Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1883 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The farmers of Wells aad Adams counties will put in miles of tiling this spring. Cbawtobosviixe people are going wild on mining, and are largely Investing in mining stocks The young ladies of DePauw College will soon commence the publication of a college journal. The Commissioners of Washington county have decided to erect a new Jail at a cost of |26,000l A new gas company is being organised in Fort Wayne to manufacture gas by the Holmes process. The semi-annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Editorial Association occurs at Fort Wayne in May. The new Board of Directors of the Southern Prison has just organized. Dr. Hunter was elected President and Dr. Norval Secretary. New Albany will not make any more demands for relief to the State authorities, as the funds on hand already will be sufficient for all purposes. A SKMi wiKKLi mail route has been established between Barren, Harrison county, via Hancock’s Chapel, to Fredericksburg, Washington county. Mbs. McFadden, residing near Scottsburg, undertook to adjust a pulley connected with a well, when she lost-her balance, fell into the well and was drowned Elbebt A Bro. ’b stave and barrel factory at Laconia, Harrison county, burned a few nights ago, involving a loss of 14,009, upon which there was 11,400 insurance. Mbs Henry 8. Lane had made, while in Jerusalem, a large cross of oil v 8 wood, which she intends to present to the Methodist church of Crawfordsville, on her return. A son of John L Miller, of Lafayette, assaulted John 8. Williams, of the Sunday Timet, because of certain reflections of that journal on his father touching the GougarMandler case. News comes from Fairview, Switzerland county, that, during a quarrel at Morton’s school-house, William Holbert, after being twice knocked down by John Morrison, shot and killed him.

Dr Thaddbus Stbvbns, Secretary of the Indiana Board of Health, was ’ dismissed a few days ago, and his successor, Dr. E. H. Hawn, chosen. Stevens protests, and says he will not surrender his office. John a Carson, an engineer on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, died last week nt Vincennes Mr. Carson was injured in an accident, from the effects of which lockjaw supervened, terminating in death. By a resolution of the Genefcl Assembly, the Secretary of Stale was directed to have published, for immediate distribution to the counties, 10,000 copies each of the Rood law, the Dog law, the Drainage or Ditch law and the Decedents’ Estate act. Wabash has contracted for three Jenny electric Rights, in addition to the Brush light now in use. These lights are tn be used in the eastern, western and central parts of the town, and each one will have a brilliancy of 12,000 candle power. Probably the oldest native-born citizen of Floyd county is Harvey Taylor. He was born in 1809, and has continued to reside in the county since that time, and now lives upon the farm on which he was born, in Greenville township, near the Georgetown line. An attempt was made the other night to burn South Hall, one of the largest of the Wabash College buildings The stairway was drenched with coal-oil, but the fire wa» put out before it made any headway. An herbarium of 40,000 specimens was in the building. It is proposed to levee Jeffersonville against all future floods, both on the city front and on the west side, along the line of the New Albany branch of the J., M.AL railroad. It is believed that by co-operating with manufacturers and the railroad company the work can be done for *IO,OOO. Miss Emma Shoas,«b beautiful young lady of Princeton, who was visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma Lane, two miles and a half southeast of Hazelton, was fatally burned one day last week. She was standing before a bonfire in the yard when her clothing took fire, enveloping her in flames. A crazy man by the name of Lewis Whittaker was brought to the station house at Indianapolis the other night. He had alwayt been considered by his family a very harmless maniac until he seized a hatchet and attempted to kill the whole family, a wife, daughter and son, chasing them out of the hous&

Miss Lauba Stine, of Lafayette, who went from that city to Germany with her mother, to complete her education in music, died In Berlin some time ago, and at her request just before death her body was sent to Gotha, a small province of Germany, and cremated. The urn containing the ashes is now on the way to Lafayette. Adam Knapp, of Bridgeport, Harrison county, was robbed of >2,200 during the late flood, when he was compelled to vacate hii residence and take temporary quarters in a school-house. Mr. K. is quite an old man, and badly deformed. The loss falls quite heavily oh him, and he grief es much over his losa The Marion Trust Company has given up the ghost. The receiver appointed to take charge reports that during the year of its existence the firm has taken in >200,000, and paid out >50,000, and has for its assets but s quantity ©f office furniture. There are about 5,000 victims, though the full liabilities have not yet been ascertained. , Mabe Copeland, of Lincolnville, Wabash county, is lying dangerously ill at his home in consequence of his having partaken oi ham that contained trichinae. He ate n smMl piece of pork a month and two weeks ago, and for two weeks past has been unable to leave his bed. His muscles are so stiff that he caunot move. His face is swollen, and his whole appearance Indicates that unless there Is a speedy change for the better he will die. At a recent meeting of the Trustees of Purdue University the resignation of the Hon. Emerson E. White, President of the college, was taken up, discussed and finally accepted. President White has been in charge of the University for seven years His re-lgnatlon was tendered in consequence of the State Legislature tacking on to the Appropriation bill as a condition of allowance the repeal of a rule now in force at Purdue forbidding Greek societies. John Tate, a leading farmer of Wabash township,- was called upon by two strangers, who demanded payment of n m e which they hod obtained from him by sharp practice. He refused to liquidate, and ordered them to leave. Onr of the fellows then drew a revolver, and informed Tate that he would either have to settle or die. At this point a young son of Tate appeared on the acene with a shot-gun and drove the sharpers away. The affar created considerable excitement among the farmers in the vicinity. Tate says the men pioourcd his signature about two weeks ago by asking him for his postoffloe address.