Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1905 — HEIFER ON A RAMPAGE [ARTICLE]

HEIFER ON A RAMPAGE

Runs Amuck in the Streets of the State Capital Attack* ing All Comers. BIHALLY STOPPED BY ABUL HI No One la Seriously Hurt—Novel Ano* tion at a Railway Station - State Newt. Indianapolis, July 21.—A half-grown belter, crazed with the excitement and lieat by being chased by boys and dogs, ran amuck In the vicinity of Senate avenue and Sixteenth street, and injured several persons. People were knocked down and trampled on,chased across lawns and to verandas. Excitement reigned in the neighborhood until the animal fell a victim to bullets. G. 11. Hildreth, of 1238 Oliver avenue, wks caught on a lawn just Dorth of Sixteenth street, and he was knocked a distance of about twenty feet. The animal followed and gored the man and knelt on his body. Hildreth was seriously hurt. He received n scalp wound, bruises about the face and body and slight internal injuries.

LonfM st a Wouaaa. Mrs. Joseph Todd, who lives in a block at Illinois and Sixteenth streets, was walking near the crossing with her 2-year-old daughter Josephine, when the animal made a lunge at her. The woman turned to protect the child when the head of the animal struck her In the side. - She fell to the sidewalk badly bruised. The heifer turned and raced after other persons. Mrs. Todd, after being cared for by a neighbor, was able to walk to her home. The child escaped unhurt Two Moro Persona Go Dowa. George Morgan, a negro employed in a Sixteenth street livery stable, was riding a wheel along Senate avenue when the iufuriated animal made for him. Morgan was knocked some distance, and his leg was injured. His wheel was damaged. A large, heavy man, who left the neighborhood without giving his name, attempted to light the animal with his hands and was butted from the sidewalk to the street car tracks before he fell.

Ballet End* Her Career. The heifer finally jammed herself between a telegraph pole and a barn in the rear of a Capitol avenue home. While she stood resting in that position, Patrolman Cousins got near the animal without being seen and brought ber to the ground with a revolver shot. AUCTION A LA BRIDAL TOC* Nat Attract Mach AUeatioa Catll Some-’er-Lingeria Was Offered to the Crowd. English, Ind., July 21.—The railway depot here was the scene of an auction out of the ordinary. A young bridal couple had been put off a train for failing to pay their fare. They were well dressed and intelligent looking. A fter a conference the young man took off a fancy vest and offered to sell it at auction. It did not bring much. The young woman then produced a new pair of fine shoes and five pairs of silk stockings and offered them for sale. A crowd soon gathered and there was a good deal of rivalry to secure the hose. The couple «finaliy secured enough money to get tickets to St. Louis. The young woman said she would sell every stitch of her clothing before she would beg.

Mysterious Note la • Fraud. Terre Haute., July 21.—A mysterious note maturing in ninety days for $4,500 and signer! by M. S. Boston, which was accepted Sept. 29, 1903, is the latest development in the affairs of the Vigo County National bank. The note was discovered to be a fraud when M. S. Boston, a prosperous farmer, appeared before the bank examiner and made an affidavit that he did not sign the note. A nephew of Boston, whose initials are -M. S., also appeared and swore that the signature was not his. Big Yield of Wheat. Martinsville, Ind., July 21. The best yield of wheat yet reported is that of E. F. Branch and W. R. Crone, from the Branch farm, near this dty. A twenty-flve aere field made an average of a fraction over forty-one bushels. Branch says that part of the field, about ten acres, made an average of over fifty bushels. Lafontsslne Baa a Bot Spall. Wabash, Ind., July 21.—The town of Lafontaine wired for aid to assist in fighting a fire which was beyond control. Engines were sent from here and also from Marion. The fire was under control after two hours. Four stores and the hall of the Knights of Pythias were destroyed. The loss Is SIO,OOO. Legislator Dangerously 111. Wabash, Ind., July 21.—Sidney Cantwell, speaker of the Indiana house of representatives, is lying dangerously ill at his home at Hartford City. He fs suffering from tuberculosis of the kidneys. Two years ago while representative at Indianaimlis he was thought to be fatally 111. Suit to Foreclose * Lian. Muncie, Ind., July 21.—The BracyHoward Construction company has filed suit to foreclose a ll?n for SOOO,000 against the Cinldnnath Bluffton and Chicago Railway company. The construction company built the road between Bluffton and Portland.