Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Changes In Salaries of Poetmasterg— Railway Wreck Caused by Boys— Killed Himself Before Hie MotherFee and Salary Law Valid. The Postoffice Department has made the following changes in postoffices and postmasters* salaries in the State: Richmond advanced from second to first class; Bedford, Franklin, Greenfield, Greensburg, Hartford City, Kendallville, Martinsville and Newcastle advanced from third to second class. Increases to— Increases to— Albany $1,500 Ladogasl,2oo Albion 1,400 Lafayette 3,100 Alexandria ... 2,200 La Porte2,soo Attica 2,700 Lebanon2,2oo Auburn 1,800 Liberty 1,500 Aurora 1,700 Ligonier 1,800 Bedford 2,000 Linton 1,200 Bloomfield ...’. 1,400 Logansport .... 2,700 Bluffton 2,300 Lowell 1,200 Bourbon 1,400 Martinsville ... 2,300 Bremen 1,100 Middletown ... 1,200 Brookville .... 1,500 Mishawaka .... 2,200 Butler 1,600 Monticello 1,700 Cambridge Cy. 1,500 Muncie ,2,900 Clay City 1,100 Nappnee 1,400 Clinton 1.400 New Castle2,ooo Columbia City. 1,800 New Harmony. 1,200 Connersville .. 2,200 Noblesville .... 1,900 Converse 1,200 North Vernon.. 1,800 Corydon 1,300 Notre Dame.... 2,100 Crown Point .. 1,600 Pendleton 1,300 Decatur 1,800 Plainfield 1,400 Edinburg 1,400 Remington .... 1,300 Evansville .... 3,300 Richmond 3,000 Fairmont 1,500 Rochester 1,800 Fowler 1,500 Rushville2,loo Franklin 2,000 Seymour 2,200 Garrett 1,500 Sheridan 1,300 Gas City 1,600 South Whitley. 1,200 Goodland 1,400 Spencer 1,600 Goshen 2,600 Summitville ... 1,200 Greenfield .... 2,000 Thorntown .... 1,500 Greensburg ... 2,000 Tipton 1,800 Hammond .... 2,600 Union Cityl,9oo Hartford City . 2,000 Upland 1,200 Huntingburg .. 1,400 Valparaiso2,soo Huntington -... 1,400 Veedersburg ... 1,200 Indianapolis .. 3,900 Warren 1,300 Jasper 1,200 Warsaw 2,100 Jonesboro 1,600 Williamsport .. 1,200 Kendallville .. 2,000 Winchester .... 1,800 Kentland 1,400 Worthington .. 1,600 Knightstown .. 1,700 Decreases to — Decreases to— Genevasl,ooo Lawrenceburg .SI,BOO

Fee and Salary Law la Valid. The Supreme Court in a decision announced the other day holds that the fee and salary law under, which the compensation of all the State and county officers is fixed is constitutional. Judge Jordan declined to concur in the decision. The effort to have the law declared invalid was backed by the County Officers’ Association. Mother Seen a Son's Suicide. William Nehl, the 17-year-old son of Joseph* J. Nehl, a prominent citizen of Union Mills, shot himself through the heart because his sweetheart refused to accompany him to a concert. The youth was standing a few feet away from his mother when he fired the fatal shot and as he fell his life blood was sprinkled over her. Bo ya Derail a Train. Small boys placed railroad spikes on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad track near Proctor, and the eastbound accommodation struck the spikes and left the track near a bridge. Had it not been for the prompt action and watchfulness of Engineer Sullivan a fearful wreck would have resulted and many lives lost. The boys fled to the woods. Woman Fatally Shot by Boya. At Lafayette, Mrs. William A. Hoover was fatally shot while passing through an alley to her residence. Two boys are under arrest, each charging the other with the shooting. Within Onr Borders. Nearly 500 of the Benbow family attended the reunion at Muncie. Cloudburst at Washington. Water three feet deep on a part of Main street. Anderson has so many cases of measles that the board of health run out of cards. New hall at Notre Dame will be dedicated next September, in honor of Father Corby. Indiana Glass Company closed sos plant at Middletown, rather than pay union wages. The increasing demand in the bottle trade has caused a corresponding increase in price. Quite a rivalry has sprung up between Indiana towns over which can report the most robberies. East Germantown was the first town in the State of less than 1,500 inhabitants to transfer its school property to the township. Charles Crecelius, New Albany, secretary of the State Board of Pharmacy, has received over 4,000 applications for licenses. Three freight coach gnd a dozen people were injured on the old Midland, near Noblesville, by the engine striking a cow. After sticking two hours, the Lafayette mad stone sucked all the hydrophobia out of William Edwards, who was* bitten by a dog at Hillsboro. Claude Hilton, 10, Plainfield, fell from a tree While trying to get a bird’s nest. His nose was mashed flat, and part of his tongue was bitten off. Miss Catherine Graham, a society belle of Evansville, and a niece of Gov. Bradley of Kentucky, was given a judgment in the Superior Court against David Gilbert, a merchant, for $5,000. She sued for $25,000, alleging breach of promise. John Peil, late of Baltimore, has begun suit for SIO,OOO damages against the Sanitary Enameling Manufacturing Company, composed of Baltimore people who recently purchased and greatly enlarged the hollow ware factory at Muncie. Peil claims to have been the possessor of a secret enamel which he disclosed to the firm for a consideration. After they were acquainted with the ingredients he claims they broke their contract with him by discharging him. Edward Fitzpatrick, 15 years and 7 months old, is the youngest graduate the Terre Haute high school has had. The Hartford City Natural Gas and Oil Company has notified its patrons of a 50 per cent reduction in the price of gas for domestic purposes. John Year’s elevator, Overman & Zimmerman’s store and the Odd Fellows* Hall at Amboy burned. The loss is $«,- 000. On petition of the creditors of the Wayne Club, the most fashionable society