Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1894 — Page 8

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 7, 1891.

THE HEWS OF THE STATE.

a iWiiibY ii v a vnnov ic ii: ntiiM death. They l".:t I'nni'iiki'a fur llrciikfuftt Which, Apiiiirrnllj, Contained Mr? clinlno ( rni rniT) Itiirnt-tl ut It on n Other Scale cW.. FT. WAYXE. Xov. f ?oii.il. This morning Mis'. Gottlieb 1'nker and three chil.Verx :Ce pancakes f r breakfast an I an hour litiT wpiv f air: I in ioI-nt convulsionsindicating by then .ymptonu that they wer, the viethas of stryehnjne poison. Not ur.tlt physicians lud la bore I j with the patient..: f air hours wert they pronounced on their way t") revepry. : They arc wry seriously I'.l tonight. ! but are convalescing. The flour used in the pancake. It U presumed, contained tho poison and the end -ials are making an investigation. c o Ai. um: iiovi:!ti:r. Vein Four IVet In Thlckne Found While DiKBlnix n Well. RICHMOND. Xiv. 4.-Speeial. Williamsburg Is all excitement over the discovery of a vein of soft coal that is Slid to be of an excellent iu ility. The find was made Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock. Three milts west of Williamsburg ther? live.- a well-kmwn fanner named James Cranor. lb owns a firm of considerable extent and is quite well-t3-dx It?centlj he set some of hi- men, to work dipping a well, nnd a they had been engaged in making1 the excavation for a week or mre, w -re c- ontempl iting striking vat?r wh?n they struck something by f.r m re valuable. At a depth of fif-ty-one feet one of the. diggers br night up from the cLvish ground a piece of blick anthracite, whk h. when rxainimil 1 's.dy. was found to be coil. Within a half hour the men had dug through a vein of this eual nearly f ur feet in thickness. The width Is n t k:i wn. Lui the win runs in an easterly dtrecti :i from the jint first locate! and mure wdls will imm--diitely be sunk to iscertain the extent of the find. Two bushMs of ci.il were taken out f the "mine" and test 1 in a lir--. It burn excellently and resembles to a great extent th J e ks :i soft ( ul. A numhT of Jt'.chm :id citizens arsomewhat mt-'resi d in the discovery and will take a tri: i investigite for themf elves. JA ll III MO ON Tim WI(i. Tlirr TnLr AilvnntuK tho Sherl n"' Aluenc nnd Saw One. IjA FAY MTTI Nov. lv Special. Sheriff Jaddisi lost thre- of his county boarders this n; rt;ir. Iuring thf abseni e of ;ho regular turnkey three of tie innute. f th: county ba.:i:e Th unw Riley, Khvanl Winvh'.fter and Taylor Itobbins sawed out one f the bars in the door that leads from the ,; hi us i:u) the (orrl.t " "f ihe jail, and broke the bar cif at th- o; M.vi'." en J. This made an ajK-vatui-e f üiitHeeiit .iz-' to crawl thruugu, a.n.1 the three men name! lost no timo in pertins into the hallway. When John Cordon, an old man who remains ab"ut the buildini? pan of the time, opened thj heavy lion door leading from th- jail f'f'ice Into tlie corri dor, the. eonoealed prisons? grabbed hi;n I and taromng him with eo'uo.lranle foree against the brick wall partially stunned him. They then ran into the office, taking rare to c!nse th door behind them, and lucked Condon in the corridor. Th three men then? deliberate- walked out thr.wgh the otfi 'e into th--- street and made off. The shi-r!ff has f force of men searching for the escaped birds. The first n.iinl was he-M to anstver ail accusation of forgery, the othr two to answer th-- allegation of larceny. FKiiiT ni:Tvi:n (vhts. The OfTemler In w in Uiirknm Ihilintr Ureml anil AVnler. ji:ffp:rsoxvilli:. xov. i. special. There was a regular pitched battle between convicts and guards In the prison nith this morning. The row started with h quarrel betwtvn Convic.5 Towser and Bjtth, vh are employed in the brush shop. Tcuvser jumped on:o Jtxh sind was beating him unmercifully when (lu.ird I'at Ibaly interfered. Tows.-r gave him a thoraiigh dru'o'oing f..r hi-! pains. Then (luard .Mike Cantpiiell tried his hand, and h in turn was knocked down. In ihe rnec. i: time the wa !e crowd had rvach-1 t!ie ground adjoining the brusa sh' I. The bat:le was going merrily on, wi.h Towser dvcid--Ky on top. when liill Kenn- dy. a lifetime conviet. came up t the assistance of the guards. Kennedy Ls a powerful man, and In a few seconds he had beaten the burly Towser Into sub-niL-.ion. Towner is n.v aft-ly escon.sed In a dark cell and feeding on a bread-and-'water diet. Kennely is :he Corbett of the prison. ( is the man who was sent up from ireens'uM.-g for the alleged killing of a county officer. Kennedy is expecting to be pardoned Mxm. i niMi mxtv skki.i;to. Supposed lo Re Tliixe of a Hnce lanjf Slm-e Kxln-t. IIICJI.MON'D, Oct. .11. Sp--c Ial. There are a large number of mounds in th.neighborhood of Lynn, a few miles nerth Of this city. For some tim various colleges have. ben attempting to get the privilege of digging Into some of them f r the purpise n finding if any of them eintainivl anything which would prov interesting tr instructive. A few days ag .several workmen b-gan on one of them to secure the gravel in it to put on the roads. In the work they im-arthed between fifty and sixty skeletons, which wer" nearly all decayed and as quick ns the bone-i werd taken out they were reburied. 15csidt th- skeletons thJ workni-'n discovered several articles which the mound builders were supposed to have used, and are b-ing saved ai valuable and interesting relics. A number of mounds are lxated on th? farm of Jedoek Xye, fith?r of It. W. Xye of this city. ARiii:sTi:ü Foit i:iin:7.y.i.in:T. The Prrtlilcnt of Ihr- Ileal fortl lUnk Unit More Trouble. BEDFORD. Xov. 1. Special. George W. X'etdham, trustee of Marshall towaphip, swore out a warrant and cause l the arreft of 'W. C. Wlnstandley today charging embezzl-m?nt and obtaining money under false pretenses. . Needlvam deposited In the Ilolford band J2,4Sf..23, Jure . 1S9:J. and next day the bank went under. Nedham claims to have made due inquiry concerning the bank's sifety and was assured by Winstandley, president cf the bank, that It was in wound nnaneh-t condition; hence the arre?t. At th- preliminary trial today 1m. nd was fixed at 13.000 to appear at trial next term of thi Iawrence circuit coiftt. The bond va.s signed by Dr. J. F. McDonald, II, S. I'almer and J. M. W'intandSey. flO,(NK Fini-:. A Large flnrk of 3lnnnfn-tiirril Frr. tllisrr Oralroyrd. HAMJION'D, Xov. 4. Spec ial. Fire broke out In the fertilizing department of the Ci. 11. Hammond company at 12:45 this afternoon. The company's fire company and the city fire department did effective work but It seemed f r a timi

