Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1918 — Page 4

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

GOODLAND (From the Herald) Alvia Jay of north of Remington was In Goodland over Monday night. The school commencement will be held Friday night, April 26, at the opera house. Mrs. Charles Stits of Wabash, Indiana, visited with friends and relatives’ here this week. Corporal Reese Rider has sent word to his parents here that he has arrived safely in France. Mrs. J. B. Johnson of Villa Grove, Illinois, caime Thursday afternoon for a short visit with relatives and Triends. , . . Eunice Rider has been selected to teach music, drawing and domestic science in the Morocco schools this coming winter. Mr. and Mrs. John Boothby and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Taylor have moved into the apartments over the Rider & Son salesroom. Mrs. Leslie Oswald returned to her home in Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday morning after a week’s visit with Mrs. Margaret Oswald. Mrs. M. R- Carlock and daughter, Mrs. Iva Miller of North Vernon, Indiana, came this week for a visit with her son Clifford and family. • Mise Myrtle Scott, who has been Spending a few weeks at home, left Wednesday for Alberta, Canada, where she will do evangelistic work for some time. William Frohreich, who registered at Joliet, Illinois, left that place last week for Portland, Maine, where he is now a member of the coast artillery at Ft. Williams. David Watson, wife and little daughter, Jean Elizabeth, of North Grove, Indiana, arrived Monday night for a short visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Watson. Archie Turner and Miss Grace Houk were married at the Methodist parsonage in t\is city Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. V. B. Servies officiating. They will make their home in Goodland. The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Wortley, seven and a half miles northeast of town, was the scene of a gathering of old-time friends of the Elliott Burr family, six of the Burr children being present. The evening was spent in talking over events that occurred twentyfour years ago in -this community. Chauncey Ross Kemper, son of W. Scott and Martha Kemper, was ■born August 8, 1 875, near Mansfield, Park county, Indiana, and died at Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 28, 1918, being forty-two years, six months and twenty days of age. He passed away at the University hospital two days an operation for appendicitis.

WOLCOTT

(From the Enterprise) Miss Frances Ham spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Daisy Gray at Remington. Miss Selma M'ay of Remington spent Wednesday with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Sharkey. Misses Jeanette and Florence Btockment of Remington spent Sunday night with Miss Frances Hanna. Mrs. S. G. Milholland of Westport, Indiana, is spending the week visiting tier son and grandson, Morris T. Mrs. E. Retherford of Lyons, Indiana, came Monday evening to visit her daughter, Mrs. Earl Easterday. George Harper of Forrest, Illinois, came Monday to look after matters at his farm, returning home Wednesday evening. Prof, and Mrs. Charles H. Wolf went to Indianapolis Wednesday for a few days’ visit with Mr. Wolf’s brother, Otto Wolf, and wife. Miss Louise Overy, accompanied by her friend, Miss Jane Stall, went to Pocahontas, lowa, Thursday for a visit with Miss Overy’s brothers. Ora Archie Donlinger and Miss Hazel Kendall were united in marriage at the ' Baptist parsonage Thursday, April 11, Rev. T, C. Smith officiating. Lieut. R. E. Duff and wife of Camp Taylor, Kentucky, came Tuesday evening to spend a five-day furlough with his father, R. C. Duff, and other relatives. William Stockton, whose illness was mentioned in these columns last Week, died at the home of his son, Robert Stockton, near Meadow Lake, this Friday morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. McClellan of Btockburg, who formerly lived on

N O T I’C E to the Public I have a full line of fresh groceries added to my feed and flour store, and have decided to sell on the cash and carry system. I intend to sell cheap enough to give all a good margin for carrying the goods. I will pay first class prices on all home products. I welcome, one and all to call. REMINGTON FEED & GROCERY STORE Remington, Indiana F. MELROSE, Manager

