Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — ROUND ABOUT US. [ARTICLE]

ROUND ABOUT US.

Deputy Sheriff Nels Zellers reached home Saturday with Henry Kruger in custody, brought here to answer a charge of wife desertion, as detailed last week. Kruger gave ?5,00 bond tq appear for trial at the next term ot court, with John Jentz and Edward White as sureties. He then returned to lowa to resume his work. —Pulaski Couujy Democrat. The; largest barn in Indiana'is being built by W. H. Jones on his 1800acre farm near Dugger. It is to be 365x240 feet. When completed it will hold 400 head of cattle. A carload of telephone poles and three carloads of cement were used in the foundation. SThe silo adjoining the barn is filled with corn from 145 acres, or 200,000 tons of silage. The silo also is said to be the largest in the United States. There were 227 murddrs in Chicago and Cook county. 111., during 1914, the largest number in its history. The next largest number was in 1911 and 1913, when 168 was reached each year. These are the cases that came up for investigation by the coroner of Cook county and Were pronounced murders. Every month during. 1914 shewed an increase in the number of murders, except February, when there were but nine, against twelve for Febluary, 1913. The lobby of the new Fowler hotel is to have a large mural painting of the battle of Tippecanoe! At the south end of the lobby on a wall space ten by forty-two feet, there is to be portrayed the history making encounter between the troops of General William H. Harrison, and the allied In,dian forces under the command of the Miami chief White Leon. With the large space available it will be possible to reproduce the topography of the battle field on an extensive scale. The picture of the celebrated battle will be a big feature of the Fowler hotel and will attract a great deal of attention.—-Tippecanoe County Democrat.