Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1916 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

News Items . From All Over Indiana. MALARIA IN INDIANA CAMP Epidemic Hits Llano Grande Resulting in 65 Guardsmen Being Sent to the Hospital—A “Quinine” Brigade Has, Been Formed.

Indianapolis, Sept. 15. —A malaria epidemic, resulting in 65 guardsmen being sent to the hospital, has brokep out in the camp of the Indiana National Guard at Llano Grande, Tex., according to dispatches received here. A. “quinine brigade” has been formed, each soldier getting live grains a day with his rations. Swampy places tire being oiled and ail soldiers are required to sleep under mosquito nets.

Park Boards to Meet. Indianapolis, Sept. 15. —The park boards of 12 Indiana cities were invited by Mayor Bell and the Indianapolis park board to meet here October 7 to plan a revision of the park laws of Indiana. Through the conference it is hoped to draft changes in the law’ which will meet the requirements of each city, The chief change desired by the local park board is the creation of a park bonding district so that the cost of much park work may be thrown on future generations. Among the cities named in the call are South Bend, Gary, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Hammond and Richmond. Town Marshal Arrested. Sullivan, Sept. 15. —Steve Dooley, town marshal of Carlisle, was arrested on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill following trouble with Dr. G. W. Pirtle. Dooley gave SSOO bond and was released. The trouble between them occurred in Doctor Pirtle’s office over an account, it was said, and Doctor Pirtle alleges the marshal drew his revolver. Dooley denied the accusations. -Si General Wilder at Reunion. Frankfort, Sept. 15. —With tears in his eyes Gen. John 11. Wilder, eightysix, told the surviving veterans of Wil-. der’s Lightning brigade that he did not again exepect to greet his comrades at a reunion. The old general came here from his home in Tennessee to attend the two-day reunion. Many affecting scenes were enacted as the farewells were said to General Wilder.

To Seek More Converts. Plainfield, Sept. 15.—Greater evangelistic efforts during the coming year were urged at the western yearly meeting of Friends, after a report had been presented showing that $60,000 was spent in evangelistic work last year, but that the number of conversions had decreased. Greetings were received from the yearly meetings of Dublin and London. Warden Finds Seine. Columbus, Sept. l.">. —Frederick Eiders, deputy fish and game warden, found a 120-foot seine hanging in a hog pen at the home of Samuef Oaks, cast of here, and he confiscated the seine and arrested Oaks. Oaks pleaded guilty in the court of Justice Whitehorn and was fined $5 and costs, which he paid. The seine was burned. Preacher Gets “Fight Up." Clinton. Sept. 15.—Rev. William Brandon, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church here, got his “fight up” following the reeipt of an anonymous letter Saying: “You good citizens better attend to your church and let other things alone.” Rev. Brandon declared there would be no let up in the fight against "blind tigers.” 1 ft Married the Other Fellow Kokomo, Sept. 15.—Gusta Seton, the twenty-year-old daughter of James Seton, a prominent Kokomo merchant after promising Anthou Markon, a 1 eru merchant, to whom she was engaged, that she would meet him to se<uie a marriage license, eloped with crank Sansone, her brother-in-law.

Hurt Playing Horse. Jeffersonville, Sept. 15. —Johnnie and Jimmy, members of the Jeffersonville Orjhans’ home, both about nine years old, were playing horse in the yard and ran against a corner of the building. Each suffered a long gash across the front of his forehead. Several stitches were required to close the wounds. Sanitary Drinking Fountains. Oakland City, Sept. 15.—Sanitary drinking fountains of the bubbling variety have been erected in this city by the W. C. T. U. The fountains will be ice-cooled. A public dedication of the fountains will' be held Friday, the occasion being the county convention of tile W. C. T. U. Fish Life Impossible. Indianapolis, Sept. 15.—The water of White river, from the packing plants in Indianapolis, a distance of 12 miles south, is so polluted that fish life is impossible, chemists of the state board of health said in a report. Train Kills Man. Gary, Sept. in.— John Blaine was killed and Samuel Harris injured when a Pennsylvania flyer struck a motortruck at Ambridge Crossing.