Cloverdale farm northeast of Wolcott, were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Dart and family and other friends. Mrs. C. A. Stone and son Charles of Chicago came Wednesday evening to visit her brother. Prof. Char leg H. Wolf, and wife. Mrs Stone is moving from Chicago to Portland, Oregon. Harry T. Dart came home last week for a short visif with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Dart, and family. Friday he started for College Park, Maryland, to enter a radio school as he has enlisted in the signal corps of the U. Sarmy. Mrs. John Davisson left Thursday morning for Phenix, Arizona, to join her son David and wife, who are there for the benefit of David's health. Mr. Davisson accompanied her as far as Chicago, and from there will go to his farm at Wanatah before returning home. Mr. Wilbert IL Stockment of Remington and Miss Jessie MajSpencer of Chalmers were quietly married at the Presbyterian parsonage in Remington, Monday afternoon, April 8, Rev. Lilly officiating. The bride wore a dress of light blue silk crepe de chine and carried a boquet of American Beauty roses. The groom was attired in a blue serge suit. After two weeks’ absence the young couple will be at their home near Wolcott. Alfred Bissonnette, who was taken to Mercy hospital in Chicago March 20 for treatment, is lying very low and his death is momentarily expected. His son George, who has been visiting him at the hospital, returned home Wednesday. He informs us that his father’s trouble is a cancer of the most malignant type and that there is no hope of his recovery. He was operated on for cancer on his jaw, but the disease is all through his blood and has now broken out on his hip and his sufferings are intense.

BROOK

(From the Reporter) Dr. Wood and family spent Sunday with the formers parents in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton of Re'hsselaer were over on Sunday visiting their son Melvin and family. Don and Malcolm Davis came home on Saturday from Ann Arbor and will remain during the spring holidays. Charles Borkliind and wife returned the last of the week from their visit to Hot Springs, Ark. They report a very pleasant time and the weather fine. Leslie Weishaar was home from Purdue over Sunday. He has been tendered a position as one of the instructors at Purdue in the engineering course and .has accepted. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battleday of Jasper county visited Mr. and Mrs. George Battleday on Sunday. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John Rush, who visited relatives in town.

Mr. and Mrs. Luke McCarty are entertaining Dr. and Mrs. Cole of Camp Grant at Rockford. The Doctor holds the rank of captain and is attached to the 332 artillery and belongs to the medical reserve, W. P. Griggs and wife, who have s]>ent the past few months with their son Fred and family in Arkansas, returned on Thursday. While there Mr. Griggs traded the farm for one near Springfield, Mo, The boll weevil and frost spoiled the crop in Arkansas last year. Superintendent Longwell has been doing valiant work for his country in this Liberty loan campaign. He made a trip through White county last week and wherever he went the enthusiasm was manifest. Tuesday night he spoke in Benton county to a farming community where there were some Amish who have scruples against fighting, but when the speech was over they’ showed evidence of having no scruples against giving. Over $12,000 was subscribed at that country school house meeting. George Russell took his wife and baby to Rensselaer on Monday morning to catch the early train. It was somewhere about 4 o’clock ft&>rge started hokne and at the outskirts of town the order came for "Hands up,’’ or something similar, and two shot guns looked George in the face. A store had been robbed and every man leaving town was being stopped. While George isn't the handsomest man in Newton county, no one would take him for a burglar, and as soon as the flashlight was turned on and he told who he was, they cranked up Lizzie for him add let him go. No. George wasn't scared.

MEDARYVILLE

(From the Journal) Miss Agnes Phillips of Delphi visited friends and relatives here over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hadden and family of Brook motored here Sunday and visited relatives. Fred Thews and Selah Wiseman of Rensselaer visited at the Gus Steinke home this week. Mrs. B. F. LeFevre went to Hebron Tuesday evening to visit with Elijah Owens and family. Lieut. Claude Record came home Tuesday from Camp Dodge, lowa, for a few days’ visit with home folks. , Mrs. Dan Casey of Indianapolis caime Saturday evening for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Long. Mrs. Ida Demaree and children of Grand Rapids, North Dakota, are hene visiting the John Cassidy family and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George Baker and daughter. Miss Nellie, of Boone Grove, Indiana, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Long Sunday. Mrs. Anna Reed is home from the hospital and her many friends •will be glad to know that she is recovering nicely from her recent operation. Miss Raola Hildebrand returned to her home fit Buffalo, Indiana, Tuesday after a few days visit with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Meeks.

