2 PENNSYLVANIA PARAGRAPHS
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Governor Urges Local Option.
Addressing the members of the
house law and order committee Gov
ernor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania
gave notice that if his local option
bill is defeated he will go before the
people at the election of the legis
lators in 1916 and urge the selection
of lawmakers who will vote this legis
lation.
The governor also announced that i
there was no necessity for haste in J
reporting the bill from committee.
Those in his confidence say he is
figuring on a report about March 17 j
or later, the matter depending large
ly on the effectiveness of the cam
paign he is preparing to make on the i
members by the "folks at home."
By a 15-to-10 vote the law and order
committee decided the local option
bill would remain in committee until
Governor Brumbaugh is ready to have
it reported. This may be in about
three weeks and it may be longer.
There are threats on the part of the
liquor lobby to attempt the discharge j
of the committee from further con
sideration of the legislation.
Bank Officers Blamed For Failure.
Comptroller of the Currency John
Skelton Williams in Washington is
sued a statement laying the entire
blame for die failure of the German
National Bank of Pittsburgh on the
alleged faulty management of the
bank.
According to this statement an in
vestigation already made by the na
tional bank examiner in charge of the
bank has disclosed that the entire
capital and surplus of $600,000 and
$694,000 respectively have been wiped
out.
"The failure has no significance as
bearing upon the general business ait
uation," said the comptroller.
Light Bu!b Cures, But Fires Bed.
John Wolf, a rural mail carrier, re
siding at Ebensburg, Pa., suffering
from toothache, wrapped an electric
light globe in a towel and took the
warming pad into bed with him. The
ache stopped and Wolf went to sleep.
About 1 o'clock the mail carrier
dreamed there was a fire and that he
was fighting his way through smoke
and flame. He awoke. The flames
were in bed with him. The bulb had
ignited the bed clothing. Wolf's home
was damaged.
Johnstown Steel Bought by Russia.
According to information from an
authoritative source the Cambria
Steel company in Johnstown, Pa., has
received an order for 46.600 tons of
steel from the Russian government.
This steel is bolt steel in long rods
and will be shipped to Brooklyn to be
cut up into shropnel.
France Orders Trucks.
Announcement is made that the
Bessemer company of Grove City, Pa.,
lias been awarded a contract for fifty
auto trucks by the French govern
ment. Additional orders from the
allies are expected within a short
time. The order will keep the plant
busy for some time.
Use of Needle Kills Man.
Henry L. Maitland, a farmer of Cool
Spring township, near Greenville, Pa.,
is dead from blood poisoning as a re
sult of using a needle to remove a
splinter from his thumb. The wound
became infected, causing death. He
was aged seventy-four years.
Taft Invited to Harrisburg.
Governor Brumbaugh received the
legislative resolution requesting him
to invite ex-President Taft to visit the
capitol and address the general as
sembly when he comes to Harrisburg
on April 15. The governor said that
he would be glad to do so.
Aged Pair Outwit Children.
Thomas Cooper of Clarendon and
Mrs. Julia Hall of Spring Creek stole
a march on their children, went to
Corry, Pa., and were married by an
alderman. Cooper is seventy-six and
his bride sixty-four and both were
wedded before.
Unemployed Man Hangs Self.
Paul Brexinori, arrested as a
passer in the Altoona (Pa.) yards H
the Pennsylvania railroad, committed
suicide in a cell at the city hall using
a belt to hang himself. The man was
despondent because he had no work.
Woman Aged Sixty-four Ends Life.
Mrs. Mary Them, aged sixty four, is
dead at her home in Pittsburgh as the
result of drinki.ig an ounce of car
bolic acid. Despondency over ill
health is said to have been the cause
o( her act.
Fewer Fatalities In Mines.
There was a decrease of 32 per cent
in the number of fatal accidents in
the soft coal mines of Pennsylvania
in 1914, according to a summary of
reports issued by the state department
of mines.
Saloon Man q^bbed.
As M. J. Kelley, a Titusville (Pa.)
saloonkeeper, was going home with
the day's receipts in his pocket he
was assaulted and robbed of $3OO.
James Welch was arrested.
Church at Karns City Destroyed.
The Methodist Episcopal church
and parsonage of Karns City, near
Butler, Pa., were destroyed by fire
with a loss of $5,000.
