Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. HOLDS JEWELS A NECESSITY Appellate Court Decide* That Wife of Man Worth $75,000 Should Have Articles Suitable to Her Station.

Indianapolis, May 16.—That diamonds are necessaries for the wife of a man worth $75,000 was the dej vision of the Indiana appellate court , in a case against Dr. William Cooper 1 of' Kokomo. Doctor Cooper was an : old man and his wife a handsome ; youfig woman and before their marJ riage he gave her diamonds and told i her that after their marriage she i ?ould have more diamonds. After marriage the jewels were not forth- ’ ?oming and Mrs. Cooper bought them I herself from a jeweler and had them ! ' barged to her husband. He refused :o pay for Them and the jeweler sued, i Doctor Cooper was inclined to the • simple life while his wife was ini elined to dress and appear well among her friends. The appellate court, after reviewing the authorities and showing i the former holdings relative to what ! are necessaries for a wife for which a husband is responsible, says: “Under the Indiana rulings, we must i hold it to be a question of fact, as to where the means and station of life of the parties and as to whether the zoods purchased are suitable to such I means and station. The standard of i living is so far advancing and appellant admits that the standard has ad- ; vanced in Kokomo.-that we cannot rej strict the meaning of the terms ‘NecI essaries’ and ‘Articles suitable to one’s station in life,* to such articles ias they might have included some i years ago. It is a matter of common ; knowledge, of which not even courts I can- be ignorant, that persons of even J much smaller means than appellant i are accustomed to provide their wives . with jewelry Such as that which is the, I subject of this suit, and that such articles can certainly be said under modern conditions to be suitable to the station in life of persons of the financial and social standing of appellant.”

Lodge to Lay Cornerstone. Bloomington, May 16.-—Calvin W. Prather of Indianapolis will make the principal address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Federal building in this city Thursday, May 30. Mr. Prather is a deputy grand master of the Masonic lodge, which organization will have complete charge of the exercises. Dr. J.i W. Jones, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, will deliver an address and Judge James B. Wilson of this city has been chosen master of ceremonies. Members of Masonic lodges from several surrounding cities will be present. Intoxicated; Wields Razor. Laporte, May 16. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gland are in th>* hospital here as a resulbyof a boarder in their home becoming*! renzied while in an intoxicated condition. Soon after entering the house he became infuriated, and, drawing a razor, slashed wildly at both husband and wife. The woman received a number of thrusts in her breast, while her husband was deeply cut about the knees and a number of the muscles of his right arm were severed. There is slight chance of the woman’s recovery. Gland will probably live.

State Meeting of Maccabees. Indianapolis, May 16.—A state meeting of Maccabees will be held Saturday at the Claypool hotel. It will be attended by representatives of all the hives in Indiana. The meeting will be addressed by Miss Blna M. West of Port Huron. Mich., who is the supreme commander. The morning will be given over to the talk of Miss West and the various reports, while the afternoon program will be arranged by the local hives. The meeting will end Saturday night. Mushrooms and Fish Plentiful. Logansport, May 16.—-Mushrooms are plentiful in the vicinity of Logansport. 1 Hunters have been bringing them in by the market basket. They are large and of excellent quality. Fishing is also good in the Wabash and Eel rivers. Large strings of bass, croppies and goggleyes t are caught daily. Every day one hundred or more fishermen may be seen at the foot of Uhl's dam,' in the Eel river.

Cuts Throat With Knife. Lafayette, May 16. —James Rowe, sixty-five years old, at one time a well-to-do Tippecanoe county farmer, attempted to kill himself at the county infirmary by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. He lost a great amount of blood, and it is believed he will die. Rowe lived at Daytofi for forty years, and was despondent because of poor health and financial reverses. Work Against Saloon Men. Bloomington, May 16.—Tempe&n& forces of the city began work on a remonstrance in the Second ward in an attempt to defeat the petition of Rena Brissenden, who has applied for license to open a saloon. The saloons of the city have always been located only In the First ward.