Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1893 — A GOOD YOUNG MAN [ARTICLE]

A GOOD YOUNG MAN

liuincl lly Too Much Mona;.—Cul. Ariastrong- * “Asset*.” The defalcation of the Armstrongs, father and son, at Tipton, continues a topic of interest, the recent attempt to release Cal. Armstrong from jail having, resulted in the imprisonment of tho senior Armstrong also, with the prospect that both will land in the penitentiary ere long. When the Armstrongs were first inducted into office Calvin was known aft a model voung man, a regular attendant upon '■hureh, and very devout. lie was an railvssij ppsa,der ii*. tfid class-meeting; and tie has done pulpit service in the absence >f the regular circuit-rider. In a few nonths he was transformed into a "blood”' and a bully, the owner of a string of fast horses, and so fastidious in his tastes that he went to get shaved and to Indianapolis to have his hair cut. His assets foot up: Four horses,, W,OOO 00 One gold watch 400 00 One shotgun :iOO 00 One d0g........ i , 125 00 One diamond pin One gold ring r.o 00 twenty straw hats 40 oo Seven suits summer clothes 280 00 Fifty pairs silk stockings 75 00 Twelve suits summer underwear.. 73 50 Mix pair tan and red shoes ;;o 00 One gold-handled silk umbrella .. 40 03 One bedroom set 50006 One town lot and .stable ........... 1,501 01 One buggy, harness,etc. fOI (0 One gallon rose water 25 00 One gallon perfumery 50 CO One box scented soap.. 16 00 Other valuables (estimated)....... 1,000 00 Total 19,043 50 There is no other property in sight save the handsome presents which he made to Miss May Shellenbarger. to whom he is betrothed, and who Is devoted to him. These presents include diamonds, pearls, dresses, a valuable silver service, etc., and the sureties on the Armstong bond are threatening to replevy them. j- ■ - J. N. Huston, ofConnersvillc. lias written a letter to a life-long friend at Peru, in which the cx-Treasurer of the United States says, relative to his recent failure: “It was cwtainly a severe blow to me, and attVibu table altogether to the malicious and slanderous lies told about me by my enemies. I am now devoting my whole timo toward getting ray business in r.hapc. and at tho earliest possible day shall settle up the wholo matter, and shall pay 101 cents on every dollar that i owe.” A west-tounJ passenger train on the Cake Shore «fc Michigan Southern wa passing, Lindsay, 0., Saturday night, at ‘ull speed. A local freight was side tracked, ard as the passenger train swept past the three sleepers jumped the track and crashed into the freight train. The engine was wrecked and the. sleepers crushed like egg shells. Three persons were killed and at least tyro fatally .hurt, while many passengers were seriously Injured. ‘ A cut fn VfapesTed td’a riot at ' the Arkansas Valley Smelter at (jeadyiUe.. Workmen who refused to accept the reduction stoned th isc who were willing to . toft he tow n. a