Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1917 — Indiana News Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Indiana News Tersely Told

Smallpox is spreading in Gosheh and Elkhart counties. Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Poppenhaus celebrated at Columbus, and at the same time the daughter, Mrs. William Mundt, and husband celebrated their silver wedding. ' Two hundred attended the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity district con|vention at Peru. New Moose home . costing $15,001) 'dedicated at Tell City. Elisha Roberts, former mtfrshal j's Van Buren, arrested at Marion, charged with arson in burning store at Ridgeville. By court order Elkhart county auditor must pay commissions due Joseph B. Workman. “tax ferret*" Mine superintendents, mine bossesand fire bosses of Indiana coal fields ■will hold general conference May 20. Of the $300.000 needed for Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute, $250,000 has been raised. At Greensburg James Grinstead appointed deputy by Sheriff Beeson. At Fort Wayne building operations for first four months total $1,000,000, against SOQO.OOO for a like period last year. Henry Bo.ver is in jail at Evansville as the result of a spanking bee at his home that started with the baby and ended with Mrs. Boyer. At Bloomington Fred Floyd, thirteen months, killed by his brother, Charles, aged twelve, with a pistol “not load*ed(?)" Sheriffs at meeting at Indianapolis demand relief from the legislature and hsk increased fee for feeding prisoners. Alva Flypn. plowing his garden lit Bloomington, unearthed body of infant. Red Cross chapter for Gibson county organized at Princeton. Death of Genevieve Hendry from diphtheria has caused the closing of the schools at Angola. J. T. Wright, former owner of the Gosport reporter, will start a newspaper at Edwardsport. v William G. Schumacher, aged thirtyfour, jumped in front of a Big I-our train at Indianapolis. * S. L. Marsee has sold the Bicknell Monitor to F. F. McNaughton of Goodland. €fevtge Meixel. sixty-one, and wife, fifty-seven, murdered In their homo pear South Bend. T In basement of naturalized German Gary 100 pounds of dynamite was seized. Lawrence Cloe, thirten, son of Judge Cloe, has won the county oratorical honors at Noblesville. .

Mayor Loeper of Noblesville has asked for resignations of the entire police force for incompetency. B. R. Pogue of Taylor institute has won the state intercollegiate prohibition oratorical contest at Bloomington. Eighteh Evansville Democrats, including the city controller, chief of police, two detectives and clerk of the board of public works, pleaded guilty at Indianapolis to charges of conspiracy to commit election frauds. Representative Charles McGonagle of Muncie, Republican leader in Indiana house of representatives, is receiving many letters urging that the, constitutional convention set to meet next January be postponed a year on account of the war. Louis Vitner, sentenced for assault and battery from Lake county, has been paroled. Women of Shelby are trying to raise a mile of pennies for park improvements. A rabbit bit off the finger of the young son of John Hoffman, deputy prosecutor of Fort Wayne. The Union District Medical association meeting at-Newcastle was attended by 75 physicians. Rev. J. R. Quick, pastor of Pisgah

Baptist church at Alexandria, nas ’resigned. . The Presbyterian church at Mitchell has called Rev. B. F. Stearns of Rushville. Teachers of Shelbyville have organized and become a part of the state federation. The birth rate of Richmond is falling off at the rate of each year. Vincennes city council has bought a site for the $12,000 Carnegie library. The Monon station at Bedford was robbed of SSO during The absence of the agent. j C. W. H. Bangs was re-elected presij dent of tile United. Brethren college at Huntington. Dog poisoners are busy at Bicknell, and 15 to 20 animals are victims So far. Revival services at' the Main street Church of Christ at Winechester added 132 converts to the membership. Mathias Blessihger of Jasper has been appointed superintendent.of the Dubois county infirmary. Retail coal dealers of the state held a convention at Indianapolis. ' Earlham college team at Rushville won the debate from Indiana university.' ' . An aero ’scinece club has ben organized among the students of Indiana university at Bloomington. State convention of the Intercollegiate Prohibition society held at Bloomington. Without relatives, and forgotten by friends Isaiah Russel died in Delaware county infirmary at Muncie. Big patriotic rally and Hag raising at Bicknell. Two sticks of dynamite discovered in car of coal at Hartford.