Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1906 — Mortgage on a Coal Company. [ARTICLE]

Mortgage on a Coal Company.

Terre Haute, Ind.. July 5. The Indiana Southern Coal company has filed with the county recorder a mortgage for $1,500,000 to cover a bond issue. The mortgage is in favor of the Trust and Savings bank, of Chicago, and Is for fifteen years. The purpose is to enable the company to increase its business and extend its t*.tidings. The property Involved Includes eleven mines in Vigo, Sullivan ami Greene counties with 3,195 acres of land and 9.061 acres leased. Gambling Devices Torn Out. West Baden Springs, Ind., July 5. Officers representing the state have begun tearing out the gambling devices at the casinos of the West Baden and Fernch Lick Springs hotels. The paraphernalia filled two large freight cars, and will be taken to Paoli and placed in the custody of the sheriff of this county. No raid was made at the Colonial hotel. Shot fbr Resisting Arrest. Vevay, Ind.. July s.—ln the presence of over 1,000 persons assembled to witness a ball game at Patriot. Ind., seven miles from here, Marshal Jacob Smith fcliot and fatally injured Charles Sutton, 30 years old, of Steele's Bottom, Ky. It is said that Sutton was resisting arrest. Badly Bitten by a Dog, Bedford, Ind., July 5. —Mrs. Schuyler Fox attempted to part two fighting dogs, one of which was her own, and in doing so the strange dog fastened its teeth in her arm near the elbow, and she was badly bitten before she could beat the animal off. Murder Over a Board Bill. New Harmony, Ind., July s.—David Alsop, aged 44 years, was shot and instantly killed in a saloon here by Newton Grady. The men had a dispute over a settlement of a board bid. Grady waa arrested.