Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 February 1884 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Ezekiel M. Talbot, an old and esteemed citizen of Lafayette, is deed. Thomas Collins, an old and esteemed citizen of Now Albany, In early years associated with the press of that city, died, aged 72. John B. Purcell, a prominent farmer of Palmyra township, assigned to John Smith. Liabilities over $6,000. His assets will pay dollar for dollar. Robert Welch, manufacturer of pork barrels at Angola, has made an assignment to Frank M. Powers. Liabilities, $12,000; assets unknown. A child of John Bryant, of Gonnersivlle, bitten by a dog some time ago, is suffering with convulsions. It is believed to be a case of hydrophobia. Miss Mollis Schuder, aged 16 years, of Edinburg, committed suicide because her father refused to allow her to keep company with a young man of that city, saying she “would rather die than be deprived of his company.” Georoe Emery, the engineer, was caught in a shaft at the Hoosier Flouring Mills at Indianapolis, and whirled around at a terrible pace, the floor underneath being broken by his feet striking it. The body, torn and mangled, was flung aside when the machinery stopped for want of steam. The clothes of the 11-year-old daughter of Valentine Dabskl caught fire at South Bend while she was standing about the stove at school, and she ran Into the street. Nearly every thread of clothing was burned from her body, and the flesh sloughed off in great pieces. She lingered in great agony until midnight, when death relieved her. Mrs. T. Loop and Mrs. Clara Zinn, wife and daughter of Dr. J. C. Loop, of Galveston, were poisoned by mistaking arsenic for oream of tartar. The dOse taken by Mrs. .Zinn, befng, largo, produced nausea, followed by vomiting, which soon gave relief. Medical treatment has put them out of danger, but It was a close call. James Geary, of Lafayette, killed himself accidentally, as is supposed. He bad taken his cocked revolver from the table, threatening to shoot Amanda Cramer, who was in his room, the woman having pictures in an unsatisfactory manner to him. When counseled to put it down, he pointed the weapon at his head. It is presumed he forgot it was cocked, as he fell dead when the pistol was fired. A few days ago a family named Bishop, of Hope, Bartholomew County, were suffering with severe colds, and a neighbor woman made them a tea of some kind of moss. Soon after drinking it they became worse, and when finally a physician was summoned, he declared that they were suffering from poison. The wife has since died, the husband Is in a critical condition, and the child is recovering. No criminal Intention is Imputed to the woman. The large grain elevator and warehouse of Fred Norton, at Jonesboro, twenty-five miles south of Wabash, caught fire from a defective flue in the office, and before an alarm was sounded the entire structure was enveloped' in flames. The building was comparatively new, and contained 600 bushels of wheat and 1,000 bushels of corn, which, with a small quantity of other grain, were totally destroyed. The loss is supposed to be over $12,0C0; insurance but SI,OOO.

This D. A. Goodin, a steamer plying up and down the Wabash in the interest of theSarven Wheel Company, of Indianapolis, was wrecked on the railroad bridge at Vincennes. When just above the bridge one of the rudder chains broke, the boat became unmanageable, and all hands took to the skifls at once. The barges parted from her and kept their course down the river, but were soon overhauled by the Belle of Fountain. No one was injured. Gen. William T. Slickly, of Orleans, Orange County, died at the Franklin House, in New Albany, of paralysis, aged 63 years. Gen. was a gallant soldier in the Mexican war, holding the rank of captain. He was a colonel in the late war, and promoted to the rank of brigadier general for gallant conduct. He was in New Albany to be examined for a pension for wounds received in the service when he received the stroke that ended his life. At an early hour in tike morning, the hardware store of Nichol & Makepeace, at Anderson, was entered by thieves, and. a number of knives and revolvers were stolen. Colonel Doll,* Johnny Lyst, aCharlie Doll, a trio of boys aged 12,10, and 8 years, respectively, were arrested on suspicion, and acknowledged their guilt. They also profess to. have been the perpetrators of the numerous petty thefts which have recently occurred in the business part of thah city, and when arrested had in their possession a number of keys stolen from locks on the doors of business rooms. They have- been carrying on their thieving for some time past, andi heretofore have been unsuspected, the work being credited. to older and more experienced parties. The drug store of J. W. Crawford, at Torktown, six miles . west of Munoie, was broken luto by burglars. A number of men in passing the drug store noticed men within striking matohes. Convincing themselves that these were burglars, they surrounded the house and ordered the men to surrender, whereupon they ran out of the building.and one of them was knocked down. A general fight then ensued In which rooks and pistols were frpely used. Dorr Williams, one of the burglars, and a resident of that place, was shot through the side and quite seriously wounded. After a considerable ohase, his accomplice, Nelson Skinner, was also captured. Sheriff MoKimmy was telegraphed, and at a late hour went to that place and returned to Muncie with the prisoners, and in default of $2,000 ball they were remanded to jail to await the order of the Circuit Court for a free ride to Miohigan City. Pooketbooks, razors, and Jewelry were found upon their persons. Judge James C. Denny, of Vincennes, has received from his brother-in-law, Admira 1 John Lee Davis, eommanetng the United States squadron now at Kamakura, Japan, a photograph of a bronze image at that place wWch, for magnitude, is entitled to a plaee among the wonders of the world. The face is eight and one-half feet long, from knee to knee thirty-eight feet, and the whole height fifty feet. In the foreground of the photo are Admiral Davis and seven other American comrades. The ditch contract in Delaware County the past year amounted to *IOO,OOO.