Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1907 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE]

Indiana State News

STEER HAD TUBERCULOSIS* Animal Slaughtered at Richmond Found to Be Afflicted. A beef steer, suffering from tuberculosis, was slaughtered at a Richmond abattoir and the! carcass was condemned when " the government inspector east his eyes onjt. It was the fifth animal slaughtered for '.food that has been condemned Jn Richmond during the summer at the same place, and as the animals were all sold by farmers in that immediate vicinity, the belief prevails that it is likely many dieeased beeves have been slaughtered at houses where there is no inspection, and have been sold to consumers. PoMniaftter Good Pedestrian. Michael P. Poling, postmaster of Nashville, having frequently asserted that he had walked from Schooner to Nashville, a distance of seven miles, in an fiour, Manville Tomlinson challenged him to a pedestrian contest, and the pulled off, Poling covering the distance in fifty-five minutes, while Tomlinson reported five minutes' later. Wounded at Winona. Guy Turpin, a member of the Winona Lake boy-city, a son of Charles Turpin, Indianapolis, was accidentally shot at the entrance gate of Winona Lake Park by Glen McDonald of Indianapolis, who in some manner dlschAfge<r"an old Springfield rifle which had been discarded -by the Indianapolis militia and turned over t 6 the fbdianapolis Boys’ Brigade.. Trolley to French Eick. Surveyors are at work a few miles, above Millersburg, surveying a route for an electric line to run direct from Indianapolis to Evansville. The proposed line will pass through French Lick. The road will be a three-electric line, and will be used for both freight and passenger business. Result of Kick at Hen. Mrs. Charles Douglass, a farmer's wife, living west of Crawfordsville, attempted to kick a hen that was bothering her, and in missing the hen Mrs. Douglass fell to the ground in such a manner that her arm was broken, for the vigorous kick she gave caused her tb Ipse her equilibrium. Malicioua Trespaaa by a Tramp. A tramp went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stevens, a farmer, near Lebanon, and after driving Miss Osborn away, he feasted on what suited his appetite and then deliberately wrecked the furniture and fixtures, breaking whatever he could lay his hands upon. Saves Her Husband. While in a fit of rage Orlo Miller, living two miles northeast of Homer, tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the presence of his wife, but the prtlcky woman, realizing her husband’s intentions, seized the revolver in time to prevent him from doing so. May Get Full Amount. All Of the creditors of the People’s bonk at Brownstown, which closed its doors recently, will get the full amount of their claims, according to the report of C. W. Camp, a State bank examiner, if the stockholders of the bank are able to pay the assessment. Paator Decries Old Maida. Rev. W. G. Archer of Evansville and superintendent of the local Chautauqua, says young men do not marry because they cannot support a family. He wants all the shop girls to go into kitchens to avoid being old maids. • End* Else in Jail. A Civil War veteran, who gave the name of Frank E. Taylor, and who said he came from the Soldiers’ Home at Ma-’ rion, committed suicide by hanging ia the city jail at Richmond within an hour following his arrest for intoxication. Banclng Caused Typhoid Fever. Miss Rosa Zipp, a well-known Evansville society girl and prominent in church, and charity circles, died of typhoid fever brought on, the physicians state, from excessive dancing. Bank Clones Its Doors. The People's State bank of Brownstown was closed by the State authorities and application was made for the appointment of a receiver. The total liabilities are $336,000, with assets of $200,000. Elka Dedicate $50,000 Arcade. More than 500 guests took part in the dedication of the magnificent new $50,000 arcade, built by the Elks’ lodge of Warsaw. One Negro in Crawford County. Archibald Boone, 83 years old, is the only negro in Crawford county, as shown.., by the present enumeration. Minor State Items. An effort is being made to organize a company of the Indiana Rational Guard at Hope. Mrs. George B. Deming, 45 years old. while attending a Sunday school picnic near Poland, fell dead of heart failure. Spontaneous combustion of new mownhay caused the destruction of a barn owned by S. B. Whittenberger of Warsaw. Mrs. Frances Lee of Terre Haste, aged i 82, pleaded guilty to assault and battery t on her neighbor, Mrs. Bailey, and paid a fine. The aged woman had given the other woman a severe beating. While Heury Lung was being tried at Warsaw on a charge of illegally bavin® , a fish net, Constable Jarnos Stephenson, who arrested him, fell over dead jn th» court room. Fanners in the d-ction around Boonville fear another short crop of clover seed, owing to the absence of bumblebees. The bees are essential, because they carry the pollen from one clover blosaosß, to another and fertilize the seed. Bumblebees became so thick a few yean ago that they wera a pest, and the farmers* concerted effort to exterminate them resulted disastrously to the crop,