Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1899 — INDIANA INCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENT.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF Tfl FAST WEEK. Boy Prevents a Train W reck-Htndeuffll Heuriuy Destroyed by Initiationplosive l mler an Undertaking Estate* liament - Schoolgirl’* Brave Deed. A \ The presence of mind of 14-yearsnjH Frank Williams prevented a tiisastroimp wreck and doubtless great loss of lifemj* the Yandalia railroad. Williams was gdjK Lug from Knightsville to Brazil when H)gm noticed a broken rail, which had beqiß pressed out of position by a freight trunH He heard the west-bound passenger atnH mail train whistle for the Knightsvillell station. Knowing that the train did stop there, the boy ran up the track when he sighted the train stood betwanWH the rails and waved his hat. The esjSH neer, seeing the boy would not leave track, stopped the train. The engine thmH was within a few feet of the broken rami The engineer said he was running Htfjjß miles an hour wheu he saw the boy slfijm ualing him to stop. ■ Serious Result of a Prank. I At the Eastern Indiana Normal UniimH sity in Muncie Clarence Deaton Was infl itiated into the mysteries of class Wagon axle grease was smeared all ovuH his body. His clothing was then torn jwß in shreds aud an electric battery was SpjH plied. The shock was so great that h|H sense of hearing has been destroyed. AnH other candidate was tied to a in the cemetery and kept there all nigMH —. mm Girl Saves Child’s Life. | ■ Miss Ethel Smock, a girl in the CentqnH nisi school at Lafayette, herself by saving the life of a child. TjiH child fell bfetweeu the Monon tracks juafl as the Louisville express dashed on to thA crossing. Miss Smock rushed in front ofl the engine, seized the baby and barely caped. H House Wrecked by Dynamite. ,J I , Fartnersburg was the scene of a tcrriH bie explosion. Some unKnown person nH persons placed dynamite beneath the dertaking establishment of W. J. of that place and the explosion wreckuH ’he building and broke window throughout the town. H Large Water Tank Collapses. ' I In Indianapolis the immense wateH tank of Krtrgan & Co.’s packing collapsed. The paint shop and otmH smaller buildings were destroyed by avalanche of water. The tahk was feet high and held 38,(XX) gallons or tons of water. No one was injured. ■ Within Our Border* I Martinsville will have a sewer systcnM Anderson bolt works will Ik* Louisville. H Munoie trades council will free library. Krein,chain works, Marion, has into the trust. Chas. Curtner. _24. Union cot in two by a train. The electric railroad from to Kendallville is a go. HH Benson Wantz, l!5, Goshen, was ’HH stantly killed by a train. MB W. F. Edwards, agent for the Erie at Hobbs, is missing. SB Oliver B. Arthur, Waterloo, has appointed railway mail clerk. mfl Fern McGovern, 4. Anderson, fell a toy wagon atnMuoke his neck. H| Theodore Pratt was instantly a runaway team near Boss station. 1 H Beds of shale near Martinsville may -mB the means of locating a large steel :mfl| there. * H Farmers in DeKalb County because there are no little potatoe«Jfiß| feed the pigs. Mrs. Louis Schorr, near found several lumps of gold in a (ludjH| craw the other day. BM Three mules at Brazil had aud they were ordered shot aud the SfH| bie burmnl over them. SB Lafayette physicians held a praH meeting the other day to take stamp out diphtheria. H| Haynes & Apperson. automobile iuaijH| facturers. Kokomo, have turned omHH tuotor to propel farm machinery. flfl| Three children of Conrad HsklH Pleasant township, died within a fjjHH hour* of each other, of diphtheria. ■JS HI Benson Wantz. aged (15. a and wealthy early settler, was struck fiH| instantly killed by a Lake Shore triH| at Miilersburg. Bfl Little child of Ilyan Hickersou, burg, got hold of a box of pills and lowed all of them. He will live, never do it again. H| A new si.lcu heel steamer line, kadH| as the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and ville Packet Company, has been m|HB ized with capital, to buckJ^HS Louisville and Cincinnati Packet CoH| puny. H Employes of the Midland Steel UmUttH pauy. Muncie, have requested that ißlfij weekly pay law lx- not enforced, *8 tHI mills would be closed Saturday afteraHS| to make out the pay rolls, which. a loss to each of $2 a week. H| While Ambrose Colby, NobUiiH blacksmith, was shoeing John K. KH| cheval's horse. Kerchevai’s dog jol|H|| through a window. The horse was ened aud kicked Colby on the (ding him for life. Colby has now for SIO.tXX) damages. Hj The custodian of the Indiana'! wßh| feme factory at Craw fordsville, «hß|| was recently absorbed by the trust, iug under instructions from ters. destroyed three new wire feacq 1 chines. These cost $1,300 each lad ißli t«cvn ustsi but a few weeks when the alii tory closed. They were broken tftflj and the fragments wilP be sold to dealers. . ,j9|| Cambridge City is having trouble • kids" between 15 and 17. |||| Mr: and Mrs. Jeremiah Jacoh%|lX|||| County, have been married aixty-i ‘ years. 'lUil E. E. Sours, Huntington County *mM raiser, sold his short horn herd f^r T Jr* s U 'iE^dAnto*talkffor rt thl *9 of Stock