Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. $2,904 WORTH OF STOCK KILLED By Dogs in Bartholomew County During the Year 1917. Columbus, January 31.—Figures compiled in the office of the Bartholomew county auditor show that $2,904.13 was paid out during 1917 to persons whose live stock or poultry was killed by dogs. The amount is larger than it was for the previous year. More than S6OO was paid out in Columbus township, Hawcreek township being second with more than S4OO. It Is believed that Bartholomew county strikes an average with reference to live stock and poultry killed by dogs and on this basis the expense throughout the state would be more than $175,000.