George W. Hansell, well known and progressive farmer south , of/ town, is a candidate on the Repub-1 lican’ ticket for joint representative of Pulaski and White counties. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Winters, Mr. and Mrs. John Cassidy, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Farie and children and Mrs. Ida Demaree and children (motored to Kewanna last Sunday and spent the day with Mrs. Anna Budd and family. Mr. and Mrs. W- F. Ernst and' two children of Wafiatah came last Sunday for a visit at the August Kripisch home. Mr. Ernst returned home Monday but Mrs. Ernst and children remained until Thursday. Herbert Kripisch returned with them for a visit. I Mr. and Mrs. Herman Long and Mrs. Gusta Dunn went to Michigan I City last Wednesday evening where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Gust Long Thursday. Mrs. Long was a sister-in-law of Herman Long and an aunt of Mrs. Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Long returned Friday and Mrs. Dunn Sunday.

FRANCESVILLE (From the Tribune)

W. H. Mackey, the Rensselaer monument dealer, was here on business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wilcox of Rensselaer, former residents of this community, were guests of friends here Sunday, Mcg. Malissa Hayworth of the Lafayette Soldiers’ home is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. James Hayworth, northeast of town. W. B. Leonard of Gillam township, who has been quite sick from pneumonia, is reported to be doing nicely.’ Lieut. Watson, Jr., who has also been sick at the Leonard home, Is better. Mrs. Wilbur Stigleman, Mrs. John C. Engle, Mrs. Stephen Eldridge, Mrs. Thomas Poesee, Mrs. Marshall P. Hill, Mrs. Dan Smoyer, Mrs. Lase Smoyer and Mrs. J. J. Rankin of Winamac attended the district meeting of the Wonian’s Foreign Missionary society held at Monon Tuesday afternoon-

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NEWTON COUNTY

Down with the disloyal hun. Best spring in years for oats. God is in the harness and the allied lines still hold. Mrs. Schuyler Williams is visiting relatives in Indianapolis. Recent showers have improved wheat prospects wonderfully. Eli Yoder —a mighty fine Amishman, by the way—-has moved to Burr, Oak, Mich. The condition of corn in this locality can be described in three words—-bad and worse. In spite of our unusually cold winter, rough feed in this locality is plentiful and comparatively cheap. Mob violence is one way to check the activities of disloyal Germans in, this country, but, unfortunately, it isn't the right way. Quite a few farmers will begin plowing for cprn this week. The ground is in exceptionally good condition for this work. Daniel Schanlaub has bought the David Miller forty acres in northern Jackson township, the purchase price being something like ?4,000. Ferd Warne, formerly a resident of this township, died recently at the home of his daughter in Morocco. He was about sixty years old. This year marks the beginning .of the end of Dutch Bill. We may, and doubtless will, meet with a few set-backs, but that will merely postpone Bill’s finish. The country schools of Jackson township closed last Saturday. The Mt. Ayr school closed two or three weeks ago owing to various juvenile diseases in the school.

Old Newton county has a habit of being right to the front in every worthy cause. Kindly observe our smoke in the matter of Liberty bonds. Red Cross work, etc. Ellis Snow, another Jackson township boy, has departed for the training - camp at Hamilton, New York. Luck be with youi, Ellis, and may you return home safely. We observe that George Hopkins, Republican, and Bela F. Roberts. Democrat, are asking for the office of trustee of Jackson township. Go to it, boys, and may the best man win. Anyway, Hindenburg and .Tirpitz cannot make faces at each other. The former did not get into Paris by April 1, and the latter did not starve England with his submarine warfare.

Don’t get the idea that you are licensed to administer a swift kick to every German you meet. We have lots of good, loyal Germans in this country and they are entitled to decent treatment. Usually the pasture season does not begin until .about the first o e May. but cattle and horses are making a pretty fair stagger at living on grass at the present time and have been for the last two weeks. Joseph Chizum of Morocco has bought the “Kennedy ranch” in the northwest part o.f Jackson township. Mr. Chizum, we are told, intends to thoroughly tile this ranch, the chief requirement in the way of making it valuable land. The little folks or No. 5 school were sadly - disappointed last week. They had prepared for a rousing good time on the last day of the term, when, 10, the teacher was suddenly stricken with measles, and there wasn’t any ‘‘last day.” “The audience howled with suppressed laughter,” writes a southern Illinois editor, in giving an account of a home talent show. And if the show was half as fnnny as the editor’s version of it, the joyousness. of the audience is easily understood. Spring wheat that was put out early is sprouting nicely, with every indication of a good stand. It is to be regretted, however, that a number of farmers, who desired to experiment with spring wheat this;

