Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1908 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE]

Indiana State News

WOMAN HEIR HEARD FROM. Turned Up at* Step* Were BeIMM Taken to Declare Her Dead. Jl The name of May Hettlemeyer, as sol heir of the estate of Busan Graves on Columbus, has besn on the books of 'Mu couflty clerk for two years, and repeated! efforts have been made to find the woman >j so the money held in trust could be distributed. A large amount of money was involved, but it conld not be distributed until all the heirs were found. Nothing had been beard from Miss Settlemeyer tor ten years, and it was thought she was .--dead. Steps were taken to bring an action to have he woman declared legally dead. Steps were taken to bring an aeclerk from her husband. She is now Mrs. James B. Turpen of Eberfeld, Ind. Mrs. Turpen did not know there was anything due her until she read something about the efforts Which would shortly be matte to dec Wilier legally dead. She will now prove her right to a share estate and the distribution will follow^,**, , \ OCTOGENARIAN RECLUSE. Asred Farmer Lives Alone and Tilln Eighty Acre* of Land. William Oliphant, who lives near Bitrnej station, is perhaps one of the Oldest men in the State who lives entirely alone. He is past 83 years of age, and in spite of the fact that his children have begged him to come- and live with them, he refuses their offers, and says he would not be satisfied anywhere except at the old home. - He made a rule early in Use to arise every morning at 4 o’clock, and he adheres strictly to this rule even at his advanced age. In summer he tills a farm oi eighty acres. lie enjoys the best of health, and has not needed the services of a physician in twenty-five years. 'The aged man has lived alone for fifty-five years. ENEMIES WRECK STORE. George W. Gilbert, Sew Parley Suiter* Severe Lou. An explosion wrecked the hardware store of George W. Gilbert, in New Paris at 9:30 o’clock the other night. The one-story frame building was entkridy demolished, and the stock is a total lons. Gilbert denies that he bad any dynamite in stock, but a small quantity of gasoline and powder was stored in a different part of the building., It is believed that private enemies are responsible for (ho loss. The shock was a severe one, and was felt for ten miles away. Fortunately there was' no person in the building at the time. ■ - -ffiffijgj WIDOW DIES OF GRIEF. Mr*. Clifton Gardner Survive* Her Hnahand Only Three Week*. Mrs.-Clifton Gardner, 1)0 years old. ind ■ the first white child born in Berrien county, Michigan, died of grief in South Bend, broken-hearted over the loss of ter husband, who died three weeks ago, after fifty-five y<®rs of wedded life. She was known throughout that part of the country as a woman who never ha.! a lamp in her house and who always depended on candles for light. af Refuse* to Take Drink; Saves Bay. Refusal to take a drink of whisky cn a cold night, from two vagabonds, oa a long tramp, saved Raymond Lewenioht in South Bend from a long reformatory sentence. The jury held that Lewenicbt. who is but a bOT, showed unmistakable traits of manliness by the act. also considerable fortitude. He was one of three boys found guilty of stealing when arraigned in the Superior Court. Lewen-k-ht got off with a thirty days’ jail sentence. “ .>» - —— — — ~~ ... Die* In Reformatory. Charles Shepherd, 23 years old, committed to the Indiana reformatory from St. Joe county Oct. 17, 1900, died in the institution of cardiac insufficiency, after an illness of,eight hours. He was convicted of petit larceny. The body probably will be shipped to the- State anatomical board, as it is not known that Shepherd had any friends. Man «( 30 Wed* Hl* Grandmother. After keeping their secret for a month. Fred Shot well of South Bend. 30 year* old, and Mrs. Emma Sbotwell, 71 yeinp old, have announced their marriage, which (•ecurred at Pottefville, Mich., Nor. 18. The bride is the step-grandmother of tM groom. Fatally Hart In Exploalon. The plant of the Prestolite company n» Indianapolis blpw up on a recent noon. Elmer Jessup and John'Vangoa der were fatally injured. SHORT STATE ITEMS. James Ray. teamster, and well known in labor circles, was kicked by a virions mule in Evansville and killed. Perry King, near Brazil, while working in the Monarch mine, was caught by a fall of slate, breaking his arm and inflicting internal hurts which may prove fatal. Clark Mills, former sheriff of Grant county, has agreed with the County Commissioners to settle a shortage in bis accounts for $1,700. : Most of this amount is for “in and out" charges which Milia collected and retained prior to the decision of the Supreme Court awarding such fees to the .county. A. S. Ayres, president of the Fort Till* Gas and Oil Company, says that Fortville is assured of plenty of fas for yearn to come, the back pressure at the regulator being twenty-five pounds. New wells will be drilled at au early date,, increasing the output. Gov, IJanly has pardoned two m«n under life sentence fbr murder. They are Samuel Harmon, 73 years old, sentenced In 1901 from Clay county for killing Charles Reynold*, and Joseph Osborn, 55 years old, sentenced, in 1906 from Adams County for killing his father-ln lsw. John Busenbank.