The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-06-19
THREE RAIDS ON
FARMERS GRAIN
BINS REPORTED
Preble County Farmer Offers
Reward for Detection and
Arrest Of Thieves.


EATON, o.. June 19.-Thieves have
made within the last few months
three successful raids upon the grain
bins in the barn of George Fadler,
north of West Alexandria In the last
raid, which was made a few nights
ago, quantity of oats. corn and mid
dlings were taken, In addition to a set
OF work harness It Is said the grain
was hauled away In an automobile
that was traced eastward on the Day
ton pike to point near the Six Mile
hill, where the trail was lost. Fadler
has offered 500 reward for detection
and arrest of the thieves.
In the first raid, Fadler and John
Habekost, between them, lost about
two tons of millfeed Karl Pine, John
Schilmiller and Samuel Schneider,
Dayton men, were arrested and &C.
cused of the Job. All were indicted
by the grand jury. Schneider stood
trial and was acquitted. Pine and
schilmiller pleaded guilty. Pine was
given a term in the state reformatory
at Mansfield, while Schilmiller was
given suspended fine Of 800 and 30
days in jail
New Teachers Announced.
Two additional teachers for the To-
cal schools have been employed by
the board of education, according to
announcement by the board. Miss
Marian Highland, CT Eaton, has been
employed to teach Latin In the high
school, while Miss Amy Won Kennel, OF
Hamilton, will teach domestic science.
Miss Highland Is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. e. Highland and gradual
ed recently from DePauw university.
Miss Won Kennel is graduate Of
Miami university.
Divorce Granted.
In a decision handed down by Judge
U. S. Martin. of Dayton. and received
here at the office of clerk of the coun-
ty courts, Myrtle Nabor is granted a
divorce from Adolph Nabor. In the
decision, Judge Martin declares that
neither of the litigants is is entitled
to a divorce, but that the circum-
stances in the case are such that a
reconciliation Is impossible, and there
fore decree is granted the wife.
Their two children are committed to
the county orphanage. The Majors
formerly lived at New Paris. but later
T61uOF6Q 10 d ldIul SOUlA VI EdCOn.
Mrs. Nabor is now living in Eaton.
Crowd Hears Concert.
An immense crowd assembled here
Wednesday evening to hear the con-
cert given by the Preble County band,
the first of series of ten to be given
each Wednesday evening during the
next ten weeks. The band made a
decided hit. Its membership is made
up Of musicians from Eaton and West
Alexandria, and the concerts are f.
nanced by local merchants. The con.
certs are staged upon the esplanade
at the court house.
Roy Shafer in Canada.
Roy Shafer, Is, son of Val Shafer,
four miles of Eaton, who disappeared
from home last Saturday. has advised
the family in letter written from De.
troit, Mich, and received here Wed
nesday. that by the tin : the letter
reached them he would be in Canada
where he has relatives.
When young Shafer disappeared the
family found comfort in the BELIEF
that probably he had just slipped away
to go to Canada to visit.
Wires Placed Underground.
Wires of the Eaton Telephone com
pany in the city will be placed under
ground, work of laying the conduit.
now being under way. Four conduit!
will carry the wires in the bushes!
section and three in the Residential
section.
Demented Nearo>Held
George Sloan, demented negro, il
held here temporarily In the count,
jail, following his appearance at Graf
Prio
residents Of the village. Sloan is sal
to have been at one time an inmate Il
an asylum.
Attend Bank Meeting.
John NJ Gale, cashier of the Eatol
National bank, and Charles w. Sy
vester, assistant cashier of the Prebl
ing the two local banking institution
at the meeting of the State Bankers
association at Toledo.
Clerk Names Deputy.
Vernon o. Rookstool, Republican
of Lewisburg, county clerk elect, ha
announced the appointment of j. A
Barnhiser, of Harrison township, a
deputy county clerk. Clerk Rookstot
will assume office August 9, at whic
time Barnhiser will become his deput,
Streets to be Oiled.
It will require 10000 gallons of o
to oil the streets of Eaton, aecordin
to estimate of the city council, whic
is advertising for bid for street OF
Bids will be opened the evening {
June q. The streets to be oiled
whole or in part are: Spring. Deem
High, Decatur. Somers, Wadswortl
Israel, South Cherry, Maple, FRANKLIN
Vine, Monfort and Alderman
Hog Brings $1o1.
In load of hogs sold by H. S. Wi,
ener, loal farmer, at the local stoc
yards was a SOW of the big type Pc
and China, for which he receive
$101.75.
Edward T. Salisbury, the Philade