Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1903 — Among Our Neighbors. [ARTICLE]

Among Our Neighbors.

Tlie attempt to form nn Indianapolis milk trust, with Chicago and Milwaukee capital, has fallen through. The milk trust was the project of J. R. Brent of Chicago. It was to control twenty six dairies. Lawrence White, a Muneie young man, was sentenced to tlie Indiana reformatory for from two to fourteen years. He poured gasoline on the head of Miss Lilly Davis while she was nsleep, and ret fire to It. Miss Davis was seriously burned. Brazil pcoplo were excited tho othor flay because ferocious wolves were loose In tho town. School children were afrnld to venture from home, and through the morning the keeper of the wolves and a posse tried to capture them. A theatrical company appeared there the previous night, and the wolves were used on the stage. After the performance when tho nnlmals were taken to the station for shipment they escaped from their cage. By a majority of 1,880, it was decided that Putnam County should have a new oourt house. . -