The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-13
Civil War Veteran Dies
at Home Near Modoc

WINCHESTER, Ind, Jan. 13.-Wil-
home near Modoc after long illness.
| He was a veteran of the Civil war,
serving in the seth regiment of 1ndi-
| ana Volunteer Infantry. He had been
sheriff of this county one term. Two
sons and three daughters survive.
| A Farmers Institute will be held
| at Spartansburg today. Mrs. Rhoback
of Wabash and Mr.. Ogg of Green
! castle will address the meeting. Much
| interest is being manifested in these
| institutes.
A party of Indiana Union Traction
officials were in Winchester Thursday,
having come in special car on a tour
of inspection. They announce no i'm
| provements will be made now.
David Mcfarland, 80, died Thursday
morning from pneumonia, at Camp
Hancock, Georgia. He is the son of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mcfarland, living
near Saratoga, this county. The body
will be brought here for burial. A
brother, Forest, died in April at New
port News, from the same disease
Farmers Institute Of Jackson and
Greensboro townships was held Friday.
John w. Garringer arrived Friday
morning from the west with the body
| of his daughter, Mrs. Cora Sever, who
died in Missouri of influenza
The local engine of the Big Four
ran off tho track in the yards Thurs
day, causing passenger trains Al and
as to detour.
Mrs. Clarence Boren, living south
east of Lynn, was taken to Richmond
Thursday, where she was to undergo
an operation for goitre at Reid Memo
rial hospital. Z. Miss Ethel Smith, who
is student nurse at the Illinois Train.
ing school, Cook County Hospital, Chi
| cago, and who has been home for
some weeks on account of illness,
underwent an opera ton on her throat
Friday, at the home of her sister, Mrs.
c. A. Study, East Washington street
-. Leonard M. Landwich has return
ed home from overseas. He was three
months in France with battery B 74th
artillery. ;. .Alonzo Teford gave bond
of $500 Friday for his appearance in
circuit court. He is charged with
stealing cigarettes from a freight
house in Union City. Suit on a note
for foreclosure of mortgage has been
filed by the Union Trust company, as
trustee. against Anthony Burton.
| suit on judgment has been brought
by John o. Jones versus William Brad
ford. jeanette Cougill has applied
| for divorce from Lloyd S. Cougill.
asking alimony. =. The case of State
of Indiana versus Grant Wolford, on
charge of malicious trespass, has
been appealed from Squire Coats
court to Randolph circuit court. ....
Walter G. Parry has filed 500 bond
as administrator of the estate of
Martha j. Oren. :. In the case of Lin
dsey Rockhill versus George II. Ward
TO recover $500 for injuries received
while working on the defendants
house, it was decided by Charles
Hughes of the State Industrial board
that the defendant was not liable. that
| 1t was case of vasual labor ard did
not come under the Workmen's Com
pensation act. 49,. In Justice Coats
court Friday when the case of The
State versus Clyde Rockhill. charged
with malicious trespass was called,
the defendant did not appear and
fine was assessed OF IS and costs
amounting to $2275 1t was charged
that Rockhill tore a phone belonging
to the Farmers Telephone company
from the wall of his house and threw
1t into the yard.