Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1902 — Indiana News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Indiana News

SIXTY-TWO YEARS A PRINTER E. W. Cailis of Martinsville Has Long Service to His Credit. E. W. Cailis of Martinsville does not claim to be the oldest printer in the state, but it is doubtful if there are many excelling him in length of service. He has sixty-two years of actual work in the “art preservative of all

arts’’ to his credit, and Is now in his seventy-sixth year. He can still do a full week’s work despite his advanced age, feeling better at the end of the week than many a younger man. He was born in Flemington, N. J., January 27, 1827, and was apprenticed to the printer’s trade in 1840, continuing at it ever since. Shower Saves Woman. Mrs. Laymiller, sixty-five years old, who has lived aione on a small farm north of Kendallville, was nearly burned to death. She had been burning rubbish, wnen her clothing caught fire, and she would have lost her lue had not a shower of rain put out the flames. Two hours later a neighbor heard her cries for help. Light Without Heat. Dr. Hercules Ogle of Kokomo has Invented ah electric light device that includes the principle of wireless telegraphy. He obtains the electricity from water and burns a lamp of four candle-power. While brilliant, the light is devoid of heat. It is especially adapted to use on ranroad trains, automobiles and vehicles. Rattlesnake Story. A rattlesnake was brought into Bloomington that measured four feet four inches in length and nine inches in circumference around the largest part. The snake was killed on the Farris farm in Brown county, and had fourteen rattles and a button. It was coiled anu ready to strike, when a farmer killed it with a fence rail.

Stirs Up the Bell Company. The Davies County Telephone company, with SIOO,OOO capital, will be incorporated under tne laws of the state, it is an independent company and will extend lines over the county and connect with systems operated by farmers. The Bell company, which has a system at Washington, has begun to cut rates. Find Greenbacks in a Boot. Two workmen, while tearing dpwn an old building at Evansville, found $1,200 in greenbacks in an old boot. An old bachelor shoemaker lived in the house thirty years ago and is supposed to have secreted the money. The heirs of the old man will claim the money. Lightning Kills Cattle. During a storm north of Dresser, twenty-eight head ot cattle on the farm of John Strain were killed by lightning. The loss was $1,960. Benson Smith, a farmer, six miles west of Clinton, had four head of cattle killed by lightning. Glassworker Shot. Antone Meyers, Jr., a glassworker at Orestes, was shot while in the factory by George Ham. The ball lodged in his side, and was removed, but Meyers is seriously hurt. Ham claims the shooting was accidental.

Seeking Right of Way. Agents of the Union Traction Company are engaged in acquiring rights-of-way for the line proposed to be built from Delphia to The line will parallel the Wabash the entire distance. White Perch a Yard Long. James Harvey caught in the Wabash rivqr a few miles south of Terre Haute a white perch inches in length and of twenty-eight pounds weight. New Church at Monticello. The contract for the new Christian church at Monticello has been let to Strate & Brown of West Lafayette at $10,363. The total cost will be $15,000. It will be of brick and efforts are making to purchase a pipe organ. Plays Ball With One Arm. C. W. Fletcher, a druggist of Haleville, who has but one arm, the right, plays ball and throws a ball with tremendous force. He can catch a ball with £ase.

INDIANA SHILOH MONUMENTS Shafts to the Various Regiments to Be Completed by July. Capt. Thomas B. Wood of Franklin and Capt. Nicholas Ensley, members of the Shiloh monument commission, visited Bedford to inspect models of the monuments to various Indiana regiments to be erected on the Shiloh battlefield. The designs for the monuments show that they will be imposing, each to be sixteen feet high. The inscriptions, in raised letters, will show the regiment number, whether artillery orjnfantry, and on each will be the figure of a soldier in full military equipment. On each monument will appear in raised letters ten inches high the word “Indiana.” The work, which will be done by the John A. Rowe plant, will be completed by July. It will require a car to transport each monument. The stone will be highly polished and will compare favorably with granite. The inscription on the back of each monument will be in sunken letters. Members of the Indiana commission will go to Shiloh June when the monuments from Ohio will be dedicated. BEATS A PRACTICAL JOKER Negro Uses Board on “Satan” With Telling Effect. Orange Holman, a saloon-keeper of Marion, undertook to impersonate the devil with serious results to himself. Holman has in his employ a colored man, John Boswell, who is superstitious. Holman procured a false face, representing “Col. Satan,” and appioaohed the colored man, whom he found lying asleep in the alley in the rear of the saloon. Holman uttered several unearthly yells and started toward Boswell on all fours, saying that he "had come for him.” Boswell was so frightened for a moment that he was unable to move, but he picked up a board and before Mr. Holman had time to make himself known, the negro began beating him unmercifully. A deep gash, six inches long, was cut hi Holman’s head, and he became unconscious. For a time it was thought he was fatally injured. He soon recovered, however, and is sorry for his joke.

THREESCORE YEARS a MASON A. S. Wiggins Holds Enviable Record for Membership in the Order. Andrew S. Wiggins of Hagerstown has been a member of the Masonic order for sixty-four years and he has been constant in attendance and performance of duty. The Hagerstown

lodge was chartered in 1838, and Mr. Wiggins was the first worshipful master. He served eight consecutive years, and he is the only one of the charter members still living. His term of membership exceeds that of any other man in Wayne county.