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that the fertilizer plant would be totally destroyed. Teh gram for aid was sent to Kensiiig'on and an engine and company was sen. frm that point.. When they arrived tho tire was under control and th Chiettg engine was n-t uo-d. The south end .f the works, four .torlos high, with a larp-e so-k rt fer.ilizer was dt.si'oycj. T.tj los.s will prebably reach 10.0'o. liAMisoMi: pni:sr.T. Hennril for r.nieleiil Serlecu ilven l llailronil ltm I . UI3DFOHI, Oct. f.) Special. - Emplayes of the Uvan.ivil & Tllchni'n.l railway honored Mr. H. P. Hadiey with an extra large Pl'.ver water s3t and goldheaded cane as a gift and token of appreciating iiis services while with that i'impanv. In presenting the beautiful articles L?i n!;xht Capt. J. I. Alexander very appropriately a1'lresed the crowd. Mr. Radley until recently served as general pa?seng""r and freight agent and auditor of that road, which he resigned 10 accept the general agency for the .Motion at this point! TIX-rLATK FACTORY. fw "Machinery llrlii !" I" nelilOilier linpro vrinenl. NOHLKSVII.I.R. Nov. 4 Spe. ial. A considerable m mtity of new and heavy machinery Is being placed in the mammoth tin-p!te factory at Atlanta, this county. A largo addition, ."oo by P'O feet, is bi ing erected near the plant proper, in which the block tin wi'd be manufactured. Other extenivo improvements are being made, all of which will be completed and the factory in operation by the first of the year. The concern will give employment to several hundred hands. llmtli. MARTINSVILLE, Xov. ?.. Special. Miss LU'.ian. the eighteen-year-old daughter of R. K. Itichard.s of the IVaily Iiep trier, died this, nnrning of t-on.suini-tion. Ml sä Richards was a niece of Samuel Richards, the famed artist, who painted "Evangeline." Oeoige Musgrave. a young farmer of Green township, died this morning of typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and ohild. He was a son-in-law of Chris Knipstine, who lost his wife and a son by typhoid fever less than a month ago. r.RAZIL.. Xov. f.. Special. A. S. Mercer, an oil and respected citizen of Hrazll. who '.-ad lived her thirty years, died at his home in the northeastern part of the city of general debility and paralysis last night, aged seventy-eight yvars. John P. O'Herron. a most exemplary and worthy youiiK man. died last night at the home of his sister, Mrs. Uaugherty. in this city of consumption, aged twenty-one years. The deceased had gone to Colorado a couple of months an in the hope of recuperating his declining health, returning home Saturday last to die. ANDKRSOX. Xov. .".Special. Jacob It. Westerfield, gel six:y-four years, died at his home in this city at 2 o'clock this morning. Jli.s remains will le taken :o Shclbyville Wednesday morning for burial. Julia Kinney, the oldest Irish lady in the city, eighty-eight years, died at her home yesterday. lb-r funeral will take place from the catholic church tomorrow. Daniel Rigs, aged seventy, died at his home west of this city thus morning after a long illness. The five-year-old child of J. W. Said died this morning. SIIKUiYVILU:. Xov. .-..Special. John Stotsenburg died at the residence of .Mr. Henry Cortleyan. this city, at 4 p. m. Sunday, Xov. 4, f dropsy, aired tifiynine yea is1. Deceased was an old soli;.r and a man who had many friends in the southern part of the county. Isolds iirag.T. a prominent German citizen of Shelby Township, died this morning. He had been a sufferer from cancer for several years, which caused his death. XOHLKRVILLK. Xov. .. Sp -oia!. Conrad Kelser. an oil and highly r-1-specttrJ pioivevr of Hamilton county, died very suddenly at hi.s honn n-ar 'i.'ero this morning. Whi!' attending ciiurch Sunday morning he was S'i.--d with neuralgia of tne lieart, widcii resulted in his demise. The deceased was seventylive years of age and a fanner by occupation. TOIjETX), 0-, Oct. :U. Mrs. A. C. Harris of Ft. "Wayne. Ind., died very sud denly at Fremont, ()., tonight. She had just arrived from Ft. Wayne on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. Williams, arid was found in a dying condition in the hack when her destination was reached. Heart ! disease was the cau-e of death. CICERO, Xov. Social. Mrs. II ir- 1 Vey J. Briggs, on-j of Cieero'.s most estimable' ladies, rl ropped dead on the street at 8 o'c'.ock this evening while up in t wn dobii; onxa shopping. She left home but a few minute.- before In apparent good health. Sh b-ave.s a hu.sban-1 and two children. 1 MARION". Oct. 31. Special. "William H. llalliday, president ffthe llatliday bleycle works, died yesterday m lrnins from cerebral hemorrhage. He was seventy years of age anil has been a resident of this city for two years, having com here from Chicago. ANDERSON. Xov. 4. Special. Mrs. Martha Vermillion, widow of the late David Vermillion and one of the lest known ladies in the county, died at her home south of this city Saturday. She was seventy-four years vY and came to thi county in ISi't',. MARTIXSVILLE. Xov. 4. SpecialMrs. N. M. Cox. ag'd forty-six year, died last niht of cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Cox wa.s a daughter of the late Amo3 Stout and has been a life-lcrg resident here. Sao leaves a husband and three children. IUOHMOXP. Oct. 21. Special. Lute Kepler was killed at Djyton. O., yesterd y. He was a resident of Hagerstown, this county, and was wdl connected, being a nephew f the Hon. E. 15. Reynolds, at one time a representative to the state legislature. MITXCIK. Oct. 31. Special. Miss Clara Bennett, aged eighteen years, died yesterday at the home of Mrs. Martha orten. I'niMlonn. The following pensions have been granted: Original Robert French, Joel G. Xickum. Military Ihm?, Marion; J. II. Arnett. jr.. Kokomo; D. M. McCa-m, Hebron; lt. B. Johnson, Indianapolis; A. T. Hcidcnrleh. Terre Haute; Michael Y .ckum, Vlncennes; E. .1. Itoblnsn. Tvner City; Q. S. Auturn (d.veased), Columbus; Henry )Iann-r, Metz; Willhm Burnslds, Han .ver; .Is?ph Hook. Wilsn; William Svvalcn, Sdver Iike; M. I.,. Iwd?r, Hobbs; William J. Noyes, New Albany; A. J. Smith. Weaver; Charles Stub n. Green's Fork; Thumxs Tait, Sugar; A. T. Hart. Indianapolis. Addition il William Hlnkle, Lifiyett?; Henry lioehm, Indianapolis; William Smith, Aurora; J. V. lie. Kissan, Evansville. Increase Iuis R. Fitch. North M.'nchester; Allen K. Martin, Lake; Edward L. White. Kok mo; M. V. Ker-?y, Thjrntown; Itufus Almi, BI a milrt n; John R. Taulmm, Midisou; Felix J. Woods, Belmont; John R. Winkler. Ogden; Joan ( -eting, More; Ed L. Djugh'ity, Mt. Vernon; Walter B. Swain. Green2; Simon D. Newklrk, Ta3 m1; I?aac

