Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

TERSELY •« -i* 'TOLD, j * I -i iXh»i«..ii*l lm»i lmitf : , i: I I t.l " - ! ' , m * Ktumior iirpr, Jfour Years; Has fteeii L’nnb'e to Eat—Banker Key Thrcatene I Swlcide Hoy* Are Held for Hob- . bin« the Mali,

Thomas Arbttckle, aged 24, of Scott Cotrafy, lias not Caten a partiele of food in four years, hut sfifl triilntain* a hold on by.U)r\as; Uqpid food through an artificial opening Tjil* manner of procedure is caused by his cardiac orifice behig I completely closed. Seven years ago Arlmikle hftd a severe* attack of typhoid freer. When im recovered it was. found bis cardiao oriiU'a was closed un,cj an operation was performed. The side , (jf hi* stomach wak securely' tb the wft/t of hi* abilomen. An opening was then made through the aridotuen, thrmrgh dhiclt ho* takes his food. Arbuckdo' lm* -fairly gohil health und accomplishes tiie work of tho average*man each day oa the fynu. : Bciltl for liilAifitj Hit'irnf, George Moore and Ulysses Snyder, aeaused of Ividhtlg the mail «t 41reoUcastle, .were imhnd: over ti> the •Uttiteji' ifitates grand jury l*y Goimnissiumd- iiiggins at Terre, on, J licit- pletj.* ,y,C guilty. Stjydc;; says. at the Motion depot and gome of the contents. He also gave Moi*-e fchhfkff jr’n'l dVrfrisi I hiritMi(/t! ii” t<s several th’drihAnii ; (i/dl.-H-*: 1 Thes'iy lniVf*' prrfi recovered. and property ’Wrivv'Jtrill'd. The boy mi got wly -od Ccii(s,i»,vaj<#i «nd a dol- * lar-’s* worth ,»*f, ststSpo. ■ Msutme.i tva» out of the State Uofonn School on parole, but will now he turned oyer to the Unitnight Cf Btinker Key. Whet* Ba'vkey J. M. Key. Andrews, ,VYtts , tmsU'-i . for alleged forgeries, he reached to his pqcket und drew a revolver. Wlicn overpowered hu said. “Thqre is one of trio thittgs j/or me to do, and that is either to go to Michigan City or commit suicide.*’ When placed iu jail he begged for it knife, and naked that his family be not informed of hi* plight. He wus arrested at the instance of O. M* Packard, vicq president, of the Capital National Bank, Indianapolis, with which he had deposited several thousand dollars' worth of bad notes. Boy Attacked by a Carp. The son of Spencer Bentidtim, Muncie. was fishing in Buck Creek, aud a large carp pulled him into the stream. He I*came entangled in his line. The fish started down stream, returned and attacked the boy. A huge gash was cut in his body by the fish. It was captured by a farut hand, after it had almost drowned the youngster. # State News in Brief. Ivokotuo needs I'Ht new houses. Fowler will *o:u pave her principal streets. Boone County telphers' institute will be held Aug. 2U to 30. The liquor war at ltussyiville is ended. Applicant's petition denied. The Wabash Valley powwow of Redmen was held at Iyigansport. The Lebanon Elks witl give a street fair and carnival in October. A new well in Randolph County yields a heavy flow of both gas an I oil. John Himltmaii, Oldest and wealthiest negro in Howard County, is dead. George Lineherry, despondent, took strychnine arid died at Khvi.od. Jeffersonville Elks will invite Gov. Durbin to their carnival. Sept. lt’> to 21. Gov. Durbin reviewed company M, Second Regiment, at the Greenfiel 1 Fair. Frank Coburn, Spt necrvillv, had his intestines almost shot away while hunting. Ilenry Heasley, Gti, nu Elkhart gro or since 18»KJ, shot himself. Despondency. GreetteasUe Commercial Club ha* bought OR acres and will go after factories. The threatened strike of Anderson typos lias lieett averted by a mutual compromise. Charles .Myers, a bridegroom of three weeks, wus instantly killed in the Anderson Panhandle yard*. Charles Hammond. 30. a deaf mute, was run down and instantly killed by an E. A T. H. train at Viacenu- s. The Lake. Erie and Western has 1,000 men making Improvement.* to make tho roadbed equal to the Lake Shore. Robert Ferguson. Terre Haute miner, who broke his bark, ha* ret over.ed. hut will be helpless the rest of hi* life. 31. T. Shi el. weil-known ElwooJ stock buyer, was kicked vn loth kuivs by u vicious pony and is crippled for life. Jaini s Jacks was killed by an accidental explosion iu a Giinton mine. . Hi* soil. William, was badly limited ami may die. A 1 Cooley, it large grocer tit Elwood. has closed Iti* store Httd will reopen when the steel strike i* over and business is Hgain worth while. Mayor Thomas Taggart, three time* Mayor of Indianapolis, lias written the Democratic city committee declining to accept a fourth nomination. Mrs. Denny Duster, Converse, cooled herself by bathing her neck and brenat with ice water. Lockjaw mysteriously developed and Mrs. Hosier is dead. The Harrison monument* fund nt Indianapolis flow amounts to s3t>,ooo. The commission hopes to raise ?I 50,000 to $250,000. A memorial arch to cost $200,000 is favored. •The 2-ycar-old child of Mr. anj Mrs. John Rigby. Muncie, was bitten on the hand und face by a black spider, an I was critically iii Air it .'short time. It is better mid will recover. Trump William Thompson, Evansville, was sentenced to the reformatory. He induced boys to steal for him, after which he would tattoo them. Dr. Port F. Askrrtx Terre Haute, was found dead beneath u window of his lodging house. He is suppusini to have gone to sleep in the window and fallen out. Jerome Parson, n farmer near Frank foft. told ( hi* son Sunday morning as he left home that be would find his father dead. The father did not return that night and no truce* of him have been found.