Dies at Automobile Wheel.
Benjamin F. Crane died while sit
ting at the wheel of his automobile in
Harrisburg, Pa., the machine crash
ing into a fence.
10UN11 AUUIIUIO'
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
January 4th, 1915.
J. WILLIS WILSON, TREASURER, IN
ACCOUNT WITH INDIANA COUNTY
DR.
To amount from former year ...$ 40,269.73
To amount Delinquent tax, 1912 5,747.10
To amount Delinquent tax, 1913 22,043.41
To amount Miscellaneous tax
1914 109.83
To amount Liquor Licenses, 1914 1,100.00
To amouut from County Commissioners
To amount auto hire ..$ 15.00
Appropriation from
State to Agricultural
Society 1,000.00
To amount Costs from
Court Records 1,097.89
To amount Costs from
Protlioutary Wells .. 5,715.73
To amount Costs from
District Atty. Elkin.. 282.69
To amount Fines from
Justices 251.50
To amount from Jail
Prisoners 5.00
To amount from Jury
Fees 88.00
To amount from Liens
and Taxes 281.82
To amount from Over
paid costs refunded
(H. Barkey) 1.12
To amount from Re
cognizance forfeited . 750.00
To amount refunded
by J. S. Johnston for
Overcoat 20.00
To amount from Reg
ister and Recorder
Sutton 420.41
To amount for Willie
Cappo at Morganza . 7.00
To amount from Sale
of old Plank 8.65
To amount from state
for Primary Election 5,952.73
To amount from Spe
cial Election, Clymer
Boro 6.50
To amount from West
moreland Co un t y
share of bridges .... 770.29
To amount from West
moreland Co un t y
share of damages
and costs in suit of
B. P. McCullough ... 339.98 $ 17,014.30
$205,991.45
CR.
By Exoneration lulO
Tax $ 126.55
By Exoneration 1911
Tax 361.67
By Exoneration 1912
Tax 1,197.82
By Exoneration 1913
Tax 1,162.58
By Exoneration 1914
Tax 563.54 $ 3,412.16
By delinquent out
standing Tax 1908 .. 21.81
By Delinquent out
standing Tax 1910 .. 550.07
By Delinquent out
standing Tax 1911 .. 555.65
By Delinquent out
standing Tax 1912 .. 1,939.36
By Delinquent out
standing Tax 1913 .. 7,064.91
By Delinquent out
standing Tax 1914 .. 23,573.07 $ 34,034.87
By Liquor Licenses paid state
and Treasurer's Com $ 275.00
By Liquor Licenses paid Town
ship and Boro's Com 600.00
By disbursement of Treasurer's
Sule Book 59.57
By Interest paid on County Bonds. 1,069.20
By County Commissioners Orders issued
and paid in 1914 as follows:
By Appropriations:
Agricultural Society Co.s 100.00
Agricultural Society
State 1,000.00
County Superintendent 200.00
Memorial Day 260.00
School Direeto r s'
Convention ......... 69.46 1,629.46
By awards of damage paid by
County, including witness fees 1,347.97
By Assessors 5,144.79
By Asylums 408.50
By Auditing Reg. & Itec. and
Proty. Books 50.00
By Advertising 17.00
By Attorneys Fees in Com. Cases 125.00
Bv Bounties on noxious animals
1907 Act 104.00
By Bounties on noxious auimals
1913 Act 4,231.00
By Ballot Boxes, care of 61.50
By Board of County Viewers .. 465.40
By Burial of Soldiers 850.00
By Barbering in Jail 1.40
By Bridge Views 32.30
By Bridge Repairs 3,096.93
By Bridge, New 4,369.41
By bal. on heating plant County
Bldgs 2.162.58
By County Auditors 540.00
By C. D. Costs, including Coro
ner's fees 7,355.30
By Constables Returns to court 795.38
By County Detective's Salary .. 1,000.00
By County Detective's Expenses 569.92
