Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1897 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. A Mysterious Murder at Ligonier— Muncie Gambling House Raided— Dog Chewed Three Men— End of tha 'Washington Strike. Murder at Ligonier. John Earle catne to Ligonier from Buffalo and set' np a shoe repairing shop, in which he roomed. The other morning he was found dead in with contusions on his head. All the furniture was upset and there was blood on tbe wall. Three Men Chewed by a Dog. A vicious bulldog at Seymour attacked Charles Ormsby on the street and badly chewed both his hands. Thomas Stewart, owner of the brute, was also bitten, and Marshal Thicksten had his garments torn before the dog was killed. The dog was shot with a revolver, hit in the head with an ax and received the contents of a shotgun before being laid out. Muncie Gamblers Arrested. Police made a raid on McCoy’s gambling rooms and arrested a dozen patrons, confiscating the furniture. A score of other places had in some manner secured a “tip” and were closed, many having moved out. The city has been “easy” for some time, and the action caused a sensation in sporting circles. Robbed of Her Rings. Mrs. Albert Mustard of Lafontaine wau alone in her house the other night, when a tramp entered. She offered him food, but he refused H, and, grasping her bands, demanded money, at the same time stripping her fingers of gold rings which ah* wore. He escaped.

Verdict Against a Careleaa Company. The New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company has received judgment against the Natural Gas Company of Crawfordaville for $470. The gas company did not have a night man to watch tbe gas pleasure and from a red hot stove a house burned. . Indiana Strike Over. The Wilsons' coal strike at Washington was amicably settled and the men returned to work. A very slight advance was made in the price paid for entry air breaks. The Cabei trouble is still on, with no hopes of settlement. Young Woman Hangs Herself. Jennie Belie Woods hanged herself in the barn of William Crider, three miles from Greenfield. No cause is known for the suicide. All Over the Statm The Commercial Hotel of Greencastle was badly damaged by fire. Roger D. Gough of Boonevrile haa been appointed cadet at West Point. James Ridgeway, a prominent business man of Anderson, has disappeared. Mrs. Mary Kelly of Jackson township committed suicide by taking arsenic. William Aspy was crushed to death by the falling of a building at LaPoite. Schools in Richland and Union townships are closed oi> account of measles. The Odd Fellows of the State are going to build a ten-story temple in Indianapolis next year. At South Bend, James MUler died of. blood poisoning from a rusty nail wound, aged 72 years. Mrs. Maggie Bush, living near Shelbyville, has become insane from using a coal oil hair wash. ■ John House, a saloonkeeper of Muncie, was set upon by four masked men, wbo robbed him of S3OO. The corner stone of Fort Wayne's magnificent new court house was laid witn appropriate ceremonies. John Amos was accidentally shot and killed by Dennis Meagher while out boning near Lexington. John Dewester saved his child, front death under a train at ShdbyviUe, but lost his life in doing it Oil was struck in paying quantities at North Manchester. It spouted 100 feet into the air when struck. Jay Devault of Cromwell has been missing from bis home since Oct 6, when b« started for Columbus, O. At Washington, Lena Ferris, aged 5, died - from the effects of being burned while playing with matches. D. D. Bergen, who fell from the second story of his planing mill at Franklin, died without regaining consciousness. M. A. Cook, deputy collector of the port of Evansville, haa disappeared, leaving a letter confessing to a shortage of S6BO. At Evansville, Joseph P. Elliott, aged 83, has been admitted to tbe bar. He was for several years justice of the peace. Grant Chapman, a stock buyer of Gburubusco, bad $1,200 stolen from Us pocket while on the wsy home from Chicago. D. B. Sweetaer, who has always been regarded as one of the wealthiest citizens in Marion, mode an assignment to PhHfo Matter.

The fast passenger train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern BaUraad ran into a freight train in T Ijnidri. IMh engines were wrecked. James Oliver, the plow manufacturer, wifi begin tbe erection of a $200,000 hotel at South Bend, to take the place of tbs present Oliver Honse. Vaneas G. Crosby of Valparaiso has received tbe appointment of clerk of com* by Hon. J. W. Crumpacker, sawn Isis justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico, vice Harry Owen of declined. The plant of tbe Marietta glas work* at Red Key was destroyed by fire. A tank under a furnace exploded, and many workmen narrowly escaped injury. The, loss is $35,000, covered by insurance. Too plant will be rebuilt. The jury In the Stoddard-Walagmsi case at Valparaiso, in which the defendants were charged with having been haplicated in tbe death of a young girl, disagreed. At Nashville. Joseph Brimmel, Coney Rogers, John Stidd an*. William Dosr|‘ who were accused of whipping George H. Sherwood and his daughter LiHie, were acquitted. At Princeton, L. D. Jackson. a machhaist employed in the Louisville and St, lA>uis shops, attempted to kill L. E. Butler, assistant master mechanic. Jackson gave himself np to the police.