Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1895 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Happy Ending to the. Romance in the Life of W. L. Babbitt, of Crawfords-ville-Terre Haute Man Gets Into "Serious Tro nlHe. ' Mother and fan Reunited. AV. L. Babbitt, the well-know*!! traveling salesman of Crawfordsville, has found ills mother, from Whom he was separated for tit irty -t-wrr ycn rs, nnd - for whom he - had bi'vii suairehing—tor twenty years. Mr. Babbitt’s.father was a lumber dealer in Chicago, and nn infidel. Mrs.-Babbitt obtained a divuri-e. and the father kid—naped the 5-year-oldi-child. liis mother “was 'unalde to obtain the slightest clew as to liis whercalrbuts. and she finally left Chicago and went to live.with a sister in Niles, Alii.h. b Meantime, Babbitt had also gone to a li:inbc;r town in Michigan, taking with him his son. The lad, when 16 years old, attempted to run aw_ay- and_ find his mother. Rut , was overhauled by his Tatlier and given a most terrible beating. -Whenuhow ever, _AV. T. Babbitt cel ebrated birthday he called his father to account and demanded to know who his mother was and where she lived. His father laughed him to scorn and refused to give him satisfaction. Then he went to CffieagOi and there iitterested a wealthy friend, who spent quite a sum of money in endeavoring to learn of Mrs. Babbitt's whereabouts. It seems tliat, unknown to the searchers, Mrs. Babbitt, after divorce, had rcassumed her maiden name, Hjjttie Davis. In -the jpOtfrse of time" the son learned from his father's brother tliat his niother hail come from New England, ami had ostensibly left Chii-ago for tier old home. The search was t*hen conducted chiefly in the East. Finally, all except Mr. Babbitt gave up the search. He continued it from the time he was 21 years old until success cfowned i>f.37,. (j£ conrse, not having much means his efforts were liampered] Two weeks ago ho Waa in- Niles, NLieh.. and while talking to a fnsrrinir'i‘ ri:j!nr‘ii \\'oi)ils, the story of Babbitt's life came out. An old gentleman named Hunter was in tlie room, and, having hoard tlie story, declared that his wife was well aequainteil witli Babbitt’s mother, and for tlie first,;tinie Babbitt heard that his mother hid lived for several years in Niles. Till* was a clew; which speedily disclosed that his mother was then residing witli her sister, Mrs. J. S. Boyce, at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Mr. Babbitt proceeded to the telegraph office and sent a inessagoetoMTN. Boyce, stating “ who he wits, and asking for information as to his mother. In a short time he received an answer, stating that his mother was then alive and well, and almost prosIrated wit ii joy-at- lii-aring of hhn. Mr. Babbitt left as soon-jgs possible for Cuyahoga Falls, find Ins reunion with his mother can lie better imagined than described. His mother; now 76 years old, -he found a lady well-preserved and highly Intelligent. He also found tliat in tho same town lived several uncles, aunts and cousins of whom he had never heard.

The German Carp. The game and fish wardens <Jf~OTio and Indiana unite in pronouncing the- German egrp almost useless as a food fish, and a source- of great damage to other varieties. .They say the carp does not' prey upon other minnows, but he wallows about in the mud and water so foul that other fish cannot breqd. The flesh of the carp is soft, and as a game fish he is worthless. On the Other hand, the Illinois commissioner defends the carp. A few years ago it was quite the fad for farmers to have carp ponds. Freshets caused overflows, and then streams became filled With them; wherever the carp has been transplanted—and the breed is wonderfully prolific—other varieties of fish have grown vastly fewer.One farmer declared that after he had raised two crops from a dried-up >pnd bed, when a freshet came mid filled the pond, spawn of the carp began to’hatch and has since thrived. The general opinion seems to be that the carp is a regular hog—the scavenger of inland waters.

Remarried His Divorce:! Wife. Emma Fox has filed her petition for a divorce from her husband, George Fox, and in it sets forth some startling nllegat*;ns. They their divorcrtL— She charges that she then went to work in a tin plate factory at Montpelier, and that during last October her ex-husband drove up in a buggy and forced her to get in. After doing so he told her that she must go to Hartford City and marry him or he would_kill her. She went with him, was married by a just icq of the peace, and then back to Montpelier. Fox then told her he had done it-to keep some one else fromgetting her. He has never been s%n since. . V. Flaiiucd tbc Household Goods. George Loucks, of Hillsboro, 111., shipped a carload of household goods to Terre Haute Moijday.'aml Friday arrived to take them in charge. sTo his surprise lie found that another man had carted them away. Detectives have arrested George'Laux, a mill hand, and the goods have been found in his possession. The bill-of lading was sent to. him,-and he claims to have,, believed that the effects wore a‘Christinas gift from his parents: He will be prosecuted On a charge of forgcrjL having signed Loucks’ name to the freight receipt,

AU Over the State, The Elwood churches have organized for charity work. Wilson Lewis, Of Lafayette, had his skull fractured in a runaway accident. ' Mrs. Lena Van Capen, of Petersburg, attempted suicide with poison, assigning no cause. . J A new Presbyterian church at Montpelier has been dedicated. 'The Bev. F. E. Willman is pastor. “Lon" Skinner, son of a farmer near Westport, 'ts-mndeS.,arrest, charged with uttering a forged check, calling for ssf<o, _to_Jirhi<h the name L os D. F. Armstrong was signed. The check was presented to !■■■ Third National Bairkrttrcensburg. E. Campbell & Co., implement dealers of Frankfort, hare made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Theo assets ahd liabilities are roughly played ajt ?20,000. The failure Is attributed to difficulty in making collections. At Kokomo Byroh Reed, an artist and musician, committed suicide with a revolver. Beside him was found this note: “Life is not worth the candle, hence I snuff it out With full faith in immortality I hope to meet yon all id the sunny land. As the sun nOw-sets so sets my earthly life." He was 07 years old and had been in bad health.