Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1901 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY > > .-.o ; ■TOLD*/iuH-sv j,| £ ,<»> 11 < Death Terminates a Visit—'Someone in Flora Has Queer Idea of Fan—Two Farmers Killed by Limited TrainLightning Strikes Four Meo. Mrs. James Conn the other dfy stepped from; the train-in London, where she contemplated making it visit to her sister, Mrs. John Vernon. The sisters twenty-five years ago were separated and have not seen each other since'. Recently Mfs. Conn, who lives in Missouri, learned the whereabouts of her long lost sister and at once started for Indiana to meet her. Mrs. Conn was much exceed over the glad tidings, and, filled w'ith the joy of meeting her sister, she rushed into her home and surprised her. In ten minutes after she reached her sister's home she died. __ . Explodes Dynamite for a Joke. Unknown miscreants exploded a large amount of dynamite in front of the residence of Augustus Doty, a Flora farmer, at midnight the other night. The residence was badly damaged and Mrs. Doty is dangerously ill as a result of the shock. It Is explained that the dynamite was exploded for a joke, but there is great indignation over the affair und a reward has been offered for the perpetrators. Kille I by Lake Shore Train. Lee Hines and Isaac Tryon were struck by the west-bound train while driving across the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern tracks, four miles west of Waterloo, and instantly killed. The carriage was splintered, but the horse escaped unhurt. Both men were prominent farmers.

Severe Damage by Storm. A severe storm passed over Duboise and Pike Counties. St. Mary's Catholic Church at Huntingburg was struck by lightning and destroyed. It was valued at $60,009. At Velpin ten buildings were unroofed and one store. The storm did great damage to crops and fences. Four Killed by Lightning. Frank Bridgewater, Anderson Web* ster, John Wiggle and Samuel Stewart, all farmers, were killed by a. bolt of lightning while assisting in thd work on the farm of J. C. Albert, near Lodi. Within Onr Borders. Chrisney has secured telephone connection with independent lines. All the Jeffersonville convicts are in the new cellhouse and under one roof. Charles Hoffman, 64, Elkhart, was crushed to death under a Lake Shore engine. John Hahn. Laporte, has a four-legged chicken, which was hatched out in a recent brood. D. W. Wood, a leading attorney and politician, was killed by a Big Four train at Anderson. All Ohio steamers passing the Indiana river towns are reported to be doing a good business. Two weeks’ pumping on a water well in Nottingham township developed it into a paying oil well. Dudley Yocum, a mute, aged 40, was run down by a passenger train at Brazil and instantly killed. Union City is to have a big gasoline automobile factory. A. L. Lambert of Anderson will run it. One of the Standard Oil Company's big tanks, at Preble, was struck by lightning and burned. Ernest Lloyd, nged 23, was drowned at Elkhart. He was prostrated by the heat and fell from a boat. John S. Bays, Sullivan, says that tho proposed coal combine will violate ho features of the trust law. Leroy Kirk. 24, took carbolic acid at Manila. His father .killed himself the some way two years ago. Congressman Watson has named Jot Goar, the ex-league base-ball pitcher, the postmaster at New Lisbon. The village of Arcadia wifi not become an incorporated town. Au election held on thjs proposition lost by 31. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Barnett of nehr Rockport have jnst celebrated their six-ty-third wedding anniversary. O. R. Brown, an E. & T. H. brakeman, killed himself io Evansville. Ho was to have been married soon. The Central Christian Church at Tbrra Haute observed its sixtieth anniversary with unique old-fnshioned ceremonl s. > Erast us Welch, Kokomo, a farmer, aged CO, fell dead from sunstroke and overexertion, while chasing a swarm of bees. Eight cases of supposed Cuban Itch in Sweetser prove to be smallpox and almost every person in the town has been exposed. Chandler Williams, Richmond, has received word from Greenville, Ohio, that his. sou, Elmer, 21, hns been crushed to death by a train. The South Bend school boar,l has taken up all outstanding notes against the school corporation, thus stopping interest amounting to $3 a day. John Cook and Carrie Kiser, living near Richmond, attempted to elope. The girl's father Interfered and ip a light that followed Cook was mortally wounded. The contract for the erection of Science Hull of Indiana University at Bloomington has been awarded to Pulse & Porter, of Greensburg, the work to be completed within one year. Daniel W. Storer, of Anderson, and H. B. Chapman, of Slndby, have been appointed receivers of the Shelby, Ohio, Mill Company on the application of Mack Davis, president of the company. The liabilities are nltont $271,000. Terre Haute school board has decided to dispense with Principal Charles Meek, of the high school. There has been a long fight over flic question. Miss Ruuds Talbert, a wealthy maiden lady at Morristown, was set upon by tramps, with the intent of robbery. She drove them off, but was severely bruised by the encounter. Omar Miller, a painter aud athlete, tried to kill hie wife at Kokomo. Mrs. Miller says ha tried to atrangkd her with pillows and towels eatorated with chloroform. She awoke just' In time end beat him off.