Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1884 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Neab I-afayette, Michael Borlck, a wealthy farmer, was killed by lightning. The Martin County Democrat has been launohed at Loogootce. It Is published and edited by C. M. Mears. Near Mt. Vernon, Wm. Oeth, a young man about 21 years old, perhaps fatally shot John Thompson in the abdomen. There has been a net increase of 100 in the membership of Trinity Church, Lafayette, in the past eighteen months. Peter Mitchell was long noted at Charleetown for keeping his expenditures rigidly within fifty cents a day. He has left SIO,OOO. Hon. W. J. Hillioass, of the Huntington Democrat, has arranged to start a Democratic paper at Wabash, to supply the placo of the Courier. John Pitroff and Ills son Joseph, coal merchants, of Madison, have both disappeared. Creditors, it Is suid, will lceo $7,000 to SB,OOO. Joseph Johnson, of Franklin, employed as a section hand on the J., M. & I. Ha lroad, while on hl9 way to work, on a hand-car, died suddenly of heart d.soaoe. Two Mormon apostles are holding meeting# in Scott County, and endeavoring to convert the good citizens to polygamy. Three con* versions havo already been made, and the converts forwardod to Utah. Edward L. Cooper, who forged the name# of throe prominent citizens of Now Amsterdam, Hurrisou County, a short time sinoe, has boon found guilty and sentenced to two yonrs In tho State Prison South. Clint McLAUuni.iN, who committed an assault on Mis. Trout, near Middletown, has boon removed from Newoastle to Itichmond for safe-keeping. Tho people of Henry County woie much excited and s lynching was soared. The coal traffic of the Torre Haute and Indianapolis Hoad, wh oh usually avorages seventy-five oar-loads into Indianapolis dully _ is now averaging ten cars por day. The strike In tho Clay County mines- U tho causo of the light movement. At a revival at Now Haven, Fenton Wnrron, a young man laboring under great excitement, arose and shouted out, “tied has blessed mo!” and whipped out a revolver and shot four bullets through the palm of hit left hand, which ho hold up and shot at. George Davis, of Now Albany, killed hl g stepfather, Oscar Gallagher, by striking him on tho head with a bowlder. Gallagher suo. coeded In making his way to the jul>, where be Informed tho BhorllT of tho assault. Davis was arrested, and is now In jalL A Hock point girl namod Shylock got married during the high water on tho Ohio. It was a tied in her affuirs that sho seemed to think should be taken at tho flood and the bridal party took tho ferry for tho other shoro. After crossing an oterllowod field they rcaohod a dump of tre#3 on tho river bank, when a suddon squall caught the frail craft In which they Jouineyedandovcrturrtod It. The bride and her companions all succeeded In reaching places of safety in the branches of the trees and wore rescued by the neighbors two hours lator. Hut tho wet bridal robds woro frozen stiff upon tho woarora when they woro tukon from, tho trees. diAUNCy G. Moore died at tho country residence of Mr. Haugboy, near Maploton, Marlon County, In 1:1s ninetieth He was born In Vermont In 1701), and soryod in tho war of 1813, participating In the noted battlo of Plattsburg. His futhor was a Itovolutionary soldier, and his grandfather a member of the Coni nontat Congress. In 1882 he oamo West and settled In Licking County, Ohio, where ho remained until in 1864 he came to Indianapolis, whore be has sineo resided. For several years ho was engaged in farming and afterward held a clerkship in the office of Assessor of Internal Revenue. Ho lived a sublime life, and for moro than sixty years was a devoted member of the Methodist Church. Richmond has a phenomenon In the person of Master George Rowland Price, who is not quite seven years old. 6ne morning last fall the k*>y came down stairs and asked: “How much are 3 twice and U" His father replied there was no such thing, whereupon the lad rejoined: “Yes, there is; 3 twice and 1 make 5." From that on to the holiday/ he was constantly stumbling onto something of the kind, which perplexed his parents, as they had taken no pains to Instruct him, and they could not understand whore he got his Ideas from. With tho coming of the holidays, however, his mind became engrossed with more childish things, and bo for a time abandoned his mathematical problems; but, subsequent ly resuming them, ho has latterly developed

into a mental marvel. Perhaps if you ask him how much fofty times eighty are, ho will reply, “ Two thousand and twenty sixties over;’ * but ho generally givos the correct answer in one total, and does it apparently with as little thought and as promptly as he would tell you bis name. And, while be does not deal in fractions, be computes odd numbers just as readily as ho does even ones, whether the example bo in addition, subtraction, or multiplication. A • fellow-workman of bis father said: “ Howly, I have 41 cents and your father gives me 7, then I give you 9, how many have i loft?” ‘•Thirty-nine,” ho roplled, as quick as a flash, and the man said: ” I am 44 years old; how many weeks is that?" He Just as promptly repondod, 2,288. Instead of having a massive head and dwarfed body, as Is general In such Individuals, ho is evenly proportioned, or a boy weighing about forty-flvo pounds, and his extra breadth of forohoad would hardly bo noticeable wore one not apprised of his characteristic. In habits bo is older than his years, remaining with his parents instead of taking fb children’s sports, and often saying to neighbor children when they come to play with him: “ You had better go homo; mother has enough kiaa of her own to bother her.” In fact, ho is preoooious in every way, but only phenomenal in mathematics: The office of Township Trustee is bne of great importance to the people—it is one more Immediately oonnoctod with tho in tetests of all classes than any other. Tha poor, the needy, the workingmon, the parents of school children, tho tax payors, and the citizens in general are interested in the administration of this offioo. Gov. Wright said truly when he used to say: “Any good man will do for a member of Congress, but it requires a man of flrst-rnto ability to be a Township Trustee.”— Richmond Democrat. Tint-West murder trial, at Logansport, torruinated in a verdict of acquittal