Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1914 — Page 8

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COLFAX TP. NEWTON CO. We had a big shower Monday and also one Tuesday. Bert Sullivan called on John Williams Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Knapp called on Mrs, Earl Kennedy Saturday afternoon. Carl Wooton took the train from Morocco for Florida Tuesday morning. Guy and George Wooton spent Tuesday forenoon at the home of Homer Stanley. Johnie . Williams, of the Gaff ranch, is hauling corn from Mr. Hohn for John Ross. Mrs. McComb and daughter, Mrs. Bert Sullivan, and children spent

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Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Carl Wooton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elijah, of near Morocco, had a birthday party on their daughter, Marion, Thursday evening. The weather was pretty bad, but it was reported that, they had a fine time. Mrs. Charles Knapp and two children, of Laporte, came Friday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wildrick. Mr. Knapp’s mother, of Brook, is keeping house for him while his wife is away visiting.

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McCoysburg.

Charlie Stevenson took dinner Tuesday with Alice Stevenson. Several from around McCoysburg attended the big show at Rensselaer Wednesday. Ernest Cook and Alice Stevenson took a ride over to Monon and back Sunday on a motorcycle. McCoysburg has just received a new stack of rainwater. Any ohe not having any call at once. Mrs. Guy Beebe and two children, of Newland, visited her sister-in-law from Tuesday until Wednesday, It is reported that the Ladies’ Aid will hold an ice cream social at the home of Mrs. Gus Stephens Saturday eve. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lutz and baby, who has been visiting his folks at Monon since Saturday, returned 'bonne Thursday morning.

B Wl W den We have opened a Cream buying station at the C. E. Prior Fancy Produce Market and will pay Elgin prices. Bring your cream to us. WBinMoil

Hoosier News Briefly Told

Rising Sun. —Preparations are being made here for the centennial celebration of Rising Sun, Aug. 10 to 16. Manilla. —The Rey. S. G.i Rothermel of the Christian church has resigned to accept a call to Cynthiana, O. Bedford —Robert Russel was found guilty by a jury of stealing chickens from Lawrence county farmers. Greensburg.—Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kramer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in the St. Maurice Catholic church, four priests participating in the ceremony. Evansyille Roy Cain, eighteen years old. of Webster couyty, Kentucky, is under arrested here, charged with trying t® pass forged checks at the Citizens National bank. Rochester.—Mildred Fultz won first prize of S2O in a total of SIOO awarded by the Indiana Bank and Trust company for the best essays by school children on "Good Roads.’’ Tipton.—The gasoline tricycle used by the L. E. & W. section men collided with an east-bound traction car and was demolished. The men who were running the tricycle jumped and escaped injury.

Evansville—Mrs. Ethel Osborn, sixteen years old, has filed suit for divorce from Tony Osborn, seventeen years old, alleging her husband made her arise at all hours of the night to wash his feet. Fort Wayne—M. E. Beall of this city, who is collector of the customs for Uncle Sam at the port of Monte Cristo in Sonto Domingo, has arrived here to visit his son. Dr. Charles Beall. Evansville. Arthur Kinkle sixteen years old, was found guilty by a jury of assault and battery with intent to kill. The boy shot George Schmitt last March when Schmitt refused to turn over his money. Shelbyville.—The report on the enumeration of children of school age in Shelby countv shows the total to be the same as last y£ar—7,22l. There was a gain of twenty-seven in Shelbyville. Covington—A Mothers’ Club has been organized here with twenty-two charter members. The officers are Mrs. C. W. Dice, president; Mrs. Elmer Bowers, secretary; Mrs. W. A. Davis, vice president; Mrs. A. L. Spinning, treasurer.

Fort Wayne—Ten young women, who completed the four-year course of training In the Hope Hospital Training School for Nurses, received their diplomas at the annual com,mencement exercises of the institution Friday night. North * Vernon.—Residents of Scipio have organized a church and are perfecting plans for the erection of a $2,000 building. The site has been donated by A. B. Kiefer. The Rev. W. S. Whitsett of Franklin will become the pastor. Hartford City.—This month will witness the shutting down of many glass factories throughout the country. The wage agreement with the glass craft expires May 29, but owing to slack business, it is probable that many will close before that time. Boonville—The ministers and* undertakers of Boonville have formed a ’trust,” and have announced in a card to the public that there will be no more funerals in Boonville on Sunday. The ministers have been agitating the movement for some time. Shelbyville.—Jesse Canaday, thirty years old, of Farm Ridge, was bound over to the circuit court and sent to Jail here on a charge of forgery. He is said to have signed the name of Alonzo Phillips to a check to get $lO of H. F. Gray, representing himself as an employe of Phillips, who is a road contractor. Booe has filed suit for, SIO,OOO against Robert H. Kerr of Villard, Minn., former sheriff of Fountain county, alleging that Kerr arrested Mrs. Booe and placed her in his automobile and that the woman was, injured when thrown from the car because of careless driving by Kerr. Kokomo.—W. A. Ketcham, an at-, torne-y of Indianapolis, has been selected as the principal speaker at the Memorial day exercises of the local (r. A. R. post. Mr. Ketcham was formerly state commander. The Memorial day sermon will be preached at the Catholic church on the Sunday preceding Memorial day. , Hammond. —In rounding a dangerous , turn near Crown Point five. Chicago people were hurt when the automobile in which they were riding overturned. The machine is owned by J. Lawson, who refused to give his address. He and hjs wife were badly bruised. Mrs. John D. Wotell, Forty-third and Beverly avenue, was unconscious, her eight-year-old boy hurt internally. Mr. Wotell received slight injuries. The party was taken home in another automobile. Worthington—James Gray caught a catfish weighing sixty-five Bounds in

