Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1901 — State Items of Interest. [ARTICLE]

State Items of Interest.

Farmers near Windfall were robbed of flitX) worth of chickens. La porte Christian Chun h lias sixty applicants for the pastorate. William Nation, So. New Lisbon, an uncle of Mrs. Carrie Nation, is dead. John Gardner, 70, Klwood, was found dead in his chair. Heart disease. Mrs. Adam Eschenbaek, Hrookville. died of grief over the death of her husband. Thought that gas belt manufacturers will have gas for fuel for eight or teu years yet. Claude Hoskins, n Sullivan boy, is a snake charmer, and generally carries a reptile in his pocket. He has performing rats also. Henry Clay Lewis, 47, a prominent attorney and Republican politician of Greeneastlc, died on the street of heart disease. Mrs. I’ryor of Franklin was knocked down and severely licaten by a young negro in an alley near her home. No complaint was made. Fred Wiler, who was being taken from Anderson to Peru on the charge of stealing lead pipe, escaped by jumping through a ear window, near Miami. Uuskvilie grocers have organized to protect themselves against deadbeats. They meet once a week and report delinquents uud those who refuse to pay. The town of Ellettsvllle Is thoroughly aroused over tl>e failure of the little bunk at that place. It is owned by Kduumd M. Palmer uml bad been doing business for three years. Several days ago the cashier, George W. Fry buffer, closed the doors and went to Iniulsville, giving out the statement that he was sick with pneumonia and must go to the hospital. Depositors at once liegnn demanding their money, but there was no one to take their certificates. Suits of attaefb inent followed, and also a suit for StHN( rent. Mr. Palmer was In Kllottseillc a few days ago, got all the accounts, and promised to return with the money, >but has not appeared. Over tjk'MMXX) is claimed by depositor*. < Hniuuel Wlu'tum, DO, Evansville, was found dead in bed, as his wife had dreamed, it is said. Mrs. Delia Chowning, white, BN, Sullivan, prominently connected, left with John Well*, 111, colored. They secured u marriage license In Illinois. Mrs. C’howning is the divorced wife of Chownirig. Of the six Mnneie young men arrested on the charge of robbing post office boxes, Hurt Williamson and Joseph Hayworth were bound over to the federal grand jury. The other four were released lor want of evidence.