By Court House and Jail Sup
plies 1,982.71
By Court House and Jail Repairs 824.45
By Court Officers 1,232.00
By Collectors settling with
Treasurer 150.54
By County Treasurer Salary .... 2,100.00
By Court Stenographer Salary.. 1,500.00
By Court Stenographer, extra .. 142.85
By County Commissioners Sal
ary ...: 3,600.00
By County Commissioners Ex
penses • •• 25.19
Bv County Commissioners Con
vention • • 76.88
By County Commissioners
Clerk 1,140.00
By County Commissioners Sten
ographer 600.00
By County Commissioners
Clerks, extra 259.00
By County Solicitors 300.00
By Court House Janitor 820.00
By Civil Engineer 270.33
By District Attorney's Salary.. 1,500.00
By District Attorney's Expenses 7.60
By Dues to State Convention
of County Commissioners 10.00
By Elections
Officers $2,642.59
Houses, new 307.00
Lot for house 100.00
Computing returns ... 20.00
Supplies 229.70
Expenses 137.20
House repairs 106.71 3,543.20
Bv Fuel and Light for Court
House and Jail 1,379.99
By Frt. Drayage Expenses 26.67
By Fees and Costs on County
Corns. Deeds
By Hauling Garbage *-50
By Headstones 10.00
By Interpreters in Court 442.00
By Inspection of Licensed Hotel 18.15
By Insurance 210.00 j
By Jurors' Fees and Mileage .. 10,70*.60
By Juvenile Court Officers' Sal
ary and Expenses 711.96
By Jury Commissioners 440.80
By Jurors' Board 262.55
By Justices Trans. Costs 140.04
By Judgments Lodged and Sat
isfied 147.10
By Livery Hire 35-00
By Law Library Fund 866.75
By Mortgages Lodged and Sat
isfied 21.50
By Military Enrollment 220.53
By Notary Public 4.00
By Overpaid Taxes 159.26
By operating on jail inmates
"Indiana Hospital" 100.00
By Office Rent for District At
torney 100.00-
By Outfit for Sealer of Weights
and Measures 282.35 ;
By Protbontary's Fees 1.456.25 .
• v f-ir lost Overcoat of
Juror 20.00
By purchase of Automobile for
Sealer of Weights & Measures 570.00 !
By Postage 107.01 !
By Primary Election 3,205.60 ;
By Printing Tax Notice Cards .. 30.00 j
By Printing Court Calendars .. 116.00
By publishing 1914 Election
Proclamation 210.00
By Postal Cards for Tax No
tices 239.00
, "i (/liumuim
| By Printing Ballots and Adver
tising 264.00
By Repairs and Care of Court
House Clock 50.00
By Reindexing County Records 2,660.80
By Registrars of Births and
Deaths 813.00
By Register & Recorder's Fees 33.40
t By Reform Schools 3,959.66
By Roofing County Jail 1,387.20
i By Sheriff's Fees, Board. Com.
& Dis ' 4.830.73
i By Sealer of Weights & Meas
i To Levy County tax, 1914 100,267.23
| To Levy Special tax, 1914 16,436.23
To amount from Lien Docket ... 326.56
To amount Redemption money
from Treasurer, Sale Bond 30.58
To amount Delinquent tax, 1908 33.51
ure. Salary 1,000.00
By Sealer of Weights & Meas
ure, Expeuses 251.93
By State Tax on Bonds 117.20
By Street Sprinkling 10.50
By State Construction of High
ways 15,467.92
By Supplies for Prisoner? 90.28
By Telephone Rent and Tolls .. 292.85
By Water Rent 307.86
By Western Penitentiary 4,364.33
By Work House 2,011.00
By Orders issued in 1913 and
paid in 1914 473.5S
By Balance in Treasurer's hands 51,194.13
$205,991.45
J. WILLIB WILSON, TREASURER. IN
ACCOUNT WITH INDIANA COUN
TY POOR DISTRICT FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY
4. 1915.
DR.