Eel river here. Larger fish than this have been caught here. Kokomo. auto and a buggy near Forrest four persons were injured. Perry Allen of Brlnghurst, Carroll county, tried to pass a buggy driven by George Fleming of Forrest, but his machine skidded Into the buggy. Fleming was thrown out and his horse ran away. The auto toppled, over Into the ditch, pinning Allen, his wife and a woman friend beneath the car. All were badly bruised. Block Owned by Girl Burrs. Attica.—Fire destroyed the only brick block in Newton, an old village six miles east of here, owned by Miss Margaret Kiss, a co-ed at Indiana university. The loss is estimated at $25,000. The flames were discovered in the rear of W. R. Robbins’ drug store and soon spread to the entire block because of the lack of fire-fighting apparatus. The store . rooms were occupied by Chamberlain & Bennett, hardware dealers; C. E. McQuegg, harness, and W. R. Robbins, druggist. The upper floors were leased by the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias as lodge rooms. The two secret orders lost all their records and paraphernalia. Most of the stocks from the hardware store and harness shop were saved. : ; Z. • Two Die When Waves Tip Boat. Vevay.—Eugene Simonton, thirtytwo years old, and Edward Bromwell, fifteen, were drowned at Florence, nine miles east of this city. Simonton and Bromwell, with five companions, all of whom were employed in a furniture factory at Warsaw, Ky., just across the river from Florence, were crossing the Ohio river in a skiff. After finishing their day's work they attempted to ride waves of the towboat Boaz, which was passing, with the result that their boat was capsized. Simonton and Bromwell were drowned, but their companions clung to the overturned boat until a rescue party from the Boaz took them out. Gavel Made From Mill Wheel. Evansville. —Over fifteen hundred persons took part in the Audubon wood jaunts here, when delegates and visitors to the annual state convention of the Audubon society followed guides through the woods near Evansville and near Henderson, Ky.. where the great naturalist once roamed in search of information. While at Henderson the delegates visited the Audubon mill and William Watson Woollen of Indianapolis was presented with a gavel made from one of the cogs of the old wooden mill wheel.

Youth Deserts From Army. Columbus.—Harley L. Gable, who on April 18 enlisted in the United States army at Indianapolis, wag arrested here and is being held for desertion. From Indianapolis he was sent to Jefferson Barracks at St. Lo'Uis, Mo., but came home to see his sweetheart a week later, keeping in hiding. He enlisted as eighteen years old, but he and his grandfather, Joseph Gable, now insist he is but sixteen. His grandfather gave his written consent for his enlistment. ■— • Ground Broken for School. Fort Wayne. monies marked the breaking of ground for the new school of the St. Peter's cathedral. The school will cost SIOO,OOO, and will be ready for occupancy by fall. Rev. Charles Thiele, pastor of the church, threw the first spadeful of earth. Soldiers Name Reunion Dates. Petersburg.—The old soldiers’ organizations of Pike county met In Winslow , and selected 4, 5 and 6 as the date for holding their annual county reunion. The reunion will be held at Winslow. Three Killed During Carousal. Terre Haute.—One woman and two men, members of a gipsy camp located near this city, were shot and killed following a drunken carousal in the camp. John Demetro, a giant Brazilian and the husband of the woman, Is under arrest, charged with the shooting. The other victims are Joe Rista, his son-sh-law, and the latter’s father, John Rista. In broken English Demetro told the police he shot and killed Rista and the others after he had discovered intimacy between them and his wife.

LUMBER KING LEFT $875,000

Petition Filed at St. Paul, Minn., for Proving of Weyerhaeuser Will. St. Paul, Minn.. May B.—ln a petition for the proving of Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s will filed with the testament in the office of Probate Judge Bazille an approximate value of only $875,000 is put on the estate of the St. Paul lumberman, who died at Pasadena, Cal., April 4. He was reputed to have been one of the wealthiest men in the nation.