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il J. Hates, Carmel; Daniel "White, Colfax. Reissue Dvil Wcightman, New Castle; C. W. Rirnlnrt, Birrett: W. S. Baker, Uro kville; George Brown, riainneld; John W. Wells. Fargo; John Hall. Elletts-vill-; E-vln Reed. Clifford; Francis E. McLane, Stone Bluff; John Wiseman, laml; Henry Vinyard. Jefferson; Thomas W. Carmichael. B .dim ore; Henry Eovejjy. Cmnellbarg; Sylvester Warner. Elwood; W. II. Dear in. New CarlLslr. Thums M. Cehan. Whiton; William Moore. Pleasant Lake. Renewal and Increise Jabob X. L ind, .arlisle. Renewal J ihn M. Leas., Nation il home. Marion; W. M. Stim, Kokomo. Special Act. Original J im M.ahjlm. fither. Shelliyville. RestorationRichard Hudnill. Anderson; Tneodore If. Cook. C x's Mill. Original. Widows, etc. Matilda Barlow, Huron; Henry Plait, father. Marmont; Anna B. Rundell. M trtinsvill-: Johanna Maheney, Cochran; min rs of W. H. James. Laurel. Supplemental Minors of Itenjimin CI irk. Gentry vill; mln rs of Andrew H. Xoling, Ewing. Mexican War, Increase Henry H. I'ullin, I'rinceton. Reissue Louise Tholpe, Rising Sun, Ohio county. Original Henry Hauver. Metz. Steuben county; William Hurnside, Hanover. Jefferson; Joseph Hook, Wilson. Shelby; William Swalem, SiiveT Lake, Kosciusk.i; Madison L. Lowder, Hobbs, Tipte.i; William J. Noyes. New Albany. Floyd; Andrew J. Smith, Weaver, Iran:. Renewal and Increase Jacob X. Land, Carlisle. Sullivan county. Increase Edward Doty. Attica, Fountain; Lewis Shepard. Mace, Montgomery: Janus Wallace. Terre Haute. Vigo; Flavins J. Peck, Indianapolis, Marion. Reissue Francis E. McLean. Stone Bluff, Fountain county; John Wiseman. Lamb. Switzerland; Henry Vinyard. Jefferson, Clinton; Thomas W Carmichael. Bcl'.more, Parke; Henry Lavely, Caaiielhurg. Duivs; Sylvester Warner, Elwood. Madison. Original Widows, etc. Matilda Bartholomew, Huron, Lawrence; Henry Piatt (father), Marmont. Marshall. An I'eecnlrlc diameter. MARION. Nov. 4. Special. A peculiar character lives at Michael, three miles south of this city. His name Is Peter Michad and he' has reached the eihtysevonth milestone of his life. He has been a resident of tlrant county for over fifty years and although, his farm is but a half hour's drive from the city he has not been here for over fourteen years. He has bten repeatedly urged to go to town and see the changes which have taken pi ice, but he prefers the quiet contentment which he finds on hi.s farm. He helped build the Pan-Handle and C. W. and M. railroads through this county, but the only Kind of a public conveyance h" ever rode upon was a canal-boat in Ohio. He was born in this state in 1S07 on the site where Dayton now stands. Mr. Michael's reason for staying so close at hone is that all his liV-long friends in Marion have died and without them the town holds no attractions for him. He cast his first vote for Clay in ISilO and has voted the straight republican ticket since. He and his wife, who Is only seventy-five years of age, are pictures of contentment. P.oth are In excellent health and their simple, even and unostentatious life is in striking contrast to the activity an.l bustle which are their close neistM ors. Not (iuilty of llurilrr. IJVAXSVILLE. Nov. 2 Special.