Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1902 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERBELY TOLD. Greatest Crops Ever Harvested Are Predicted by State Statistician—Burglars Break Into Upland Jail and Rescue Comrade—Prayer in Bank. The grain yield of Indiana will probably exceed the totals of all previous years. Reports gathered by the Indianapolis News from bank officials and reports to the State statistician agree in that conditions were never more favorable than now for bursting granaries and continued prosperity. B. F. Johnson, State statistieia’n, says: “Except in a few counties in the northwest part of the State, where the corn has boon drowned, Indiana has never seen such a crop. Even with the damage in the northwest, the crop will bo far in excess of last year's, when 147,StHMtrtd bushels were harvested. Where previously the yields have been running twenty to thirty bushels an acre,'reports now indicate thirty to fifty bushels. The oats crop will be immense if it is threshed in shape. The acreage seems to be slightly below that of last year, but the total yield is well above it, probably over 44,327,300 bushels. Last year the crop amounted to 41,044,771 bushels. The danger is that the farmers will try to thresh their oats wet. They should allow the grain to remain in the shock until it is dry before threshing. There is nothing new to lead me to change my estimate of 40,000,000 bushels for the wheat crop. The crop last year was 33,000.000 bushels. About 00 per cent of the wheat north of Indianapolis is in the shock. It should he treated as the oats—allowed to dry in the, shock before threshing.

Break Into Jail to Rescue Pal. While making his rounds at midnight the other night. Watchman Stells of Upland saw a man acting sulpiciously in front of Little's drug store. Upon questioning him the watchman became convinced that the sthre was being robbed, and the stranger was on watch for the burglars. Not daring to make a noise lest the other men escape, Stells marched the stranger off to jail, and then secured assistance and hurried hack to the store, hut the robbers had escaped and had carried off the money drawer, together with a lot of notions. The man in jail gave his name as Hardy, and admitted that two other men were in the store when he was arrested. At 3 o’clock the next morning, after the jailer had retired, there was a crash at the jail door, and it was knocked from its hinges. At the same moment two men entered and released Hardy. The three men hastened from the town. When a posse was organized to pursue them no clew as to the direction taken could be found. Knelt and Prayed on Floor of Bank. Enos Randall, a highly respected farmer, living near Gray, went to Njihlesville and paid off two notes at the l-lrst National Bank. As soon as the transaction was finished he knelt down on the floor in front of the teller’s window and offered up a fervent prayer, thanking the Lord for deliverance front debt for the first time in forty-four years. The incident attracted much attention.

Girl Arrests n Burglar. While the family of Peter Aklcs. near Trinity Spring.-?, was absent from home some one broke into the residence and stole a watch, rings and other jewelry. Gertrude Akles. the lti-year-old daughter. discovered the theft and ran down the burglar, Curtis Jones, at Williams and arrested him. On his person were found the jewelry, several other watches and a handful of rings. Aeronaut Falls to Death, Prof. Frank Iteed, an aeronaut of Marion. fell while making a parachute leap at Millersburg and was instantly killed. He was married to a young woman in Marion about one year ago, who was with him at the time of the accident and witnessed his fall to death. He was lit} years of age, and had been making parachute leaps for ten years. Ftute New* ia Brief. Richmond has eight State conventions booked for 1903. Red Men will manage a street fair at Rochester in tlie fall. The total capitalization of industries established at Newcastle since Nov. 1, 1901, is $1,435,000. Andrew Stapleton was found dead in Ehrlisk’s mine at Now burg, aud the coroner is making an investigation. P. 11. Clark, an old engineer on the Clover Leaf, fell front his engine while trying to oil it while in motion, and was ground to pieces, at Silverwood. Indiana l’ythians on route to California over the Rio Grande road ran into a cloudburst twenty miles south of Colorado Springs and had a thrilling ex peri-, enee in rushing through the edge of the cloudburst at the rate of sixty-five miles an hour. Lyman Allen, while under the iuHucnce of liquor, attacked his wife in Fort Wayne and inflicted injuries necessitating the service of a surgeon. While the doctor was dressing the woman’s wounds Allen swallowed poison. He died in a few minutes. The Chicago police have been asked to aid in the search for Mrs. Tolton, the wife of William Tolton, the Westville man who was taken to the La Porte county jail to escape a mob of his townsmen. who suspected him of murdering his wife and wanted to lynch him. Sheriff Small hopes to secure an interview witli the conductor of the Wabash train on which Tolton say* his wife took passage for Chicago. The engineer of the train is positive no woman passenger was at the station on that particular morning, and the station employes are equally confident Mrs. Tolton ha* not hoarded a train on that road. Jacob Day. living on Fulton street, Chicago, was found dead in his room at 32 South Capitol avenue, Indianapolis. He had been employed on the Cluypnol Hotel. Heath is supposed to have been caused by heart disease. * As the result of a conference over a breach of promise ease Prof. Calvin Ewing of La Porte agreed to marry Miss Lily Mattis of Chicago. The next morning he changed his mind and the case was compromised by the payment of $201.) to the plaintiff, who returned to Chicago. Ewing then secured a license to marry Mrs Tillie Erdman.