Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1915 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

of Bert Kyle, who has done mubh towards organizing the band. —Benton Review. , ' A carload of Rensselaer people came over to visit Will Ladd ana amily Sunday. There were Airs. G. X. Thomas and daughter, Alary Belle. Charles Warner, wife and daught:* in the party. Mrs. Thompson v.;** formerly Aliss Li nda Dvviggins ei b Oxford was her home several years i'-o. —Oxford Gazette. Mon on News: Dr. Isaac E. Wells, a well known physician of Chalmers, died Tuesday afternoon, after a long illness with cancer. He carne to ( l.alimrs three years ago, succeeding Dr. Chenowetli in the practice o: medicine, in which he was very sue-, cm. ful. Dr. Wells was a member of the Baptist church and stood high in the community. He was 50 years -elu-uHHi- -m■ -nur v i ved. by his .wi so ;*. daughter. Leo AI. Frank, convicted of the murder of .Mary Phagan at Allan’s. G; ;> couple of years ago, and who hag been sentenced three times to ■be; hanged, the last date for the execution being yesterday, received a coaimutance o sentence/ Monday, to life imprisonment, by Gov. Slaton. Tiie Frank case has attracted much attention since his .first conviction and great effort has been put forth to save him from being hanged. Prof. G. I. Christie of Purdue University, drove to church at Lafayette Sunday morning with his family. While :hey wore in the Church some thief, thought to have been a boy about U years old) who was seen about the machine, drove off with Air. Christie's auto. It was a 1914 Overland touring car and bore Indiana license number 10024. The; engine number was 32186. The officers of all surrounding towns were J notified; to be on the watch for the thief. Pulaski County Democrat: Arrangements are being made for the admission to the epileptic village of Glenn Brown, a Medaryville young man. He has been employed as a railroad man, but has become afted with epilepsy and i> said to aye become somewhat violent during attacks of the disease. He was placed in the Rochester jail yesterday for- safe keeping until the necessary procedure can be taken for his removal to the state village at Newcastle.

Mrs, Edmund AI. Allen, wife o* the warden of the Illinois state prison at Joliet, was murdered in her bedroom at the prison at an early hour Sunday morning and wood alcohol poured over the body and set on fire. A negro “trustie" named Campbell is suspected of the crime. Her husband lxad gone to West Baden, ind., for a short sojourn and his wife was expecting to accompany him, but the delay of her dressmaker r getting a dress ready for her to take, caused Airs. Allen to remain over until Sunday, when she expected to join All*. Alien.

Tyeiitlaiicl Democrat: Mrs. Yillinski and sister, Miss Carmdidy, both of Remington, attended th<j> funeral of Mrs. Alexander J. Prue Monday, and while here were guests of their sister, Mrs. John O'Reilly, and family, of Brook, who were also in attendance at the funeral and spent the day here Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Krull and Mr. and Mrs. John Brutk autoed to St. Joseph's college at Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon, in the latter s car, and that evening attended a meeting of, about hOd former graduates of the college and a play given by the dramatic club thereof that, evening.

Mbnticello Journal: George Worden, of Remington, was in the city today on his way home from Delphi, where lie saw \ ance Loten, recently arrested and held as a witness in the Scallon murder, who became acquainted with Loten last winter when lie worked with Thornton. Perrigo, of Monticello, on Worden's house, met the youth in Remington shortly before his arrest and being assured of Loten’s innocence advised him to give himself up to the police and testify to that effect. The boy made no effort to escape or to avoid the police and shortly after was taken in that city.

Benton. Review: The prospects of a bumper crop of oats' and corn was. never better in Benton county. The oats are looking fine and the straw will be very heavy. The heavy rains of the past few weeks followed by the warm weather, lias made the corn boom Dr. A. P. Rainier, wife, L. B. Elmore, wife, Homer Lambert and family and Charles 'Bowman and family, all of Remington, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McCollough last Friday evening. ~ . . Rev; C. W. Postill of Rens-