-The trial of Charles Johnson on the charge of the murder of Jacob App ended in the Gibson county circuit court tonight by the jury returning a verdict of acquittal. The crime for which Johnson was tried for his life was committed In this city on the night of 0 t. 1, S92. Johnson and his brother Joseph went to Miller's club house from the tri-state fair grounds. They nut App Just as he was leaving the house, when Johnson shot App. killing his almost instantly. The grand Jury returned an indictment against him for murder in the first degree. The case was venued to ;ibvon county, where twv trials wer- held, both Juries being unable to agree. The third trial commenced Monday last. It was given to the jury at 4:3u o'clock today nnd at 9 o'clock the verdict of acquittal was returned. The case kvas one of the most sensational that bus ever 'been tried in southern Indiana. Johnson is a son of Mr. Alvah Johnson, an old and prominent real estate dealer, and his victim was an engineer by profession and was a member of one of the oldest families of Evan.-viile. Married. COLUMBUS, Oct. 31. The marriage of Mr. Georg. Thickstun and Miss Anna May. the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth White, was consummated at noon today, the Rev. Father O-ter of St. Btrihuloinew ciiurch ollleia.ing. 'MOORESVILLE. Oct. 31. Special. Mists Ella Hinson and Charles Matthews will be joined in marriage at the hi id -'s home at 8 o'clock this evening. Both are highly respected and well known young people. The bride is a sister of William C. Hinsop of Indianapolis. BRAZIL. Nov. tf. Special. Henry Trout an.l Miss Minnie Coopiidcr, John Brown and Miss Nellie Sutton were married Sunday at the respective homes of the brides in Harrison township, near Middlcbury. A ii ti I ted in n Ilarnyard. SHELBY VILLE. Xjv. 1. Spec ial. Samuel Giltner, a farmer aged seventy years, residing near Fairlind, th!.? county, was assiulted while feeding his stoc k la.-; t nlglir. Hi was knocked djwn twice and horribly cut or. the head by the robber, but succeeded in saving the $100 he hid in his pocket by wearing his 1 intern out over his assailant's head. The assaulted ruati says he felt th? fellow's blood spurt int his face ac h- struck him with his 1 intern. The r..bber esciped, but it is thought hi s wounds will bad ti h's capture, his face being horribly mutilated. The Women Elect Ot.leern. MARION. Oc t. 31. Special. The f !- 1 iwlng officers were elected at the suffrage convention: President, Mrs. Helen Gougar of Lafjiyette, who has filled this office for seventeen consecutive years; vice-president, Mrs. Mary G. Hay, Indianapolis; treasurer. Dr. M. A.Jessup, Frknd.s wood; secretary, Mrs. Iva' Wooden, Indi maptdls; executive committee, Mrs. Cariliae Hodgtn, Richmond; Mrs. M. A. Tompkins. Elkhart; Mr. Sylvester Johnson, Irvlngton; Mrs. Isabelli Saylir, Huntington: IcgisDtive committee, Mrs. Helen Gougar, Miss Mary Hay. Tu ( It ou it ti th- World. LAPOKTK. Nov. 5. Special. W. J. Noble and A. B. Barnes of Toledo, )., who left that city last Saturday on a three years' trip around the world reached hern tnday. They left this sfternoon for Chicago and go from tnete to Mt. LcajLs, San Fran-isco. Mexico and Central America, from where they, will embark for Australia. fS,."K) tor Two Liven. MARION. Nov. 2. Special. In the case of It. II. Frank against tho PanHandle railroad for $10,000 damages the Jury last evening returned a verrliot In favor of the plaintiff for $2,500. A year

