Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1908 — THEY HAD A BAR’L OF FUN [ARTICLE]

THEY HAD A BAR’L OF FUN

Sunday School Picnic with a Fat ’Woman’s Race and Record Baseball Game. Columbus, Ind., July 28.—A1l sorts of stunts were on the programme at the annual picnic of the local Methodist Sunday school, which was held in a grove three miles north of this city. First on the programme came a race for fat women. It was scheduled for the afternoon, but the women declined to race after eating a hearty meal, and it took place in the morning. The race wns won by Mrs. L. E. Jayne, with Mrs. 8. E. Carter, wife of the county clerk, a close second. A ball game between teams captained by Floyd Knight and Fred Landis, Ae latter a cousin of the Delphi representative, resulted in a victory for the I-an-dis team by a score of 15 to 12 in three innings. Spectators Get a Real Thrill. Muncie, Ind., July 28. —lt wns thought that George Rollo, of St. Louis, advertised as “Rollo, the Limit” who has been performing at a local park, was kiljed when in “looping the loop” on roller skates he turned a somersault in the air. missed his second platform and fell to the ground on his head. He was unconscious for a long time, and was thought to be fatally injured, but he will recover. Severe' hundred persons gave a gasp of horror when they saw him dash to apparent death.

Raised It One Hundred Fold. Shelbyville, Ind., July 28.—Kent & Sons, dealers in mules, had a bank book returned Saturday. at which time they discovered that a check drawn for S 3, In favor of William Dale, formerly an employe, had been raised to S3OO and cashed. The matter was immediately reported to the bank officials, and investigation showed that the word “hundred” had been written after the “three,” and the writing was not similar. Preferred Death to Blindness. . Vincennes, Ind., July 28.—William Wyck, Sr., retired contractor, sixtyfive years old, grieving over blindness, seized a penknife, stabbed himself in the stomach, wounded himself in the breast and then cut his throat. He lived three hours. William Wyck, Jr., a banker, attempted to save his father’s Mfe by breaking down a barricaded bedroom door.