Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1901 — A WISER IN INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

A WISER IN INDIANA.

RECORD OP HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. • A Body of Murdered Man May Be Cremated to Find Bullet Alleged to Have Been Fired In • Duel —High School Graduate*. Liquor License Refused. Noah Stebbins, of Red Bridge, near Wabash, applied for a license to open a saloon at that place, and in the legal notice given in the newspaper of his intention to apply for a license he described by metes and bounds the lot on which he proposed to do business, and described the building as- a onestory frame, mentioning the dimensions. There is not a saloon in Walts township, and that element in the community which opposes saloons was lying in ambush for Noah. The case came up in the commissioners’ court, and the attorney for the remonstrants asked the board to reject the application on the ground that Stebbins had the lot, but there was not a sliver of the “frame building” in which he proposed to open up. The commissioners held the point well taken and rejected the application. Stebbins’ attorney said such a question had never been raised before, and he purposed determining it in the supreme court. He says that if Stebbins had a license and his place burned, he could erect another building and carry on the business under the old license, and there is no reason why he cannot procure a license and build a saloon later. Lafayette High School. Commencement exercises of Lafayette high school occurred at the Grand opera house. Dr. C. C. Lssby, of Indianapolis, delivered the commencement address. The graduating class consisted of the following: Ruth Adams, Etelka Bergen, Edna Bringham, Ada Bues, Carl Brown, Etta Baker, Lois Barnes, Ellen Baldwin, Ada Chase, Joe McCoy, Arthur Caldwell, Herbert Cochran, Leona Entire, Arne Friel, Alice Hogan, John Hale, Clara Henning, Sadie Infield, Ruth Johnston, Ernest Levering, Jay Morgan, Eloise Parker, Doris Pottlltzer, Mary * Roseberry, Nannie Ritchey, Marie M. Smith, Stella Shearer; Eldon Sniyely, Hannah Stony, Ella Shearer, Jennie Sater, Cecilia Switzer, Lewis Thompson, Esta Willoughby, Grace Wallace t and Clara Wurrter. Arrested on Anon Charge. Wm. H. Waggoner, a former Muncie J liveryman, was arrested at Muncie on I a charge of arson, made by C. L. J, Campbell of Anderson, on Information, j A few months ago Waggoner’s large 1 livery barn was destroyed by fire andfl twenty head of horse? were cremated ■ and much property destroyed. There J was ?2,500 insurance and 82,335 of amount was allowed but not paid, for 1 the insurance companies involved sus- I pected fraud. A month ago Waggoner I was arrested on a charge of stealing -I harness and taken to Hartford City. J He says both arrests resulted from 3 trumped-up charges made to defraud J him of his insurance. I Waste Gas at Hartford City. The reports of the flagrant waste of B natural gas in the Hartford City oil fl field has attracted State National Gas « Supervisor J. C. Leach, of Kokomo to ■ the field. There is no question that afl large amount of gas is being wasted, ■ but so far there has been but one I prosecution for wasting gas in the® Hartford City oil field. That was M brought about by the superintendent fl of the Crescent Gas Company. Viola- fl tors of the law have been warned re- fl peatedly, but now the manufacturers fl and business men want them prose- fl cuted and the fullest penalty of the fl law imposed. f The Feat In Clinton County. The authorities are much alarmedtfl by the spread of smallpox in the Man- ■ son and Colfax neighborhoods. Five « new cases were found in Manson and » k the entire town has been placed in , quarantine. Passenger traffic to that 1 point on the Vandalia has been dis- f continued. One death from the disease has occurred. Several new cases are reported in or around Colfax, but they are lighter. Search for A**aa*ln’* Bullet. Fred Miller is on trial in the Clrflfl cult court at Marion, charged with theß| murder of William Stibbs at mount, April 30, in what Is thought tofl| have been a duel. The prosecution had the body of the murdered man ex- -J humed, but physicians were unable to J locate the bullet. It was replaced In | the casket and will probably be ere- 1 mated and the residue examined for fl lead. Wnbnah Will Lay A.ph.lt. The Wabash City Council, at a cial meetlug decided unanimously pave Wabash street, from Hill street fl| to Noble street, with asphalt this sea- S son. The estimated cost of the work 1< is nearly 840,000, much of which will fl be borne by the Wabash River Traction Company, which is building electric line through the city. Get* Chair In Greek. Miss Effie Freeman Thompson, present a graduate student in the UuflßH versify of Chicago, has been elected the vacancy In the department Greek at Earlham college, RlchtnonßH Mlsa Thompson Ih a graduate of ton university, and has also studied Wellesley and Bryn Mawr. She wiHM soon take the degree of doctor philosophy at the Chicago universlflgM| Miss Thompson was formerly sor of Greek at Berea college, mond, Ky.