Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1900 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Ridiculous Legal Fight Over a Dead Dog Wheat Damaged by Frost — Gritty Escape from Jail—Babe’s Body Found in a Log. A.suit over a dead dog was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana by Jacob Van Treese of Decatur County. The dog, which was of a common variety, was found dead on the public .highway, and Ralph Magee took the body. Van Treese sued him for possession, alleging that the body, including the hide and carcass, was worth $2. He wanted the dog’s body, he declared, so that he might affectionately bury it on the home farm. A jury in a squire’s court gave Van Treese damages to the amount of 1 cent. The Decatur County court reversed the squire's court. Van Treese now appeals to the State’s highest court. The costs of the ease have reached a high figure. Indiana Wheat Damaged. The wheat fields of the north central part of the State are reported greatly damaged by the last cold spell. The continued 7 freezing and thawing, the farmers say, have ruined thousands of acres, all the fields in Howard County being more or less damaged. The farmers who take into account the usual amount of spring freezing a fid its effect on the crop declare the prospect is the worst for years, with no hope of more than a third of a crop. Many of the farmers are preparing to plow up the wheat ground and plant the fields with other grain. Through a Fiery Furnace. Albert Hayes, in jail at Lawrenceburg for stealing rubber hose from the Big Four, and about to be returned to the Plainfield reform school from which he was out on parole, crawled through the register in the hall. corridor, down the tin pipe and to liberty through the furnace in the basement. A small bed of coals lay in the furnace. The boy was evidently burned, as he left his coat behind, and it had been partly consumed and left in a bucket of water.

Body Found in a Hollow Log. Two residents of Ervin township made a grewsome discovery in passing through a wood. Secreted in a hollow log were found the partially decomposed remains of a child, supposed to be about 2 years of age. The body bore marks of violence and the theory is that a murder has been committed. The body was found in the Amish settlement. Asks Village for Epileptics. The Kfiuiana board of State charities i» its annual report to the Governor recommended in view of the great number of epileptic patients in the State school for the feeble-minded and other institutions that a village for epileptics be established. It also recommeifded the establishment of colonies for insane patients who are able to work.- . •