The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 March 1912 — Page 1

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IHS FROM ALL OVERTHE STATE Items of More or Less Interest to Our Readers, gathered From Our Exchanges. Joseph H. Sorter of Goshen, aged 34 years, married, but separated from his wife, suicided Thursday night or early Friday morning in his room at the apartment of his sister, Mrs James Correll. He used ajgas tube, placing one end in his mouth and fastened the other end to a gas attachment in the wall. The little three years old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. McKesson of Plymouth, Saturday under peculiarly \sad circumstances. The family wei)it to Tyner Saturday to visit relatives. The little son. Jones, was left with his grandmother, Mrs. Williams, while Mrs. McKesson called on other relatives. While playing about the house the little fellow got hold of a box of pills containing strychnine and ate all of them. His death resulted in a short time.—Bremen Enquirer. George P. Stewart, of Ft. Wayne, whose joints were ossified and absolutely rigid for the last nine years, is dead. He was a human skeleton and every muscle was gone. His case was one of the few known to medical fraternity of the county. Stewart suffered no pain and although bedfast nine years, has no sores on his body. The only movements possible were the working of the lower jaw and the opening and closing of his eyes. He was 45 years of age and before his sickness was a telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania railroad. William T. Walker Thursday entered a plea of guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to the state penitentiary at Michigan City for life. Walker choked his his wife to death September 10, last, and buried the body beneath a grape arbor in the back yard, His crime was discovered two months later and he confessed to the police. Police found the body of the woman at the spot indicated by Walker, who had remained at the home following the murder, sleeping night alter night in a room a few feet from where he had buried his wife. Eight pupils of the West Lafayette high school were expelled Friday by Principal E. P. Kreutzinger because they refused to sign pledges that they would sever their relations with the Aenon Dancing Club. Recently the school board of West Lafayette issued an order that no high school pupil should hold membership in any kind of an organization. Up to that time an effort had been made to retain fraternities in the high school. This order wiped out not only fraternities, but dancing clubs as well. The students rebelled against the order and ten days were given in which to sign pledges or be expelled from school. At the morning session the pledges were called for and the boys all informed the principal that they would not sign such a pledge. They were ordered from the building. We received a letter from Mrs. Alonzo Hire of Hinsdale, Montana, one day last week enclosing a draft for another year’s subscription to the Journal, and stating that the Journal is a welcome visitor at their home. Mrs. Hire states that they are now having nice weather, but the winter has been extremely cold, the thermometer registering 62 degrees below zero January 11. Be sure and see Fisher Brothers at New Paris, before you buy your i fence and posts. j

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1912.

Found Body of Infant in Open Vault. Coroner Kelly of Warsaw, is in Packerton inveitigating a case that has caused considerable commotion in that neighborhood. The case hinges on the finding of an infant’s body in an open vault in the back yard of Mrs. Samuel Finton’s property in that town. The discovery was made by Mrs. Finton on Sunday and since that time the gossip ing people of the community have been kept busy circulating the many stories that have been started. Coroner Kelly believes that he will be able to locate the mother of the infant, but has not stated what action he will take. The discovery was made on Sunday. Mrs. Fenton, who resides in Fort Wayne, visited in Packerton on that day and took occasion to look over the property! which has been without a tenant for the past year. It was then that she discovered the body in the vault. The news of the find spread rapidly and many inquisitive people viewed the spectacle before the body was removed by the direction of Coroner Kelly.—Northern Indlanian. Found Things in Excellent Shape Bank Examiner Thomas of Lafayette, was in Ligonier Tuesday, and spent the day in examining the Farmers & Merchants Trust Company bank, and reported everything in a No. 1 shape. He says this is one of the few banks in Indiana that he found as perfect in its workings and system. Every fund balanced to a penny, the loans are widely scattered, securities are good and every department of the bank is in excellent shape. He complimented Cashier. Hennr on his work and to a Leader repr&enthtive he said Mr. Henry was a hard worker, very systematic, and had his work right up to the minute. He congratulated the stockholders on the bank’s success and growth and said it was an institution of which they might well be proud.—Ligonier Leader. Democrats Take Notice. There will be a caucus of the Democrats of Turkey Creek Township in the office of Butt and . Xanders on Saturday, March 9th, 1912, at 2 p. m. for the purpose of electing a delegate and alternate to the Democrat State, Congressional, Joint Senatorial and Joint Represenative Conventions. Good candidates for these various offiices should be nominated, your delegate does this, therefore be present to elect the proper delegate. Turkey Creek Twp. Commitee. Winona Has a Freak Calf. At the agricultural farm of the Winona College of a freak calf was born about a week ago. The animal is of Holstein breed and is absolutely tailless, not a vestige of a caudle appendage continuing from the animal’s vertebrae. Otherwise it is a fine specimen of its class in form and is healthy and frisky, It attracts considerable curiosity of the students and Winonians. G. W. Elliott, of Warsaw, installs the best know system of Acetylene lights. Satisfaction guaranteed. See him before investing. 12-ts

