People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1897 — DE MOTTE. [ARTICLE]

DE MOTTE.

The 111 depot at this place was burned«-to the ground on Thursday the 14tb. Che agent, Mr. Posey had left the depot but 15 minutes before tim fire was discovered. Citizens rushed to the fire and did all in their power to save property, but with the exception of a few barrels of oil everything in the building was consumed. Mr. Posey’s personal loss is estimated at $l5O and the company’s at SI,OOO, no insurance The cause of the tire was a defective chimney. Mr. Posey had the wires run into the Punter building and is doing business the same as usual. We understand the company intends to build a new depot on the east side of the road crossing. A number of our people were called to attend qourt the past week. Some of them went that did not want to go and some that wanted to go did not get the chance to tell all they knew. A. Roorda, near this place, last season got 8,000 pounds of honey from 90 stands of bees. Mr. Roorda and his son are experienced hands in the bee business. Geo. Gregg is recovering very slowly from his sickness. Tom Cheever is taking care of him. Ed. Granger of this place was arrested, on a charge of assault on the person of Mrs. Ann Posey of this place. On the night of the celebration of the election of McKinley by the Ladies of the Demotte—McKinley Club, they had a bonfire, burned hats and other articles of compaign clothing taken from the persons of the bystanders. Granger objected to his hat being burned and Mrs. Posey made an attempt to get it, probably in sport. Ed. caught her and carried her towards the fire and stumbling, fell accidently throwing the lady into the fire. This is the cause of his arrest. He appeared in court by pleading guilty and was fined $25.00 and costs/ This charge of assault however was not by the lady, but by outside parties. The same person gave a lengthy account to one of the County papers at the time it happened, but takes good care not to give the same paper an y account of his own crooked work prior to and since the election. Frank Gehring and family are all'down sick. L. A. Sayers has been laid up with a fever for several days. Dan Fairchiels Jr. is sick with lung fever. R. M. Dunn and son are sick with the mumps. Wanted—a good meat market, at Demotte, Ind. Chicken pox is in town.

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