Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — State Items of Interest. [ARTICLE]

State Items of Interest.

The State G. A. It. encampment will In* held at Indianapolis May 16 and 17. The New Albany woolen mills, the largest iu the West, are running night and way to till orders. All members of Roltert Nash's family. Paxton, were poisoned from eating chick-, en dressing which had stood over night ffl a shallow tin pan. The body of August Schindler, who disappeared from Lafayette .Jan. Id. has been found in the Wabash river, six mile* south of Lafayette. Fire destroyed the large frame farm residence, of David Barnett, near Rich Valley. The loss on building and contents amounts to Miss Pearl I'ntbank of Richmond has been appointed a teacher in the Goverumeut Indian school at Pawhuska, iu the Osage Nation, Oklahoma. With the remaric, “I see mother.” aged John llolbr<M>k of Shelbyville dropped dead at the feet of his son. His wife had preceded him in death two week*. in Indianapolis Frederick Kettlehake, a saloonkeeper, shot and dangerously wounded Ixmis Kraus mid Frederick Simon nnd attempted to shoot George Ilermaun. Finley Meyers, a Jay County farmer, went to Richmond and reported to the police that he had Iteen made a victim of a green goods game. He went on the solicitation of a stranger giving the name of Williams, to in»|>ect dry goods, but was taken to the Westcott Hotel and shown S.'i,IMMI In greenbacks, which, Williams alleged, had lieen printed from dies stolen from the Government. Meyer* was induced to make a purchase and hr invested getting W.IAM) in green goods. The money was packed in a tin liox and sent by express to Portland. When Meyers reached home he found the Ihix wun empty. . Pulaski County farmers are complaining ot the Hugtn or the H<hooi term, as they wish to huve their children help with the farm work. The 14-year-old sou of Frank Boyd was caught in the corn bin at the West Middleton elevator*, five miles west or Kokomo, drawn tsto the chute and smothered to death. Wheatland citizens got uugry at a gang •f uegro B. Ac O. workmen on account of sundry hen roost robberies, am! drove the blacks out of town with roeks ind revolvers. Due negro was shot iu the teg*