Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

| Tell your neighbor to take The Democrat for all county news. If Mr. Gifford intends adandoning the old line through McCoysburg and thence south to Wolcott, etc., as claimed by his henchmen in Rensselaer if the proposed tax is voted, why is he now working with a large force extending his line south on the old line? "We understand the line is nearly to McCoysburg now. If he intends abandoning the old route he is certainly going at it in a peculiar way. W. D. Burditt was in town Tuesday. The Starke county lands belonging to the assets of the old Commercial Bank were sold at public auction June 13th inst., at sl6 per acre cash, the same to be paid as soon as the title was guaranteed. With the proceeds of this sale and the other moneys on hand Mr. Burditt will make a payment of 6 per cent, to the depositors. This will make 69 per cent, that the depositors will have received on each SI.OO deposited and with the 6 per cent, interest paid by Assignee Runner will make dollar for dollar. The Commercial Bank has done better by its creditors than any of the other banks in the Dwiggins syn-dicate-.—Oxford Tribune. Mrs. Josephine Moosemiller and Mrs. Lena Riddle, daughters of the late Joseph Putts, have begun action in the Jasper circuit court to set aside the will of the latter. Mr. Putts left an estate consisting of 120 acres of land about 2 miles southwest of town, valued at about SSO per acre and incumbered for SBOO. The old gentleman was practically helpless for the last two years of his life. His will bequeathed, after paying all outstanding debts, funeral expenses, etc., to his son George E. Putts, $350; to his daughter, Lena Riddle, SSO; to she other daughter, Josephine Moosemiller, $100; to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Anna Putts (wife of Joseph Putts, Jr.,) for caring for him during his sickness, $600; to the pastor of St. AugusCatholic church SIOO, and and tKe~re*sffltt€-te Joseph Putts, Jr. An exchange prints the following up-to-date 4th of July story: The boy stood on the backyard; fence whence all but he had fled, the flames that lit his father’s barn shone just above the shed. One bunch of crackers in his hand, and two others in his hat; with piteous accents loud hecried, “I never thought of that!” A bunch of firecrackers to the tail of one small dog he tied; the dog. in anguish, sought the barn and mid its ruins died. • The sparks flew wide and red hot, they lit upon that brat; they fired the crackers in his h? nds and lit those in his hat. There came - a burst of rattling sound—the boy! Where has he gone? Ask of the wind that far around strewed bits of meat and bone, and scraps of clothes and tope and nails and hooks and yarn, the relics of the dreadful boy that burned his father’s barn. The report that Eugene Dilly had been adjudged insane was a little premature. He was examined by physicians and he told them that some three years ago while teaching jn Barkley tp., he had been assaulted by some unknown party and struck a terrible blow on the head. He was then thrown into a ditch of water and left for dead. He never knew until recently who the assailant was. The man made a dying statement that he assaulted Dilly and his widow wrote a letter informing him of of the fact a short time ago. He recently injured his head again from a fall, and he has had periods of mental aberation more frequent since the latter injury. An examination showed that a portion of the skull was pressing upon the brain, and the physicians think that by raising this he will regain a normal condition and be a well man. It was expected to operate upon him this week. Dilly is now at his home and is said to act all right at present. Hard work and the heat brings on the spells of de rangement during which he seems to wander aimlessly about and knows nothing of what he does.