Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1908 — THE WORLD'S HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD'S HAPPENINGS

hnptpks «f UftoDite Ik« Called From the Press Dispttches ts Metropolitan Papers. The Fowler schools have Instituted $ fire alarm system and fire drills are held each day. The high school building at Monon was flooded with water last week and considerable damage was done. All the schools have been closed and all public gatherings have been ta booed at Franklin on account of an epidemic of smallpox. Daniel Bosh, a pioneer of Indiana, and the first male child born in Lafayette, is dead at bis home near Seafield. W. H. Thompson, of Valparaiso, was awarded a verdict of $2,000 in the Valparaiso superior court for the death of his son who was killed in the wreck of the Wallace circus train at Durand, Mich., two years ago. Get DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve—it is healing, soothing and cooling. It is good for piles. Sold by Is. F. Fen dig. Claude Babb, two years old, son of %t» and Mrs. Carroll Babb, of Eaton, fell out of a window while he had a toy rake in his mouth and the prongs were forced through the roof of his month into the brain, killing him. » ———————— —————— Wolcott is to have a base ball team again this summer. The fans are goHt'ng busy to give a play to raise the money for a start. Man Zan Pile Remedy. Price 50c is guaranteed, But up ready to use. One application, prompt relief to any form of piles. Sdothes and heals. Sold by B. F. Fendlg. M.Ap.My. Munroe Philips, of near Creston, lowa, visited Lowell, the guest of' his sister, , Mrs. James Smith. This is the first time the brother and sister had seen one another in fifty years, and it was a happy meeting. In Benton county there are 21,345 people living in "dry” territory, territory from which the saloons have beer tory from which the saloons have been driven by the use of the remonstrance. But in one township of the County, which has a population of 788, there are four saloons. ManZ&n Pile Remedy comes ready to use, in a collapsible tube,, with nozzle. One application soothes and heals, reduces inflammation and re- 4 lieves soreness and itching. Price 50c. Sold by B. F. Fendig, McApMy Members of secret fraternities and Sororities will not be allowed to attend high Bchools of Chicago after the beginning of the school year next Beptember,under a drastie rule adopted by the board of education of the n T**T ~ TO ‘~ vote stood 16 to 3in favor of the rule. Wearing a badge made of hemp and formed in the shape of a noose, Whiting citizens have organized themselves into a vigilance committee to watch three of the city councilmen who are thought to be permitting the Hammond Whiting & East Chicago Railway company to flirt with them for a fifty yhar franchise.

Andrew Carnegie la to be asked to reward a Laporte county boy with a medal. The youth’s name is Henry Pearce, aged 13 years, and he saved two smaller sisters from drowningJ>y an act of heroism that should cause his name to be written in the catalogue of the republic’s heroes.

Roy Yeager, the 15-year old son of Fineon Yeager, one of the best known residents of Tippecanoe township, was drowned Thursday night in Headley lake, near Lafayette, while duck hunting. The boat he was in capsized and unencumbered with heavy hunting clothes he soon |p|uL'| 30 Days’ Trial SI.OO is the offer on Pineules. Relieves Back-ache, Weak Back, Lame Back, Rheumatic Pains. Best on sale for Kidneys, Bladder and Blood. Good for young and old.*Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Mch,A,My. i *" 7 ------i——— A car load of undesirable citizens, 26 in number, were herded in a Pennsylvania car and shipped to Logansport Befqre the fact became known to the Logan police they were scattered throughout the city, but later Were rounded up and driven out of town. The first hunters license ever issued to a woman at Delphi has been taken out by Mrs. Clarence Johns. Mrs. Johns is well known as a marksman. She procured the license chiefly that she might accompany her husband on his duck huntr ing expeditions to tie Kankakee marshes. Don't cough your head off when you can get a guaranteed remedy in Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. It is especially recommended for children, as it pleasant to take, is a gentle laxative, thus expelling the phlegm from the system. .For coughs, colds, croup, whooping-cough, hoarseness and all bronchial trouble. Guaranteed. Sold by B. F. Fendlg. MchApMaj

While blasting away a large stone imbedded at great depth in the ground a construction, crew on the line of the new Monon railway, near Jasonville, discovered a den of snakes. When the blast was fired the snakes were thrown in every direction. The majority seemed lifeless, but a number tried to crawl away. A snake was killed measuring nine feet in length. Sheriff Swisher, accompanied by Captain Sanders of the Pan Handle detective force, left yesterday afternoon for the prison at Michigan City, where they will meet and bring the murderers of Sheriff Oglesby to Winamac today. The prisoners, Frank Webb and John Smith, will ask for and probably be granted a change of venue to Starke county, where their trial will be held at the next term of court