Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1899 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Gm Explosion Startle* a Town—End of a Hpnnted House in Peru—Shot on Hie Own Doorstep- One Wreck Quickly Follows Another. A break in the main line of the Chicago Gas Pipe Line Company near Logansport caused an explosion which shook the city and startled the citizens from their homes. A flaw in an eight-inch main caused the explosion and threw dirt and rock high in the air. The gas continued to escape with a roar and rush that could be heard for miles around. The break was repaired after several hours’ hard work. Tears Down a Haunted House. Charles H. Brownell, one of Peru's wealthiest citizens, is tearing down a brick residence in the eastern part of the town because the belief prevails that the dwelling is haunted. He has vainly endeavored for several years to rent the property, but in every instance has gone up against the superstition, until in disgust he is tearing the building down and will use the brick in another structure. Second Wreck in Two Days. A wreck on the Bedford branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern branch was followed by a collision about six miles east of the main line, the wrecking crew which was at work on the branch being called there before getting its first wreck cleared. No lives were lost, the engineer and fireman jumping to save their lives. Called to His Door and Shot. John Boohr of Kokomo was fatally shot at his door the other night by George Chamberlin. The men had quarreled regarding Boohr’s wife, and Chamberlin, while intoxicated, went to the Boohr home and without saying a word fired a bullet into Boohr’s left breast, near the heart. He was arrested. Within Our Borderu. Alamo will have a horse show June- 3. Crawfordsville has organized a zouave company. Culver military academy will have new barracks. U. W. Breeden, Columbus, appointed County Clerk. Over 500 Lagrange County farmers have telephones. Anderson Telephone Company will put its wires under ground. Lebanon saloons will drop out the free lunch with each schooner. -James Davy, 65, Company O, Forty-sev-enth Indiana, Spiceland, dead. Unknown baby left on the doorstep of Thomas Abrams, Gwynneville. Mitchell district medical society meets at West Baden June 29 and 30. Building in Muncie has been suspended on account of»a hod carriers’ strike. W. T. Rusk, Waveland, found a Spanish coin, while plowing, dated 1775. Two glas splants have been added to Daleville within a week. Good gas supply. Seneca white lime company, Fostoria, with capital of SIOO,OOO, will be incorporated. Rev. J. W. Mellender, pioneer Methodist preacher, Glenwood, stricken with paralysis. Charles Adams, Muncie, found dead beside the Lake Erie tracks. Foul play suspected. McKinley has been invited to atteraLthe blue and gray reunion at Evansville, Oct. 11 to 18. Capt. Will Stott, Franklin, of the- 161st, wiH return to Cuba to manage a coffee plantation. Clubs in Louisville, Jeffersonville and New Albany have formed an anti-siang organization. .George C. McAuliffe, St. Louis insurance man, went violently insane on the streets of Bedford. William Hunt; Washington, shot hin> self in the food receptacle with a revolver that wasn’t loaded. Commissioners are having difficulty in districting their counties for the appointment of a county council. Benjamin Keelum, the colored man who rescued fifty-nine out of sixty-eight botses from a Logansport livery stable fire, is dead. Three tramp umbrella menders got into a scrap near Hartsdale, and Ed Wagner was stabbed seven times. The other two escaped. An average 12 per cent increase in wages has gone into effect at the Pittsburg plate glass works, Kokomo. It benefits 600 men. Franchises for an electric railway in Henry County from Knightstown to Greenfield, and from New Castle to Knightstown, granted. A new gas well drilled at Kokomo, the first in eight years, was a failure. Gas men claimed that if a field is rested a few years it can again be worked. This well was a test. At Elkhart, Mrs. James Allen Cook has begun an action against her father-in-law, John Cook, for $50,000 damages for alienating the affections of her husband, who is now in Fargo, N. D M for the purpose of obtaining a divorce. The death of Miss Rosa Storker In Evansville is said to have been due to excessive cake walking. The young woman was regarded as one of the most graceful cake walkers in the city and spent almost every night in the pastime. Thomas J. Murphy and wife, Hartford City, agreed to divide the property and children, he to take the two older ones, and she to retain the 11-monthsold baby. Later Murphy disagreed with this agreement and, kidnaping the baby, hied out with all three. The mother is wild with grief. » , Miss Blanche Riggs, Rushville, went to Indianapolis to visit her aunt. Guy Abercrombie went to attend a theatrical entertainment. The old folks were notified after the ceremony. A bottle found in the Ohio rivet contained a note written by William Casey, saying that he intended to drown himself because of his poverty. The note was dated Dec. 29,1882. Patrolman Jacob Kiefer. Evansville, at- I tempted to arrest two negroes and was I b tta k« Wl d y cT A 1 their With