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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1903
Page
5
Walter Baumgardner recounts a deadly railroad wreck near Indianapolis involving a Lafayette to West Lafayette train. He describes braking before a crash into coal cars, the mangled coaches, casualties, and emergency response with about fifty injured and sixteen dead by five PM.
Ossian notes a quiet Halloween with social gatherings replacing superstition. Tom Sharpe fell for a snipe-hunt prank, others moved groceries to Getty building, and Old Folks day at M E church featured a social and sermon by Rev Bridge. Street gravel work by Davison and a Pennsylvanial death call are mentioned.
The county commissioners reviewed our gravel road for acceptance and confirm outside communications. Prof John W York gave an instructive moral entertainment Thursday night. Box socials run in Slocum and Noe schools with Nov 4 event at Old Red featuring sales, socials, contests, and prizes. Cal Grover earns money making apple jelly this fall.
Mr. Grover has sale offerings wholesale or retail. Gordon appeared in the neighborhood Friday and folks note his radiant smiles. Our young folks went to Noe Friday evening. John Slater and Chancy Harter traveled to Montpelier on business Friday. Mr. Slater visited Bluffton Saturday.
Sheriff Johnson reports a full county jail with twelve hostile suspects and space for twenty prisoners. Prisoners pass time playing cards with Old Sol as the favorite. new arrivals face mock trials staged by the inmates.
Kokomo and Elwood played to a 5 to 5 draw after seventy minutes in a silent, pantomime game. Spectators numbered about 600, cheering only with gestures due to a Sunday ban. Score cards were sold for profit. Mrs. Del Locke left for Indianapolis to visit Mrs. N. H. Rice.
Dispatch from Portland reports Deputy Inspector Stevens of Muncie targets oil operators in Jay and Adams county fields for gas waste law violations. Harry Miles and Leslie Starbuck were arrested and fined for maintaining flambeaux. Geneva field shut down for gas main upgrades costing $2,000. Dozen more arrests expected as inspectors widen enforcement.
Standard Oil official Wetherbee described the Osborn well as a rank failure with daily output about half a barrel. Pumps emptied the oil into a forty barrel tank, yielding an inch of oil, and no immediate plans for further wells were announced.
An Ohio man named Fox stopped in Lima and said he had taken up about a thousand acres of leases near the Lawson Popejoy farm with plans for a test well in the bluffton area. The company he represents could not be learned but he aims to secure leases and promising test wells.
In a circuit court today the jury returned a verdict in favor of Rhea in the Rhea vs Rhine dispute over the Billy Mack race horse outfit. The decision upholds Squire Henderson’s earlier ruling and determines ownership of the harness sulky and related equipment. The case also settles ownership of the pacer Montpelier as part of the suit.
One of the largest oil wells in the Ohio field was drilled on J B Eaton's farm four miles east of Wilshire. After pumping off the water on Monday evening the well flowed 125 barrels in the first hour and was shut down to arrange tanks for the oil. Mr Eaton was notified of the discovery.
William Crouse arrested William Shreve near Dillman on a charge of fraudulent marriage. The couple wed in February to avoid a paternity suit and Shreve allegedly deserted his wife in March. He seeks annulment, claiming the bride was underage. Trial set for next Wednesday before M. W. Walbert. bonds posted at five hundred dollars.
In Hartford City all tenants of the county temple of justice have been ordered to vacate immediately. The house will be cleared of occupants and only county officials will be allowed in the courthouse, reportedly under state law though confirmation is unclear.
Daniel Brumbaugh reports October water usage at Bluffton and Montpelier stations. Bluffton used 365,000 gallons from 154 feet, Montpelier 274,950 gallons from 117 feet, total 638,850 gallons from 271 feet.
Hog market slips as top grades sell around 84.25 per hundred while shippers refuse to pay more than 84.00 for the common hogs. The decline marks another drop from recent highs in the market report.
Frank Barnhart an oil driller was arrested Sunday morning by Marshal Crosbie on a paternity charge. The case was filed by Mrs Theodosia Gibson. Barnhart remained in jail all day Monday as he sought a compromise.
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