Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1908 — FROM OVER INDIANA [ARTICLE]

FROM OVER INDIANA

The body of a man found murdered near Rolling Prairie Aug. 3 has been ; practically identified as that of Casimer Kerseniew of Grand Rapids, Mich, aStF z Nathan Di/Coffin, the first man to bring a steel plow or a sewing machine into Haneock county, is de d a his home in Westland. Mr. Coffin was nearly 90 years old. The Standard Steel Car company of Hammond will be employing 1500 men by Nov. 1. That is the reassuring news which comes from theb’g plant in East Hammond, which has been idle for several months. Marion Warner of Warsaw is in possession of an egg, laid by one of his hens, and on which are the raised letters in the shell, “W. H. T.” Mr. Warner says that he regards this as a sure sign of the election of William An attempt to rob the bank at Trafalgar was made Monday night but only 75 cents in pennies was obtained. An effort to force the combination on the safe was made, but it is believed the burglars were scared away. Entrance to the bank was made through a back door. Forty Logans port high school freshmen, painted and garbed as Salome or wearing Merry Widow hats and directorire skirts, were paraded by upper classmen, preceded by drum and bugle corps, to the town pump, yhere their faces were washed witnout ceremony or soap by their captors. Chicken as cheap as beefsteak. That is the situation with Warsaw dealers, and packers are holding their stock for better prices. Spring chickens are now selling for 10 cents and up, dressed. Young chickens now being purchased by dealers in Kosciusko county are being placed in pens and fattened. Discouraging word comes from the farms on the highlands, as well as the marsh farms on the Kankakee, where the entire crops were killed by the frost. The grub worms are now taking the corn and pasture along the shore line, and they will no doubt keep at work until It rains or the ground freezes. County Attorney John C. Rucklehaus of Indianapolis has collected 96,* 113.06 from Emmett 8. Huggins in 1 settlement of the claim against Huggins for forgeries to that amount which he confessed in his testimony , at the trial of John McGregor. The amount was paid in one check and receipt was given by the county attorney, which detailed the different warrants which Hugginß had drawn. = 13 Fred Marline*, of Union Center, furnished $1,600 bond in JnsUos Grover’s const at Laporte tor appearanoe Friday morning on a trial for a charge of assault with intent to kill preferred by John Parker. Parker,

Who appeared in court, was badly bruised and covered with bandoges. The alleged assault was commited Saturday. Judge Tuthill, In the superior 0001% is engaged in hearing the case of Phillip Buettner vs. the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Railway company. This is a personal injury suit brought there on a charge of venue from Lake county. Quite an array of legal talent is engaged and the case will probably last several day* Joseph Fisher, a constable attached to Justice W. A. Reiland’s court in East Chicago, is considered thereabouts the meanest man in Indiana. He was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to forty days in the Lake county jail for abusing his wife. Mrs. Fisher testified that he made her sleep on the grass so that he could have all the pillows on the bed. Fish--511 weighs 200 pounds and hi« wtfa 100.