Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Farmer* War on a Railroad—Sister's Labors Finally Rewarded—Oil Money for Indiana Landowners—Clay County Woman Barely Escapes Burial Alive. Judge West in thp Circuit Court at Crawfordsville refused to grant a temporary restraining order in the case of the Chicago and Southeastern Railroad Company, which was barred from crossing the land of Wesley Grantham. He declared Grantham had already been kept out of his property seven years and'that the constitution guaranteed him certain rights with which the court did not propose to interfere. The road’s attorney asked that an order be made giving the rpad possession until the land could be condemned, but the court refused this, saying the company had had seven yearsto do this and had failed. Farmers rallied to the assistance of Grantham, andwrecked a mile of track. The court issued an order forbidding any further destruction of the road’s property. Sister Free* from Foods. Gov. Mount pardoned William W. Kennedy, who was sentenced to prison for life in 1885 for the .murder of David Baker at Greensburg. Kennedy was paroled in 1897 and has for several months been attached to the sanitary setvice in. Havana. The case attracted national attention because of the efforts of Kate Kennedy, the convicted man’s sister, to secure his pardon. The sister has appeal-' ed to every Governor since her brother’s conviction, but without- success until now. Eur_sereral years, in man’s garb, she traveled over the country in an endeavor . to. loeute the real murderer, and, tramping her way. never missed an opportunity to interview tramps and criminals with the view to ascertaining the whereabouts of the man for whoso crime she claimed her brother was suffering. Farmers Made Rich by Oil. During 1900 almost $1,000,000 was paid in royalties to Indiana farmers for oil territory. Indiana oil for the year averaged a fraction less than" 94 cents per barrel for the crude product at the well. The pipe line companies charge a rate of 20 cents for running the product. During the year the output of the wells in the State of Indiana amounted to 5,1>50,950 barrels, representing a value of $5,284,624.94, Farmers say that some of the land which has proven the best oil territory would never be worth one cent per acre fur cultivation. Returns to Life in Time. Mrs. Cyrus Clark, wife of a farmer of Clay County, came to life after having been pronounced dead by physicians. Her body was attired for burial and preparation was made for the funeral when she spoke. Intense excitement was caused among the mourners who crowded around her. Finally she opened her eyes and is now growing stronger. She was conscious some time before she spoke and realized that she was being prepared for burial. Grief Drives Him to Suicide. Grief caused by the death of his young wife a few months after her wedding impelled Robert E. Lee Pryor of Eastbank. W. Va., to send a bullet crashing into his brain in George’s Hotel in Indianapolis. Ho died later. On a table was found the photograph of the wife, placed in such a position that as he stoml before the mirror her image was reflected in his face when he shot himself.

State News in Brief. Brazil will have a new brewery. Jasper N. Frist will be the next postmaster of Clinton. Work on the Muncie-Hartford City electric line will not la-gin until the groHnd thaws. Anderson postoffice has passed the S4O, 000 mark, and Postmaster Small gets araise in salary. Jacob Sours, 88. Huntington, called l his five children together nnd distributed $13,000 among them. “Uncle”'Charley Price. 85, died neat Elwood. He Was once a cook in the navy. He married at 83. Robert Burke. Madison, nnd Sarah S. Schrodt met in Louisville, nnd after five minutes’ acquaintance, decided to get married. They were refused a license iu Jeffersonville Ix-eause they were too young. Mrs. Mida Dewey. Elwood. 13 yearn old. has brought suit to have her nupriage with Charles G. Dewey set asidtw He says he was an engineer on the war ship Brooklyn. He is tn jail at Anderson. charged with beating a board bill. For the first time in the history of Clay County criminals expiated their crimes by receiving a severe whipping at Brazil. Three colored boys, Davey Jonvs, David Bowman and Harvey Bass, were brought up in police court on a charge of petit larceny. The judge decided that the boy s should go free if their mothers, whowere present, would give them a public thrashing. The mothers consented and with rawhides punished their recreant sons for three minutes* Grover Allen, the heaviest boy for his age in the country, died in Anderson of fatty degeneration of the heart. He was apparently as well as usual when going to the lounge to lay down, but died within a few minutes. He was 8 years old, 4 feet 10 inches tall and the last time hewas on the scales weighed 251 pound*. The past year he had been gaining in weight at the rate of ten pounds a mouth. The parents have declined offers frommost all the circuses on the road. His health would not permit it. His weight wan such Ije could get around with the greatest difficulty and when he stepped to n curb he had to be helped. Liberty school pupils, St. Bernice, wereso interested in their work that they voted not to take holidays. The old-time method of inflicting punishment on criminals with block and tai-kle bus been Introduced nt the county workhouse in Muncie and will be utilized where prisoners refuse td work after being sentenced. W. H. McDoel nnd Bnyard Taylor of Chicago, with local capitalists, have im corporated an electric railroad thirty miles long, lending from Crawfordsville to several nearby towns. The stock sub--•cribcd is SIOO,OOO.