Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1900 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY | TOLD. Great Increase in Oil Industry DuriuiC December Doctor a nd-Servant Killed on the Railway-• Convicted of Attempted Murder. The nioatii of December in the Indibna field is one' of Interest and shows th;;t the winter weather has not affected the operations of the drill to any tent. Decunbet- is the largest month «.f the present seasoil in completed work, ami gv* a’ retivity has been displayed in the State dining the year. Hundreds of thousand's of dollars have been invested in the producing of the crude proilm f in this State the present, year; and it ia nothing to what wjll be spent the, coming season if tie maf-ket quotations 'continue above the. dollar mark. During the month 266 wplln Were eompletpil, with a daily output of 4,235 barrels, or an average pep wcjl per day of 20 1-7 liarrels. The dry holes and gus wells'number 56, the same- a* tlw previous month. 'The Indiana,,field mis done nobly -this season, as there were live months during the present s..n in which over 200 wells were completed They were. July, September. October, November and the present mon’h'. ’’he large increase ot the month is dm io the activity in Weils ami Grant as will as the o itside counties.

Killed at u Grade CroasiiiK.

Dr. Wyck ffe Smith, late surgeon with the rank <>f ‘ major of the One hundred aifd sixtieth Indiana Volunteers, and hist Cuban servant were instantly killed by .1 Waba sh train ten miles west of Flora. They were riding in a buggy and did mA notice the engine's approach. Dr. Smith lived at Delphi ami was unmarried. He became attached to his servant while in Cuba and prevailed upon him to ma,ke his home with him.

Sentenced for Attempted Murder.

Dan Sanders, a young farmer, was convicted of attempting to kill Rutledge Glover, an old citizen of Franklin. He was given a sentence of two to fourteen years in th< Michigan City prison. The jury whs ent two days before returning a verdict; ■

Milk Sicimeeo In Reported.

Milk sickness is causing a number of deaths iu Fulton County. Two death* were reported nt Delong, Henry F. Long and his wife being the victims. Their deaths occurred within a few hours of each other.

Boy Killed by Electric Car.

. Ralph l.h gh aged 13 years, was killed by an cle'tiii. street car at Muncie. He climbed from the river over the bank upon th- ‘rael I ’, not seeing tire aproael*ing car. Jl’- head was crushed.

Within Our Borners.

Manual Jrninjng department may be put into iht Anderson schools. Lester Morris, 3, Muncie, was bunietl to death whih watching a bonfire. Theodore Moore’s saw mill, Carthage, went up in srnokt I -oss, $2,000. Schoo! a’ Oliver has Wen closed, because the pupils ’will not be vaccinatcJ.

Ed Niemeyer 18, Evansville, played with a [w-wder can ami short a part of bis flier Secret service man is trying to dislwvcr the pers-m who has been sending vile letters to Logansport society women.

Charles II Raraby’s saw mill and hard wood mat’vfi tiring plant, Greencastle, in ashes. Loss, slo,<loo, partially insured. Mrs. A A .Zimmer, Anderton, has just recovered from a caselot blood poisoning that was canned by wearing a tight finger ring. William Goddard, 20, Rush County, accidentally -.fiot and killed Steven Lucas, 17, his prospective brother-in-law, while hunting. Elwood Magden,- an early resident ot Kokomo, who had not been heard from in thirty years, returned from Cape •Nome. Ah ska, worth $19,000,000. Martin Ficlo started to Logansport to church, puffing a pipe. Fparks fell in the lap-robe, and when he reached church ho was minus his pantaloons and lower part of bis overcoat. John R-’buman, Muncie, was fit»r«i $17.90 for lerting his boy work in a gla-v factory instead of sending him to M-houl. It will be made a test case and will he carried to the Supreme Court. Jefferson H’aakenbaker’s general store, Crandall, was wrecked by safe-crackers*. The robbers seen red S9O in money anil S2OO in notes. Loss to building ami stock will )*e several hundred dollars.

The sujm ’■'iitrudent of the Andersen schools has issued an order that pupil* must present a rertifieate of vaccination, or they will i.ot be allowed to enter. The same order -pplics to teachers and janitors.

Feed burr -it the Goshen milling company's plan* burst. Due piece flow through a wall, striking William Haines, head miller, Knocking him fifty feet. He received a broken leg and internal iujurries that wHI he fatal. New Albany and Jeffersonville want a military post established between the two towns. Dr. J. -N. Hurty of Indianapolis, expert chemist, reports that he finds nearly a grain of morphine in the stomach of Stephen Whitmore, murdered at Lognuuport Nov. 18. 3 The trustees of Wabash College njet at Crawfordsville and it was decided that Rev. W. F. Kane will be inaugurated as president ’''eb. 22. Mrs. W. K. Jone* of Chicago lias given J 5.000 towartf a residence for the college president. The gymnasium buildiug is to be refitted an<l also used for exhibitions and commencementsJ >T F'ii’e at the Westervelt fiber Pail factory at South Rend caused several thousand dollars’ damage. Two employe* saved their'lives by swimming arrdssffhtt of Qity T’reasUrer tfflß’isnvilly was cQmprommetl. by ft?Wri<ikhlcn idVanciug $2,055. The bondsinvn have-now ptti»l $5,1115 iiv soft M-i ' ipppt o^if■ iiMrlagty ?; 1 ..; l Ai Princeton ,Mr«oMarina oljl., >tt.e^q»t«<d by.itwttfate WiShi? a ciun says sbe may recover. ’ '**' 7