Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1881 — INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS.

The 10-year-old son of C. Coffman, a farmer, living near Mnnoio, was kicked by a horse and killed. Thomas B. Weston, an old printer, died at Kendailville, aged 82 years. He settled iu Noble county in 183(5. Both the window and bottle departments of DePanw’s glass-works at New Albany will resume on Sept. 1. Geoboe Newoomb, of Newcastle, a brakoinan on the Muncie road, was run over by a switch engine and killed. A Henry county cow gave birth to a fully-developed, go d-sized calf two months ago, and last week repeated tho performance.

John Garrett, a young man living in Muncie, while fooling with a pistol accidently discharged it, and shot his left hand to pieces. Thomas Hibbh’ saloon at Cambridge City was partly demolished by a dynamite torpedo that wan exploded iu the cellar by unknown parties. The stores of Mack Bros, and Morris Jones, at Muncie, were burglarized a few days ago. Over &1,000, chietly goods, rewarded their nefarious labors. The flouring-mills of George Gamble, near Muncie, were totally destroyed by tire. Five hundred bushels of wheat were burned. Loss, $5,000; insuiauce, $3,000.

The church furniture works of Haynes, Spencer & Co., at Richmond, Cary & Roulette’s planing-mill, aud Hugo’s en-gine-governor factory were burned, tho loss being $50,000. A little daughter of Thomas Williamson, of Jefferson county, had one foot cut entirely off by a mowing machine, she having stepped in front of the sickle while it was in motion. While Willard Douglass Shanks, son of the Clinton county Treasurer, was driving a team of horses in Frankfort they ran away, throwing him against a fence and killing him instantly. The geodetic survey of the Slate was commenced at Now Albany last week. The observatory is four miles north of the city, on the knobs. The survey will extend through the central part of tho State and to South Bend.

At Muncie, while Sol Yeneman, a lad 17 years of age, was loading an old pistol it went off, sending a ball into the breast of a boy named Smith, who was standing liy causing a fatal wound, the ball passing entirely through the breast bone. Clifford Cronk, of Washington county, got mad at one of his horses, hitched to his mowing machine, and got off to switch the horse, and got in front of the reaper, when the horses sprang ahead, cutting off one foot at the ankle. A tramp tried to force an on trance into the house of Mrs. Mol lie Hurt a widow, residing near Franklin. Mrs, Hurt sent a bullet through the panel ot the door, and it lodged in the brain of the would-bo burglar, who died immediately. Solon Russell, a well-known lawyer of Charlestown, was run over and killed at Jeffersonville. The locomotive wheels severed the body in twain, cut, off' ouo arm and horribly mutilah d tho lower extremities. Death was instantaneous. Sherman Nelson, aged 15, was sent by his parents for tho cows, at Grooneaffle, hut instead stole a ride on top of a freight of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago. At PuUmanville his head came in contact with a bridge, and ho was fatally injured. Mrs. Jacob Mansdoerfeb was burned to di nth at Fort. Wayne by her elolln s catching tire from the stove while she was in the kitchen alone preparing supper. Children discovered her whdo she was burning, but were poworl ss to assist her in time.

Mrs. llabkikt Coe, doughti r of Mi*. W. B. Langston, Connorsville. has be* n taken to the insane asylum. Her insanity ran in the direction of attempts at killing her children, and dates from the grief occasioned by tlio death of her husband, some years ago. The Do Pamv American Plate-Glass Works are now turning out an immense plate-glass fermenter for one of the largo distilleries at Owensboro, Ky., to be used in the manufacture of sour-mash whisky. It is seventeen feet in height, eight feet in diameter, aud the. first plate-glass fermenter ever manufactured. Bad whisky and mean jealousy caused George MacElfresh, of Muneie, to go to the houso of his long-divorced wife, kick the doors in, seize her, and threaten to brain her with a huge stone. Her sister, Mury Lee, at this critical moment fired at him and inflicted a dangerous and perhaps fatal wound. Near North Vernon, Jennings county, a team of Irorses at tached to a reapingmachine ran off and threw the driver, John Hulsc, in front of the sickle-bar, which, before the horses could bo stopped, cut both his arms off, one above the elbow and the- other above the wrist, and cut gashes in his breast and shoulder. The nest span of the iron bridge on Clinton street, over the Ht,. Joe river, Fort Wayne, gave way, fuliing4ti the river, caused by the pier settling on a quick-sand bottom and throwing the bridge out of line. Henry Hanna was crossing in his buggy, and went down with it. Although he fell in such a way as not to show apparent injury, death resulted in a few hours, caused by nervous excitement.

Some time ago a Tipton attorney received for collection a claim on a worthless fellow who has lived in Georgia since the close of the war. He wrote a letter to the fellow, stating the amount due and advising him to avoid trouble and cost, etc. Judge of the lawyers surprise when lie received by express a package of bills to the full amount of the debt, and his greater surprise w hen he saw that the lulls were all Confederate not* s. The Brazil Enterprise says: “At present the lightning-rod swindle is being perpetrated in this county. They goto a man and say: ‘Wo will put lightning rods on your house or burn at. the rate d 87$ cents per loot; the bill will probably be S2B or s3o.’ ihe prison ap, rone! od with such a pr. position, with*-tit making any < slim, to of tie numb* r of feet neecssuiily required, will contract to have it done at (liesliphlat. d rate per Coot. Then the light ning-rod fiends will climb upon his buildings and put up the r. d*, using as many f* ct as can ik) siblv be put on, e ven to the extent of running the rod ten or twelve feet iu the ground. Wlieu- the work is ended the bill w ill be found to be $l3O or sllO at the rate of S7J cents per foot, anil there has been no such misrepresentation on the i>art ofdiie lightningrod man ns wi 1 defeat t.lje cuUtiifjpD of his bid.”