South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-28
GROCER PAYS FIVE
DOLLARS FOR PAPER
Gives NewSbOy Two Gold
Pieces Thinking They
Are Pennies.

ELKHART. Dec 2s.-A s. Main
ST grocer paid $5.O8 for Chicago
evening paper. When the little
Italian newsboy entered his store 20
sell papers. the grocer called the lad
&c him and bought a paper. he
reached into his pocket and hastily
counted OFT 10 pennies.
Some time later he dove into the
same pocket 20 take out the two
$500 gold pieces he had intended
70 give TO two Of his employers-but
they were gone. Then 1t dawned
upon him that the coins had unwit-
tingly been given 10 the kid" The
latters identity was unknown.
Phiiander Salmon Wheat OF
Union. Mich, st years old. died
Monday. Death resulted from val
vuIar heart trouble He had lived
in Porter township many years.
Funeral services, conducted by
Rev. Albert Taylor of Goshen will
he held at the home at l o'clock
Wednesday.
Mr.. Wheat was born in New York
on Dec. 2, 1888. He is survived by
his wife. Myra Wheat. and by two
sons. Edgar Wheat Of Washington.
d. c.. and James F. Wheat of Henry.
Illinois.
Elmer f. Bellows Of Washington
township. well-knOwn farmer. Is
dead OF paralysis. OF which he had
suffered three strokes.
Funeral services. conducted by
Rev. F. A. Dressed Of Grace Luth-
eran church OF this city. will be held
at Zion church in Washington town
ship at 1880 O'Clock. Friends are
requested to meet at the house at 1
o'clock.
Surviving Mr.. Bellows are his
wife. Diana: three sons. Charles ].
Bellows Of kalamazoo. Clarence a.
Bellows Of Union City, Mich, and
Lloyd Bellows. who IS at home: a
daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Rentfrow of
Cass county. Mich: two brothers
Frank A. Bellows Of Kimball. Neb..
and Carl Bellows OF Cas- county,
and q sister. Mrs. Jennie Meade of
Kimball. Mo.
Dick Ferris. 15-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Ferris OF 900
w. Lexington av., is reveling in the
possession OF what is a decided nov
city in this vicinity sled whose
motive power is an aero-mOtor.
The propeller. driven by gasO-
lire air-cOOled motor was original
" bought for use on a canoe. which
il showed through the water at the
rate of 10 miles an hour 1t is said
to be capable Of driving the sled at
least 40 miles an hour over smooth
ice.
The $4,000 damage suit of Kath-
leen Miller. administrators Of the
estate OF Leroy Miller, against the
"old" L. S. & NJ. s. Railroad Co,
which was pending in the Elkhart
superior court, has been cOmprO-
missed for $3.50. a Judgment having
been entered for that amount. II is
reported that this sum was proffer-
ed by the company's claim depart
ment within a few weeks after the
accident which cost Mr.. Miller his
life. The accident occurred at
Pinola, Ind. on Aug. Is. 1913.
Christina Bussler, wife Of Frank
Bussler OF Baugo township. died in
the sanitarium at LoganspOrt Sun
day night The body arrived here
Monday night and was taken 10 the
c. Z. VALLEY undertaking rooms,
where IL will be held awaiting fu-
neral arrangements. Mrs. Bussler
who was So years old. had lived in
and near Elkhart for 16 years. She
was a member Of Trinity German
Evangelical Lutheran church. Mr.
Bussler is employed in the New
York Central shops.
other immediate relatives surviv-
ing are a daughter. Miss Irene Buss.
Ter who Is at home; three broth
ers. Stephen and Albert Gohn OF
Goshen and George Bohn Of South
Bend. and three sisters. Mrs. Charlie:
Moss OF Detroit. Mrs. Frank Powell
of Goshen and Mrs. George Deardori
OF New York.
Charging cruelty. nOn-support anC
abandonment. Bessie Kegerreis hal
fled suit I'm the superior court To-
divorce from Carlton Earl Kegerreis
The complaint AYERS they were mar
ried in Illinois on May s, 1905, anC
that the plaintiff was abandoned OF
July %. 1912. Her attorneys ar
Hamilton & Curtis Of South Bend
The complaint alleges that Keger
rnIa n N hIns. that he cot drmnk an