Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1915 — INDIANA BREVITIES [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BREVITIES

Columbus,—Harry Oxley, thirtyfive, of Newcastle, was locked up here at his own request when he admitted fraudulently signing the name of his father, Marian Oxley, to a check for $25 which he cashed at Maryland. He spent $1.50 for morphine and w-as robbed of the remainder at Indianapolis, he claimed. Laporte.—The annual conference of the Michigan and Indiana synod of the German Evangelical synod has adjourned after electing the following officers: President Rev. Paul Irion, Michigan City; Rev. C. C. Haag of Port Huron, vice-president; Rev. G. Eisen of Chelson, secretary, and Hon. Philip Eichorne of Port Huron; treasurer. 1 Laporte.—A twelve-year-old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Tennis, was fatally burned, the parents seriously burned, while an infant child was carried safely through the flames, the house burning to the ground, the result of a fire on the Tennis farm near Union Mills. The girl attempted to start a fire with kero'sene, and an explosion followed Shelbyville.—Despondency over the fact that he got the worst of a horse trade is believed to have been the cause of the suicide of Tobias Ford, fifty-seven years old, whose body was found hanging to a rafter of a rear porch at his home. He was divorced from hi? wife several years ago and had lived alone since. Princeton.—Mrs. James Hillman, twenty-eight years old, is tinder bond of SI,OOO, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill Jennette White, twelve years old. Mrs. Hillman ife said to have fired a revolver at the child, but asserts that she w r as shooting at a chicken. There is said to have been a feud between the Hillman and White families, who live at Long Pond. Frankfort.—Mrs. .Morton Baker, for-ty-six years old, was found lying face downward in fourteen inches of water in Prairie creek in the rear of her home here. She is believed to have committed suicide because of the death of her two daughters within a year. Her husband missed her from home early in the morning and a search resulted in the finding of the body.

Tipton,—Tile twentv-first annual convention of the Frankfort District Christian Endeavor union will be held at the Presbyterian church in this city June 24 and 25. The district comprises Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison and Tipton counties. A program with several prominent speakers, including Rev. Harper McCune, R. A. Walker, Rev. H. L. Avery and others, has been prepared. Washington.—At a meeting of the Daviess County Hospital association J. G. Allen was elected president, J. M. Twitty secretary, and Mrs. M. F. Burke treasurer. J. M. Twitty and Mrs. Anna E. Harned were appointed members of the board by Judge J. W. Ogdon and the association elected Alvin Padgett to succeed the late Henry F. Vollmer on the board of control/ Valparaiso.—A. V. Dalrymple, student at Valparaiso university, was acquitted by a jury in the circuit court of assault upon Jesse L. Grubbs, another student. The trial lasted four days and was bitterly fought, but the jury returned a verdict after only a short time. Dalrymple admitted cutting Grubbs in a class fight, but asserted he did so to defend himself. Indianapolis.—No more Indiana university monthly luncheons will be held until the second Monday in September. That was decided at the June meeting, held at the Claypool hotel, because many of the alumni will leave the city during the summer. While the first Monday of the month is the regular luncheon day, It was decided to change it until the second Monday in September in order to avoid confiftion with Labor day. Judge HeVdis F. Clements of Mount Vernon attended the luncheon and spoke for a few minutes. Judge Clements, who was graduated in law at Indiana Th 189(5, now presides over the Posey county circuit court. Lafayette.—Arrangements for the annual outing of the Indiana Society of Chicago to be held Saturday, June 26, at Battle Ground, were perfected at a meeting of the officers at the Hotel Fowler in this city. Edward Rector, president; Joseph Holloway, secretary; Louis W. Landman, chairman of the entertainment committee, and E. P. Cockrell, general passenger agent of the Monon railroad, attended the meeting. It was decided to run a special train out of Chicago at eight o’clock on the morning of the outing. The special is scheduled to arrive at Tippecanoe battlefield shortly before noon. The Citizens’ band of Lafayette has been engaged to meet the five hundred or more members of 'the party at the train.

South Bend. — O. E. Swinehart, circuit court reporter at Plymouth, was killed instantly by a Mishawaka street car. The motorman asserted Swinehart was lying across the track, but the brakes failed to work in time to save him. Swinehart formerly lived in Rochester. His father, who was county recorder there, was killed several years ago in a factory accident. South Bend.—Carl Grein, forty-two years old, who committed suicide here by swallowing poison, is believed to have ended his life because two brothers in the German army were reported killed.