Met After Forty-two Years. D. E. Long of Elkhart and J. S. Long of Lima, Ohio, met at Elkhart for the first time in forty-two years. Both men were in Sherman’s army on the march to the sea, but were in different regiments and each was wounded in the leg at the battle of Bentonville. N. C. Neitner knew that the other was in the army. Lovelorn Lass Takes Acid. '» Mary Starr, 17 years old, committed suicide at Keystone by taking carbolic acid. A love affair is supposed to be the cause. She was the daughter of Christopher Starr. Embarks on Last Journey. John Rominger. 79 years old, whp lived in Hope seventy years, is deaty He went to Hope from North Carolina and made the journey oq foot. Bridegroom Is Missing. Albert Keller, son of a wealthy farmer near South Bend, and Miss Mary M. Ullery were married April 20. Soon Keller disappeared, but his family did not make it known and began a search themselves. At first foul play was feared. Later the young man’s horse and buggy were found at a livery stable and the impression, is that Keller has left the country. His father is now seeking for him in the West. The cause of his disappearance is not known.

VETERAN INDIANA GUARDSMAN William E. Meyers Has Been In the State Service Since 1883. William E. Meyers, a private and company clerk of Battery A, is probably tne oldest enlisted man in point of service in the Indiana - National Guard. He has served in every capacity rrom private to first sergeant since the organization of the battery in 1888. During an election of officers some time ago Meyers, who was then first sergeant, failed to get the coveted position of lieutenant. He was weary

of the arduous duties of first sergeant and requested that he be reduced to the ranks. Meyers was a member of the famous drill team of the battery, which won fourteen prizes out of fifteen contests. He was known, with the Rodman gun tactics, as one of the best drilled artillerymen ever in the state. He volunteered in the SpanishAmerican war and served with the battery in the Porto Rico campaign as the first sergeant of the organization. “Circus Day Strikes.’' Glass manufacturers all over the United States are now losing thousands of dollars on account of what is known to the trade as “circus day strikes.’’ Every spring the small boys employed in many glass factories strike, ostensibly for higher wages, but almost invariably while a circus is in town. They usually return to work, whether they obtaih the increase or not, after the circus leaves. The boys do no skilled work, but their presence is necessary to the skilled mechanics, and there is such a scarcity of boys that their services are eagerly sought after. Manufacturers are now endeavoring to get together on a method of avoiding “circus day strikes.”

Midway Disgusts Her. Miss Mamie Ward, 20 years old, left home at Springfield, 111., to join a company of the Mardi Gras midway attractions. She is now sorry and called at the Marion police station and said she would like to return home. The superintendent of the department sent a telegram to her father and in a short time received a reply requesting that she be sent home. The girl told the police that she was informed the show was a firstclass exhibition. She saw the first performance yesterday and the desire for home seized her at once.

Mishaps to Tin Workers. Clifford Seward, a tinplate worker at Elwood, stepped into a vat of hot metal and the flesh was burned from one of his limbs to the knee. He will be crippled for life. Dudley Biggs, also a tinplate worker, stepped on a sharp piece of metal and cut a gash the length of his foot. Before a physician could uress his injuries he almost bled to death. i Railway Gangs Clash. Fifty workmen for the Kokomo Street Railway and Light company and a section gang of the Pennsylvania company clashed at a Kokomo crossing. The former were first on the ground and tore up twenty feet of the railroad's track. An order was then issued by Judge Mount of the circuit court restraining the Pennsylvania company -from removing the track. Grandma Bowers is Dead. Mrs. Margaret E. Bowers, the oldest wonam in Fountain county, is dead at tne age of 98 years. Among hexsurvivors are fifteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-grandchildren and eight great-greai-grandchi 1 dren. Money Awaits Missing Heir. I 1 rank Balcome, formerly a soldier, now thought to be a traveling jeweler, has $4,300 awaiting him at Portland! with more to come. He is one of fifteen heirs to the estate of William Newton, who died thyee years ago. All the other heirs have been located, and each has been paid $4,300. Unless Balcome claims his share within a given period, the money will go back to the estate. Many unsuccessful attempts have been made to locate the missing heir., • . V l « • *

"Under the Turquoise Sky,” and "Camping in Colorado" are the titles of two most beautifully printed and illustrated pamphlets, descriptive of Colorado scenery and camping, published by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway. The latter is a camper s guide book. These are the finest railroad literature that has come to our notice, and the general passenger department of the Rock Island route, Chicago, is distributing them free on request

Mexican servants are said to be almost worthless, judged by the American standard of good service.

Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. Kansas has 600 more miles of railroad than the state of New York.

I am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Taos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17,1900.

A perpetual grin is about as 4 exasperating as a sticky fly on a hot day.

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Don’t be a back number even if you have to forego birthday presents.

E. w. CALLIS. (Indiana’s old-time printer.)

ANDREW s. WIGGINS. (Dean of Masons in Wayne county.)

WILLIAM E. MEYERS. (Militiaman who has been in the service since 1883.)