Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. PRIESTS IN AUTO WRECK Three Catholic Prelates and Layman Are Seriously Injured at Gary When Their Car Strikes Telegraph Pole. Gary, Sept. 13. —Three Roman Catholic priests and a layman accompany- ' them met with serious injuries at 23rd | avenue and Broadway when a touring i car in which they were riding crashed Into an iron telegraph pole. Three of the injured men came from Chicago and one of them. Rev. Father Edward Kowleskl, rector of the St. Mary Magdalena church, is in such a serious condition that fears are entertained for his recovery. The Injured: Rev. Edward Kowleskl, of South Chicago; Rev. P. A. Kahellek, rector of St. Hedwigs church at Gary; Rev. Father Czajkowski, of Hawthorne, 111., and John A. Fabish, of Chicago. Asks for Fifth Divorce. Shelbyville, Sept. 13.—For the fifth time Mrs. Lillie B. McFerran-Creek-Bennett-McLaughlin-Bushfield is appearing as the plaintiff in a divorce suit, and this is the second time she h>s asked a divorce from William H.’ Bushfield, her i most recent husband. Three months ago Judge Blair refused her a decree in the Shelby circuit court, and some time later she decided to make another try for the decree by filing a complaint in the Shelby superior court. > She is also asking the restoration of her former name of Creek. Her four husbands are living, all of them being residents , of this county. She owns a fine farm of 160 acres, and it seems that the trouble usually starts when she refuses to allow her husband to manage her business interests. Her marriage to Bushfleld took place February ?0, I QI O, and the separation occurred the following May. She alleges cruel treatment and abandonment. Jury Not Able to Agree. Michigan City, Sept. 13.—The trial of a suit brought by Mrs. Drusilla Carr to quiet the title to thirty-eight acres of land hear Gary, worth $52,500, resulted In the disagreement of the jury. Mrs. Carr claimed the land by advertising possession, which she had maintained during the last thirty I

years, and her alleged right was never disputed until recently, when the rise tn values near Gary made the prop erty attractive to claimants. Mrs. Carr sought to have the title quieted in her name. She was given a verdict here last spring, in which she was awarded title to other land near Gary, valued at $250,000. Finds Prehistoric Bones. Rushville, Sept. 13.—Parts of the skeleton of a large animal, believed to have been a mastodon, were unearthed on the farm of N. P. Jones, north of. this city. Among the parts found were two teeth. The larger of the two, thought to be from the lower jaw, measured seven inches in length and the roots were six Inches long. The enamel is well preserved and has the appearance of marble. Besides the two teeth, a piece of bone, six inches In diameter and two feet long, was found. The find was made in a gravel pit thirty-five feet under the surface. Dog’s Head Shows Rabies. Connersville, Sept. 13.—A hound belonging to William Merrill of Milltown, bit its owner on the hand and also bit Robert Willinger, a little nephew of Mr. Merrill. Fearing rabies, an officer killed the dog, and the head was forwarded to Indianapolis for examination Word was received that the animal was undoubtedly afflicted with hydrophobia. The dog was acting strangely several days before it was killed, and it is feared it bit cattle and other dogs. Mr. Merrill and the child have sought Pasteur treatment. Once Notorious Dive Burned. Rushville, Sept. 13—An old shack which was built before the war and which once housed the Blue Goose a notorious dive, was destroyed by fire here. The building was the oldest landmark in Rush county and possjbly in this part of Indiana. When the Blue Goose bar was in its prosperous days the card game of “seven-up” just become popular. I ' Older residents distinctly recall many a game was played at SIOO a throw. 1 ————, Former, Policeman Robbed. South Bend,':Sept. 13.—Former Sergeant of Police Anders Hansen was robbed of $350 as he slept, a burglar entering his home and taking that amount from a pocket in his trousers, which hung over the end of his bed. I Hansen left the police department some time ago to become a contrac- ■ tor and the money had been paid him for a job just completed.