To balance from former year ...$ 30,293.47
To levy Poor Tax. 1914 16,712.10
To Miscellaneous Poor Tax, 1914 7.99
To Levy Building Tax, 1914 8,386.65
To Miscellaneous Building Tax,
1914 2.70
To amount from Lien Docket,
Poor 94.1S
To amount from Lien Docket,
Building 48.51
To Delinquent Poor and Build
ing Tax, 1908 36.19
To Delinquent Poor Tax, 1910 .. 377.61
To Delinquet Building Tax, 1910 238|62
To Delinquent Poor Tax, 1911 .. 578.17
To Delinquent Bnilding Tax. 1911 287.23
To Delinquent .Poor Tax, 1912 .. 1,527.10
To Delinquent Building Tax. 1912 804.79
To Delinquent Poor Tax, 1913 .. 3,482.34
To Delinquent Building Tax, 1913 1,761.77
To amount received from County
Commissioners from the fol
ing sources:
Asylums:
County Home, Mainte
nance $ 844.13
Dixmont, Maintenance . 591.34
Danville. Maintenance . 52.50
Polk, Maintenance .... 80.50
Warren, Maintenance . 630.04 2,198.51
County Home Products 455.75
County Home Livestock 1,107.48
County Home Fire Insurance
Damages 205.80
To money refunded for transpor
tation 40.71
To money found on bodies at
Coroner's Inquest and trans
ferred to Poor District 32.96
To premiums on County Home
Cattle exhibited at County Fair 23.00
Total $ 68,703.63
CR.
By exonerations Poor,
1910, Tax $ 65.79
By exonerations Building
1910 Tax 39.52
By exonerations Poor
1911 Tax 94.78
By exonerations Building
1911 Tax 47.15
By . exonerations Poor
1912 Tax 345.69
By exonerations Building
1912 Tax 181.29
By exonerations Poor
1913 Tax 185.96
By exonerations Building
1913 Tax 96.29
By exonerations Poor
1914 Tax 46.66
By exonerations Building
1914 Tax 24.43 1,127.56
By Delinquent Outstruding Tax,
To Delinquent Outstand- -
ing Poor & Building
1908 $ 23.19
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Poor 1910 272.07
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Building 1910 .... 175.18
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Poor 1911 195.31
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Building 1911 .... 100.02
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Poor 1912 529.23
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Building 1912 271.23
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Poor 1913 1,088.34
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Building 1913 .... 562.45
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Poor 1914 3,722.35
To Delinquent Outstand
ing Building 1914 .... 1,879.52 8,818.89
By Interest paid on Poor Dis
trict Bonds 7,500.00
By amount of Poor Orders Issued
and paid as follows:
Advertising 2.52
Assessments 15.00
Asylums and Training Schools 5,876.66
Blacksmithing 36.05
Building Improvements 362.67
Burials 401.76
Certificates of Insanity 170.00
Fuel and Light 1,301.81
Feed 561.80
Fertilizers, Seeds and Plants .. 619.44
Fees, "Entry to County Fair" .. 4.30
Groceries and Provisions 1,399.10
House Furnishings 567.07
Insurance 651.22
Justices' Relief Orders and
Costs 73.75
Live Stock 1,055.50
Livery and Team Hire 73.05
Labor, extra on farm 85.79
Medicine and Medical Supplies 197.35
Machinery 20.80
New Circular Iron Corn Crib .. 120.54
New* Chicken House 405.77
Outside Relief 2,120.28
Overpaid Taxes .90
Postage, Freight and Express .. 46.95
Physicians, outside relief 786.01
Physicians, County Home 360.00
Repairs 1,057.56
Salaries and Wages 3,207.54
Shoes and Clothing 408.47
Sinking Fund 12,000.00
State Tax on Poor Bonds 500.00
Solicitor for Poor District 300.00
Telephones 49.10
Supplies 774.83
Transporting Inmates 690.20
Traveling Expenses 128.49
Treasurer's Salary 1,000.00
Veterinary surgical services ... 7.25
Water Rent ... 456.90
By Williard Children's Home:
Supplies. Groceries and
Provisions 103.60
Expenses 2.45
Wages 20.00
Bookkeeper 10.00 136.05
Orders issued in 1913 and paid
in 1914 25.90
Balance in Treasurer's Hands.. 13.165.50
Total 65,703.63
J. WILLIS WILSON, TREASURER, DOG
FUND, FOR YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 4, 1915.
DR. -
To amount from former year ...$ 7.520.15
To Tax Levy, 1914 6,345.00
To Delinquent Tax, 1910 138.00
To amount delinquent tax, 1911 321.00
To amount delinquent tax, 1912 1.297.00
To amount delinquent tax, 1913 3,799.00
To amount unassessed Dogs. 1912 70.50
To amount unassessed dogs, 1913 3.00
To amount unassessed dogs, 1914 4.50
To amount miscellaneous tax,
1914 9.00
Total $ 19,507.15
CR.
