Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1907 — WAITING AT THE ALTAR [ARTICLE]

WAITING AT THE ALTAR

That is the Way a Muncie Young U__.Man Left His Intended Bride. BEHMS TO BE A FAMILY AFFAIR Education Ha* to Wait on the Tomato Crop at Clay CityState New* Item*. x

Muncie, Ind., Sept. 19.—After the •wedding guests had assembled at flic ’ home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles leer. ' man and ( the minister, Rev. B. M. i Nyce, of the First Presbyterian church. I sit ready to unite in marriage Miss Efflce Icerman and Clarence E. Black, ■ the marriage was declared indefinitely I postponed because of the failure of the I bridegroom-ehsrt to arrive. The ceremoney -was to have been performed at 8:30 p. m. and it was not until an hour laterthat hope of the young man's coming was abandoned. Had Not Told His Parents. Botli the young man and the young woman are of prominent families. Black's father, Norman E. Black, is one of the county’s wealthiest citizens, and is vice president of the People's National bank, of Muncie. A strange feature of the case is that although the invitations for the w’edding have been out two weeks, the young man’s parents did not know of his intemhxl marriage until they read it in the newspaper Tuesday. Their son told them he intended to w'ork Tuesday night (tlie night he had arranged to be married) in the mailing department of a local newspaper where he was employed. Some Hint* Are Given Out. Dr. Lewis Icerman, brother of the disappointed girl, intimated that the young mans ’relatives are aware of the cause of the young man's actions, but would say nothing except that the entire story would soon come out Young Black’s parents fear he has become ' temporarily insane or that he has met with an accident. Others do not entertain tliat theory. Black is 21 years old and Miss Icerman is aboul 20. She i was recently graduated from the Mun- ! cie high school. Efforts.are being made ; to find the young man, but it is thought he has left town.

EDUCATION HAS TO HALT ♦

People at Clay City Must All Work to Save the Crop of Tomatoes. Brazil, Ind., Sept. 19.---The public schools are now in full blast in all townships and towns in Clay county. ; except one, the opening of the schools in Clay City having been postponed indefinitely on account of the tomato growing and canning industry. The •chools In the north part of the county started on the 9th, while the others, with the exception of Clay City, opened on the 16th, I Clay City has quite a large canning factory, and In the tomato season every available man, woman and child is occupied in the tomato industry. , Tlie canning factory employes several hundred women and children and a few men, while men, women and children are kept busy in the fields, picking, loading and hauling the tomatoes to the cannery.

She Fainted at a Word.

I Terre Haute, Ind., Sept 19.—George and John Lawrence, brothers, 77 and 65 years old, respectively, were convicted of chicken and when 1 John was fined $5 and costs and disfranchised for three years, his wife, thinking that disfranchisement meant imprisonment collapsed, and was not restored to consciousness for some i time. .The. old_ men,_lt was shown.

made a practice of stealing chickens' and selling them in the local market. Horses Ran Away with Lions. Danville, Ind., Sept. 19. During the street parade given by a circus exhibiting here, two horses hitched to a cage containing a large pair of African lions, and driven by Henry Bain, of Indianapolis, ran away, and after going two blocks were stopped when the driver pulled them Into one of the elephants which blocked the way and held the team until many bands could get hold of the frightened horses. Strawberries Are a Drug. New Albany, Ind., Sept. 19. Because people apparently do not care for strawberries out of season, hundreds of gallons of the second crop, now ripening, have gone to waste. Shipments have been made to Chicago and other markets, but the prices received have not been sufficient to pay. Big Wind Kills a Man. Fort Wayne. Ind., Sept 19. During a violent wind storm, which, struck the city, the wall of a six-story building under construction wws blown down and Otto Schultz, an ironworker, was killed. Much damage was done in the city. Ex-G. A. R. Chief Dead. Greensburg, Ind., Sept. 19.—Marine D. Tackett, ex-department commander ®f the Indiana G. A. R., is dead. He was appointed by President Harrison allotting agent of the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians in Indian Territory. Ku*way Was Fatal to Her. Evansville, Ind., Sept. 19. Mrs. Andrew Hulster Duff was thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse and fatally injured.