Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1883 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Nna person* of Indianapolis narrowly escaped death a short time ago from eating poisoned beef. Th* Liquor Dealm* Protective Association, of Fort Wayne, are backing a movement for the prosecution of druggists for selling liquor by the glass. B. F. Beverforden, a prominent druggist, was heavily fined the other day. Milton Haynes, of Lafayette, has begun a suit, through his attorney, W. L Roberts, against Moses Baker and Joseph Baker, two prominent physicians of Stockwell, for 110,000 damages for ill treatment in setting, healing and treating his broken limbi Rv-Gov. Cumback, during his term as Collector of Internal Revenue, collected and deposited to the credit of the Secretary of the Treasury, >33,500,000, without the lose of one cent to the Government His office during the entire time has been graded as “A No. 1.” A strange fight took place in Clarksville between Ed Long and John Kelly. Both are good-looking fellows, and each has a young lady to whom he pays attention*. Long remarked, during a conversation with Kelly, that his girl was the better looking of the two. Kelly promptly replied that Long was a liar. It was then agreed to fight it out according to the rules of the prize-ring. After a long and bloody struggle Long's girl was pronounced the better looking, although the champion is so badly used up that he can not leave his bed. At Valparaiso, two young ladles from the Normal, went to see a lady friend bit on the train at the Grand Trunk, and forgot to kiss her good-by until the train had started Suddenly they ware seen to wildly paw the air and screech so loudly that the oondua. tor’s attention was arrested, and thinking they wished to go somewhere, stopped the train, thereupon the ladies got on and exchanged the usual amount of kissing and (good-bys, and then coolly; got off. The conductor wa> too thunderstruck for utterance. A little boy named Vaz, at Walesboro, ' while standing on a side-track recently, wheris tomd* pushing da*, had hi. head eaaght between two bumpers;! but the cars stopped just in time to prevent itt ’ being crushed. He was badly hurt, however, blithe effecj of the injury was most , curious. His eyes, which were straight bebefore, at once became crossed aiid fed re- ; ipain; all his right side appearstoibe perfectly pulseless, yet he h** pf his , limbs. The pbyscian in charge repojt* she case unprecedented in his practice. uieii bar 'rism.-'.i Jefhtha D. Thomas was shot through the head and instantly tilled by Jack May at Center Point, ten miles south of Brazil. ' Jiay and his wife have been separated fox some time, and she is making ha* home in the Thomas family. Meanwhile fer petition for divorce is pending. Itra May and Thomas went into a buggy to Saline to- ‘ gether, he on business and she to see her - sister. ■ .They i returned home .jubout 1C o’clock. May,was lying in. w*ltfpr them, f and when they arrived in front of the residence he went up to buggy, and, placing a revolver in Thomas’ face, fired-

Th* following patents have been issued to Indiana inventors: Harry Jones, Richmond, assignor of one-half to R R Rouse, In. dianapolis, chain pump; Albert W. Marshall, Indianapolis, stereotype-plate holder; H. C. Pomeroy, South Bend, skate; Nicholas Shoptaugh, Boonville, spark arrestor; Charles Kittridge, Indianapolis, stapling machine; James M. Jacobs, assignor to J. M Jacobs A Son, Bluff Creek, medicine for dyspepsia; David E. Eastburn, South Bend, roaster; Joshua Hicks, Sandford, rat-proof building; A C. Connor, assignor to Hoosier Drill Company, Richmond, grain drill; Benjamin F. Applegate, assignor to h.mself and B. F. Lagel, New Albany, threshing machine; Winfield O. Gunkel, assignor of two-thirds to H. 0. McKeen and J. D. Kefuss, Terre Haute, roller-feed mechanism; John Mellette, Winamac, ribbon roll; John Mellette, Winamac, ribbon holder; James F. Miller, Spring Station, finger bar for mowing and reaping machines; Samuel Stephens, assignor to Sinker, Davis & Co., Indianapolis, rendering apparatus; Harmon H. Fulton and O. R O.sen, assignors to Indianapolis Machine and Bolt Woxks, Indianapolis, pulley; John Imler, Zionsville, combined rotary disc harrow and seed-sower; Edwin L Parker and S. Peterson, Queensville, elevator; Thea H. Patee, Greencastle, lightning-rod; Wm. H. Noll, Milton, atmospheric olothes pounder; John G. Oberohain, Logansport, machine for dressing mill-stones; Same, machine for facing mill-stones; Wm 0. Swindler, Belleville, straw-stacking machine; John Tweedy, Vernon, churn. A wild woman, or perhaps the mate of the gorilla recently captured, has appeared near Lafayette, and is terrorizing the people. Mrs. Frank Coffman, the wife of a well-known farmer, saw it the other day and thus describes it: Mr* Coffman was passing through the timber when she suddenly saw to her right a hideous creature, formed like a woman, with long black hair floating in the wind, and the whole body covered with short, gray hair. The creature was breaking twigs from the sassafras bush and eating the baik. The noise made in breaking.khebush prevented it* bearing' Mrs. Poffmaq's .approach Frozen with horror the fatmer's wife stood and gazed on the remarkable creature before her. Suddenly the wild woman turned, and,facing her civilized sister, glared at her withabaleful light of Raising her long, hairy arms she gave ah unearthly shriek and darted away into the forest Almost paralyzed with fear Mrs. Coffman gazed after the wild creature for a moment, then, with agonized screams, she fled homeward Her cries of fear attracted her husband, who was at work in the field, and he hastened toward her, reaching her side as her knees gave way with weakness resulting from mortal terror. He carried his wife to the house, gave the alarm, and soon half a hundred men and boys, accompanied by dogs, were on the trail of the wild woman. She was hotly pursued, and several times came near being caught, but eluded her pursuers with wonderful skill and cunning. Fox fully half a mile of the chase she was nevex out of sight Her feet touched the ground but seldom. She would grab the underbrush with her long bony hands, and swing from bush to bush and limb to limb with wonderful ease. She seemed only endeavoring to keep just beyond the reach of her pursuers, until, coming to a swamp, she disappeared as suddenly and effectively as an extinguished light, and no searching served to ascertain her whereabouts.