The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-07-24
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Becoming n woman hater because.
as he said. his wife deserted him at
Louisville. Ky, after inducing him to
assign half his property to her John
Steller of Evansville. 81 years old.
stipulated in his dying requests that
none but men should attend his fun
eral The mans wish will be followed
at his funeral Steller wilIed all his
property. including a large farm and
considerable savings, to Joe Haas. a
grocer who befriended him at his last
illness.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS.
ROBERTS. small place southwest of
Lafayette reports an epidemic OF in
fantile paralysis. One child is dead
and three others are in critical con
dition from the disease. The little sly
month-old daughter OF Arthur Mnr-
daugh died in commissions after suffer-
ing complete paralysis of the BODY
The year-cld son of James Brown has
one leg paralyzed. the year-old daurh-
ter of James Mcknight is paralyzed in
both legs, and the seven-year-o son
OF John Potts was brought to st. Eli
zabeth hospital suffering with the
same disease. The doctors are starting
to combat the epidemic, and believe
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| INDIAN CHIEFS SON DIES.
William Godfrey. OF Peru. 81 wears
old. the eldest son of the late Chic,
Francis Godfrey of the Miami tribe Of
Indians, died Friday evening at the
County Infirmary, where he had been
Tor six months. He was totally blind.
Because he did not have the interest
OF the INDIANS at heart like his young
tar hra
chosen the leader of the band at the
time of his fathers death fifty wears
ago. He lived quiet life and was a
shrewd trader
FINDS SON CHOKING.
| William Ellison of Lafavette ae
years old, was found by his mother ar
their home on First street FRIDAY n,~h,
lying In his bedroom In an unconscto,,s
condition. He had tied rome abou,
his neck, and was attempting to
strangle himself when he became nm
conscious He was taken to the hosDi-
tai, and after he regained conscious
ness said that the reason he tried to
commit suicide was because a fellow
workman told him he was crazy. He
said this worried him. and be began to
tbelieve he was losing his mind
FIRE ENGINE HAS HISTORY.
| Historical societies in several nar.s
OF the country are making an effort II
purchase from Buchanan. Mich an old
fashioned hand engine built over 11uf
years ago and which saw service dur.
ing the burning of Chicago in 1871
The engine was at one time owned M
South Bend. but during the last QUAR-.
er of a century 1t has been in use a,
Buchanan.
/ BAKER INHERITS FORTUNE
William G.. Schmidt. Wincheste,
baker. received a special delivery let.
ter Tuesday afternoon saying he had
fallen heir to an estate in Circleville
O.. valued at between $4,000 and $50.
600 through the death of an aunt
Schmidt recently moved his fan,i1.
to Winchester from Union City. Mrs
Schmidt was called to the bedside or :
brother at Barnesville O.. and has no
heard of the legacy.
HE WAS "sOsIE- WORKER.
Frank Lee, of South Bend colored
was found asleep in a barber shop and
larrested for intoxication. To Judge {;
A Farabaugh the next morning he ex.
planned he has held a position with
company which requires him to worl
twenty-one hours every day. He sail
, his hours were from . o'clock in rhs
smorning until II at night. The Negro