Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1883 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The Floyd county Treasurer is making an effort to collect #70,000 delinquent taxes due the county. Raoooon station, Putnam county, Is excited over the reported discovery of a large amount of gold and silver near that place. While Benjamin Williams, living nearWarsaw, was moving a house, the root |ell in while he was inside, crushing him fatally. William Peters, of Logansport, has been arrested and imprisoned on the oharge of having murdered one John Baker, In the fall of 1865. The Hon. Perry H. Smith, havinjf recovered, has left the State Hospital for the InBane, at Madison, Wis., and will take up his residence at Doty’s Island, near Neenah. A fine monument to the memory of Bev. Archie Smith, a pioneer Baptist minister. Who labored faithfully for forty years In and about Madison, was unveiled at Com Oreek cemetery, near that city. Walter Shanes’ little girl, who brought suit against the L. N. A. and O. railroad for damages sustained by a baggage truck falling upon her, at Mitchell, has been given #BOO, after trial before a jury. Mu. Doxet has purchased the Madison County National Bank, at Anderson, paying a premium of 80 per cent, on the capital stock Of #50,000. The Major Is also erecting an Opera House In Anderson to oost #40,000. A man named Childers In jail at Salem confessed to robbing John Gill and W. B. Peters at that place eighteen months ago and that he murdered the former. He told where the money taken from GUI was, and It was recovered.

It Is proposed to build an extension of the Chicago and Great Southern railroad from Brazil, Ind., to Chicago, making the road a competitor of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago line for the trade of the Indiana coal region

William Middleton, of Connersville, arranging a oonduotor at the comer of his house during a shower, received stroke of lightning, the electrlo fluid run. ning from bis knees down his limbs. He wafc paralyzed for some time after he was ploked up, and was severely scorched. Frank Botlen, a music dealer of Connersville, was arrested on the charge of embezzling funds to the amount of #1,078 and committing forgery, feoylen protested his Innocence and gave bail—his brother acting as bondsman—for his appearanoe before Justice Dale’B court.

Robert Stickney, the well-known equestrian, has begun suit in the September term of the Laporte Oirouit Court to recover #lO,000 damages against one of the proprietors of the Van Amburgh, Fost, Stone A Co.’soircus. The claim is for money lent, professional services and damages for a broken contract.

At Williamsport, on St Mary’s river, ten miles south of Fort Wayne, the dam at Cody’s grist mill was partially destroyed the other night by the explosion of some dynamite plaoed there by malicious parties. Eight hundred dollars will repair the damage, and #6OO that to houses in the village Nobody hurt. The explosion was heard six miles

Dubino the storm the other day, a man who was plowing near Montmorenoi, Tippecanoe county, seeing the storm-olond approaching, unhitched and started for the barn, but met the storm before reaching shelter, and the horse he was riding was struck on the head by a huge hailstone, which felled the beast like a shot, causing it to roll over, and severely bruising the rider.

William Richter, an aged German saloonkeeper, committed suicide at Indianapolis by shooting himself in the abdomen with a shotgun, making a frightful wound. Several days ago his wife wandered away from home in an insane freak and was afterward sent to the asylum, and it is thought this so preyed on the old man's mind as to induce him to take his life.

Four of the express trains over the Wabash main line are ran on a time-schedule based on thirty-nine miles per hour. The track of the main line Is again in good condition, and some big running is done on this road almost dally, as so numerous are the connections that seldom a day passes that,the express trains do not want a few minutes on one or more connections.

Beverly Sims, near Lafayette, was swindled out of ICO by the lightning-rod fiend putting up several rods on his new "barn, “for an advertisement, ju«t to introduce their rods in the neighborhood,” for the nominal sum of #.\ Of course the traditional innocent little receipt or agreement had to be signed, which afterward turned up as an iron-clad note for #9O.

Father Neybon is seriously 111 at Noire Dame. He is 98 years old, and it Is feared that he will not recover. Father Neyron Is a Frenchman, and served as surgeon In the army of the First Napoleon. He was in all of the prominent battles of that famous soldier, including the retreat from Russia and the disaster of Waterloo. He was shot through the forehead, and for over seventy years has carried the bullet in his forehead

Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: Brands Brunson, Decker, saw-handle; James Buchanan, Indianapolis, plow; Joseph G. Gross, Oonncrsville, saw-guard; Lewis Warner. Stone Bluffs, tire-heating'furnace; Henry Llghty, RossviHe, washing-machine; James H. MoLean, Lawrenceburg, lock for rockingchairs, cribs, etc.; John T, Mercer, Richmond, compound for tempering steel; David Reniker, Wabash, fence; Homer J. Roberts, Orland, vehicle tongue.

Quite a sensation was caused in a country district in Carroll county, by the appearance of the two Mormon Elders who have been instructing the citizens of Vigo and Parke In their religion. During the services one of the Mormons was hit by a chew of tobacco, and after the meeting several eggs were thrown at them, and they found difficulty in getting out of the reach of the angry crowd Before they left, however, they declared their intention of preaching at every school-house in the connty. The Indiana Pharmaceutical Association, in session at Indianapolis, has elected the following officers: President, W. Ml Yaekel, Lafayette; First Vice President, H. J. Watjen, Vincennes''Second Vice President, A. W. Benford, Crfcwfordsville; Treasurer, Etaii Martin, Indianapolis; Secretary, Joseph R Perry, Indianapolis; Committee, John N. Hnrty, of Indianapolis, Charles A, Robinson, of Terrs Haute, and D. 0. Bryant, of Frankfort The Delegatas to the meeting of the American Association at Washington, D. 0. , in September, feftS; are : George W*Sloan, of Indianapolis, YL 3. Schlaepper, of Evansville, George H. Andrews, of Munde, James H. Lilly, of Indianapolis, and Charles V. Pyle, of Warsaw. Delegates to the meeting of the Retail Druggists’ Association at Washington, D. 0., In September, 1888, are: John tt Hendricks, of Pern, Aug. Detser, of Fott 1 Wayfte, A M. ’ Andrews, of OonnersfiUe, Tjddpa Lybrand, of Noblssvilla, and Qk IX Settle, of Anderson D . +;' . »W .