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North Vernon Man Ie Making a Success at Raising Them. North Vernon, Jad., October 1. John Hengster, who owns a farm near Vernon, is trying an experi ment in the raising of a banks for ther pelts. Last fall he caught ex old ones, and, by sexual countres cently, he found their maumber tract increased to 00. The skunks are kept in a park made especially for them, and their chief diet as scraps of meat. Statistica by Thomas W. Brolley, State Statistician, show that 562,542 hogs died of cholera in Endi apa in WZ. In Jefferson county 201 died of the disease, valued at $E025, Mr. Edward Chowning has just completed a very handsome beech wood panting that showns he has remarkable talent and a future in art should he decide to make it a study and a profession. ‘The color ing, perspective and light, and shades are exceptionally well done. Scott Konkle, aged, a respect ed farmer of near Brooksburg, died last midnight after a long illness with lung trouble. He is survived by a wife and several children. The funeral will leave the houge at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the burial will be in the Brooksburg cemetery. Mr. W. B. Ray, Madigan’a effic ient city engineer, was 66 years of age yesterday, and with many trends The Herald will join in the good wishes and congratulations. Mr. Ray is enjoying vigorous and alert health and strength and bids fail to continue up for many years to come. He is a veteran of the civil war and since than has had a wide and successful experience as a civil engineer in many parts of the country. Funeral services for the late Wat son N. Brown will be held at two o’clock tomorrow afternoon by Rev. Thompson and the burial will be in Springdale cemetery. No flowers. [It was Mr. Brown's request, when he knew the end way year, that Mr. L. W. Lory, have charge of the Pythian burial service at the ceme tery. Mr. Lory will be assisted by the Pythian quartette — Uev. C. Denny, George Daily, Melvin Blackard, Edward Phillips.
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Madison Weekly Herald
Madison, Indiana, US
Thu, Oct 09, 1913
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