Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVE3 INDIANA. HUGH A. BURRELL IS DEAD Former Brownstown Banker Under Indictment for Forgery Passes Away After Long Illness of Bright’s Disease. Seymour, Nov. B—Hugh A. Burrell, against whom several charges of embezzlement and forgery were pending in the Jackson circuit court, as a result of failure of the People's State bank at Brownstown, of which he was president, is dead after a long illness of Bright s disease. He was borif near Brownstown sixty-six years ago. The failure of the bank caused a great surprise as Burrell was widely known, and the people placed implicit confidence in him. The 1 failure was discovered on examination by state bank examiners in 1907. Alarmed by Nurse’s Absence. Indianapolis, Nov. B.—Authorities at the Deaconess hospital are alarmed over the absence of Miss Gertrude Fox, twenty-four years old, a nurse, who asked permission to be given a day s vacation and who has not returned. She was excused from work, and told the superintendent that she would spend the day with her aunt in North Indianapolis. When she failed to return inquiries disclosed that Miss Fox was not at her aunt’s home. It was supposed that for some reason she had overstayed her leave, but when she could not be found the authorities became alarmed. Miss Fox’s conduct always has been exemplary, they said. It is probable that if she does not reappear soon the authorities will begin a search for her. Miss Fox has been employed at the hospital for more than three years. 1

Begin Tabulation. ( Indianapolis, Nov. 8. —Receiving and tabulating the official vote for presidential, electors, governors and most county officers has begun at the secretary of state’s office. A force of deputies will be busy for a week recording the vote. Chairman Fred A. Sims and Secretary Ed T. Staley of the Republican state committee will keep state headquarters open during the remainder of the week. They are making no effort to complete election returns, but will be busy several days looking after correspondence. Cat Found to Have Been Rabid. Indianapolis, Nov. 8. —A cat which bit Curtis Walling, a child of Posey county, was found to have been afflicted with rabies when an examination of the brain was made at the state pathological laboratory. The cat which attacked the child had been bitten by a rabid dog, according to a letter written by Dr. R. L. Hardwick, health commissioner of Posey county, who sent its head to the laboratory for examination. The child probably will take the Pasteur treatmenL Asks Aid to Find Child. Laporte, Nov. B.—Mrs. John Dierks, young society woman of this city, is appealing to the authorities in Indiana and Ohio towns to find her a child for adaption, promising the foundling the finest of homes and anything it may desire in years to come. Declaring that the recent death of their only child has left her heart dead and that it can only be revived by the cooing of a babe, Mrs Dierks says she win go to any city or hamlet in the two states if she can find a child. Money Will Be Framed. Columbus, Nov. B.—The local G. A. R. post is in receipt of from the treasurer of the United States. The money will not be spent, but instead will be framed and placed on the wall of the post hall for the members and visitors to see. The money sent here is in Confederate bills, and the. United States treasurer is sending Confederate money to all G. A. R. posts, as he believes the veterans of the Civil war v ill be interested in seeing some of this money again.

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