ago Henry Frank, the fourteen-jr.r-edd son of the plaintiff, and Coaun Keiler, also a lad. were driving mar this city. They were struck at Westem-avc. crossing by a Pan-Handle passenger train and both were killed. Klonrinic Mill Iinrnetl. WABASH, Xov. 2. Special. Peter Alexander & Co.'s flouring mill, at Silver Lake, north of Wabash. was entirely destroyed by fire early thb morning. Th2 establishment had been running day and night and t'a supposition is that the machinery ran hot and ..-t lire to the dry dust in the upper part of the mill, for the flames were lirst observed in the roof Nothing. WoS saved. Tho loss is placed by Mr. Alexnnder at J1?A") and there is insurance in companies, now unknown. Of only one-third that amount.

Tc-rrll.l) Itiirne.l. SHELBY VILLE, Ni'. G. Special. This morning while attempting L light a gas tire at her h nie in thus citv Mrs. Lawrence Frick was badly burned about i the face and be ty. Her clothing was al- j ni.isL enure-y t.-.r.aiea irom ner d .jy ana her hair w.u singed off her heard. Her husband, Mr. Lawrence Frick, in attempting to extinguish his wife's clothing had his hands badly burned. Mrs. Frick was resting easy at last accounts. A lentnl Aect.lent. NOBLES VILLE, Oct. 31. Spec ial. Samuel X. Whistler of Millersburg, this eiunty, met with an accident last evening that will cost him his life. While engaged in cutting clown a tree in the woods a large limb struck him In the f evhead. crushing his skull. Whistler has been unconscious since the mishap occurred, and the attending physician fays there is no hope for his recovery. Child Iturned to Bealli. PERU, Nov. 2. Special. Marie Quigley, five years old, daughter of Frank Quigley, obtained some matches in some manner and going Into th- yard her dress became ignited and she ran screaming through the house. A tramp, who witnessed the affair, ran to her assistance. Jerked off his coat nnd wrapped it around her, but it was U late and the little sufferer died from her burns. Miiricnt Orgiiul.e. BLOOMING TON, Oct. 31. Special. The d 'in oeratio students organized th"i3 evening with a membership of over sixty. The meeting was very t nthusiastie, anda goodly number of voters signified their intention of returning home, net only t vote, but to work for the cause. Officers elected were: John A. Shafer, pretidmt; It. C. Brooks, treasurer, bath of Wayne county, and O. I. Foreman, secretary of Terre Unite. I'orty I'ii m II It-n Moved In. MUXCIK, Oct. Ca-Speciil.-Forty famines from Findlay. O., arrived in Muncle thday to work at the Darrel 1 iron works, which will resume work t miorraw with over a hundred hinds under thj new management of W. I). Brisks. There is now but little doubt but thit the Findlay (O.) plant will move to Mu.ieie and be op-rat. -d with th? Damll mill as the same firm owns it. Wn Horn in Sivitxrrlniiil. BRAZIL. Oct. 31. Special. John J. Gräber, an old and respected retired farmer citizen of Harrison township, died at his home at Midllebury Tuesday of general debility, aged seventy-seven years. The deceased was a native of Switzerland, coming to this country- when a boy, the family locating near Winesbuig, Hilmes county, Ohio. In he came to Clay county, Indiana. Crenmerj- Iturned. WABASH. Nov. R. special. The Roan creamery owned by John H. Say re at Roann, this county, w.us entirely destroyed by fire early this nnrnir.g. There was a great deal of cistly machinery in tho building, all of whieli is ruined. The loss on building and contnts is Jii.oon. The property was insured for $2,000. The blaze is presumed to have been incendiary. Found Dead. CREEXv-tRURG, Xov. 4. Special. Mis. Charles Bryan was found dead lying on a lounge in her room. Her daughter-in-law. who had lived with her, had been away for several diys. She was Kten on the street last Thursday. On tho return of Mrs Bryan last night she found her mothor-in-law dead. Prominent Ilornem.'i it Dead. JEFFERSONVILLE. Oct. 31. Special. Preston West, one of the best known turfmen in the country and father of O. O. West, equally ns well known in turf circles, died this m .ruing at his home in Charlestjwn, twelve mil's from Ivre. Mr. West was ninety-four years old and a Kentiu-kian by birth. Will oute tlie- Mutter. FRANKLIN', N v. :. Sp -c'.il. Greit excitement existed li re t lay when it was know that three prominent l.idi s attempted to vote. Mrs. J. M. Dunlip and th" wife of th- city clerk. Mrs. J. R. Owens. They declare their intenti.n of contesting the matter in the court.-;. Dying with Cramp 'olle. SCOTTSHURG. Nov. Special. Robert Earl of Osage City. Kas., cv.me to town yesterday and i.s at the point of death from cramp colic. He leL a wife and child in Cincinnati and i in .search of work. He once lived in Marion and Walvash. He is a railroader. Willie Hiin Hard l.uek. BUOOKVILLE. O.-t. 31. Special. Little Willie Morteshed. re-siding neir here, recently fell from a walnut tree and fractured botHi arms. Yeei day , while p'aying near a barbed wire tt-n-'e he stumbie.l and owing to hi; inability to use his arms to save himself his face was lacerated in a terrible; manner. Dead in Jail. RICHMOND. Oct. 31. Specie!. Aaron Collins -was found dead in his cell at the county Jail this m rning. He was fined s uit) days ago for intoxieati n an.l not b -ing able- to pay his fine was sent to Jail. His death was doubtless due to drink. llnrii Iturned. PER.tr, Nov. C Special. Fire tonight destroyed the large frame barn owned byAd lph Hermann. The fire is suppised to 1h of incendiary origin. N" insurance. Liss about live hundred dollars. Found ot r.ulHy. SCOTTSHURG. Oct. 31. Special. Zebuloe C. Grey, charged with embezzlement, was acquitted In the Scott circuit court this evening after three months in jail awaiting trial. Throe Indira of Snow. LA PORTE, Nov. .Special. Genuine winter weather has prevailed here for the past two days. Last night three inches of snow fell and it is still snowing. .M lurry After Men Is. The oppressive embarsoes levied upon the inner man by his Inveterate enemy, dysJ pepsia, after meals, are lifted and1 the yoke cast olT by that sovereign medicinal liberator from bodily ailments, Hostettcr'n Stomach Bitters. Heartburn, flatulence, oppression at the pit of the stomach, the presence of bile where It does not belong, are alike remedied by this potent reformer of a disordered condition of the gastric orjtan and the liver. It Is the prince of tonics and stomachics. Invigorating at the same time that It remedies. Both appetite and sleep are Improved by It. A wineglass before or nrter meals, an.l tierc.re retinnn. will te found an efficient restorative of the ability to digest and assimilate and to rest tranquilly. Use It for malarial, kidney and rheumatic trouble and for consttpat'on. For . the akt-d and infirm it is highly beneiicial.

GENERAL STATE HEWS.