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

season, did not receive their seed in time for planting. Speaking of brutal frankness, combined with government A mule I cheek, may we be permitted to sub--1 mit the following from the Weser Zeitung, a paper published in Germany: “Germany lost her last chance to keep the United States out when she fajjed to prevent President Wilson's re-election. I “I like that bible story,’’ said old Andy Girard, “about when the Almighty told the gang to throw stones at the woman o’ Jerusalem, if any of ’em had an idear his conscience was so dog-gon well balanced he could heave one straight. Don’t rembmber of any pebbles fly'in’ 'round in her direction, do you?’’ | We shall continue to hope that there will be no mud throwing on the part of the female politicians in the coming campaign. For what would it profit the dear thing to hurl a hunk of mire at the opposition in the steenth ward and hit an innocent bystander, of her own political faith, in an outlying township. With apologies to Walt Mason: A month ago the cow was sad, she scarce could lift her head, begad. I The stalks were stale, the straw was mould, and Pied was looking tough and old. But now the verdant dales laugh out, the gentle south winds blow, and Pied, chocfull of grass and greens scarce seems the same old cow. It didn’t rain last Sunday, but this fact will not deter some people from swearing that it did. Furthermore they will continue to prove !by certain bewhiskered antediluvians from Hancock or Posey county i that the law of the Medes and the I Persians was never more sound, unchangeable and dependable than 1 the theory that six successive rainy ' Sundays follow a rainy Easter. May we n!>t remark that those resolutions adopted by the Repub--1 lican district committee of the old I blood/ Tenth could have been curtailed considerably without materially impairing their usefulness. Would it not have been just as well, not to mention saved, to have said simply: “We endorse every dog-gone thing the G. O. P. has ever done or ever will do, and what you goin’ to do about it?” We have been trying to persuade

Honest Abe, the carrier, to accompany us on a campaigning trip over northern Indiana, in behalf of the Democratic party, we to do the speaking and Abe the singing, but up to the present writing he has steadfastly refused to be mixed up in the scheme in any matter whatever. Says that while the law permits him to sing for his own pleasure, it doesn’t allow him to sing politically. A magazine writer imparts the information that in 1674 a colony of Quakers bought from the Indians thq, greater part of New Jersey for ‘‘twenty guns, thirty kettles, thirty pair of hose, thirty petticoats, thirty bars of lead, fifteen barrels of powder, seventy knives, thirty Indian axes and seventy combs.” And, judging ifrom what we have seen of New Jersey, we should - say that the untutored savage got a God’s plenty for his real estate even at that. , \ “If a river flows at the rate of five miles an honr, and a young man with a red necktie that cost sixty-nine cents sets out in a rowboat, rowing nine miles an hour in the opposite direction, to meet a girl who is thirty-two years old, but claims to be only nineteen, what is the square on the hypothenuse?” When we think of the years that we spent in solving problems like this, instead of becoming a prize fighter or a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, and laying up something for our declining it makes us

bitter and cynical. A family over in Morocco possesses a freak in. the form of a talking crow\ "Jim,” the name by which the bird is known, speaks the English language fairly well. In fact, the high school graduate who persists in saying “I have saw” and “he has went,” has practically nothing on this particular James crow in the matter of grammar. One day last summer Jim escaped from his cage and flew out north of the city on a voyage of discovery. In his wanderings he came across an old negro sut in McClellan township, hoeing corn, and, as Jim had never seen a negro before, he sailed around the African a.few times in order to get a good look. “Good morning,” said Jim finally, by way of opening up a conversation. Now, the old darky, possessed all of the superstition usually attributed to his race, and iupon hearing himself spoken to by a birfl, and a crow at that, his 'hair at once began to assume an upright position and his eyes to dilate.' “Who dat talkin?” quavered the negro. “Nice morning,” continued Jim, still sailing around overhead. Jim was right; it was a nice morning, but the old man wasn’t aware of it just then, for when a darkey is

