Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1899 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

>RECORD OR EVENTS OP fHE PA nffnr# j ■ ifW . i~ ’ -? t - b M «lt Blgaals it* Approach-Btorglar Kfifed' by a 'GirJ—tto'rrftjlo galcide , T° wn Commit# * piclde.. u vy-M . j ■' 1 1 ■• /;*«. aaio'i Chesterfield -has a mystery. Persons . have been -peculiar rappings that death was near and seyeral ( have died. : Thfe ' edvehth c»fee WaJi - rVpoVtod. recently, Ora McDaniel being tlie l Vfct*tn. 4Kb* wjftrnuigsswhtch preceded.'fhe deaths consisted of loud rappings on thefvont Jpois gj file nights in-suc-cession, followed by Juger doors. The Steininan faniijy ot seven wasln feodd health two iMbnfhs ago. All have received' ffi'e death Wanting since, sik baVe diedland ! the kerentti is'on her deathbed. **'-l ■< -' ' *’* 'n- v " ' tftrl V*hqnV»lie« a Kurglirl' “* Miss Cdldie Cothran, aged 14, of’iluncie, struck a burglar in hVr Vbom' With a eHvW-backed ha’tr brushSrid the Unknown man was fatally hurt. The rob--ber was detected by the girl carrying a valuable clock from the residence when she commanded .him. to drop .the timepiece. , This he did and, closing the door, turned upon her, when she. threw the brush, striking him I n the temple. He felt to'the floor an<i has remained unconscloils dnee, -■ ‘ Burn* Herself to Death. Mrs. Myrtle Bright, daughter of ,T. B. Plyiuate, Fairland, committed suicide by setting her clothing on -lire after covering It with gasoline. She lived with her father and was ’alone when she: committed the act. She never spoke after running from the house.' Her ap- . parel was destroyed by fire and the body was literally roasted. Mrs. Bright was not. happily married, and was.,separated from her husband. ~ Notisicenurlan 'Tiree of Life. James Rrobks, the founder ‘ Of" New London, 'committed suicide by jhmpiog from a. third-story window at the eOdnty house, of which he had been ah inmate for several years. oJIe was 4*3 years old. Hf worried over being a county chargeWitfrla Dur Bordera., Hog cholera is raging in Warren Connty. - 1 ' " : Hired girl famine has reached Jeffersonville, , /Commercial.club has been organized at Sclfersburg. . , Brownstown K. of P. lodge will build a. three-story brick. Company will mine asphattum in Jasper and White counties. Aw anti-trust spoke factory will be started at Fort Wayne. 1 Walter Mtiftse!, 24/ Noblestflle, had both feet-cut off by a train. ' 1 At Brazil, the 7-yens-old son of Rcalsus Modisett Was killed by a train. Oliver' P. Hustings. GO, Fortyille 'squire, fell dead of heart disease. Mrs. Clark I.ane committed suicide at Elkhart. 11l health was the cause. Mrs. Mary Carroll, 71, Terre Haute, was instantly killed by a Vaudaiin train. Fnirmount brick layers are earryiug their own brick and mortar. Labor is scarce. Edward Martin of the Magic City Gun Cluh, Muncie, broke forty-eight birds out of fifty. Union Traction Company, Andefsoh, has begun the erection of a. power house to cost S4i)Q,OOO. Stanisians 1 Koruowi*. 15, working in a South Bend factory, had both his arms torn off- by a belt. - Brass works department of the Pennsylvania shops. Fort Wayne, will be moved to Allegheny,; j >

, yy. W, Buck was buried alive in the Bieknel coal mine by the falling of tons ' rif earth and slate 6fi liini. It is known that he is dead. , r AYilktr'Refrigera tor ’Company will build a SIOO,OOO plant at Anderson, and the Diamond Phvk-t Company 'will spend SIOO,OOO for improvements. ' 1 1 ■' -Trial “of - Plytie’-Jones, - chdighd with kidnaping Nellie Berger, PerttV ha§ bben postpimrd again. Doctors say the girl may never get out of bed." i- it ii. j , e -.t«ptb< John- Plat a,-i fifi^sifi-ilew 1 Albany, is dead from injuri*BoPW*ei*ed in failing •>4«*Wl.«teitSuPft o.wujjd ilve-iiteamer Raymond, dealt in waSiWea^y, »c. RoJbiip‘t L . ! iydor:»ft. ban bncucht injunction -jigsiast-a. agin M veurfiim wj[W* .by ill-year-old daughter, .<Krgi,tc: eav- ,sop'v|> 1u "u-ii J f : v The bjpwn open by robbers and rifled of its TSntftitTfiet(-‘wefr ‘yJliffiWb rfic’.Vrds, coins afiW’V&flbus di-tfr-lds sh* l Hle'stDtle,' itll ’ofJWWth.vtete’vmStiM'-RW.nivw. > r--. vtnohji^cifa--ployed in Julius Ehrlich’s mine wesV'Vif lliSxH-, a dtfVt’ai.d Sdjdtnteg' toons.' • 'TWi‘eXpl«edmr itfetmAly ktilt'd Minnis and mutilated the Wodytibf kl'houta*. cw« v. efiritii* .W' v ,es.!'.

*"'■ At Tie Pftrtt. the grand jury- hits fet'lined an indictment of six tcimnts .against Uriah Coken, the priucipnl *vitl Mesa for ahe State at' the trial es McClellan Calloway for the kilting..of iflarMiit U I a The. Kort AYayne Consolidated -Struct Ilailway has been sold at re .‘cjyeni’ sale .-W Ceij. Ceorge A.. of, (Jleve--45«4 *96. vsi,(^2,<K>on l; (Sayretson 4-epye-seots the Cleveland bondholders and (be W r^>*!^.V on ? m^ te ?- - vo,:> irilO«i ; ji:publm stage near the business &n- ---- of Seymour,,,and in the iirsswtcv jof 8,000 persons, W. It. Smith of Jonesyille khilMrs. Safhh Harper of Beyhiotrr rH-rei triiilrfed. ! Each W nt‘krry''oO ; y«fr» of‘fc£e and were orWr befor&'hdsb'and Iwving'.bvenidiyorced Outer andeilis* Ota dflc 'Smock, Terre HnWe, e4Dpwl.ro Newport and % **SBl ln ip'kvym* *Ssi> TbhRxRM ia.-.'#’ «». esMi ■ • Mrs. John McMillan was arrested at " ; rts% cbmftHH: CodjfKHit t MoMiUonilovki berAusbeM haute WTSfral icagmi. Kdfike wanrod* htvda ttgsMKarotedly and at last in a fitrut datinwatima. shot hint. The bullet lodged in CougUin’s abdomen. » • '** • . * -' - . •• ■•- .."• ivi. •«• *•,