By exonerations, 1910 Tax 72.00
By exonerations, 1911 Tax 91.50
By exonerations, 1912 Tax 525.00
By exonerations, 1913 Tax 500.90
By exonerations. 1914 Tax 93.00 j
By Delinquent Tax of 1910 64.50 i
By Delinquent Tax of 1911 151.50
By Delinquent Tax of 1912 282.00
By Delinquent Tax of 1913 1,584.00
By Delinquent Tax of 1914 3,951.00
By dogs killed, 1911 assessment . 2.00
By dogs killed, 1912 assessment . 26.00
By dogs killed. 1913 assessment . 36.00
By dogs killed. 1914 assessment . 5.06 \
THI PATEI#T
By overpaid Taxes 1914 refunded 4.50!
By Postage 1914 5.01)
By serving Notices 1913 9.23
By 1913 Sbeep Damages paid ... 9.50
By 1914 Sbeep Damages paid ... 985.00
By 1914 Cattle Damages paid ... 122.00
By 1914 Hog Damages paid .... 14.00
By amount refunded to School
Boards. Orders of 1913 1.7T0.51
By Treasurer's Commission 3 per
cent on $1,650.00 232.80
By Balance in Treasurer's bauds 8,894.39
Total $ 19,507.15
J. WILLIS WILSON, TREASURER OF
SCHOOL, ROAD, TOWNSHIP, POOR
AND BOROI'GH FUNDS, YEAR
ENDING JANUARY 4, 1915.
SCHOOL FUND.
DR.
jTo amount from former year ..$ 928.95
| To amouut from Lien Docket .. 508.81
Total $ 1.437.7 C
CR.
!By cash paid on Warrants $ 217.17
j By Treasurer's Commission 11.44
IBy balance in Treasurer's hands 1,209.15
Total $ 1,437.76
ROAD FUND.
DR.
To amount Delinquent tax, 1911 1,777.29
To amount! Delinquent tax, 1910 835.37
To amount from former year ...$ 875.67
To amount from Lien Docket ... 589.14
Total $ 964.51
CR.
By cash paid on Warrants $ 178.18
By Treasurer's Commission 9.38
By balance in Treasurer's hands 777.25
Total $ 964.51
TOWNSHIP POOR FUND.
DR.
To amount from former year ..$ 77.06
Total $ 77.06
CR.
By cash paid on Warrants $ 1.90
By Treasurer's Commission .10
By balance in Treasurer's hands . 75.06
Total $ 77.06
BOROUGH and SINKING FUND.
DR.
To amount from former year . ..$ 35.00
To amount from Lien Docket ... 3.15
Total $ 38.15
CR.
By balance in Treasurer's hands $ 38.15
Total $ 38.15
GEORGE H. JEFFRIES, SHERIFF, IN
ACCOUNT WITH INDIANA COUN
TY FOR YEAR 1914.
DR.
To Orders granted $ 4,830.73
Total $ 4,830.73
CR.
By Boarding Prisoners at 35c
per day $ 2,517.10
By Commitments and Discharges 505.00
By Costs in Commonwealth Cases 11.30
By Drawing Juries 12.00
By 84 Days in Court at $3.00 per
day 252.00
By notifying 851 Jurors at 30c
each 255.30
By 4 Prison Reports at $lO each 40.00
By Transporting Prisoners 1,207.33
By Venires 27.00
By balance in Sheriff's hands
(since paid) 3.70
Total $ 4,830.73
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF INDI
ANA COUNTY FOR THE YEAR
ENDING JANUARY
4, 1915.
ASSETS.
