Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1916 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

of a high tension electric wire and received injuries froth which he later died, is getting aiong as wel as could be expected but will be maimed for life. The Jessup family had formerly resided near Brazil and the body of the son who died was taken there for burial.

Mrs. Mary Stevens, aged 72 years, 3 months and 10 days a widow lady yho lived with the family of her son-in-law, Auton Madsen on the John Gwin farm in Union tp., died Saturday evening after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at the house Monday morning, conducted by Rev. Curnick of the M. E. Church of Rensselaer and the remains were taken overland to Fowler, her old home, for burial.

J. W. Hammerton of Walker tp., who lost his new residence and household goods by fire last month, was in the city on business Saturday. He has received the insurance, SI6OO on the house burned, but the S3OO on household goods in another company has not been paid and he may have to twist the mule’s tail a little to make the company come across. Mr. Hammerton states that he will start rebuilding the first of the month. He will put up a four-room cottage.

Clyde Brown, a 12-year-old lad who was camping at the Kankakee near Tefft last week with his father, Dee Brown, fired a shotgun at Charles White and a man by the name of Libby, who had stopped at the Brown camp to get a drink last Friday noon. As a result White had one eye put out and several shot struck Libby in the arm. The boy stated afterward that he thought the men were about to rob their fish box, and he fired the gun at them.

Wilson Schafer received a telegram from Cleveland, 0., Monday stating that Mrs. Schafer’s sister, Mrs. Mary A. Snyder, who recently visited here, had died at her home there Sunday. Her age was about 70 years. She- was the widow oi Michael Snyder, who was engaged in the butcher business in Rensselaer many years ago and was well known to many of the older residents. She leaves four children, Mrs. Thomas Matchett of New Jersey, Mrs. D. T. May and Mrs. Arthur Purmont of Lakewood, 0., and Sherman Snyder of Spokane, Wash.

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Mrs. Amanda Runyon, 76 years old, died at the soldiers’ home at Lafayette Monday evening. She came to the home from Kentland.

The Delphi-Citizen Times and the Wolcott Enterprise, both weekly papers have announced that each will raise their subscription price from $1 to $1.50 per year, because of the heavy advance in the price of print paper and all printing material.

Captain John F. Liston of Delphi, a veteran of Company I, 46th Indiana, was struck and instantly killed by a car on the Ft. Wayne and Northern Indiana traction line at the Camden road crossing east of Delphi Saturday night. He had apparently stepped directly in front of the car in an absent-minded manner.

The National Guard will be retained on the Mexican border until it can be withdrawn without again endangering American lives and property. Secretary of War Baker so declared the administration’s policy Monday in answering a score of letters from many portions of the country, complaining that the state troops were being held in service after the emergency for which they were called out apparently had passed.

The band stand in the Lake county fair grounds was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon, the fire having started, it is supposed, in a’nearby tent containing the remains of the stock of fireworks used in the free exhibitions at the fair, some “kids” playing about the tent having set off the fireworks. As a result Max Kirchman, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirchman, of Crown Point received burns from which he later died, and Wilton Sherman, little son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sherman, was badly burned.

It is believed that Dr. Charles M. Lleblee of Greencastle, Ohio, who was killed at Tipton Sunday when an interurban car struck his automobile, deliberately chose this extraordinary method of ending his life. Witnesses say the dentist’s auto was traveling at the rate of less than eight miles an hour and that an unobstructed view of the