Earl Heath, a small boy employed at Ball Pros. glass works, will lse his right eye. the result of a fruit jar breaking and a piece of glass flying into the eye. Muncle News. A two-year-oM son of Elmer Deputy, residing east of this city. wa.s kicked by a horse late yesterday afternoon in the face, cutting its mouth and nose very badly. Columbus Times. J. II. Smith of the Muncie bonding company said th.it last week's pay-roll of the Indiana Iron works wis the largest in thc history of the company. The payroll amounted to over $12,000. An Italian laborer at Kenneth had both legs badly meshed last night by a mass of stone falling upon him. Another laborer also had a hand crushed under a heavy stone. Ligansport Itf porter. There will be an entire change in the management of the Kentucky Union road, known as the Lexington it Eastern. Copt. James M. Phillips of this city, present general superintendent, and others unaer him, will resign in order to make room for those whom the new directors of the road favor. Jeffer&onville News. One day fast week parties went to the wife of th- sexton, of the East Chicago catholii church and asked f .r the kevs to th-i church saying that Father Byrne ha-.l employed them to tune the organ. The keys were not returned and at last investigation was instituted and it was discovered that, the organ had be-n stolen. Hammond News. Tuesday morning Tom Brickley, owner of a stock farm west of Bluffton, and his colored hitler noticed a large eagle rise front the race track and fly into the woods. They pursued i: and two shots broucht down three the? bird, a magnificent specimen, feet tall and measured seven feet three from tip to tip. Ft. Wayne Sentinel. Saturday Squire John ria-a at his oitiee Dewitt Mrs. Jennie Ahead of groem is fifty yeara old. united in marC. Twinning an 1 Roatu-ke. The This makes the fifth time that Mr. Twinning has donned tho yoke of matrimony. The. hippy couple have the best wL-he.s rf the Democrat which hopes they may have no troubles, but lead a prosperous and happy life. Huntington Democrat. John McCauley. a vealthy farmer residing near the Howard county line, met with a tragie death Tuesday. He was engiged in hauling fodder from a field to his barn, and while driving through a gate, lost his balance and fell off. He struck upon hi.s h"ad, breaking his neek. dying Instantly. Mr. McCauley was a bachelor and was a good, substantial citizen. Frankf art Crescent. MonJay Dar.iel AV. Souder, county clerk, filed a suit in the circuit court against Mr. Charles E. Everett for damag s In the sum of $10.000. f.,r tho. publication of a pamphlet containing certain figures reflecting upon his conduct, of the clerk's office. The suit i.s brought for Mr. Souder by his attorneys, William H. Shambaagh. and William I. Ireen. who say that papers for a similar action are being prepared a gains; other defend Jnt'. Ft. Wayne News. Lawson Very, who suddenly disappeared from his home east of the city, two or three years ago. was seen in Nashville, Term., a few days agn by Mr. Charles Blacklston. Mr. B'.acklston, who is well acquainted with Very, met him face to fac- on. tho dd?walk and extending his hand called Very by name and sought to greet him. Very, however, refused to recognize Mr. Black Uton and walked rapIdly away, disappearing around a corner. Xew Albany Ledger. Capt. Wilkes reports that at his. hou?e they have a malte.-se cat that had five kittens. On three of them being killed she caugh a half-grown rat which she is keeping alive in the box with the two remaining kittens. The rat likes it and is doing well and eats crackers and corn. When anyone is in sight it crawls under the cat or kittens. Since writing the above she has caught another rat of the same litter and now has two rats fully half-grown. Shelbyville Republican. Jacob Beckstein had a little experience a few days ago with a skunk while in the German reformed cemetery. He had just completed the work of putting in a system of water works and discovered a hole In the ground. He was curious to know what was in the hole and turned the hose Into it f-r the purpose of flooding it. It was but a short time until a fine large skunk came out soaked to the skin. It was soon dispatched with a few blows over the head. It was an unusually large one, with a perfectly striped body. Huntington Democrat. (.'apt. James M. Phillips resigned the RUierintender.ey of the Kentucky L'n.on railroad today, after serving faithfully for four years. He has brought the road to a high standard of excellency, and leaves it so that rep.iirs will not have to be made for a long time. The rolling stock, bridge?, depots and track have been made equal to the standard of anyroad in that state. Capt. Phillips retires from the service with the 'best wi.-hes of his former associates and the owners of the r.ad. Ir is likely he will make his home in thi.; city. Jeff er.-onvilie News. Mrs. Joseph M ck of this city met with a peculiar anA serious accident at the G 'hm pulley works mi Friday last. Mrs. Mock had visited the factory to bring her husband's dinner, and had ascended to tho second 'loot- where Mr. M ck is cmployeJ. When ready to leave she stepped upon th- elevator' platform with her husband, who set the. machinery in motion. Sonn irregularity caused the elevator to drop suddenly, when Mrs. M.tck grabbed hold of th- Moor and was left suspended fifteen feet from the first floor. Lxsing her hold the lady fell, sustaining a broken shoulder and serious bruises. Goshen Democrat. A company of serenaders one evening last week alout of night" and as the mu-ie longed and reverberated from house it seemed to elevate u.s visited us "the deep was prohouse to to the re gions above where all Is peace am! hap piness. Sweeter and sweeter the niu-io sounded until we were enjoying heaven's hospitality surrounded by angels, but after getting us to regions alx.va the musie ceased, and clown we came fluttering to the ground, and discovered now in reality that it was Mr. and Mrs. J...; Out land with lead and bass violin. Miss JennieWise with her guitar, and Miss Cora Fox with her mandolin. Richmond Sun. George W. Crawford has 'begun suit against Samuel Lewin on a note of H,4'io. Crawford is a Chicago wholesale clothier and Lewin is a dealer in Elkhart. It became known that Lewin was about to make an assignment, and Crawford, through his attorney, I". L. Turner, swore out an attachment and took possession. County Clerk Chester was called up at midnight to do hU share of the legal work, and Sheriff Crult put Deputy Boh Chatten in iKsses?ioii of the store. Lewln now claims that his father-in-law, Mr. Burnstein. of South Bend, holds a chattel in rt gage on the stock, anil trere is likely to be trouble. Elkhart Journal. Mr. and Mrs. John Burk, living on the McPhceters farm, four miles south of Terre Haute, says tnc Fxv.ress. are the parents of a little girl born this week CUTICURA for the HAIR. Luxuriant hair, with a clean, wholesome scalp, free from irritating and scaly eruptions, is produced by Citicua Soap, the most ctTective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. Pold throughout th world. Trice, 2"c. ToTTta Iiu o & 'iit.i. Ohp., k1o Prori., ltoton. w All beul lb bkui, fccalp, ud Ualr," Ire..

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that's because it pays a larger profit. Too large, altogether, if clerks can be hired on purpose to make people take thing they don't want and know nothing of, instead of a tried and proved article like Pearline. If your grocer sends you what you do not order, be honest send it back.

