Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1882 — INDIANA ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA ITEMS.

A fire at Looza, Montgomery coiuity, burned three buildings. About 300 men are at work on the new State House, in Indianapolis. Charles Ogan’s residence, near Wabash, was destroyed by fire. Loss, ,$2,000. The new small-pox hospital at Lafayette was burned by an incendiary. No lives lost. There are 344 pensioners in Tippe canoe county, and they are paid annu ally $128,352. Lafayette is soon to have an exten sive match factory if pending negotia tionrf do not fall through. Mike Madigan, formerly of Terre Haute, lost his life by the burning of a hotel at Leadville, Col. Gen. Fred Knifler will be appointed commander of the camp for the July encampment at Indianapolis. Six hundred and forty dogs have been registered and tagged in New Albany township under the new law. Twelve inquests were held by the Indianapolis Coroner during the month of March, at an expense to the county of $282.30. The jury in the case of Maggie Briscoe agaiust Omri Thompson, on trial ar Sa lem, assessed her damages at SB,OOO for breach of contract to marry. Rev. George H. Austin, of Madison, pleaded guilty to forging a note for $2 >O, and was fined $lO and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. While driving in Indianapolis, with three small children, Mrs. R. ,L. Boyd overturned the buggy at a comer, and all its occupants were taken home insensible. A company, composed mainly of resi - dents of Wabash, has purchased the old woolen mills at Warsaw, and will begin the manufacture of patent store furniture at that point. Anthony Stingley, one of the pioneers of Tip ton county, is 87 years old, father of fourteen children who are all living, and owns orie of the largest farms in the State. Wm. P. Morton and Mary E. Poe, paupers in the Madison county poor - house, were married recently, and start ed West to seek their fortunes, going on foot. They were given sufficient money to help them out of the State. The Attorney General of Indiana says i that Road Superintendents should be I paid out of the township and not out of the county fund, and that constables are entitled to 50 cents a head for killing untagged dogs, but are not entitled to I any mileage. John W. Keener, proprietor of the ■ Premont House, at Muncie, in a row j with Peter Kirke, drew a revolver and I tired three shots, all taking effect, two i lodging in the abdomen and one in the i left elbow. Attending surgeons think j recovery probable. Kerner was arrested and gave bond. On a farm near South Bend, a large, healthy calf was born the other day per feet with the exception of being blind and having two sets of eyelids and eyelashes. One set is in the usual place, I while the second set is directly underj neath and rests down about lialf way i over the eyes. i John Rodawald, a well-to-do farmer I residing in Adams township, Allen conn ; ty, committed suicide by shooting him* ! self through the bowels with a rille in a • patch of woods nqar his residence. De I ceased was 60 years of age, and leaves a ' large family. Temporary insanity is asi (. ribed as the cause. A citizen of South Bend found a strange freak of nature, the other day, in removing the peel from an orange. At the top of the orange was a cup-like depression, and in this rested another perfect but small orange. On top of this one was also a depression, and in this I w as a still smaller orange, making three j under one cover, John Campbell and William Ritteni house broke into a hardware store at North Manchester, Wabash county, and, • while packing valuable goods prepara--1 tory to taking them away, were surprised I by about tw’enty business men, who, ! having heard that the raid was to be ' made, had stationed themselves near • the store. They wore lodged in jail. I Rittenhouse, who is in very bad odor at 1 North Manchester, narrowly escaped beI ing lynched. The annual collegiate oratorical contest of the State, in English’s Opera i House, Indianapolis, was witnessed by | a large audience. The contestants were • G. L. McNutt, of Wabash ; Miss Lillian ' Thompson,.of Franklin ;J. W. Emison, of Asbury ; Martin A. Morrison, of Butler ; C. L. Goodwin, of the State University ; and Walter L. Fisher, of Hanover. The representative of the State University, W. Goodwin, was awarded the honors, the referee deciding for him as against McNutt, the two being tied 'by the judges. Goodwin is from Bow- ! ing Green, Ky.

The Executive Committee of the State Board of Agriculture was recently in session at Indianapolis, and the members were interviewed concerning crop prospects and the effects of the late frost H. 0. Meredith, of Wayne county, reported the effect not so disastrous there as elsewhere. The cherry aud apple trees had been touched, but the wheat was not forward enough to be hurt. Robert Mitchell, of Gibson county, said one half of the peach buds have been killed. The apple and wheat crops had not been injured at all. The early strawberries, which were as large as peas, were entirely destroyed. Cherries were safe. The potato vines had been nipped, but the crop was not hurt. Pie-plant, and clover had been blackened, but no harm has been done either. Mr. Barnes, of Madison county, said the fruit - crop in general was well nigh destroyed. He did not think jointed wheat was seriously injured. The apple trees suffered. Capt. O’Neal, of Tippecanoe county, said the thermometer there fell to 28 deg. He was of the opinion that only a small per cent, of the peaches had been killed. Grapes and pears were badly injured. Capt. O’Neal said there was before the frost, in his part of the State, the most promising wheat crop ever planted in Indiana since the county was settled, and did not think it had been seriously injured. In a general conversation with the members of the committee the reporter found the opinion to prevail that, while the fruit crop was very badly hurt, harvest wonld show that wheat had not been as seriously affected as is popularly supposed. At Fort Wayne, a negro tramp named Squire C. Maybury shot a white vagabond supposed to be named Patrick O’Meara through the heart. The two met on the railroad track. O’Meara had

been drinking and was quarrelsome. He insisted on the negro drinking. The latter took a pull at a whisky bottle to avoid trouble, when the white man grew more abusive and kicked the negro. Maybury then drew a revolver and fired with fatal effect. Maybury was arrested.