Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in tKfc Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mentioa from Many Places. VALUED HIS WIFE AT $20,000 Lowell Farmer Sued Village Barber for That Amount. For the alleged alienation of the affections of his wife,Nelson Hayden, a farmer of Lowell, is suing Berdette J. Sanger, the village barber, for $20,0 00. The suit was filed by Attorney George Hershman in the circuit court at Crown Point. Mr. Hayden says his wife became acquainted with Sanger in July, 1916. He also declares she left him and five children last spring. She is believed to be living in Hammond. Hayden is 40 years old, his wife 36 and Sanger, the barber, 35.