which weighs one and a quarter pounds, and measures twelve and one-half Inches fivm the crown of its head to the les of its feet. The feet are scarcely one inch long, and the measurement from the tips of its fingers to the point of the shoulders Is four and a half inches. Shortly after It was born Mrs. McPhecters sllpjcd her finger ring over its hand almost up to the elbow. The child Is bright and appears as lively as an ordinary sizd baby. Hundreds have ctlled to see the midget. Sullivan Democrat. Just (before the close of the performance at the Empire th-ater at Indianapolis, S. E. Pickett, a middle-aged business man from Kok m.. cieated a snsutlnii trying to force his way past the ushers to wh re P. T. Brown and a young lady, also fr-.m Kokomo. were seated. Pickett claims that Brown had brought his (Pickett's) niece to Indianapolis, and he wa.i gvoinac to kill him. After being put out of the theater Pickett continued his efforts to get back in the house and was arrested. He had a revolver and was locked up charged with carrying concealed weap n.- Brown gave bond as a witness against Pickett, and was then permitted ta go. B th men refuse 'to give the name of the girl. Anderson Herald. AI Deitenbach, who resides in the east end of the city, had a stone in his yard that he wanted to break to pieces. Sunday he struck on the idea of putting a quantity of gunpowder under it for that purpose. After putting the powder under the stone he got a big plank and put that on top of tlie stone. He then made a fuse of paper, on which he spread a quantity of gunpowder. When all was in readiness he lit a match and touched the fuse, and "she bang," Deitenbach got the plank square In the face. The stone did not break, but his face looked like It had 'been 'broken. His nose was smtshe.l fiat up against his face, and he received several minor cuts and bruises. Huntington Item. John A. Dugans. a highly respected citizen of I-'toyd county, died at. the family residence in Lower Albany Tuesday after a two weeks' iilneys of typhoid fever. Deceased to fifty-eight years of ace and leaves a wife, nna son, ar.J a daughter; Another daughter was killed in a Big Four railroad wreek during the world's fair. Many years ago two of his sons started with their grandfather on a trip down tho Ohio river and neither of the trio wai? ever heard of afterward. Deceased w.xs devoted to his children and the disappearan -e of th-a two sons and the horrible diatli of hi.s daughter years after wore on him heavily and hastened his death. He was a m st worthy citizen and was a member in high standing of Park Christian church. New Albany Ledger. Yesterday morning Ben Duke brought two skeletons to the cmrt house and gave rhem It the Wayne county historical society. Mr. Duke related that they had been plowed out of a gravel bank on the farm of Maria Evans, in Webster township, two and a half miles northwest of Dover. One of tlie skeletons was found two and a half feet b.-low th- surfa-v of the earth, and the appearances indicated that the two had been buried in a .standing position in the same grave. Charcoal and ashes were found with the human skeletons. Also there was found the skull .f a groundhog. It Is believed that the bones are thosu of Indians, as th-y were certainly there before civilization. One of the skeletons was crushe-d and broken by the plow. Ten years ago a sket .a was dug out of this same gravel bank. Riehmond Independent. Wednesday the police, were notified of the mysterious disappearance of Charles Huesner. who wandered away from his home. His family consists of a wife and six children, and they are greatly wor. ie I over the unaccountable absence of husband and father. Some of the familywere preparing to visit one of the neighbors and spend the evening. Mr. Huesner was to accompany them, but could nowhere be found. He had not returned at a late hour and the alarm was given. A number of neighbors were enlistetf in tinsearch, but no traces of the missing in m could be found. The missing man is described as being alH.ut fifty-five years of age and wore a rather long, dark beard. He was slightly bald and wore a stilt hat. He was also dressed in a dark suit f clothes. Some time ago he lost a sum of m"ney by a business transaction and thi--. it is thought, preyed u;M.n his mind until he was slightly deranged. Ft. Wayne Sentinel. Footpads are at w.-rk in Giveiitown and the citizens there are going about with as many guns strapped to them as the republican speakers cany when they visit the out townships to make speeches on campaign issue.-. Wednesday niitht as Lew Davis was on his way h me he was assaulted by two men, wli tried t . choke him Into giving up his wallet. Davis closed his .--'nop shortly after t) o'clock and started home, going west on the main street of ,he town. .As he started away from the shop he noticed a large man following a few steps behind. The fellow spoke to him, remarking that the weather was fine, and when but a squire from the 'business portion of the town jumped on his back and tried to choke him to prevent his making an outcry. He was joined at this juncture by another and smaller man, who joined In the assault. They did not succeed in stilling his cries, however, and William Manning came to his ns.-istance. The two f,npads. when thrty saw help coming, released their intended victim and fled. Kokomo Dispatch. Wednesday, with matrimony well "s A" in their eyes, a youngisii lik- coupl walked int the court, h uis and Invoked the services of Clerk Ellis In the procurement of a fleer" to get spliced. Mr. Ellis, who -recently laid in a new sto -k of license for the fall and winter trade (now on sale at the ridiculously luv price of a couple o' dollars apiece, owing to the tariff reduction), promptly accommodated them, th-i nuptial aspirants being Mr. George Boston, and Miss Ida May Jarvis. Desiring t complete the job then tml there, all in a tump, a complete picture at one sitting, the groom prospective announced that the first 'squire to show up would get a job. Justice More-land happened along 'ab this opportune Juncture and was speedily engaged to fire off the ceremony in accordance with the statutes in such ease made and provided. The magistrate and marital candidates, with the entire court house gang at their heels, then proceled upstairs to the little roam of Ditch Commissioner Bird Ray, where the potential woids were spoken losing Mi-3 Jarvis in Baston. The happy couple left, followed by the good wishes of all. Kokomo Tribune. W. C Winstandley. president of the Bedford bank at Bedford. Ind.. who was arrested in that place Thucsdty on complaint of Geoa-ge Needham, who charges embezzlement and attempt to obtain money under false pretences, is a native of Xew A",bsny. and was reared In that city. Mr. Xeedt.am. in his complaint, chargc-3 that cMr. WiuilandU-y. thin acting president of the bank at Bedr-jrd, received of him a depos.lt of 5-,4sG.'JU, assuring him that the insUtution was solvent.

one Grocer says: clerks who can sell the goods them to sell and of course to sell the oods cn which I

the most money. If they do it, I won't have them.

That's what I hire them for."

This is an actual fact related by a grocer to our salesman --and it's a common fact ; wc have it daily. So, you see, when they tell you that

some worthless or dangerous washing-powder is '-the same as" or "as good as" Pearline,

