Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1915 — HERE THERE and EVERY WHERE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Two ’tilled and eighteen injured was the automobile and motorcycle toll in Lake county last Sunday. Warren T. McCray of Kentland, sold a 2-year-old Hereford bull a few days ago to E. L. Dana, of Parkham, Wyo., for $7,500, a record price. Kokomo will remain in- the “dry" column. In Tuesday’s election the “drys” carried the day by a majority of 1.33, against an even 100 two years ago. Howard McCurry is gradually failing according to reports received from Goodland this morning. He has some good days, but his general condition }s not considered so favor-able.-—Kentland Enterprise. The suit brought by Jennie M. Conrad, of Xewton county, against the i, & g. Railway Company, for damages caused by fire which was started by sparks from passing trains, was compromised in the Benton circuit court after several witnesses had been examined. Miss Con-j rad asked for $6,390 damages, andj thd case was compromised for sl,-> | A tramp, giving the name of Joseph Beat;, is being held by the sheriff of Newton county, on suspicion that he is wanted at Hopewiil, Virginia, for the murder of an officer of the DuPont Powder Co. A reward of $5.00 is offered for the murderer, and the man held is said to answer the description perfectly. The Virginia officers h;ive been communicated with and will probably send after the suspect or have him brought there.

Vernon Hagen, 20-year-old son of Carey Hagen of Morocco, was placed under $3,500 bond Tuesday night at Kentland, following charges made by Miss Nellie Duzenberry of Fairbury, 111. who became the mother of a child last Saturday through a Caesarean operation. Just before the operation the girl made a statement that Hagen, while she was visiting friends at Morocco last fall, took her to a lonely spot one night when she was out riding with him and assaulted her, threatening to kill her if she ever ton!, and that he was the father of her child. Hagen denies the charges.