Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

' T, 1 The union depot and freight station at Sheldon, Illinois, was burned *Saturday night If, as present returns indicate, California has • gone for Wilson, three of its presidential electors will be women—Mrs. W. C. Tyler, Los Angeles; Mrs. Spinks, San Francisco, and Mrs. Wylie, Fresno. Like Miss Rankin, the woman congressman from Montana, they will be the first of their sex ever chosen for the office. The Whitley malleable casting factory at Muncie, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the middle West, wag destroyed by fire Monday. About 100 men were in the factory at the time and some of them were saved with great difficulty. The loss will reach $250,000, and I about 800 men will be thrown out of employment. There was no insurance. Moses Budreau of near Earl Park, who was arrested some time ago on a charge of stealing chickens, plead guilty in the Benton circuit court last week when confronted with incriminating evidence, was sentenced to the penitenMry - for from one to fourteen years in* addition to being disfranchised for two years and fined $lO. The large house on Will H. Ade’s stock farm southwest of Brook, was burned Monday morning. Datid Harris, who occupied the house, had lighted a gasoline stove and then went to the barn to do some chores, and a few minutes later the whole structure was ablaze. Few of Mr. Harris’ household goods were saved. Both house and contents were insured.

Fowler item in yesterday’s Lafayette Journal: John Stoll of Remington, driving a Ford automobile, ran into a buggy driven by Meddie Patnaude on the Barce road in front of the Briley home Sundayevening about 7 o’clock. The occupants of both buggy and machine were badly shaken up, but none was seriously injured. The buggy was completely demolished and the horse was injured. William A. Hennegar, a prominent citizen of Tippecanoe county, died in a hospital ,at Lafayette Sunday morning aftTr a several months illness following a stroke of paralysis, aged 70 years. He wag formerly a Christian preacher and held charges in White, 'Cass, Carroll, Miami and Pulaski counties. (He resided in Francesville for several years and while there conducted services at Francesville, Medaryville and in Jasper county. He also served for several years as postmaster at Francesville. Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hennegar but two survive, Homer W. and Guilliford' Hennegar, of Lafayette. Mrs. Hennegar died about thirteen years ago at their home in West Lafayette. ■ -7 Tuesday evening several Morocco men imported a keg of beer, purchased a supply of brand-new tin cups and were then ready to assist in the jollification over the election of Wilson as President. Parsing the word around they soon had a good sized crowd of the thirsty, who proceeded to the barn where the wet goods had been stored keeping. But alas! alas! Some one had been there before them and the beer had disappeared. The boys are inclined to lay the blame at the