runnlhg his level best, through & hot cornfield, and thoroughly imbued with the idea that he has just been spoken to by the devil, he doesn’t consider such insignifii cant matters as the weather. Over in the neighborhood of Waldron, 111., there is a farmer who makes a 'specialty of “brandied watermelons.” When the melon season is on this farmer plugs his finest melons, pours into the openings a quantity of brandy, replaces the plugs and leaves the melons on the vine over night or long enough for the liquor to thoroughly permeate their internal organs. There is a great demand for these “doctored” melons, it is said, and the honest agriculturist has no difficulty in disposing of them at a <J°l* lar and a half each. One night last summer, so the story goes, this farmer, after “doctoring” a goodly supply of melons, was enjoying a period of well-earned repose on the front porch, when he was startled I suddenly by the lusty singing of a I

negro down in the melon patch. “1 I looked away ovah yondah what’d I see?’’ sang the voice; and an evil grin spread over the face of the farmer. “A band of angels cornin’ after me, coming’ fo’ to ca’y me home,’ continued the voice, gradually growing in strength and richness; and the melon grower stepped out to the grape arbor, secured ; a long, lithe hoop-pole, flexed his muscles by swinging the pole around his head for a spell, and then started out to investigate. “Dah hills dah skip an’ shout, my Gawd, my Gawd!” floated up from the field, the singer by this time having reached a very frenzy of religious ecstacy, superinduced by brandied melon. When the farmer finally succeeded in locating the singer he found an aged darkey, a well-known character in that locality, seated among the ruins of four fine “doctored’ melons and as happy as only a darkey could be under the circumstances. Whack —“Fo’ de Lawd, boss” —-Whack, whack—“Oh, Gawd ’ —Whack, whack —“Look out dah, .you haint goin’ to have no murder 1 on yo’ soul, is you”—Whack, whack 1 Ouch, help—Whack, whack, whack, and a footrace in which the darkey was the recipient of divers and sundry other whacks.

NOTES OF FARMERS’ CLUBS

I Ed. J. Randle of Rensselaer has I been appointed silo leader for Jas--1 per county. He has been summoned to attend a state silo conference .held in Indianapolis April 25, where I plans for the silo drive will be out- . lined by the Indiana committee on food production and conservation. I The work of Mr. Randle will be .done in co-operation with the Better Farming association, county i agent, food committee, and the county council of defense. In anI ticipation of the meeting, Maurice Douglas, state leader in the silo campaign, said: I “The need for silos in Indiana was never so great as at the present time. Last year more than 6,000 silos were erected in the state. The nation’s need ifor more economical use of livestock feeds demands that Indiana erect not less ’than 10,000 silos in 1918. As county leader in this highly important I phase of . the food program, Mr. I Randle has an important part to fill, and one which presents an opportunity for rehl service not only to the nation and the state, but to , the farmers of Jasper county.” West Carpenter Farmers’ Club Meeting Postponed On account of the big patriotic meeting at Rensselaer Friday evening, April 19, the regular April meeting of the West Carpenter I Farmers’ cluib will be postponed. The committee in charge deems the’ event to be of sufficient im- | portance that every one In the county should attend.

CLEANED from the EXCHANGES

The big United States naval collier Cyclops, with 293 persons on board, is feared to have been lost at sea, as she is now a month over due at an Atlantic port. There are many contingencies which exist to make it possible for the vessel to be disabled and still afloat, yet officials fear she is lost, y United States Senator William J. Stone of Missouri, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and for many years a prominent Democrat, died in Washington last Sunday following a stroke of paralysis suffered the Wednesday before. Senator Stone had been in public life for the past forty-five years and was prominent in the Bryan campaign in 1896. Senator Stone was a native of Kentucky. - ■ % ■ Well, how are things coming with you? We expect some troubles. If we did not have we would think things were coming too easy. Understand this, the Studebaker farm wagon is the best wagon put upon four wheels; the bigger the load the lighter the draft. I have one price for all, and quality is guaranteed at C. A. ROBERTS’, Front, St., Rensselaer. ts

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

Walter H. Hansing et ux to James Bauer et ux, April 9, ne sw; pt w V, se sw, 33-29-5, 50 acres, Hanging Grove, $3,000. Thomas D. Conaghan to John W. Nolte, February 7, sw 15-28-6, 160 acres, Milroy, sl. Amanda J. Fess to Kerdelia E v Fess, April 12, Its 1,2, bl 28, Rensselaer, Weston’s add, SSOO. Paschal B. Weeks et ux to Ida D. Nagele, April 13, nw 19-27-7, 144 acres, Carpenter, sl. Ida D. Nagele to Paschal B. Weeks et ux, April 15, nw 19-27-7, 144 acres, Carpenter, sl.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1»1«