Due from ex-County Commis-
surcharge of 1905 pend
ing legal proceedings $ 1,875.00
Due from D. C. Mack, ex-Sheriff 13.40
Due from Harry Wallace, over
paid costs 2.50
Due from Sheriff Jeffries (since
paid) 3.70
Due from Delinquent
Outstanding T a x,
1908 21.81
Due from Delinquent
Outstanding T a x,
1910 550.07
Due from Delinquent
Outstanding Tax,
1911 585.65
Due from Delinquent
Outstanding T a x,
1912 1,939.36
Due from Delinquent
Outstanding T a x,
1913 7,064.91
Due from Delinquent
Outstanding T a x,
1914 23,873.07 34,034.87
Due from luquests 22.77
Due from State to Agricultural
Society 1,000.00
Due from State for-Bounties on
Noxious Animals 6,656.00
Court House, Jail and Grounds
* "estimated" 275,000.00
Amount iu Treasurer's hands .. 51,194.13
Total $369,802.37
LIABILITIES
Due on Commonwealth cases ....$ 3,459.02
Due on Bridge and Road Views . 20.00
Due Western Penitentiary 2,929.29
Due Bonded Indebtedness 29,300.00
Due Interest on Bonded Indebt
edness -998.33
Due on Reindexing 50.00
Unpaid Orders issued in 1914 .. 20.44
Assets over Liabilities 332,995.29
$369,802.37
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF INDIANA
COUNTY POOR DISTRICT FOR
YEAR ENDING JANU-
I'ARY 4, 1915.
ASSETS.
Value of 14 Holstein Cows $ 1,085.00
Value of 1 Registered Bull 190.00
Value of 4 Heifers 160.00
Value of 4 Calves 70.00
Value of 4 Horses SOO.OO
Value of 11 Fat Hogs 308.00
Value of 10 Shoats 64.00
j Value of 125 Chickens 75.00
| Value of 36 tons new Hay 450.00
Value of 6 tons old Hay 66.00
Value of 10 tons Straw 60.00
Value of SOO bushels Ear Corn .. 336.00
Value of ISO bushels Rye 166.00
Value of 140 bushels Oats SO.OO
Value of Corn Ensilage 60.00
Value of Corn Fodder 15.00
Value of 300 bushels Potatoes ... 180.00
Value of 15 bushels Beets ....... 6.00
j Value of 10 bushels Appies 7.00
j Value of 150 head Cabbage 4.50
! Value of 260 quarts of Canned
i Tomatoes 26.00
Value of 30 quarts of Canned
Prunes 5.00
Value of 10 quarts Prune Pre
serves 3.00
Value of 100 gal. Apple Butter .. 80.00
Value of 20 gal. Tomato Butter 10.00
Value of 20 gal. Sauer Kraut ... 8.00
Value of 2 barrels Vinegar 12.00
Value of 2 cars Coal 105.00
Value of Farm and Buildings .. 141,500.00
Value of Implements and Machin
ery 550.00 j
Value of House Furnishings .... 2,400.00!
Value of Sinking Fund and In
terest 91,403.23 ;
Delinquent Oustanding Tax:
Value of Poor and
Building 190S $ 23.19
Value of Poor 1910 272.07
Value of Building 1910 175.18.
Value of Poor 1911 195.31
Value of Building 1911 . 100.02
Value of Poor 1912 529.23
Value of Building 1912 . 271.23
Value of Poor 1913 1,088.34
Value of Building 1913 . 562.45
Value of Poor 1914 3,722.35
Value of Building 1914 . 1.579.52 8,818.89 !
Due for maintenance 586.78 '
Balance In Treasurer's hands .. 13,168.50 j
Total " $262,858.90
LIABILITIES
Bonded Indebtedness $125,000.00
Unpaid Bills 1.840.44 \
Assets over Liabilities 136,018.46
Total $262,858.90
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF INDIANA
COUNTY DOG FUND, FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANU
ARY 4, 1915.
ASSETS. . I
By Dog Tags. 1914 54.00 |
Due from Delinquent 1910 Tax . .$ 64.50 |
I lue from Delinquent 1912 Tax .. 2>2.
Due from Delinquent 1913 Tax .. 1.584.)'
j Due from Delinquent 1914 Tax .. 3.951.0
Balance in Treasurer's bands ... 5.54F4.::
Total $ 14,927.3-
LIABILITIES.
Damage Claims unpaid iu 1914 ..$ 143.2
Assets over Liabilities 14,784.1
Total $ 14.927."
We. the Auditors of Indiaun County con
veued Monday. January 4. 1915. after orgai
izing and serving uotice on the official d
partmeuts,. we proceeded to audit the a*
counts of each, and we find the accoauts
with the assets and liabilities, as state*'
for the year ending January 4, 1915, to tw
correct and true to the best of our know
ledge and belief.
