Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1881 — INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS.

A fire at Bedford destroyed SIO,OOO Worth of business property. Henry Bidding was drowned at Fort Wayne while gathering dnft-Avood from the river. The ticket offioe of tho Wabash road at Wabash was burglarized of SSO in money. The residence of John 0. Loecli, near St. Omer, Decatur county, was destroyed by fire.' Loss, $1,200' A young man named James Barnett, lately from the East, committed suicide at Fort Wayne by shooting himself through the hood. Hannah Burford, agod 61, of Plainfield, Hendricks county, wliilo carrying a load of wood into the house, slipped and fell, from the offocts of which she died. Vincennes has granted to Messrs. Gray k Bttift the right to erect waterworks in the city, they to furnish 144 double hydrants for fire protection at a cost to the city of $9,000. Miss Rebecca Baruch, a handsome woman of 18 summers, very suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from tho residence of her parents in Seymour, a few nights ago, since ivliich time no Avord or trail of her can be learned. Twelve line-builders of tho Western Union telegraph, traveling on a handcar on the track of the Evansville and Terre Haute road, oollided with an express train at Vincenues, killing two of the party and Avounding two others. New Indiana patents: George F. Drake, Indianapolis, wheeled plow ; N. H. Long, Munoio, rain-water filter; N. H. Long, Muncie, eaves-trough hanger; O. M. Tyler, Indianapolis, billfile; D. Wiser, Plymouth, spark arrester ; G. H. Zscheck, Indianapolis, saw-guide.

The “Knights of tho Switch,” in the southwestern part of Jackson county, are again on the war-path. From sixty Jlq seventy of the “ Knights ” turned out on two nights recently, and some sus-peot-ed parties were warned by a bundle of switches and a note left on their doorsteps. The State authorities will try to make the mutual benefit life insurance societies pay tho deposit of 8100,000 to tho State Treasurer, the same as commercial insurance companies. This will come very hard on the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, and other secret benevolent bodies. Among those who carried off premiums attlio Chicago Fat-stock show was Master Harry Davis, of Dyer, Lake county, who is bus T 2 years of age. This was his third appearanoe at the fat-stock exhibitions, and -he was paid 803 in premiums awarded his swine and poultry entries. He announced his intention of returning Aoxt year. Levi Moore, a farmer living near Lincolnville, Wabash county, after attending a funeral, became iiisano just as he reached home, and seizing an ax attempted to knock the house down and get at his family. The children ran away and returned with some neighbors, who secured the lunatic and bound him. Moore has now become lucid. Mrs. Altce C. Van Ripf.r, who married her husband, Ecclcb G. Van Riper, at Evansville, id 1865, ami later accompanied him to Russia, where he now resides, "brings suit at Evansville for alimony'outofeer tain property which Van Hibfer owns there. • She says herself and children weffs sent homo dn 1879, since when her husband lias practically deserted her. . • The test case of MagHl Bros., of Clinton, HI., against the Wabash, St. Louis and Pttiiflc road has boen decided. Ma- • gill Shipped ’a large quantity of wool over the Wabash, which was destroyed iff the floods at Toledo lost winter. The matter ' has been under advisement of the oourt for some time, and at last tho Magills havrfreoeived judgment. Taking this as a precedent the .Wabash folks will have enorjnous damages to pay. Marx UACON'IUcd an affidavit Indore a Justice of tlio Pence nt Evansville, alleging that her husband had left her without pi*oper support. Alter the Justice had heard all of tho evidence he discharged tho defendant. As he left the room tho wrfo, who was standing in the doo* with a handful of powdered Cayenne pepper, threw it into his eyes. Physicians who attended tho victim say it is impossible for him to recover his sight Fivr lunsked robbers broke into tho residence of E. C. Rice, cashier of the .Bank of Camden, Carroll county, ltouud and gagged Rico and took bim to the boniit Whore they direct*d him to opon tho safe at the peril *«f his life. Ho told tlpaia that it vyua irupyssiblo tor him to do so, aii file safe Was provided with a (fate lock, of whioh the robbers were convinced producing tho manrobbers were backed, amt in their Cage used Mr. Rico rather roughly, and tiled made off. Rico gave • thfc ahtfm. and the burglars wero tfrecked-tq a Loggnsporj,, livery stable,