On the following day the bink clewed Its doors. The affairs of the Bedfrd bank; and the Xew Albany banking company at New Albany w-.re closely connected, and when the Bcdf.ird bulk closed its door.4 eighteen morKha ag. the New A'.ouny concern went under the foil wing day. When it became known in New Albany that a criminal prosecution had been Instituted in Bedford ag.'.inst. Winstandl.-y the matter caused c-;!.--;d-rab!e talk, at .1 It Is now ruin red in that city that som one of the c-rtdit 'ts of the New Albiny banking cmpany will institute criminal proc-e'-dings. r.e f the leading creditors stated yesterday m t emph itically that he vould file the complaints. Courier Journal. By the cor.imen.LiM preserve of mind of James K- nn dy. tii druggist, this t-.'wn w.;s saved last night a n uural gaa e:p'-.ri that would have been very de-struetiv-t g .od prop.rry and plight have killed several Je ;r-. About. 10 o'clock, Ja.-t as Mr. Kem.edy was ol v-ir.g Ms st. re. he heard an unuml noise coming, ho tii eight, fr-.-.n th- ci liar. Geing down siairs. Mr. Kennedy was aloi c-t paralyze 1 to fml the ce.iar full of natural gats, an I ir pouring out of a:i inch and a half pip like steam, out of a high-pressure engine. Bushing up stairs, lie turned out his gaslights. th- n went biek t.i ;he cellar and stuif -d a rag ira 1 the pipe and started u find a pipe wrench. Ity tn re circumstance he found Bert Deprez and. procuring a wrench fram th hardware store, ih-y went back t the cellar, a::d grouping arourii in the dirk, .-a.ceeded in finding a valve and cut elf the gas. Daylight revealed the fa t thil a pipe that reiche.1 entirely across the cellar Lad broken in two at a union, fr .m its owr weight, th- trrev.l. hiving weakened It and to pipe having no support. In the cedar of th-- Farmers' n.tti n.cl bank is a furnace that was in fo'.l blast, but fertunitely th- j.irtiihn wall of the cellar on the south side of Kennedv was open, with an open register in the floor and an cltvtri light above. 1 1 a j not Mr. Ken-n-'Jy made the discovery when he did there is ni dubt but what th entire block would have lwn demolish-. 1 la another minute. Shelbyville Republican. Mr. and Mrs. J..hn D. Gougar yesterday forenoon started lor Uie "Walnut Grove farm, on the W'ci, to take dinner with Mrs. Evan Sherry, Mrs. Gougir's sister, as is their usual custom on Sunday when Mrs. Gougar Is at home. They drove the family horse, usually pintle and kind, but on the other fide of the high gap some part of the leather netting on the animal's "back Happed around Its hind legs and started it to kicking and running. Mrs. Cougar took the lines and guided the horse Into a birbed wire fenc e, it having in the meantime knocked the dashboard to pieces, and had one hind foot caught 'between the bars of the shaft and the forward carriage spring, so that when finally stopped it stood utterly helpless upon three leg-. Mr. and Mrs. Gougar got out öf the vehicle unharmed, but b'th badly frightened. Another horse was procured from a farmer living near by. wb drove them to Mrs. Sherry's h .use. Here it was found that Mr. Gott gar. always of a very nervous temperament, had received a severo shock to his nervous system, from which he has n-.t yet entirely recovered. H was brought h :ne in the evening and Dr. Powers called in n attend him. whfl thinks that he will be all right in a day or two, hot he is still so much affected as not to b- accessible p- visitors. The case is peculiar in that Mr. Gougar hau no recollection of what occurred yesterday, 'but rememb-rs everything ..f Saturday, and is perfectly rational today. Lafayette Call. The country community, w--st of Y untsville. was start".-1 and siu ked Saturday evening by th- aru-ouivement. ihat H-nry Thompson hid committed sui-cij-. The rasli de-d was enacted at threst l -nca of his father. Jam-s Thompson, ab .ut the middle of the afternoon, but In lingfrcd in a cautos 4 c lition until about P) o'clock when there came the diss i'iutioii and his purp.es,. was accomplished. Henry Thompson was twentyeight years of age, given t industry, and icspoeted throughout th" community. Hlias lx-eiv employed with the street car company at Lifayette. but recently l.vr. his pi vsit ion an.l has sine been staying tt lv nie. He h.ul been m ay and despondent fur s -veial days an 1 his mother ti' tioe.1 several jh culiai it;. s in his actions Saturday, but th-.-y did n.-l arouse h-r .suspicion. During lie afternoon a ncigh1. r iK-gan joking H -nry al ut a run i way he had been in s .m time b f re. "out the latter li I n t tak it with his customary smile and soon withdrew from the: house. A f w minutes later the family heard the i -port of a pistol in t!i- hall an 1 haster.el .ut to finl Henry lyir.g on th-- floor wita a gaping w ami In his f reheid. The wc ai .a used was a 32-calib -r revolver, "but tie- bill ranged down toward th ear s." thai bis lif- was pro! nged several hours. He was c-. .iscious m ,-t of the tini-- anl admitted that the act had U-en enml.i'tte.l puro sely, but refused ta give his reis'ei. It was underrtool by the fami'y that Henry was t have been married shortly to a Miss Downing and it is surm !. I that a love spat" may hav litl s m "thing to d vvitli tho suicide. Crawfordsville Argus News. Ambia has a sensation. Last September A. L. Fix. a young man of Ambia. whose home is at Yakima, Wash., was back la Ambia vi.-itlng his father an.l the home of his youth. On Sept. 22 be left for his home In Washington, hiving concluded bis visit, but never has reached his distillation. The inference is. of course, that h has met with foul pliy, but no trace of his whereabouts had been discovered until last Friday, when his father received a lorg telegram from a railrotH brakemin in Texas, stating tint cn the person of a tramp recently kill 1 in a railroad wreck the:-, had teen found a wit h charm on which was engraved "A. H. Fix. Yakima. Wash." The tramp was question. -d before dying, and said he had found the charm in n dark alley in St. Paul. Minn. The Irakeman at once forwarded th charm to the address at Yakima, with particular", and from there it was sent to the young man's father at Ambia, who at once recognized it as having belonged to his son. Armed with this small c lew he started off to trace the matter up. The missing man's brother went to Chicago and there learned that the lost man had spent a week with apother brother there, and from there went to Si. Paul. The utmost efforts of the St. Paul detectives and authorities have, however, failed to develop any information as to his further movements. It is presumed from the circumstances that be was waylaid and robbed and prob-bly murdered in St. Paul, and that the supioscd tramp killed In the wreck in Texas and who had the probably dead man's watch charm on his person, was In some way or other connected with the crime. The utmost policitude is felt by the family as to the matter und every effort is being mad? to hunt the thing down. The present status of the matter is embodied above. 1 -afayette Call. Dr. Price's Cream Bakinj Powder Vorl4' Pair Highest MeJl and DiototM-