Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1916 — HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Franklin.—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Kelly celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary. Lyons?—Mrs. John Bozell was seriously burned when the lid of the coffee pot was thrown off, and she was scalded. i Wabash.—Earl Ravencroft, ago sixteen, when cleaning a revolver which he thought was unloaded, was shot in the hand. ! Greensburg.—Charles Woods and t wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary and Mrs. Woods’ seventyfourth birthday anniversary. | Indianapolis. Dr. Wesley Allen, seventy-two, one of the oldest prac- | ticing physicians in Indiana, is dead in his home in West Newton. Noblesville.—George Bowen, banker, who was convicted of embezzleI meat, was refused a new trial. He ■ will appeal tc the cupreine court. i Elkhart.—New York Central shop I employees here, numbering about five I hundred, have been advised of a wage increase varying from 4 to 10 per cent. Linton.—The only remaining frame building in the business section was destroyed by fire, with a loss of $5,000. John Russell’s saloon occupied the place. Indianapolis. Washington’s birth- ' day was celebrate,’. in Indianapolis at noon by the firing of 21 guns at the courthouse by Company A, Cosmos guards. Evansville.—William D. Ray, age six-ty-four, died at his home here without the attention of a physician, and Neal Kerney, coroner, is making an investigation. Crawfordsville.—Ed Serlng was fined SSO and costs when he pleaded guilty to selling intoxicating liquor in this city. Sering was formerly a special policeman. Evansville.—Zack llonisfegar was run over by a motor car which was ing used by a section foreman on the Southern railroad near Lincoln City, and severely bruised. Kokomo. —The adminstrator of the estate of Joseph M. Swope will turn over to the-state $892.32 as inheritance tax, this week. Swope’s estate was. appraised at $102,292.10. Terre/Haute. —Bert McQuilkin, an armless man, was fined SIOO and sentenced to six months on the' penal farm, following his conviction on; a charge of forgery. McQuilkin is an expert penman, using the pen with his teeth. Columbus. —Working on the theory that a swat in time will save nine million later on, the chamber of commerce has -nnounced special prizes for school children in a “swat-the-fly” campaign, which will begin at once. Terre Haute. —An investigation ia being made of tbu finding of the body of Thomas Vague, seventy, West Terre Haute coal miner, in the Vandalia gravel pond. He had been missing since November 11, when he quarreled with his room mate. Marion. Floyd Crawford, whose life was spared when the revolver he had drawn was thrust into his eye by his wife failed to explode, has brought suit against Mrs. Crawford for divorce. Mrs. Crawford asserts that had she not thrust the revolver in her husband’s face he would have killed her and their two children. No criminal charges have been filed. Rochester. —Lawrence Collins, six-ty-one years old. a farmer living at Millark, shot and killed himself with a revolver. No cause is known for the act. Collins, who lived with his wife on a small farm which 1 they owned, had spent the morning in Macy. lie visited his daughter, Mrs. E. U. Sliter, and then returned home. After eating dinner he read a newspaper and then went upstairs and killed himseif.

Frankfort.-'—The Hoosier Limited, the Monor. licst train fn,m Indianapolis ic Cl.i ago, was wrecked near here when the engine jumped the track and plunged down a thirty-five-foot einbi’nkmmt One man was slightly injured. The engineer and fireman saved their lives by jumping. The baggage gar and three coaches were derailed. The train was traveling at the iau of 65 miles an hour. It is thought r piece of iron dropped from the coal tender to the track caused the engine to leave the rails. Laporte.—Bulletins warning passengers of the presence of card sharks and confidence men on New York Central trains have been posted in all the stations between Chicago and Cleveland. Officials declared that the trains, es!»ecially the Twentieth Century Limited, are literally infested with crooks, and that the railroad is making a determined effort to end their operations. Detectives have' been placed aboard' all through trains between New York and Chicago, and as a result eight arrests have been made within the last three days. Richmond. —Fred Greggerson, seven-ty-two, committed suicide by hang-. Ing himself in the barn on his farm, near here. Despondency over 1 ill health, is the cause. He leaves; eleven children. Crawfordsville.—The famous Mabel Rogers hazing case will not be tried until Jurm 12, because several of the young, women defendants are teaching school and find it hard to get away at this time. Mabel Rogers of Shoals was hazed by several young women at Puidue, and is seeking to secure damages for permanent injuries she says were inflicted.