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AFFAIRS IN GUBA; HOW GOMEZJSJARICATURED Carnival Season Has Closed and a General Resumption of Business is Looked For Affairs in Cuba are still in a very unsettled condition. Nothing seems to allay the seeming unrest. The carnival season has just ended and somewhat better business prospects are looked for. During this carnival season there is no thought of business, everything is given over to pleasure; masquers, parades and confetti fill the streets, while balls take place every night in nil the fashionable clubs and in all the theatres. Today, the date of this letter, the Catholic church has proclaimed that “all men are dust and to dust return.” They call the day “Miercoles de beniza,” which is our Ash Wednesday. This ends the festivities and now we look for a resumption of business if only the politicians and grafters will let things alone. Gomez, the President of Cuba, is openly called a thief. A Havana comic paper came out recently with a cartoon depicting Gomez in the guise of a fisherman with a grip in his hand instead of a fish basket and under the picture were the words: “There goes the robber with his stolen property.” Yet strange to say, he did not dare suppress the paper. Although we go to the best hotels it is always the same, “beans and onions,” to say nothing of that odor of garlic which assails you everywhere. A piece of pie would be as great a curiosity as white elephant. Optimism Versus Pessimism. Everyone knows what an optimist is. you see him everywhere; on the streets, in places of business, in gatherings of every kind and in the home. You single him out by his very appearance, his countenance is smiling and cheerful, optimism shines forth from his very demeanor. He is the advance guard of progression and progressive ideas. You do not find the proverbial “chip” on his shoulder for he is not looking for trouble nor does trouble seek him, for he avoids trouble if possible. If he meets with misfortune, he takes it calmly and even grandly and does not become sour on the world generally, nor does he think the world has a grudge against him; his smiling face soon returns and he at once gives thanks that the universe has blessed him with continued existence. But what is that dark splotch approaching? You need not hazard a guess, because the pessimist’s presence is self-evident, he needs no introduction or explanation. You are not required to look into the by-ways and hedges for this sort of a man for he occupies too prominent a place on our streets, street corners, gatherings of any kind and especially amongst loafing rendezvous, His countenance has not the smiling appearance of the optimist for quite the contrary it has a dark, gloomy, foreboding appearance. He resembles the very thought uppermost in his mind. He is not able to see good in anything, continually looks on the dark side of affairs, nothing please him, the chip is constantly op his shoulder, for it is his buisness to look after and into trouble. If persons with progressive ideas attempt to do something for , the betterment of mankind or even the good of a town, city ar community, it at once meets with his cordial disapproval. The pessimist takes special delight in inculcating bad into anything good and without cause; he willfully tears down and

always without any attempt at upbuilding. Analyze the two and you will generally observe that the optimist is one who does things and the pessimist is the man who does things and the pessimist is the man who does nothing, except criticise. The pessimist is generally incapable of doing anything. The pessimist is correctly labelled when he is termed a “Knocker”, for we know his hammer is|continually going, it knows no bounds, the chips are ever flying. Are you a pessimist or are you an optimist? Search your own heart and before you ever condemn or knock any principle or object, ponder whether or not you are justly doing so. No person, man, or child, living in Syracuse, can say on the spur of the moment that he is not a knocker or pessimist, for he may be one unthinkingly. Apply the principle of optimism to our everyday walks in life; don’t condemn any worthy project, instituted here in Syracuse; don’t continually lament and say “The Town is Dead”, for you may spread about this idea when the case may be absolutely the reverse, will do you no good even if true; don’t point out flaws in this or that unless you can and will correct them yourself; don’t revile and persecute your neighbor without cause: don’t start idle gossop, it can do you no good and may harm an innocent person. If you must do something, become

(H Get Ready to Do Your SPRAYING We have the Lime and Sulphur solution for spray- . ing all kinds of fruit trees, vines, plants, etc., and Arsenate of Lead for spraying. Step in and get a book of Instructions for Spraying of fruit trees. F. L HOCH Phone 18 1 1 H **l M< i 11444 B fine Collection of Crockery can be seen at our store. Why not improve your home by purchasing some “really fine” cups, saucers, dishes and other articles that are constantly used in the home. Our stock provides the means for such improvement. tldbat is Borne without a complete set of dishes, etc., to partake of the luxuries of the dining table? It is incomplete and lacking this pleasant feature. Our complete line of crockery is of fine appearance, and our prices are! as attractive as the goods themselves. If in need of anything in our line, call here and make your purchases? mammmm —— —— l SEIDER & BURGENER.

an optimist; it will be no time until this little city of ours, full of optt- N mists, will soon show the results of/ our thoghts and will soon take on an optimistic appearance and prosperity will abundantly reign. Are you a knocker, alias pessimist? Stop, think, for you may be and not know it. „ Uncle Josh. House Destroyed By Fire The house on the Orange Richhart farm two miles south of Syracuse, occupied by his son, Ernest Richhart and family was completely destroyed by fire early last Thursday evening. Mrs. Richhart and the children had been in town all day and there had been no fife in the kitchen stove. In the evening they left home about 20 minutes after 6 and were just seated at the supper table of his father, Orange Richhart, about 7 o’clock, when the word came that the house was on fire. Vr The kitchen seemed to be ablaze first and as there had been no fire in it all day they cannot account for the fire in any way. They were able to save only a part of one bedroom suit with the bedding and part of the carpet and their best clothes which were in the front bedroom. There was insurance on both the house and contents but as is always the case it can never begin to cover the loss. Besides their fruit and vegetables they had pdl their meatin the cellar and three large cans of lard. ~

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