To the public

Died, of blood poisoning, Wednesday, Sept. 26, '88, the infant of Ben Babbs and wife. The funeral took place from the Christian church on Thursday afternoon.

Ennis guests

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Chambers and Mrs. William Heaps of Spencer, were the guests of Harry Ennis and family, yesterday.

Leora Martin

Mrs. L. F. Collier who has been visiting with her father Leora Martin, east of town, returned to her home in Paragon Wednesday.

Ed DeVore

Miss Nellie Tabbs of Terre Haute came last week for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ed DeVore northwest of town.

Surber property

Charles P. Surber has bought the Walter Jones property on North Harrison Street and will move in as soon as he has his sale. He takes the Recorder's office Jan. 1st.

Joseph Sims Dead

Mrs. Noah Brown, living west of Spencer, received word recently of the death of her brother, Joseph Sims, at his home in Cushing, Okla.

Mr. Sims formerly lived in Owen County and is well known among the older people of this vicinity. He died October 17th.

Eliza Medaris Dead

Mrs. Eliza Medaris, a sister of Mrs. James Babbs, died at her home in Bedford, Saturday at 2 o'clock and the funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. She was a daughter of Absolom Kiplinger and wife and formerly lived here.

ON TRIAL FOR MURDER

Thomas Hardin Being Tried in the Owen Circuit Court This Week.

SHOT WIFE AND HER MOTHER

Was Alleged to Have Been Intoxicated When Crime Was Committed

The November term of the Owen Circuit Court was convened Monday with the new Judge, Robert W. Miers, on the bench. Immediately after the convening of court Judge Miers gave way to Special Judge Herbert Rundell, of Spencer, who began the trial of Thomas Hardin for the murder of his wife, whom he is alleged to have killed, with her mother, at Bloomington last March.

The court room was fairly well filled when the trial began, and many of the special veniremen had to be examined before a jury was found that was acceptable to both sides.

A jury was empaneled Monday afternoon, consisting of Carl Buzzard, of Clay township; Roscoe Anderson, of Morgan; Samuel Miller of Clay; Daniel Stahl of Jefferson; William M. Job of Jackson; Erzie Strouse, of Lafayette; Homer Dean, of Morgan; Claude Hoadley, of Wayne, William C. Teagardin, of Washington; Calvin Barker, of Clay; Thomas W. Lukenbil, of Wayne, and James L. Dunigan of Wayne.

Hickam & Hickam of Spencer, and Joseph Henley of Bloomington, are assisting Joseph Barclay in the prosecution, and Robert G. Miller, Frank Regester, of Bloomington, and Homer Elliott, of Spencer, are defending.

Sheriff Robertson has been ordered by the Court to keep the jury together throughout the process of the trial. They will, therefore, not be permitted to separate until the case is terminated, which will probably last throughout the present week.

Following the opening statement by Prosecutor Joseph K. Barclay, four witnesses were examined for the state before court adjourned Monday.

Joseph K. Barclay, prosecuting attorney, made the opening statement for the state. The defense deferred its statement until after the examination in chief was concluded. It is understood, however, the defense will not contradict the main facts in the case, but will plead insanity. Frank Regester examined the jurors for the defense and questioned them especially as to their attitude on the plea of insanity.

In questioning the jurors for the state, Joseph B. Henley asked each man if he believed in captial punishment. When it became evident that the selection of a jury of men who bleieved in capital punishment would be difficult, the state no longer pressed this pont. The bloodstains on the garments worn by Mrs. Hardin on the day of the tragedy were exhibited to the jurors and Chief of Police Hensley, of Bloomington, and the physicicans who were called to attend Mrs. Hardin gave their testimony. So far no witnesses have been examined to prove the sanity or insanity of the defendant, although it is understood that the defense will introdce a number of expert alienists.

Frank White of Carp Has Right Arm Badly Mangled

The first corn shredder accident to occur in Owen county this season happened last Wednesday, when Frank White, son of Eli White, a young farmer living a short distance north of Carp, lost a portion of his right arm while running the machine.

Frank White and his brother, Don, own a corn shredder and have contracts with several farmers in the north part of the coutry to shred their fodder, and while running the machine on the farm of Riley Goss, near Carp, it became clogged. In attempting to clean out the knives while the machine was running his right hand became caught in the knives and his hand and arm were cut and crushed so badly that Dr. A. Pierson, of Spencer, who was immediately summoned, was compelled to amputate the arm below the elbow. At this writing the wound is healing nicely. The unfortunate young man has the sympathy of his hundreds of friends throughout the county.

Real Estate Transfers 2

(Reported by Spandler & Rundell, Lawyers and Abstractors)

Charles Gifford to Will O. Banion, 97 a. in Morgan tp. $1.00 and other consideration.

Wm. T. Berwick to Elva B. Smith, 68 a. in Jefferson tp., $1.00 and other consideration.

Uriah Need to Lucy A. Williams, 53 a. in Lafayette tp., $800.00

Mary E. Surber to Lyman D. Heavenridge, pt. of lot 76, Spencer, $200.00

Ann Bolin to Laura Ferice in Jackson tp., $1.00 and other consideration.

Joseph H. Hicks to Sherman Hicks, undivided 2-7 of 40 a., Franklin tp., $3,000.00

J. T. York to J. W. Huber, one-half a. in Talor tp. $1.00

Geo J. Dickenson to Fred Dailey, 238 a. in Lafayette tp., $4,000.00

Loving Winklepleck to Jessie Joice, 60 a. in Marion tp., $1,000.00

Clarence J. Haltom to Ezra McAninch, 1 a. in Taylor tp., $125.00

Will Celebrate 100th Birthday

Mrs. Nancy Tincher, one of the pioneers of this section, will celebrate her one-hundredth birthday anniversary on Monday, Nov. 30, at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. George Stafford. Mrs. Tincher was born in Tennessee and came to this part of the country with her parents. The family made the journey in a two wheel cart drawn by oxen. Mrs. Tincher has been a member of the Methodist church for eighty-five years. She is a woman loved by all who know her - Linton Citizen.