Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1915 — HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Terre Haute.—Harold Flesher, nineteen years old, a high school student, crashed through the ice on the Wabash river while skating' and was drowned. Crawfordsville.—Thieves cut a hole in 'a plate glass window ■ at the L. W. Otto jewelry store here and took from the show window diamonds and watches valued at $250. No trace of the robbers has since been found.Goshen. —The George L. Lamb novelty factory, one of the 'principal industries at Nappanee, was destroyed by fire. Estimates place the total loss at $35,000, with insurance of $22,000 Brazil. —Mrs. Amanda Whittington, aged seventy-two, who was burned several days ago when her clothing caught fire from a heating stove, died of her injuries. Sheris survived by one son and two daughters, both grown. Vincennes.—Janet Lyons, sixteen-year-old daughter of Walter L. Lyons and the comeliest member of the commerce class of the high school, committed suicide with carbolic acid following a scolding from her mother for playing “hookey.” Elkhart. The forty-first semiannual meeting of the Northern Trlstate Medical association will be held in Elkhart, January 12. Dr. Cl A. L. Reed of Cincinnati is scheduled for an address dealing with subjects affecting public health. The public will be invited to hear his talk.

Bedford. A man representing himself to be Rev. Isaac Yohann, who has been visiting merchants and residents soliciting money for a Turkish Orphan’s home, was arrested here. He had with film S7O and papers showing he recently had sent more than three hundred dollars away. Shelbyville. The Mount Pisgah school house in Addison township, three miles east of this city, was destroyed by fire, believed to have been started by an overheated stove. The loss is $3,000, a third of which is covered by insurance. Clayton Martz, the teacher, and his pupils lost all ‘their books.

Shelbyville.—John T. Keaton, sixty years old, died at his x -home near Morristown as a result of being kicked in the back by a horse several hours before. Injury to„the spinal cord was the cause of death. Mr. Keaton was a wealthy farmer. His widow, son, daughter, .-two brothers and two sisters survive. Princeton. —Louis Harver, thirty-five years old, giving his home as Vin cennes, and Charles Collier of Dugger were arrested, here, charged with attempting to pass a worthless check on a ocal merchant. The check was for $L and was drawn on William Jun) t, a local contractor. The men are in jail, awaiting trial. Williamsport.—Mrs. Emma Erickson, who a few days ago was arrested at Lafayette charged with bigamy, was sentenced to one to five years in the woman’s prison, but the sentence was suspended. Lawrence J. Farrell, with whom she contracted a bigamous marriage in this county, is in jail here while the authorities investigate to learn whether he has" another wife. Thorntown. —Al Griffin, sixty-seven years old, a carriage painter, committed suicide in the K. of P. hall here by shooting himself with a revolver. Griffin was a bachelor. It is said financial matters caused the suicide. Surving are two sisters, Mrs. Belle Hendrickson of Wheeling, W. Va., and Mrs. Herbert Hammond of Jackson, Miss. Brazil.—Carl Fugate, the fifteen-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. John W. Fugate, southeast of this city, was accidentally shot by Joseph McMains, about the same age. The two boys were hunting. McMalns slipped and fell, and both barrels of the gun he was carrying were discharged, the shot taking effect in the back of Fugate’s legs. The shot imbedded Itself in both knees. He is in a serious condition. Hartford City.—Jules Hatchat, Belgian glassworker of this city, has received news that his mother, brother and sister are safe in Belgium. The information came in a letter from Pierre Eloy of Salem, W. Va„ who has just arrived there from Jumet, Belgium. Eloy tells of the destruction of the home of the Hartford City man’s brother, but says the family escaped the Germans by hiding in th 3 cellar of a brewery. Marion. —Five boys from Grant county, four engaged in the acre corn contest and one in the potato contest, will go to the short course at Purdue university free of cost to them. The winners were Chester W. Davis, 81.55 bushels, Fairmont State bank, sponsor; Haymond Allen, 59 bushels, Swayzee bank, sponsor; John J. Allen, 80 bushels. First State bank, Gas City, sponsor, and Harold Curtis, 42 bushels and 20 pounds of potatoes, County Agent Otis Crane, sponsor. Portland. —When represening Santa Claus at;' Glenwood church, near Portland, Shirley Strawsburg was seriously burned. He was distributing gifts from the Sunday school tree, with a lighted candle in his hand, when his clothing took fire. Flames, enveloped him before he could be reached. A stampede occurred, and the children dashed from the building. Adults pushed their way to the young man and put out the flames. He was taken home, where he received medical attention. It is thought he was seriously injured by inhaling the flames.