Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1879 — INDIANA ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA ITEMS.

Richmomd qontains 140 manufacturing establishments. James H. Holland, Treasurer of Hamilton county, diedlast week. A three-days soldiers’ encampment is to be held at Terre Haute, beginning Oct. 3. The directory of the tile works at Indianapolis, destroyed by fire, have resolved to rebuild. The Postmaster General has designated Terre Haute as a free delivery city after Oct. 1, next. The Directors of the rolling-mill at Indianapolis have givon notice of an advance in wages averaging 10 per. cent., to take effect Sept. 1. A 2-year-old child fell a distance of eighteen feet at Danville, alighting on its head. It was apparently unhurt at the time, but died two days afterward The soldiers’ reunion at Madison was a huge success. From 8,000 to 15,000 persons were on the fair-grounds. The survivors of forty regiments were in line. The Underwriters. The following table shows the business done by the insurance companies operating in this State during the six months from. Jan. 1 to June 30, 1879. There are eighty-three companies, but only seventy-six have reported up to date: Premiumn. Lot. Ken. Aurora, of Cincinnati. 0hi0... .$ 6,007.98 $ 3,969.49 America, of Newark, N. J 737.88 American Central, of St. Loulb, Mo 8,003.27 1 200.17 American, of Philadelphia, Pa. 4 831.42 1.751.71 American, of Chicago, 11l 0',,518.42 27.750 01 Amazon, of Cincinnati. 0hi0... 2,882.( 3 4,204.78 Buffalo-German of Buffalo, N.Y 6.088.00 - 3,080.52 Commercial, of New York. N.Y. 004.85 1,113.08 Connecticut, of Hartford, Ct.... 4,270.68 408.05 Citizens, of St. l.ouis, Mo 1,312.0(1 451.00 Commerce, of New York, N. Y. . 207,08 7.22 Clinton, of New York, N.Y 853.28 Commonwealth,of Boston, Mass. 2,333.54 866.65 Continental, of New York, N. Y. 48,088.10 30,730.55 Commercial Union, of London, England 4,724.88 5,104.20 Detroit Fire and Marine of Detroit, Mich 400.00 Exchange, of New York, N. Y.. 345.00 Fireman's Fund bf California, Cal 5 605.58 4,702.02 Fireman's, of Dayton, 0hi0.... 3.151.24 8,266.88 Farmers’, of York, Pa 2.133.00 680.36 Fireman’s, of Newark, N. J.... 1,377.h7 655,40 Franklin, of Phil idelphia. Pa.. 7,183.00 4,435.08 Fire Association, of Philadelphia, Pa 15,243.40 0,741.87 Girard, of Philadelphia, 1’a.... 4,041.15 548 47 Glenn Falls, of Glenn Falls, N. Y 8,420.00 2,688.30 Guardian, of London, England. 701.60 How ard. of New York, N. Y.... 1,086.75 370.30 Hoffman, ot N-w York, N Y r ... 510.58 Hamliurg-Migdeburg, of Germany 1,437.25 Hamburg-Brensen, of Germany. 1,221 60 406.60 Home, of New York, N. Y 57,185 70 18,004.82 Hartford, of Hartford, Ct 34,073.22 21,057.53 Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia 22,076.70 10,156.47 Imperial and Northern, of London, England 4,680.88 6,054.40 Lorillard, of New York, N. Y.. . 044.78 5.00 Liverpool and London and Globe, of London. England.. 6,350.38 7,822.09 Lancashire, of Manchester, England : 5,787.02 4,418,88 London Assurance, of London, England 3,670.22 1,6.35,89 Milwaukee Mechanics, of Milwaukee, Wis 4,037.03' 344.77 Meriden, of Meriden, Ct 1,560.43 Merchants, of Newark, N. J.... 2,554.46 2,052.05 Manhattan, of New York, N. Y. 8,422.24 1.170.17 Northwestern National, of Milwaukee, Wis 2,830.81 180.75 N. Y. Bowery, of New York, N. Y 108.01 ew Hampshire, of Manchester, N. H 1,200.08 1,000.00 Newark Fire, of Newark. N. J■. 2,636.07 105.33 New York City, of New York, N. Y 852 10 750.00 National, of Hartford, Ct 3,647.68 2,7-13.46 North British and Mercantile, of Edinburgh, Scotland 13,446.74 6,878.33 Northern, o£ New York. N. Y.... 1,084.20 1.083.24 Niagara, of New York, N.Y 12,453;00 7,577.15 North German, Germany 1,520.47 4.085.00 Orient, of Hartford, Ct 2.056.88 8,010.64 Ohio Farmers, of Le Roy, Ohio 11.473.71 3.506.45 People’s Fire, of Trenton, N. J. 8,257.68 044.77 People’s of Newark, N. J 1.325.80 3,754.08 Pennsylvania Fire, of Philadels phis', Pa 6.830.70 2,470.25 Phoenix, of Hartford. Ct 30.283.37 16.507.73 Phenix, of Brooklyn, N. Y 25,344.23 8,160.10 Queen, of Liverpool. England.. 6,087.40 4,027.60 Royal Canadian, of Montreal, Canada 2,754.70 1.264.41 Rochester German, of Rochaster, NY 533.57 Royal, of Liverpool, England.. 24.220.24 13,102.06 St. Paul Fire and Marine, of St. Paul, Minn 2,477.02 1,668.71 St. Nicholas, of New York, N.Y. 386:43 Standard of .New York, N. Y... 060.40 Star, of New York, N. Y 1,226.30 Springfield Fi eand Mariue, of Springfield, Mass 18,677.82 7.437.20 Scottish Commercial, of Glasgow, Scotland 2,085.12 4,215.40 Traders, of Chicago, 11l 1.804.03 102.56 Teutonia, of Day on, Ohio 2,007.57 601.00 T adesman’s, of New Y'ork, N.Y 288.34 ...... United Firemen’s, of Philadel- _ pbia, Pa 1,w8.64 Williamsburgh City, of Brooklyn, N.Y 1,028.52 1,001.66 Westchester, of New Rochelle, N.Y 5,532.49 5 452.61 Water own,'f Watertown,N.Y. 10.037 50 8,386 51 Western, of Toronto Canada... 3,901,00 412.42 The companies not reporting arc: Underwriters of New York, AEtna, British America, Caisse Generate, Columbia, New York, German American, and Mercantile of Ohio.