Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Ttltpipblc Reports From Muy Parts of tbi Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Clttas and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Place*. SUES FOR $20,000 IN BAY STATE COURT Springfield, Mass., March 23. —A suit for $20,000 damages has been filed by Everett Halstead of Rensselaer, Indiana, against Frank H. Campbell, the plaintiff alleging misrepresentations by the defendant in a transaction by which Mr. Halstead bought of the defendants the farm in Agawam known as the Hubbard place. A suit, brought by Mr. Campbell against Mr. Halstead for $7,000 balance due on the farm, is now pending In the superior court. In this suit Mr. Halstead was last fall held in custody for a few weeks until he could furnish bond to secure payment of any possible judgment. He was attending the dairy show at the* time.