huntington ... 1,400 Veedersburg ... 1,200 Indianapolis .. 3,000 Warren 1.30 P Jasper 1,200 Warsaw 2,100 Jonesboro 1,600 Williamsport ~ 1,200 Kendallvllle .. 2,000 Winchester .... 1,800 Kentland 1,400 Worthington .. I,ooo’ Knlghtstown .. 1,700 Decreases to— Decreases to— i Geneva .SI,OOO Lawreuceburg .SI,BOO ■

Fee and Salary Law la Valid. The Supreme Court in a decision announced the other day holds that the fee and salary law under which the compensation of all the State and county officers is fixed is constitutional. Judge Jordan declined to concur in the decision. The effort to have the law declared invalid was backed by the County Officers’ A*? seciatioD. * - * J Mother Sees a Son’a Suicide. William Nehl, the 17-year-old son of Joseph J. Nehl, a prominent citizen ofl Union Mills, shot himself through the heart because his sweetheart refused toaccompany him to a concert. The youthi was standing a few feet away from hie mother when he fired the fatal shot and as he fell his life blood was sprinkled over , her. Boys Derail a Train. Small boys placed railroad spikes on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern ' Railroad track near Proctor, and the eastbound accommodation struck the spikes and left the track near a bridge. Had it not been for the prompt action and watchfulness of Engineer Sullivan a fearful wreck would have resulted and many lives lost. The boys fled to the woods. ‘ -| Woman Fatally Shot by Boya. At Lafayette, Mrs. William A. Hoover was fatally shot while passing through an alley to her residence. Two boys are un- ; der arrest, each charging the other with > the shooting. Within Oar Border*. Columbus is trying to land a shoe sac« | tory. Graduating exercises at Purdue were | held uuder a tent. Marion wi}l try to outdo Muncie in en*’ . J tertuining the Elks next year. Nearly 500 of the Benbow family ats | tended the reunion at Muncie. Lafayette wants one of those three. Spanish guns for an ornament. Cloudburst at Washington. Water three Jj feet deep on a part of Main street. Panhandle dirt train broke and collided i near Anderson, ditching twenty cars. George Milford, Fort Wayne, fell heir 4. to $150,000 from a relative in England. J Infant daughter of W. A. Wilson, Mun* fj cie, fell out of bed and was fatally hurt. . | Reeves & Co.. Columbus, sent out $30,, | 000 worth of thrashers at one shipment. ‘ J Henry County Fair Association will \ hang up a purse of $16,000 for the races. Anderson has so many cases of measles ; that the board of health run out of cards, ? Elden France, Switz City, accidentally i shot aud killed his brother while hunting, 1 The increasing demand in the bottle | trade has caused a corresponding increase d i# price. ludiaua Glass Company closed its plank; ! at Middletown, rather than pay union | wages. Quite a rivalry has sprung up between!! Indiana towns over which can report the 1 most robberies. C. E. Cramer, a stranger who stole a 1 horse and buggy at CrawfordsviUe two • weeks ago. and was arrested in Hanniba l Mo., was brought back and pleaded guilty. 3 Two to fourteen years in Jeff. New hall at Notre Dame will be dedicated next September, in honor of Father ■ Corby. Charles Christensen ordttined as a min* J ister in the Presbyterian Church in V—S| ▼ay. Joseph Gable, deputy fish acquitted of receiving a $25 bribe, at Gtej|| lumbus. | Miss Catherine Graham, a society twsj||9 of Evansville, and a niece of Gov. Bradtefi;! of Kentucky, was given a judgment in thfp Superior Court against David filtl merchant, for $5,000. She sued for |25,t | 000, alleging breach of promise. Andy Walker, the veteran engineer oijM the Vandalia, died at Terre Haatte became an engineer in 1852 and Us di*XJtl| shows that he was at the throttle for 1,060,918 miles and never had' accident. There is a movement on foot among owners of interurban lines in the gns bjjjS to consolidate and form one company, YHm be capitalized at $4,000,000. The heavy cast iron pea cooker U» the f Mancie canning factory blew np under.:| juring one men. Several others teate§9