Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1902 — AND THE HORSE CAME BACK. [ARTICLE]

AND THE HORSE CAME BACK.

“jCPeter Hordeman thought that his horse and buggy had been stolen from the Catholic college grounds Sunday evening, and telephone wires were kept hot Monday iu the efforts to locate it, besides cards being gotten out aud sent broadcast over the couutry giving a description of the missing rig. Tuesday it was returned to him unharmed. It was found Monday morning near the John Warren farm in Newton tp , about 7 miles west of Rensselaer, standing by a telephone pole, one of the front wheels of the buggy having caught the pole and stopped the horse. Not a thing was damaged, aud it is now thought the horse got loose and wandered awayg; Sheriff Hardy learned of its having been found Tuesday and drove out and brought it to town. The rig was worth S3OO, and Peter was tickled almost to death to get it back ail right.