Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1907 — SALOONKEEPERS KICK [ARTICLE]

SALOONKEEPERS KICK

. ■ .< “ " .' - • Object to Having Their Trade at Elwood Confined to the Business Section. WOULD HAVE A LAW REPEALED Teetotallers Are Resisting the MoveYoung Folks Advised to WedState News Notes. Elwood. Ind., July 10.—The saloon Interest has obtained a petition containing more than <3,000 names which' will be presented to Mayor Orla Armfield, asking him to veto the ordinance which was passed by the city council last week driving the saloons from the factory districts to the business center of the city. The Ministerial association, backed by the anti-saloon people, Is up in arms over the situation. s Mayor Arfhfield Is said to favor the saloon interests, although not a drinking man, but it is believed by the conservative element that if the measure Is vetoed tlie council will pass it over the mayor’s bead at the August meeting. Brewers Might Exert a Pull. The ordinance was passed at the July meeting by a vote of 6 to 1, and It is believed that every man who voted for it before will do so again, . although there might be a powerful Influence brought to bear by the Indianapolis and Terre Haute brewing companies to prevent the measure becoming a law. * Freak of the Lightning. ’’’f' Elwood. Ind., July 10.—Lightning struck the barn of Homer Leisure, near Rigdon. Though the electricity melted the tips of the lightning rods attached to the structure, tore a square of shingles off the roof, passed through the hay mow which was filled with hay, ran down a post into the stock room which contained thirteen head of horses and cattle, tore the timber Into splinters, singed the feathers of a hen that was sitting on a nest of eggs in the manger, ripped a | hole in the floor of the barn as large | as a barrel, the building was not set on Ore, nor was the stock Injured In the least. Will Start with Higher Wages. ' Elwood, Ind., July 10.—Two of Elwood's largest factories, which have been closed a short time, have started. The Mcßeth-Evans plant gave its employes, 350 in number, an increase in wages of 25 per cent, and the tin ’ plate mills granted all employes in 1 the tinning department an increase of 8 per cent. The pay roll at the former plant will be increased about $2,000 a week, while at the,tin mills the pay roll will be increased each pay day, every two weeks, about $1,500. ADVISES THEM TO MARRY Priest Who Seems To Be Tired of Too Much Spooning and No Results in His Parish. Elwood, Ind., July 10.—The Rev. B. Biegel, pastor of St. Joseph’s church. 1 created a flutter of excitement among the younger members of his parish Sunday morning when he admonished the boys and girls of marriageable age that the time bad arrived when dillydallying in courtship should be no longer tolerated, and that they should get married at once. Long courtships, he said, should be avoided, and when they concerned two • members of his parish were wholly 1 unnecessary. He told them they had grown up together, understood each j other as well as it was possible for I them to do, unless they were occupy- : ing one dwelling. There has been a ■ dearth of weddings in local Catholic j circles and the advice of the holy fa ther is expected to stimulate activityin that line. The pastor stated that I there were WO good, pure girls in h;s ; parish who were ready to say “yes’’ to any good, hard-working, honest man who popped the question. Her Name Is Jeffersonville, Ind., July 10. —Miss j Samantha Schidu, of Henryville, this ' county, has been so much tease 1 about her name that she has determined to get even by giving a “Schidu party.” This will be In honor of her twenty-third birthday anniversary, which happens on the 23d of this month. Twenty-three girls will be ; her guests twenty-three years old. I Everything will carry out the idea. I the number of candles, the musicians i in the orchestra, the decorations, the number of couples in the subsequent dance and tlie number of dances on the program—all will be just twentythree. ■■ ■ ■ ■ , - Where the Mix-Up Comes In. Terre Haute, Ind., July 10.—Sult has been brought by a passenger who was forced to pay 3 cents a mile by the Big Four for fare to Paris. 111., his contention being that, as both Illinois and Indiana have a 2-cent fare law, no more can be charged. Husband and Wife Tired of Life. Terre Haiite r Ind., July 10.—John ; Phillips and bls wife, because of family trouble, attempted suicide b.v takI ing bug poison, the wife early in the i evening and the husband at 11 o'clock. i Physicians saved their lives. Home for Disabled Miners. Terre Haute. Ind., July 10.—The United Mine vV’orkers of America, In the eleventh district- convention, have ' started a movement -for a national , home for disabled miners.