Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1916 — HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Kokomo.- John Boyer, seventy-five, is a rich man . A few days ago he faced poverty. Then he received notice that John Westfall of Independence. Kan., had died, leaving him a farm of many acres, a palatial country home and thousands of dollars’ worth of livestock. Fifty-eight years ago John Boyer went West, seeking adventure. He found it. One day he arrived just in time to Save Job n We sffa 11 and wife from massacre by the Indians. Westfall Was a pioneer then, trying to get a foothold in the great West. He vowed to reward Boyer some day, but the latter had forgotten until reminded by the letter which has just reached him. Warsaw. -- In a hearing before Charles A. Edwards a member of the public service commission of Indiana, the Farmers Co-Operative Telephone company is attempting to gain physical connections with the Commercial Telephone company of Warsaw. The farmers’ line, known as the “Shoestring? line, operates in the southern part of the county, with offices at Clay pool, Silver Lake and Burket. It has about 1,000 patrons. The Commercial Telephone company opposes the connection on the ground that the ‘ Shoestring” line is improperly managed; poorly built and poorly maintained. Seymour.—The new franchise to the Commercial Electric and Power company of Seymour, hacked by local capital, has been granted by the city council, hut does not become Operative until it is approved by the Indiana public service commission. The franchise gives the council the right to purchase any number of Bhares at SIOO par value at the time of the organization of the company and to buy the plant at its appraised physical value upon thirty days’ notice. Shelbyville.— Farris Carroll, age twenty-one, of Jefferson county, is attempting to obtain one-half of the estate of Ovid Campbell, who died here a few weeks ago. Carroll alleges he Is the son of Campbell and Nora CarrolL The estate is valued at $30,000. Mrs. Margaret Campbell, widow of Ovid Campbell, Is resisting the suit of Carroll.

Indianapolis. Edward Ramond Coppick, first lieutenant of cavalry of the United States army, appeared before the state board of education to advocate a system of military training in the Indiana high schools. The meeting was held behind closed doors, and it was announced no action had been taken. Indianapolis. Hammond machinists, under a temporary restraining order to preserve peace at the Edwards Valve and Manufacturing company at East Chicago, filed an answer in federal court, asking the injunction be modified so they can picket the factory by peacefully soliciting men to quit work. Indianapolis.—Of the nine physicians who received the official recognition of the state board of medical registration and who qualified to practice, three art women. They are Myrtle H. Brill of Evansville, Cora B. Murdock of Toronto, Canada, and Mary B. Newell of Chicago. Lafayette.—Worry over a breach of promise suit pending against him waß given as the reason for the suicide of James Whipple, twentythree, of Romney. The young man shot himself. Miss Helen Berry of Brazil filed the suit, asking $20,000 damages.

Lawrenceburg. During the last month the three, local distilleries shipped 8,264 barrels of liquor from their warehouses. The taxes on the whisky amounted to $473,586.46. Last year, during the month of January, 6,014 barrels were shipped, requiring the payment of $344,119.40. Gary.—Venore Murdock, aged twen-ty-one. arrested by the Gary police, confessed that he bad forged checks for nearly $7,000 and passed them in 19 different states. His operations extended across the continent, according to his confession. Monticello.—The farm home of Luther Plunkett , was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of several thousand dollars. The. fire started when a child knocked over a lamp. Members of the family, who were ill; had a narrow escape from death. Canneltofl.—Richard Hilt accidentally shot himself through the breast with a revolver, at the home of Edward Bolin, in this city, where be was making & social call. His recovery Is doubtful. Owensville.—A child's cradle is all that the neighbors of Isaac Crabtree could save when his home caught fire and burned, luring tb6 absence of the family. Princeton. —Fire of unknown origin destroyed the West schooihouse in Washington township. Nothing was saved, the hooks of the pupils being burned Crawfordsville,—Mrs. Margaret Van Trees, age sixty-one, who lives alone here, lay unconscious and helpless in her cellar, which had several Inches of water in it, until a neighbor found her. Mrs. Van Trees had fallen through the cellar door In her kitchen, suffering a broken arm. She will recover. Jonesboro. —James D. Fort started out on his one hundred and second birthday anniversary at his son’s home. His father lived to be one hundred and nine and James D. wants to surpass the mark. He la in good health and fairly vigorous.