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. HILL'S MEN HIKE TO LAUREL Captain William Griffin, Adjutant of 113th Engineer*, I* on Hi* Way to Indiana—He i* Assigned to Fort Harrison. Hattiesburg, Miss., April 12. —Capt. William Griffin, adjutant of the One Hundred and Thirteenth engineers, is on his way to Indianapolis. Captain Griffin, who has been assigned to duty at Fort Benjamin Harrison, is regarded as one of the most efficient officers in the One Hundred and Thirteenth engineers. Maj. Horace F. tlill, Jr., commanding the One Hundred and Thirteenth field signal battalion, composed mostly of Hoosiers, took his command to Laurel, 28 miles from here, where the troops went Into camp for several weeks. The battalion hiked’ the entire distance and will live in pup tents at the Laurel fair grounds. The purpose of the trip is to work out divisional problems. Laurel made orate preparations to receive the soldiers,.

Asks Restraining Order.

Laporte, April 12. —A restraining order against the operation of the Indiana dry law was asked in action brought by the M. Henoch company, wholesale liquor dealers, against Presecutlng Attorney Kunkle. The plaintiff claims that he has stored thousands of dollars’ worth of liquor and that the states surrounding Indiana are glutted with this class of goods and that the stock owned by the Henoch company cannot be disposed of now except at a great loss. ,It is further stated that if the supreme court holds the law unconsitutional it will be impossible to dispose of the stock for medicinal, chemical or sacramental purposes without a loss.

Dynamite Caps Explode.

Winchester, April 12. —William Parr and William Romizer, each fourteen, found some dynamite caps and playfully threw them at Isabel Phistner and Ethlyn Brown. The caps, striking the cement Walk, exploded, and fragments struck the girls, cutting them about the face, arms and hands. One piece penetrated the shoe of the Phistner girl and imbedded itself in her instep, while another fragment pierced the Brown girl’s side.

Hard to Get Policemen.

Jeffersonville, April 12<r-Asa Prince,, patrolman, has resigned, after serving two months on the city police force, which consists entirely of new men except the chief and sergeant who served under the previous administration. On account of the demand for labor it is difficult to fill the positions and there have been eight men leave within the last three months, while others failed to report for duty after appointment.

Pastor Accepts Call.

Evansville, April 12.- —Rev. Z. T. Bates, pastor of the Christian church at Tiffin, 0., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Christian church here to take the place of Rev. William E. Sweeney, who went to the First church at Danville several months ago

Three Autos Recovered.

Delphi. April 12. —Three automobiles belonging to Harmon Bros. Burlington were recovered by Thomas McCormick, sheriff. They had been sold to a firm by John Clark, it Is said. Clark is in jail at Indianapolis and is said to have confessed stealing one machine.

Orators Are Selected.

Seymour, April 12. —Walter Huber and Miss Mary Louise Honan have been selected as the representatives of the local high school in the district oratorical and reading contest to be held at North Vernon. Thirteen contestants entered the preliminary.

Loses Seven Fingers.

Newcastle, April 12. —Ross Moffett, employed at the plant of the Hoosiei Manufacturing company, lost seven ot his fingers when his hands were caught beneath the knife in a metal-cutting machine.

Old Couple Wed.

Lafayette, April 12.—Mary B. Schlotterdeck, seventy-five, and Jacob Nicewander, age fifty-seven, both of Romney, obtained a permit to wed. They will live on a farm owned by the brida

Patient Burns to Death.

Bloomington, April 12. —Jolin Swafford, seventy, was burned to death when an oil lamp was turned over, seting fire to his clothing. He was an inmate of the county infirmary.

Falls Eighteen Feet.

Connersville, April 12. —John Rlebearner suffered a fractured elbow and knee When he stepped on a frosty shingle on a roof at the Connersville lumber yards. He fell 18 feet.

House Being Stolen.

Gary, April 12. —Peter Foote, a realty broker here, has complained tu the police that a house he owns is being stolen piecemeal by some one. One arrest has been made.

Hurt by Auto.

Brazil, April 12. —Robert Aten, sevetr years old, son of Mr. and Mirs. Ira Aten of Clay City, was run over by an automobile and was serioqply hurt.