ROUND THE WORLD

Atlanta is motorizing , its fire department. There are 450.000 saloons in the United States. The khedive of Egyyt is to have a gas-electric train. Most Dutch cities are several feet below the level of the sea. Kongoiand breeds a little native sheep which is without wool. A twenty ton balanced rock overhangs the village of Thomary, in France. Holland has 1,436 co-operative agricultural societies, with a membership of 156,000. The increasing popularity of American styles of office furniture is very marked in England.. Women prisoners at Blackwell’s island, New York, are taught to sew and make their own dresses. The United States ranks first in production, exports and imports in sixteen out of thirty-four industries. France will hold an international exposition of marine motors for vessels of all sizes from June to September. New York last year recorded 480 homicides and 9,163 robberies. Over 14,000 foundlings or lost children were picked up and cared for during the year. People in Tibet value highly the spectacles of smoked or colored glass that are sold to them by the Chinese because of the blinding brightness of the sun on the snow. In Paris recently all the three sections of the courts of cassation, fifty judges in all, convened together in order to decide a case brought before them in which the bone of contention was 25 cents. On the theory that air near the floor in a burning building is purer than that higher up, a mask has been invented for firemen that covers the face and extends in a tube to lower a wearer’s knees. Records in the Chinese language for use in phonographs have greatly increased the sales in a music store in China. The natives do not understand the foreign music and prefer their own language on records. London’s attempt to limit the speed of motor omnibuses to twelve miles an 4 hour has proved impractical, as when they are geared for this rate they lack reserve power for hill climbing and frequently cause blockades. In New Haven there is exhibited the earliest known skate, roughly fashioned out of the bone of a horse. It is at least 700 years old, is about twelve inches in length and was found in an excavation made in the" old city of London.

A new club for English residents in Paris, to be called the Imperia? British club, is to be opened in Paris by Jibing George. The new club, with a subscription of only sl6 yearly, will appeal to the 20,000 British residents of Paris. In the Cochetopa and Dike national forests in Colorado and the Tusayan and Coconino forests in Arizona 400.000 prairie dogs have been killed by the department of agriculture since its campaign of destruction was declared on the rodents. A hundred American teachers are maintained in schools scattered over Alaska by the United States bureau of education to take care of the 3.000 native children. These schools as> distinct from the public schools that are maintained for white children. The last of the four huge funnels of the Cunard liner Aquitania, which is being built on the Clyde, has been placed In position. This funnel is twenty-four feet wide and its summit stands 160 feet above the vessel’s keel. Each of the tour funnels weighs 1,500 tons. | The kaiser has forbidden the production at Herr Reinhardt’s Deutsches theater of a play called “Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia,’’ on the ground that one of the characters is a member of the Prussian royal family. There is no appeal possible from the kaiser’s censorship. An anonymous letter of warning which thirty-one people had apparently joined in writing was read in the London divorce court during the hearing of a case in which two naval officers were concerned. Each syllable of the letter, it was stated, was in a different handwriting. Michael Spartail, who died recently at Shanklin. Isle of Wight, at the age of ninety-five, was formerly consul general for Greece in London. He was present at the funeral of George IV. and the coronation of William IV. Amoiift his friends were Gladstone. Cobden and Bright. After a suit involving household goods worth $212 bad been in the St. Louis courts for fifteen years and had incurred routine court costs of SSOO, a referee’s report recommended that the goods and the costs be divided between the litigants. Four persons connected with the suit have died since it w’as filed.

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583.95 and credits same. J. E. Alter & Son allowed $63 service account. Cause dropped. John Fenzil vs. D. L. Brookie; jury trial, judgment $52.7?. Clifton J. Hobbs ditch; assessment of Hallagan estate reduced SIOO and E. L. Hollingsworth reduced S3O. Ditch established. New suits filed: No. 8231. Clifton J. Hobbs vs. Henry L. Wallace et al; transcript of proceedings and papers from commissioners’ court. No. 8232. Ezra C. Vories vs. John Herr; suit on note. Demand $5,900. No. 8233. Charles Harper ,vs. Carl Remm; suit on account. Demand SIOO. Appellate court minutes: No. 8849. Stockton vs. Lane et al. Jasper C. C. Appellant’s petition for time, which is granted, including June 10, 1914.

SHOWMAN’S WOUND FATAL.

Fred Curtis, Who Was Shot in Right Lung, Is Dead. Sullivan, Ind., May 7. —Fred Curtis, age thirty-five, trainmaster for the Haag shows, who was shot last Thursday night as the show was leaving after giving a performance here, died Wednesday. The body was taken to Billman’s morgue and will be sent to Curtis home in New Vork. A charge of murder will be preferred against Claude Purcell, a baseball player, who was arrested on an assault charge following the shooting. He has been out under bond of SSOO. The wound that killed Curtis was in the right lung. He was unmarried and had been in the show business seventeen years.

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