Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1884 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The office of Chief of Police has been abot lahed in Lafayette. Tira wages paid Brazil miner* will be r» duotd IS cents per ton. * Albx. Jxxxinß, a miner at Brazil, had hk back broken by falling alate. Alfreds Lewis’ residence, near For! Wayne, was totally destroyed by fire. Loot $6,000. Harlan B. Hill, of Shelbyville, wants SSOO from the owner of a vicious dog for injuries received from the bruw. Mrs. George Hodges, of Muncie, fearing starvation, as her husband was out of work, committed suicide by poison. Gao. Loper, of Fayette Gounty, undertook to cross a defective bridge. He fell through and was injured. He now sues for damages. The low temperature, in addition to the water-soaked earth, is believed by Indiana farmers to have been a severe blow to the growing wheat. Ex-Mayor Kimmel, of Lafayette, at present Government Agent for Alaska, now home on leave, will probably not return to his post, on account of ill health, but will resign. Maurice Evtnger, a young farmer living near Terre Haute, was waylaid by highwaymen and robbed of SIBO. They dragged him from his horse and out him severely before rifling his pockets. One of the reasons set forth by James P. Hicks, of Evansville, in a petition asking foe a divorce from his wife, is that she prays to God daily that he may die, and he is afraid, it is said, that the prayer will be answered. The Fair Ground Company, at Connersville known by the name of “The Eastern Indiana Agricultural, Mechanical, and Trotting Park Association,’’ has surrendered its charter and gone out of business.

Jeff Smith, of Crawfordsville, had a spasm, during the continuance of which he suffered terrible agony. So great was his L Buffering that the muscles of his leg oonI traded sufficiently to break bis thigh. William Mansfield, of New Albany, has I instituted suit against the Air-Line Railroad i for SIO,OOO damages. He alleges that a con- . ductor of the train induced his son, James E. Mansfield, to pass over a train of freight cars to remove some tramps, and while so doing, his son was thrown from the train and killed. Several destitute families of Indianapolis subsist entirely upon the refuse of the city’s dumping ground. The spot is near the river ' and covers a space of several acres, which is ■ filled with decayed vegetables and animal matter, all kinds of cans, broken crockery, glass, etc, Mr. Peter Mitchell, who recently died in Charlestown, left SIO,OOO in bonds in his sachel in the McCombs House,! n that town, to be divided between bis two children—FilL more Mitchell and a married daughter. Mr; Mitchell was a very frugal person, and saved i &U of his means, his expenses being less than 50 cents a day. The Clay County liquor dealers have issued a manifesto in which they declare their determination to prosecute all persons other than licensed saloon-keepers, for selling whisky, boycotting all persons selling goods to or buying of drug stores, and assert that henceforth their places of business will be closed on the Sabbath day.

R. D. Slater, of Indianapolis, the expert employed by the city of Vincennes to examine I the books of ex-Treasurer McCarthy and i Clerk Cripps, reaching bock two years, finished his labors and made his report to the ' Council. McCarthy was found to be indebted tq ' the city SI.BO. and Cripps 50 cants. McCarthy ; is a candidate for Sheriff, and demanded the ' investigation owing to rumors that he was behind $4,C00. South RemS Tribune. Albert Vetter, one of the family living north of this city, just over the State line, who have been suffering from trichiniasis for several weeks, died, and was buried in Niles. His age was 21 years. Portions of the muscles were taken from his body after death, and thoroughly examined by microscopists. The result revealed trichinae in numbers almost incredible. In a portion of flesh 5-16 of an inch in breadth and 1-200 of an inch thick, there were found 18T well-developed worms. Several more of the family are still ill from the same disease, but hopes are entertained of their recovery. Two sons of John A. Dwegemeyer, ex-City Treasurer of Fort Wayne, quarreled at the i table about the amount of board they each i ought in justice to pay their father, and the ! eider, John, slapped the face of his brother ! Charles. The latter left the table and the ' house. John followed, and hot words were exchanged. Charles walked down the street, and, John overtaking him, Charles picked up a corn-cob and threw it at his head. John thereupon whipped out a revolver and fired four shots, which narrowly missed the brother, who disappeared over a fence. Later John was locked up by the police and bound over by the Mayor in SSOO. He went to jail. He is a painter and 20 years old. The following table shows the number of coal mines in the State and the number of men employed in the same. The amount of coal mined is estimated at 2,560,000 toneThe amount of capital invested is $1,600,000: No. of No. of Counties. mines, men. Clay 34 1,712 Daviess 21 860 Fountain >. lo 267 Dubois io 98 Green.. 6 25 Gibson ■ 1 io Knox 6 181 Martin 5 34 Owen 3 80 , Pike 15 378 I Perry ; 8 176 [ Parke 15 415 Sullivan 12 238 Spencer 15 50 Vermillion. 5 89 Vigo 11 251 Vanderburg 5 272 Warrick 15 226 Warren 2 10 Total 201 5,109 A case of cruelty and neglect came to light In Columbus recently that is enough to Shame a Hottentot. The wife of a drunken brute named Jordan was confined and the neigh, bora discovered that the husband had pro. vided nothing for the family for over a week, but parched corn. The woman’s bed and clothing had not been changed since her con. flnement, and she and the babe were almost dead from starvation. Charitable hands al once ministered to their wants, and they are | now improving. t Columbus is thinking of erecting an opera house.