Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1902 — A CLOSE CALL. [ARTICLE]

A CLOSE CALL.

Clifford Passons, residing in the northwest part of town, was cleaning a shotgun last Friday, when one of the shells exploded and the charge passed through the wall of the room in which he was sitting and part of the load lodged in Mrs. Passons feet. She was sitting at the time in the room on the opposite side of the wall, holding a babe upon her lap. Her shoes were torn to pieces and the bones of two toes broken, several shot lodging in her feet. It was a close call and is another proof of that old saying about firearms. Lafayette Call, republican, has been absorbed by the Courier and Journal. XMayor Eger has been suffering from rheumatism since the banquet, given by the Jackson Club at Lafayette. \A few inches of snow fell Monday night, the first for January, but has mostly disappeared at this writing. The weather indications for to-day are, “colder with fair weather.” Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCullough of Jordan tp., were in the city yesterday closing up business matters preparatory to moving to their new home in Wells county, where Mr. McCullough has purchased a 160 acre farm. They will leave next week if they can secure a car to ship their goods, going via Remington. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough have resided over 30 years in Jordan tp , upon the same farm, and leave many old friends and neighbors who will wish them the best of everything in their new home. The insurance adjusters were in Kentland Tuesday and adjusted the school house loss, paying the full amount of insurance, $8,500.00 The old brick is the property of the people and are considered to be worth fully $4,000. A contract I has been let for the cleaning of the old brick and it will not be long until a more modern and finer building in every respect will be under way. It takes more than county scat decisions or fires to disturb the serenity of the mind of the people of Kentland.— Kentland Enterprise.