Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1917 — Indiana News Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Indiana News Tersely Told

Jasper—Jasj>er Novelty works will build a three-styry addition. Vincennes.—Women have petitioned council'to tax all cats in City. Columbia.-Maj. Spurgeon N. Markley. resigned from the. National Guard, has been placet! on the retired list. Sherblan.—Charles Eller, farmer, forty-five, fell to his' death from a load of hay. ' Greenburg.—Thirty thirsty hoboes broke into the creamery here and drank five gallons of milk. Bruceville,— The 300 miners of the Oliphant-Johnson mine have struck because not allowed to use carbide lamps. Lafayette—Mayor Bauer wants council to take steps for a municipal lighting plant. Madison.—Thirty-eight cattle and 28 hogs were sold by James Firth for $4,100. Jeffersonville.—lndiana reformatory registered its 9.999 th prisoner. Marion.—Ambulance corps No. 2 has rented the city hall for an armory. PanviHe.—Restaurant which used to be patronized by James Whitcomb Riley has closed. Petersburg— Pleas Freeland, farmer. killed a black snake 4% feet in length. Lafayette.—Nearly 2,000 prospective woman voters of Tippecanoe county attended a political meeting here. Lafayette.—Wabash river is on its annual rampage here. -South Bend. —Notre Dame has awarded the I.a eta re medal to Admiral Benson. North Liberty.—Edward H. Rupe’s neck was broken by the kick of a horse. ' '. Vincennes. —Dan Ashby, gambler, confessed”to killing a miner at West Frankfort. , ’ Milton.—Measles are attacking adults as well as children here.

Windfall.—Mrs. John W. Croyle was exonerated from killing her husband. Muncie. —An unidentified workman here was beaten and compelled to salute the flag he had insulted. Marion.—A Grant county forum to discuss revision of the state constitution was formed here. Warsaw—Janjes Robinson, aged six-ty-five, an inmate of Kosciusko county infirmary, has not eaten for\3l days. Evansville. —William Suffon was acquitted of the murder of Fred Haggard. Logansport.—The Woman’s Council of Cass county was organized to study political science. «■ ' South Bend.—John M. Studebaker, Sr., is dead here, aged eighty-four. Lafayette.—The Monon road has cut the working hours at the shops here from 50 to 40 hours per week. mine set a new state record when it/hoisted 4,777 tons of coal in 7 hours and 45 minutes. Lafayette.—Beta Theta Pi fraternity met here in its tenth annual district convention. Marion.—This city has obtained judgment against John O. Wilson, former mayor, for $1,156.68 excess salary. Nashville. —Otis Lucas, member of an hilarious charivari party, was killed by a shotgun. ’ Whitewater.—A sealed letter postmarked Newcastle was found on a farm 39 miles from Newcastle. Plymouth.—The city has bought 22 acres of ground for $6,000 for a park. Indianapolis.—By a court ruling the of Spencer county will not be moved from Rockport to Chrisney. Marion. —The city will purchase a SB,OOO multiple pumping machine for fire protection.

Bloomington.—Dentists have agreed to inspect* the teeth of school children free., ■. Winchester. —An employment bureau for boys and girls under eighteen has been opened here. Logansport.—The Indiana Society of Sanitary Engineers selected South Bend as the 1918 meeting place and elected W. J. Woolley president. Taylorville.—Stamps stolen from the postdtfiee here a year ago recovered in Louisville second-hand store. West Marion. —Canton glass factory recently burned will be rebuilt. Bicknell. —Several cases of smallpox here. Wolcott. : —Epidemic of diphtheria and scarlet fever has closed the schools here. . * Franklin. The Johnson County Farming association organized with H. E. Locherby as president. Lagrange.—The C. F. Cain Water, Power and Light company organized to serve Lagrange, Rome City s Ontario and Wolcott. Indianapolis. Poultry association elected C. E. Grant of Marion president. Goshen. —Irwin vaudeville theater burned; loss $40,000. Elwood.—Lewis Reichart, grocer, shot _by holdup in his store. . Floyd Knobs —John N. ■ Loesch, postmaster, is dead. Rushville.—Rev. S. G. Huntington, pastor of die Baptist church, resigned to accept superintendency of northern district. Indianapolis.—Van Camp Packing company, plant partially burned; loss $15,000. , • Valley Mills.—Mrs. Earl Tolto in* jured in automobile collision in Indianapolis. ... '• . Shelbyville.—J. W. Van, Arsdali has resigned as treasurer of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance company. • Lafayette.—Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ association of Indiana elected J, S. Minch of Chalmers president.