R. J. HOOD.
JAMES SPEEDY,
F. E. GROFT.
County Auditor'
We, the Commissioners of Indiana Coun
ty, having examined the above stateuieu
of the County Auditors, for the year endim
January 4, 1915, certify it is correct, a>
above stated, to the best of our knowledge
and belief.
JOHN BENNETT,
E. M. ANSI.EY.
J. M. WAKEFIELD.
County Commissioners
| Attest:
WALTER H. AYERS. Clerk.
TRICKS OF LIGHTNING.'
A Favorite Prank Seems to Be to Strip
Its Victim Naked.
The antics played by lightning are
sometimes almost beyond belief. A
common trick Is that of undressing its
victims. In 1898 two girls and an
elderly woman were standing by a
reaping machine during a storm. A
lightning flash struck the womun and
killed her on the spot, while the two
girls were stripped to the skin, even
their boots being torn from their feet;
otherwise they were safe and sound,
but astonished.
In 1855 a man was struck by light
ning near Vallerois, in France, and
stripped naked. All that could be
found afterward of his clothes was a
shirt sleeve, a few other shreds and
some pieces of his hobnailed boots.
Ten minutes after he was struck he re
gained consciousness, opened his eyes,
; complained of the cold and inquired
how he happened to be naked.
Such instances have been recorded
( again and again. In one case a man
i and two oxen were struck simultane
-1 ously. and all three killed. The man
' was found Stripped to the skin, and his'
1 boots had been carried thirty yards
i away.
i "In other cases," says Camllle Flam
| marion, the eminent French astron
omer, "lightning has been known to
1 split men in half, almost as with a
huge ax. On June 20, 1868, this hap
pened to a miller's assistant at a wind
mill near Croix. The lightning struck
him and split him from his head down
ward in two."—Pearson's Weekly.
COTTON THREAD.
Its Invention Was a Case of Necessity
Caused by War.
i Curiously enough, it was a war that
brought about the revolution in the
manufacture of sewing thread. When
Napoleon occupied north Germany in
1803 the supply of silk from Hamburg,
which was used in making heddles, or
the loom harness, in Paisley, was cut
off.
Unless some substitute could be
found the weaving industry of Paisley
would be ruined. Peter Clark experi
mented with cotton warp yarn and
succeeded in making thread like the
six cord sewing thread used today. It
took the place of silk in the heddles,
j and the weaving business went on un
interrupted by the war.
Then it occurred to another man to
use the cotton thread in place of linen
for sewing, and he recommended it to
the women of the town. It was so
much smoother than the linen that the
women liked it. The thread was sold
in hanks and wound by the purchaser
Into little balls, but the merchant soon
decided to wind the hank on a bobbin
or spool for his customers as an added
Inducement to purchase it instead of
the linen.
From this beginning the cotton
thread trade has grown, and now silk
and linen are used only for special
work.—Philadelphia Record.
Hypnotic Power In Animals.
An interesting instance of the hyp
notic power possessed by a good manj
animals is given by a correspondent of
the Glasgow Herald. One morning out
side Elgin a blackbird was observed to
1 be standing by the roadside, paying no
heed to the footsteps of the passerby
It was gazing fixedly at four young
weasels under the hedge, which were
approaching in a semicircle, apparently
to surround it Just then a warning
cry was heard from behind, uttered
presumably by the parent weasel, and
the young ones disappeared in the
hedge. The bird still remained power
less and immovable, and only after re
peated urging did it fly to a tree near
by, when it gave forth a weak, fright
ened sound, as though still under the
influence of the terror which had ar
rested its faculties.
Overheard In a Family.
"Please shut that door!"
"You wait. I'll get even with you!"
"I never knew her to be on time."
"You're the biggest fool I know!"
"Mother, can't I have Just a little !
more?"
"Now, who's been at the sideboard?" I
"He'll catch his death of cold."
, "What makes daddy so late?"
"How could you! My new table
cloth!"
"I don't see anything the matter with
her cooking."
"Don't ever speak to me agais!*
"Muth-her!"—Life.
j THE VACATION TRlp""}
A trip to Europe we would make.
But Just before we sail
"We'll be quite certain that we take
▲t least one suit of mail.
—Youngstown Telegram.
If we should take that trip just ne^
Before we settled down
We'd buy a bag of reanuts, so
That we could shell a town.
—Yonkers Statesman.
