People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1897 — INDIANA BRIEFLETS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BRIEFLETS.

RECORD OF MINOR DOINGS OF' THE WEEK. Seven Days’ Happenings Condensed —Social, Religious, Political, Criminal, Obituary and Miscellaneous Events from Every Section of the State. Robert Patterson, of Muncie, is preparing a poem on Lee’s surrender. C. W. Wilson, a hotel dead beat at Goshen, has been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. Mrs. Anna Macy.of Anderson, wife of a glass-blower, attempted suicide by drinking concentrated lye. Oliver Kennedy, 75 years old, near Hindostan, attempted suicide by cutting his throat, and he will likely die. William McVey, of Marietta, 0., and Miss Rebecca Lee, of Indianapolis, met at Anderson, and a wedding followed. A mad dog caused much alarm in the vicinity of Mexico, Miami county. Several dogs were bitten, all of which were killed. An examination of applicants will be held at Cambridge City on the 30th inst. to determine a choice for appointment to West Point. William Hughes, a farmer, and his ■two sons, of Crawford county, are reported to have been fatally poisoned by eating wild parsnips. A. A. Small has assumed his duties as postmaster of Anderson, Mr. Crittenberger retiring. Thomas H. Shannon is chief deputy under Mr. Small. Incendiaries at Congerville, a suburb of Muncie, set fire to T. H. Paffrath’s residence late at night, and timely discovery prevented its destruction. Nimrod H. Johnson of Richmond, son of Congressman Johnson, has been appointed mailing clerk in the postoffice of the house of representatives. A. V. Spivey of Rushville, now in Washington, a close friend of Congressman Johnson, writes home that Johnson will not be a candidate for re-elec-tion. Lute Shepherd, of College Corner, a man of family, has 'been arrested, charged with writing impure letters to a young woman of irreproachable character. The dead body of the 8-year-old son of the Rev. Mr. Barley, near Blulfton, was found in a field, with all of his clothing burned off. As there was no fire in the field, the affair is a mysterious one. In the joint debate between representatives of the Anderson normal school and the Pendleton debating club, the honors were awarded to the Pendleton representatives—James Larmore and Charles Boston. Ex-Congressman Cooper of Columbus has gone to Ft. Worth, Tex., and Albuquerque, N. M., hopeful of a change of health, which is exceedingly delicate. His friends are much disturbed because of his condition. The Bedford X-Ray reports that a local geologist has discovered a deposit of oriyx, the stone being beautifully marked and capable of taking a superb polish. The deposit is quite extensive, and can be easily worked. The Kokomo Dispatch made a persistent fight against the accidental increase of taxable property by the county auditor which the state tax commissioners refused to reduce, and it has been sustained by the courts. Miss Nellie Ozia, of Senora, 0., and H. ID Smith, of Watertown, S. D., met at the Hotel Doxey, Anderson, by appointment, and were united in marriage. The bride and bridegroom then returned to their respective homes. Dr. A. C. Freeman, of Kokomo, and Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Jackson, of Howard county, together with Walter Jackeon, have been arrested on complaint of the young wife of the last named, who alleges that they compelled her by force to submit to criminal malpractice. The defendants enter an indignant denial.

Hon. W. T. Durbin, of Anderson, has been granted a pension of $6 per month. On the day that he enlisted for sendee in Washington county he lost a finger in hia father’s mill. He applied for a pension under the new law two years ago, and, upon being notified that there was some irregularity, underwent another examination, which corrected the defect.

J. H. Bass and R. T. McDonald, of Fort Wayne, and other creditors, have secured judgment against Millard W. Simons, calling for a total of $182,000. The claim of Messrs. Bass and McDonald is for $94,659.84, besides $7,500 for attorney fees. Other judgments are in favor of Plymouth • creditors. Mr. Simons recently inherited a fortune by the death of the late Oscar A. Simons of Plymouth. Henry J. Schroeder, a well-to-do farmer of Bartholomew county, advertised for a wife, but after marriage he repented and secured a divorce. Worry brought about mental aberration, and he imagined that an enemy had placed electric wires underground on his farm with the purpose of killing him. Lewis Friederdorff attempted to have him placed under a guardian’s control, but the court held that Schroeder was only insane on one point, and was competent to control his own affairs.

Cannelton is ghost-haunted, if the tales told by affrighted people can be accepted. Just what kind of a ghost can not be known from the descriptions given, for no two are alike, but whether it is an individual ghost, or several, it is having a wonderful effect in improving the morals of that quiet little city on the Ohio. Even sturdy men ®’efer to remain indoors after nightfall, while the youth of both sexes need no curfew ordinance to keep them within doors. Because of this the Cannelton Enquirer is inclined to indorse the ghost, whatever its complexion.