Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1881 — INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS.

Oil has l>een struck in Shelby township, Jefferson county. New Albany has two rival school boards and a legal tight on hand. There are a great many S2O counterfeit gold pieces in circulation in Indianapolis. Out of twenty of the larger cities of the State, only three have no city license tax for saloons. David Hadley, a farmer near PlainHeld, lost thirty-five sheep at the hands of dogs on Sunday night. Within three weeks there have been fifteen burglaries committed in South Bend, and not a burglar caught. Winchester is the center of an extensive ash-growing region, which is to be utilized by the new handle factory. President Beattie, of Bedford College, lias accepted the chair of mathematics in the college at Oskaloosa, lowa. Money enough lias been subscribed for a new First Presbyterian Church building at Crawfordsville, to cost sll,* 000. . James Miller, a young farmer living near Rusliviile, was strangled to death by a bit of wheat beard lodging in his \vindp ; pe. There are now thirty-one fully equipped military companies in Indiana, and two more are about to bo organized at Richmond. Parties from lowa are in Southern Indiana buying young stock cattle cheap, to ship home and feed with their surplus grain. Joseph Ramp, employed in his father’s saw-mill at Columbia City, was caught in the belting and whirled around the Bhaft and instantly killed. Near Hagerstown, Wayne county, ft son of Daniel Pollard fell off a loaded wagon, and the wheel passing over him tore the whole scalp from liis skull. Dogs entered the Northern Cemetery at New Albany, the other night, and killed six of the fine ducks the sexton had lecently placed in the lake. Julius Parnin, a lad of 8 years, residing with his parents on a farm near Monroeville, was fatally injured by a gate fulling on him, crushing his skull. The Adjutant General of Indiana is changing the caliber of all the State arms, so that but one kind of ammmunitiou will be needed for the State militia. . . David Stegleii, a well-known citizen of Clay county, was thrown from a buggv near Reelsvillej Putnam county, and sustained a spinal injury, which resulted in his death. Ralph Isaacs, while bathing, was drowned in the Ohio river, at Evansville. Three other boys who were endeavoring to save him camo near having a similar fate. David Hadley, of Plainfield, Hendricks county, had thirty-five tine sheep, valued at about S4OO, killed by dogs in one night. He will lose all because the dogtax money is all paid out. The young girls and boys of Richmond whose parents have forbid the delivery of their mail at the postoilico have established a private postofiice at a eonfed ionary where they leave and call for their notes. Dogs have nearly depleted the tine flock of blooded sheep owned by I. P. Seyden, near New Albany. Over three hundre I sheep have been destroyed by dogs in Floyd county in the last ten months. The wife of Morris Epley, Jiving near South Bend, went into the field barefooted to gather roasting ears, and was bitten by a rattlesnake. Antidotes and medical attendance proved unavailing, and one hour after giving birth to a child Mrs. Epley died. At Richmond, Chief of Police Fleming has destroyed SSOO worth of faro and tools, captured in the recent raid on Stout’s club-room. The law required that they should be burned in the presence of the Mayor, and he was therefore present, with several other gentlemen, to witness the act.

Geo. Hawkins, of Shelby county, wan lately relieved from the Hospital for the Insane on a thirty days’ furlough,If he showed no sign of returning insanity at the expiration of his furlough his release was to be made unconditional ; but the other morning he went wild and attempted to kill his mother. Phoe. Gilheut, of the Indiana University, Bloomington, while ascending tlie Matterhorn, in Switzerland, with four other Americans, was struck on tlie head by a piece of rock which became detached, and rendered insensible. Zermalt doctors attended him, and ho will probably recover. August Bubo, of St. Joseph county, had got through feeding a thrashingmachine, and attempted to jump on top of it. His In ad struck a beam iu the barn, and he fell feet first between the cylinders. His right log was torn to pieces and jerked out of its socket, until it hung to the body by a shred of skin. The teeth tore his bowels open, until his entrails protruded, and his left leg was broken. Berg lived about an hour after the accident. A case of most inhuman cruelty to an animal occurred near Kokomo. L. Ramsey, who lives in that city, and who runs a threshing-machine, was engaged in threshing wheat. He finished up the job in the afternoon and hitched his horses to the engine to move it to the next job, when one of his horses balked. He then tied a line around the poor animal’s tongue and set three or four strong men to pull at it. The beast, of course, hung back, and the brutes at the other end of tlie line pulled the tongue out by the roots. The inhuman owner was arrested and fiued $1 and costs. The Evansville Tribune says: “Orange county has a cave that, for extent, rivals Wyandotte and the Mammoth. It is about three quarters of a mile from the E., D. k E. lino and the same distance from Valeen. It has not been explored more -than ten miles into the interior, but is believed to be twice as large as the present exploration has disclosed. In it is an abyss so deep that a stone thrown into it is rive minutes in falling, so that the sound of its striking the bottom returns. The cave is very little noticed by tlie people in the vicinity, who, like those near Mammoth cave, don’t seem to consider it anything uncommon, because they have become familiarized with it; but strangers visiting Valeen, and hearing of it, frequently visit it, and Hpeak glowingly of its wonders. The entrance is very narrow, but is not long, and terminates in a chamber of only moderate height, but leads to vast chambers and labyrinths that greatly interest the visiter, When the E., D. & E. road is opmpleted it is expected to beoom* a «-rent resort.”