Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY* TOLD. Did Not Prove the Minister Gnilty-*< Panhandle Railway Mulcted tor Damages Officers for Dentist*—* ; Woman Chews a Baby. ; I •. Hugging la Not Proved. | Rev. Mr. Fusion, a retired minister of the Baptist Church at Fairbanks, has been tried by the church on n charge of slandering Rev. Mr. Mugg. a man who recently became pastor of the church. Mr.; Fusion was accused of having said that Mr. Mugg was seen with his arms around % the waist of a married woman. At the' trial the young married woman denied , that Mr. Mugg hail encompassed her waist and a woman as jiositively testified that she hud seen it done. There was much other conflicting testimony, and the verdict was that no slander hud been circulated and yet that it had not been proved beyond doubt that Mr. Mugg had hugged the woman. The church is now trying to determine if there are to be more proceedings or if Mr. Mugg is to continue as pastor.

Verdict Against the Panhandle. In the Circuit Court at Noblesville, for the second time, a judgment was rendered < against the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- | pany for damages for ejecting passengers from its trains. Some time ago Mr. and Mrs. George League bought first-class ■ round trip tickets from Tipton to Indianapolis, which were murked “good only. | for teifedays.” They attempted to return J from Indianapolis to Tipton after the ten days had expired, and were put off the , train at Noblesville. Suits were brought for damages and several weeks ago Mrs. League got a judgment for SBOO, and now Mr. League has been given damages to the sum of SIOO.

Indiana Dentists Adjourn. The Indiana Dental Assoeiation ad- j joumod a two days’ session at Mancie,, after electing the following officers: I'resident, Dr. D. M. Hiatt, Marion; vice-pres- 1 ident. Dr. J. 11. Morrison, Connersville; 1 secretary and treasurer, F. It. Hens haw,. ] Middletown; board of directors, D. L. I Stine, Indianapolis; A. T. White, Newcastle, and Frank Martin. Muncie. The J next meeting will be held in Marion the first week in May, 1800. There were I three women dentists present. Woman Chews a Baby. A Lafayette woman named I.aivahan, while intoxicated, savagely attacked a 2-yeur-olil nephew residing with her. The I child was seriously bitten all over its | body, many ugly wounds resulting on the | .face, neck and arms. It was in such a condition that its clothes could not be s put on to remove it to a hospital and it 3 had to be wrapped in a blanket. The J baby’s condition is serious, blood poison- <i ing being feared. Glass Workers' Wages Reduced. The Wages of the American plate glass -j employes in the plant in Madison County j have been reduced from 5 to 25 per cent, 1 the reductions affecting alsurt 500 meo.-i Many of the men have refused to work ! and it is feared a general strike will re- 1 suit. i- - - - Ja Within Our Borders. James Babb, a young farmer, northeast J of Edinburg, committed suicide by shoot ing himself through the head with a re- S volver. Ezra Swain died at his home on Fed- .j eral.Hill, after a short illness, aged 70. | He had been a resident of Noblesville for ' about thirty years. In a tight at El wood John Hood stabbed 1 Jgmes Hughes in the back and on the a head and cut a great gash in his throat, grazing the jugular vein. Jesse Stearns, a prominent young farm- f er six miles north of Lebanon, shot him- ■ self four times m the abdomen with sui- 1 cidal intent. He will die. New Indiana postmasters are: John I Payne at Connersville, John C. Fudge at Dunkirk, Daniel Lynch at Lowell and' Havillu C. Hobbs at Salem. Charles Pepper, a prominent lumber | dealer and postmaster at Peppertown, 1 died of heart failure. His successor as postmaster has been appointed. The new Christian Church in Hamrick -1 was dedicated by Rev. Dr. L. L. Carpou- 1 ter of Wabash, who raised more money than was necessary to pay all debts. The gravel road election on the building of what is known as the Seymour and Dudleytown gravel road was carried by an overwhelming majority—72s to 174. At Sycamore, an afternoon west-bound freight on the Clover Leaf road took tire and several cars were burned, with con- ? tents, mostly merchandise. Passenger j trains were delnyed. The Union Traction Company, con- J stmeting the gas belt electric railway, * has closed a deal for a line from Alexan- j dria to Elwood, connecting with the An- M derson-MariOn line. This makes the elec- ; trie a rival of the Panhandle and Lake Eric as well ns the Big Four. Jesse Jones, Ed Jones, Will Lewis, 1 Charles Brunner and John Wheeler, all sons of prominent citizens and none over 15 years old, were taken to Anderson,. charged with committing the many rob- | bories nt Ingalls during the past month. ! The police were baffled and one of the : . boys was trapped by his father. All the cities of Indiana, except those under special charters—lndianapolis,' Evansville and Fort Wayne—elected munici-. | pal officers recently. In many places pol- $ itics did not cut into the contests. The j Republican tickets wore elected in South > Bend. Washington, Greoncastle, North Manchester, Lagro and Roann. At LaPorte, Valparaiso, Michigan City, Kokos -i mo and Terre Haute Democratic Mayors ; were elected. In nearly every city the vote was very light, local issues generally standing aside for' the discussion of war j news. An important event in Franklin college and society circles was the anniversary}, party given by the ladies of the Pi Beta Phi fraternity. The leading feature of the evening was the presentation of tho Gree kplay, “Electa," by the active members. A contract has been let for the erection of a monument at the grave of the late • Gen, T. J. Harrison, in Crown Point eem- | etery, Kokomo. It is a modest shaft, | procured by popular subscription through jj the efforts of the local G. A. R. Gen. i, Harrison’s grave has been unmarked foe | twenty-oeven years.