The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-30
UP AND DOWN
IN INDIANA
HUSBAND WORTH $500.


Mrs. Eva Hobson of Jacksonville, |
whose husband. William Hobson, was
killed July 20, 1907, in a head-on inter
urban collision at Watson near here,
has been awarder $4,000 damages
against the Louisville & Northern Rail- |
way Company, the result OF COM
promise.
TO HAVE EWO MEETINGS
Shelbyville Oct 29-The Federation |
Of Clubs of this city and Shelby county |
has arranged for two meetings here on |
Friday and Saturday nights. The
speakers for the two sessions are Mrs. |
Olaf N Guldin of Fort Wayne and Miss
Elizabeth n. Niblack of Indianapolis.
FOREST FIRE RACES.
A forest fire is raging just east of
Versailles. Valuable farm property is
in the path of the flames Assistance
has ben called
WATER FAMINE HURTS SCHOOL
The water famine which threatens
Bloomington may make a vacation for
students of Indiana university neces-
sary. According to DR.. Mother. head
of the committee that has the univer-
sity' campus in charge, If it does not
rain within the next week or ten days
shut off it's supply. as the reservoirs
are low.
WOMEN DO THE WORK.
Too much church work has been
on the shoulders of the women" said
the Rev. w. II. Dennison of Hunting
ton. in his report on the Christian
Brotherhood movement before the state
conference here today.
LAWYERS WANT FEES.
Three attorneys have brought suit
in the circuit court against Mrs. Ella
Willard of South Bend for an aggre-
gate of $1,000 for fees and money loan
ed while they were looking after her
interests in cases. The defendant is
said to be wealthy.
ENGLISH BREWER COMES.
Robert Cairns. an English capital
list who is interested in the brewing
industry of England and who is in
sympathy with the so-called personal
liberty" element, has been staying at
the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis for
several days
DANCES AT AGE OF 81.
Mrs Catherine Belois. 81 years old
of New Albany. went to a dance last
night Sixty years ago Mrs. Belois was
said to be one Of the best dancers in
the country and at her birthday party
she again tripped three two-steps and
two waltzes and yet was not fatigued
YOUNG MAN DISAPPEARS.
Virgil Kitson, II, son of ]. A. Kitson
OF Goshen came to Warsaw several
nights ago to deliver yeast to a loca
grocery man and then disappeared. AL
trace of the young man has been lost
and it is feared by his relatives thai
he has met with foul play.
CHAPMAN DIRECTS CONFERENCE
The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman Of WI
mona Lake, head of the Winona assem-
bly, association since its organization
was elected director of the Winona Bi-
BILE conference for three years at the
associations annual meeting today
, The associations annual program fol-
July and August 1909, was outlined.
JURORS RECEIVE BRIDE.
The Loporte county grand jury to.
: day returned true bills against William
Brakeman and William H. Bell of La
porte and Gus and George Stephens
of Chicago and Cincinnati for conspir
acy offering bride to juror and re
ceiving a bribeA Brakeman was re
leased on $4,000 bail. The others ar,
in jail.
NINE ESCAPE DEATH.
Nine persons escaped death in a man
ner little short of miraculous at /
: o'clock last night, when Garfield ca
No 43S left the tracks a. Lincoln ave
' nue. and East street. in Indiapaolis, ant
. crashed into the building occupied b.
John G. Pantzer's drug store and Dr.
NJ. o. De vaney's office. The entir
fI>nt of the building was wrecked ant
the car turned over on its side.