Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1882 — INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS.

Barney Birney, of Madison, ran a splinter into his hand and died of lockjaw, r Subscriptions aggregating about $45,000 have been made at Vincennes for locomotive works. . A company has been formed in Crawfordsville for the manufacture of barbed wire and metal fence-posts. Ross Jones, aged 53, discouraged by his failure to abstain from liquor, committed suicide at Greensburg.A wedding in high life at Wabash had to be postponed because the groom, who lives at Polo, 111, missed the train. Charles T. Voorhees, son of the Indiana Senator, goes to Washington Territory to begin the practice Of law. There were 1,774 deaths in Indianapolis last year. This, compared with the ratio of increase in population, is a very good showing. Some experienced coal men are mak ing preparations to go into the coalmining business on an extensive scale in Washington and Daviess counties. South Bend is the greatest wood market in Northern Indiana. Wood is hauled in every day on wagons from localities distant eighteen to twenty-two miles. The Logansport Pharos has a SIO,OOO libel suit on its hands, growing out of certain charges affecting the good name of Joseph V. Tartman, a school teacher, and a young lady. John Black was shot an 4 killed by a man named Robinson, in Brown county, for traducing the character of Robinson’s sister. Robinson is still at liberty, the sympathy of the community being with him.

Franklin Beard, of Warren, who for two years has been a student in the Chicago Medical College, went home without giving notice, and killed himself with a razor. He showed unmistakable signs of insanity. Minnie Moyer, a little girl of 8, died at Columbus, after a few hours’ illness. At first the trouble was supposed to be congestion of the brain, but now it is thought her death is the result of a hit in the back while playing at school. The city of Evansville had a population last May, based on the returns of taxable polls and enumerated school children, of 32,878. This is a gain over the census count made only eleven months before of 4,598, or about 15| per cent. Quite an interesting addition co the collection of the State Geographical Museum at Indianapolis is an American elephant’s molar tooth, weighing eight pounds, which was presented oy Peter H. Wright, Superintendent of the Foor Farm, who found the curiosity. A private bank at Terre Haute was robbed of $1,500 in currency in the usual style, one man engaging the cashier in conversation while an accomplice passed behind the counter. The man who did the talking was arrested, and gave his name as Ben Simon and his residence as Chicago. There is a man living in Greene township, Morgan county, 62 years old, who never took a political newspaper, never rode in the “ kivered keer,” and never owned a time-piece. He has lived there ever since he was 9 years old, and has belonged to the Methodist church since he was 19 years old. The City Council of Terre Haute has adopted a resolution to instruct the City Attorney to draw up a contract with the Brush Electric Light and Power Company to light the place on the tower plan. The company will put up five towers, 4,000 to 16,000-candle power each, and one of 20,000. The consideration is SIO,OOO per annum, including repairs.

The prevalence of typhoid fever at Indianapolis is becoming alarming. There are quite a number of cases reported, and several deaths have occurred. It se. ms that the students of the Indiana Medical College have suffered especially from it, three deaths from among their number having occurred within the last few days, and others are now sick. Mrs. Campbell, one of the prominent workers in the prohibition movement in this State, and who has lately been working in Parke, Johnson and Knox counties, expresses the opinion that the prbspect for obtaining a prohibition majority in the next Legislature is very favorable. She says the country districts, rather than the towns and cities, are mainly to be depended on. She finds persons opposing prohibition who favor womansuffrage, and the voting upon the two questions will be independent.

Mention was made som? weeks ago of a 4-year-old boy at the Surgical Institute who had been an inveterate smoker for over two years. The little fellow at that time was unable to walk, owing to complicated spinal troubles, believed largely to originate from an unlimited use of narcotics, the child ordinarily smoking twqqty cigars daily, beside innumerable cigarettes. Since treatment of the case began no tdbacco has been given him, and he is now able to walk and in a fair way to recovery. At least no harm was done by the sudden breaking of a bad habit,’and the boy’s body and mind give indications of healthy improvement. News.

The civil suit of Lena Miller vs. Mrs. Clem et el. has been compromised. It was brought in November, 1876, to recover $7,500, which the plaintiff claimed had been obtained from her by Mrs. Clem through fraud find., misrepresentation. Judgment was had in January, 1878,'for $8,487.50, which included interest on principal. The defendants appealed to the Supreme Court, where the case remained Until a compromise was reached, by which Miss Miller, or rather her creditors, to whom she had assigned the judgment, received $6,500. Tl,e attorney fees cost the Clems not less than $5,000, and court costs added $1,200. Following this suit Miss Miller prosecuted Mrs. Clem -in the Criminal Court, and the jury found her guilty and recommended imprisonment for four years in the female reformatory, Where she now is. The Criminal Court dotrts, including SIOO fine and attorneys’jfees, is estimated at $1,500, making a grand total of full $14,000, if not more. In other words, she defrauded Miss'Miller out of $6,500, and the investment' cost the amount as above, beside which the game was broken and Mrs. Clem wAs so-, curely put away for four years > Fire-Proof Paper and Ink. According to a German paper, a very promising success has been attained in the manufacture of fire-proof paper and ink. In making the paper ninety-five parts of asbestos was used With, five parts of wood fiber; these, by ajd of glue, water and borax, were made into a pulp, winch yielded a fine, smoeW pa-

per, which could be used for writing purposes. It had the unusual quality of sustaining the influence of white heat without injury. Fire-proof printing and writing inks were made by combining platinum chloride, oil of lavender, and lampblack and varnish. These ingredients produced a printing ink, and, when a writing fluid was wanted, Chinese or India ink and gum arabic were added to the mixture.