Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1883 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

New At,a ant claims a population of 90,1535. Bubglabs are operating extensively in Orange county. Among the Postmasters commissioned recently was William W. Carey, at Tapp. The key of old Fort Wayne is preserved as a valued relic by ex-Mayar Randall, of that city. A postoffice has been estab'ished at Cates, Fountain county, with W. H. Cates as Postmaster. Solomon Scott, of Paoli, has invented a new car-coupler, which is highly approved by railroad men. A hunting party from Martinsville killed fifty-four squirrels in one day among the hills of Brown county. A Mbs. Scott, living in the north part of Carroll county, died recently at the advanced age of 93 years. A new postoffice has been established at Wilkinson, Hancock county, with John E. Overman as Postmaster. A farmer in Clark county works a farm of t,500 acres, which he owns, without being able to either read or write. Rev. James Slade is placing a Bible in every house in Steuben county where they do not already have the Scriptures Forty valuable ergravings and paintings have been donated to the public library at Lafayette. Dr D. W. Voyles, of Harrison county, sold three Jersey cows and two calves to Kentucky stock-raisers a few day ago for #1,850. It has been decided to hold the State encampment of the uniform rank, Knights of Pythias, at Terre Haute some time in July or August, on a date not yet fixed. John H. Foster, a son of Alex. H. Foster, of Evansville, having passed a successful examination, has been appointed to a #1,200 clerkship In the Pension Bureau in Washington.

The following Postmasters have been commissioned: George B. W. Bobbins, Green Oak; Joseph H. Wait, Gilead: John M. Sears, Fayetteville; Isaac K. Hildebrand, Mount Etna. Clay county has an organization consisting of 200 men for the protection of horses and the capture of horse thieves. They will make short work of any horse-thief who falls into their hand?. During the absence of Bishop Dwenger at Bome, Very Bev. Father Benoit will be administrator of the Fort Wayne diocese. Bev. Father Lang, the Bishop’s secretary, will serve in the same capacity to the administrator. Miss Philhomena Musty, of Harrison county, a young girl of 17 years, was engaged a few days ago in burning brush orj her father’s farm, when her clothing caught fire, and she was literally roasted before assistance could reach her. None of the Indiana military compan'es will enter the Inter-State competitive drill which begins at New Orleans on the 17th day of May, as it is the intention to devote all the intervening time to preparing for the Indiana State encampment, which opens July a A farmer in Jackson county adopted a novel experiment with his wheat while covered with its blanket of ice in February. He put a heavy four-horse harrow upon it and tore the ice to pieces. The wheat was torn up, too, but it is all right now and gives promise of a big yield. John Kennedy, a prominent farmer living about five miles south of Franklin, met with a curious and painful accident the other day. He was assisting to prv open a rail-cut, when the lever slipped, throwing him some six feet in the air. He fell upon his hip on the log and sustained a fracture of the hip-bone. Within the past few days it is claimed that a lead of silyer has been discovered upon the farm of Mr? Henry Inman, near Bedford, and a company has leased the land on which the discovery is said to have been made, and will at once sink shafts and ascertain whether the lead will pay for working it. An inexplicable explosion occurred in a caramel tulu factory, owned by George A Richards, of Indianapolis. A pan filled with paraffine on the furnace exploded with terrific force, hurling the proprietor through the front door and fifteen feet Into the street Fortunately no one was near by at the time, and Mr. Richards’ injuries were not serious, though his escape from death was little short of miraculous.

“Dismal reports,” says a recent Lafayette telegram, “continue to come in about the wheat Fully one-third of the ground put in will be plowed up. Those lands that were protected by the timber present much the most promising outlook, and this is very bad. Not to exceed one-half a crop will be gathered should the weather continue favorable, which is not the case to-day, the ground freezing last night in this vicinity. Many fields, from present outlook, will not pay for narvesting. ” < A boileb explosion occurred at the yarnspinning mill of Roser A Scofield, in Evansville. In five minutes after the accident the open space around the mill was crowded with spectatora In the debris were found the charred remains of Engineer Ferdinand Shulthers, a young German but a » hort time in this country. The boiler was situated on the outside of the building under a shed, and close by this shed the unfortuna'e young man was sitting, having just returned from dinner. The explosion threw him thirty feet in the air.

Jeremiah Lewis, fireman at Speed’s limekiln at Utica, and who is of intemperate habits, went to his home while intoxicated and demanded the reason why his dinner was not ready. His wife replied that dinner was waiting for him. He called her a liar, and struck at her with* a piece of wood. Missing his aim, the blow fell upon his 1-year-old baby, killing it instantly, in the presence of its horrified mother. Then, in his drunken frenzy, and probably maddened at the bloody work of his hands, he rushed outside of the house, returning a moment afterward armed with an ax, with which he dealt his wife a fearful blpw just back of and above the right ear» inflicting a mortal wound. Supposing her dead, he walked out of doors, and soon thereafter was arrested by local officers Chableh Rhodes ahd A B. Tinsley, laborers, left Muncie, the other day, for the country, to blow up stumps When about half a mile from the town the Hercules powder, which was being carried by Rhodes under his arm, suddenly exploded, tearing the body into atoms, his head being found about 100 feet from where the expl slon occurred. The legs and one arm were about all that could be found of the remains. In the branches of tall trees near by could.be seen shreds of cothing and pieces of flesh. Tinsley, who was walking at Rhodes’ side when the explosion occurred, received serigya, jf not fatal ni juries Buildings near by "had windows • shattered out anct- generally wrecked. | Rhodas wm a young man M yews of age. ‘ Tinsley wm about M