With submarines that wait below,
j Their deadly shells to shoot.
We think, before we'd ever go.
We'd buy a diving suit
—Detroit Free Presm.
Why should we take that Europe trip
And gamble thus with fate
When we can gambol, leap and skip
Inside the Golden Gate?
—San Francisco Chronicle.
PARIS CURIOUS. NOT
FEARFUL, OF AIRSHIPS.
Incident Shows Frenchmen Are Posi
tively Eager to See One In Sky.
Parisians absolutely refuse to take
the Zeppelin danger seriously, and
their only feeling toward the German
cruisers of the ulr Is one of eurioslty.
Tbcy are positively eager to see one
of them in the sky overhead. An in
cident which happened several nights
ago not only proves this, but will prob
ably result in the revoking of the elab
orate set of rules which the authorities
have laid dowu for the protection of
life and limb.
The night in question a soldier was
run down by a street car in Avenue
Jean Jaures, which, like all the rest of
Paris, was wrapped in impenetrable
darkness as a precaution against the
expected Zeppelin attack. In order to
extricate him from beneath the wheels
of the ear a fire engine was sent for
and arrived at full speed and with
much blowing of warning horns.
Now, in the regulations concerning
the Zeppellna it is expressly stipulated
that the first warning of the approach
of one of these will be given by the
tooting of the horns of the Are engines,
whereupon all civilians are required
to hide themselves in their eellnrs as
quickly as possible.
The good people of Avenue Jean
Jaures did nothing of the kind. They
believed that the longed for Zeppelin
had at last arrived, but nobody showed
the lightest inclination to hide. On tho
contrary, in a few seconds, everybody
who was not hanging out of a window
staring skyward was hurrying into the
streets to get a better view of the Zep
pelin, and there was a general feeling
of disappointment when It was discov
ered that all that had taken place was
an ordinary accident.
This is undoubtedly what will hajv
pen all over Paris If a Zeppelin ever
does come, so what is the use of rules
and regulations that no one thinks of
obeying?
JOKE SET BROKEN BONE.
Hospital Doctor* Elated Ovsr New
Mehod of Surgery.
Dr. Harold L. Dollinger, formerly
connected with the Long Island Col
lege hospital, in Brooklyn, but now A
member of the staff of McKiuley hos
pital, Is authority for the statement
that a new form of surgery was dis
covered in a Trenton (N. J.) hospital.
The patient was Miss Ada Tucker,
eighteen years old, of Pennington ave
nue. Her Jawbone had been broken.
The physicians twice tried to set the
break, but failed.
Then Dr. Dollinger got an inspira
tion. Halting his work a moment, he
told the other physicians a Joke in a
7olee loud enough for the young wom
an to hear. At its conclusion the other
physicians roared with laughter, and
Miss Tucker Joined In, with the result
that the broken bone set Itself, and the
physicians quickly bound It It is ex
pected that she will be able to leave
the hospital in a few days.
NINE MEN STEAL A HOUSE.
Piece by Piece It Wat Taken Away t
Daylight.
Nine men were arraigned In the po
lice conrt in Elizabeth, N. J., charged
with stealing.
"What did they steal?" inquired the
magistrate.
"They stole a house, and in broad
daylight too," answered the policeman
who appeared as plaintiff.
The house was an old structure in
875 Pearl street owned by Durlaclc
Bros. In pieces It had been carried
away nntil nothing remained but the
chimney. According to the police, the
prisoners and others helped themselveg
to pieces of the house for firewood.
They were given the alternative of re
turning the wood and brick In ten daya
or being held for the grand Jury. As
most of the wood has been burned in
dictments aie looked for.
NEW AIR BOMB OF BRITISH.
Aviators Attack Aoroplanes With Ex*
plosive on Long Wira.
British aeroplanes are now equipped
with a new kind of bomb suspended
from a wire Running on a reel sup
plied with a length indicator, this wire
can be let out a mile When attacking
a hostile Zeppelin or aeroplane the avi
ator circles until he is exactly above
the enemy. He attempts to drag hie
bomb across the hostile craft and thus
explode It
There is an interesting report to the
effect that many small rigid dirigible#
are being built to make war on Ger
man airships. They would play the
same part in tbe air that torpedo boet
destroyers do on ttve see. . t