The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-08
COLEMAN WILL GET
$4,000, IT'S SAID
Suit For $40, 900 For Damag-
es Sustained in Wreck Is
Dismissed.
palladium SpeciaD

EATON, o., May S.-Although he
sought damages in the sum of $4,000
and had filed suit in the common pleas
court, the case of Kearney w. Cole
man against the Ohio Electric Railway
company has been dismissed on mo-
ton of the plaintiff. A compromise
has been effected, it is said, and
Coleman will be paid $1,000. Cole
man lost a leg last February in a
collision which occurred at West Alex
andria between a freight car and the
one on which he was running as con-
ductor. The wreck cost the lives of
Alfred 10y, bystander, and Motor
man Guy Fuller Fuller's widow was
paid $4,000. Logs widow is said to
have settled for $500.
Commercial Club Meeting.
A meeting of the Eaton Commercial
Club will be held Friday evening in
the opera house The matter of rent
ing or leasing rooms to accommodate
the club will come up for considera-
ton A discussion of the proposed
! sales days by local merchants will also
be held.
Wedding Announced.
Announcement has been made of the
approaching marriage of Hugh r. Gill
more and Miss Bertha Filbert, two of
Eaton's most popular young people.
The ceremony will take place Wednes-
day, May 21, at the Filbert home in
South Barron street Miss Filbert is
the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. P. Filbert. She is popular with a
host of friends, and has long been a
f.! leader in social and church circles.
Mr.. Gilmore is a son of Judge and
Mrs. James A. Gilmore. He is one of
the county's successful young lawyers,
! and is now serving his third term as
prosecuting attorney.
Mattix Funeral Thursday.
The funeral of Nathaniel Mattix, 70,
who died Tuesday at the county intirm-
airy, was held Thursday afternoon at
the home of Alfred Mattix at West
Elkton, where interment was made.
| The deceased was a native of the
county, but for 81 years had been an
inmate of the infirmary.
West Manchester Commencement.
The annual commencement exercis-
es of the high schools of West Man
! chester will be held May II in the 1.
o. o. F. opera house at that place.
The graduates are Ruth Parks, Edna
class address will be delivered by Pro-
lessor Sylvester A. Long, of Dayton.
May Lose Industry.
F. E. Vaughn, of the Eaton Gas En-
CINE company, has returned from
Hoopestown, ILL.,, where he spent a
| few days trying to interest capitalists
in forming a company to manufacture
the gearless engine now made in Ea-
| ton. He was fairly successful and ex-
poets later developments. The matter
of securing more capital in Eaton has
met with many failures and it is prob
able that the industry will be removed
| to Hoopestown.
Interesting Meeting.
The members of the Home and For
eign Missionary Society of the First
Christian church were entertained
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Martha Huston, North Maple
street. Mrs. J. F. Burnett, of Dayton
attended the meeting and made an in
teresting talk.
The home of Joseph Trautenella, N
Franklin street, has been placed under
quarantine because of case of diph
iberia developed by his four-year old
son. Quarantine regulations have been
removed from three homes where scar
let fever has existed. All the children
have recovered and it is now believed
no new cases will be developed.