Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1879 — INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS.

New Harmony has put up streetlamps. Gen. Gkant’s dato for visiting Logansport is Dec. 9. Rockport shows an ear of corn holding 1,200 kernels. It is said that Judge Biddle declines to be a candidate for re-election to the Supreme bench. Con. Horace Scott has received the contract for building the Vernon, Greensburg and Rushville railroad. The new bridge at Fairfield, Franklin county, is nearly completed. The cost of the completed structure will be $12,000. Mrs. Lonesly, of Laurel, was shot at by her young daughter, while she was reprimanding the young lady for some offense. « Johnson township, Crawford couuty. contains a fine bed of white cluv, suitable for potters, and a bed of rock suitable for whetstones. Farmers around Indianapolis complain of gypsy and other thieves who plunder their fields and farm yards, and are talking of organizing rifle clubs. The starch factories at Madison have been compelled to shut down on account of the scarcity bf corn, and the lack of x’ailroad transportation for the same. Shipments of block coal to Cincin nati have been stopped, the favorable weather and the lise in the Ohio river making a supply from Indiana mines needless. Mrs. Joseph Bates, of Lafayttlo, while endeavoring to get her son away from a lot of quarrelsome boys, was struck on the head by a stone, and knocked senseless. Nearly 5,000 people assisted in the search for the bodies of the Woodward family, who were drowned at the “Fatal Ford,” near Columbus. Those of the mother and daughter were recovered. It is said that eight persons have been drowned at this ford. The Grand Temperance Council of Indiana elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. Garrisli; First Vice President, Dr. Spottswood; Second Vice President, D. T. Smith; Third Vice President, Dr. Bond; Recording Secretary, C. Bradford; Treasurer,lsaac Underwood. Mrs. Schilling, who keeps a dairy in Fort Wayne, had a narrow escape from a terrible death. Wishing a drink of cider, she visited the cellar, and, in the dark, by mistake took a vessel containing concentrated lye and drank a quantity of it. Burning with pain, she ran up stairs, but fortunately retained presence of mind, and swallowed the white of an egg. The death of Gen. Frank White occurred at Terre Haute a few days ago. He served with distinction in the army during the rebellion, being Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventeenth Indiana volunteers. At the close of 1873 he was commissioned Collector of Internal Revenue for the Seventh District of Indiana, which position he retained until last year. He leaves a wife and two grown children. Deceased was buried at Quincy. The formation of Supervisors districts under the census law of March 3, 1879, has been carried out by Snpeiititendent Walker, the following districts being announced for this State. District Supervisors have not yet been .appointed, but these officers, when put in office, will have complete charge of the enumeration in their respective districts, and must reside in the territory over which they have charge: First District —Ciawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gilson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Osage, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Wa--rick counties. Second District —Bartholomew, Brown,Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Itiploy, Scott, Switzerland and Washington counties. Third District— -Delaware, Fayette, Hamilton, Hancock, HeDry, Johnson, Madison, Marion, lUndolpb, Rush, Shelby, Tipton, Union and Wayne comities. Fourth District— Boone, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Greene, Hendricks, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Park,' Putnam, Su'livan, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo and Warren counties. Fifth District -BentoD, Carroll, Cats, Fulton, Howard, Jasper, Lake, Laporte, Marshall, Miami, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke and White counties. Sixth District— Adams, Allen, Blackford, Do Kalb, Elkhart, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley counties.