Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1884 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

New Albany is trying to raise funds for a public library. The old settlers of Knox County and vicinity will give their twelfth annual reunion at Vlnoennes on May 29. Two HUNDRED AND BIXTY-FIVB DOLLARS has been subscribed by citizens of Vincennes for securing a competent manager and a baseball nine. Col. James Tullis, special agent for the Government in Utah Territory, has decided not to return to that Territory, but will make Lafayette his home as heretofore. The Shelbyvllle Light Infantry, having received orders to go into camp during the week of Fourth of July, are forced to abandon their contemplated celebration on that day. The largo barn owned by Lewis Barngrover, on his farm near Fatrland, was sot on tire about midnight and totally destroyed, with all its contents, iuoludiug two horses, one cow, and considerable hay. Loss, $1,000; insurance, S2OO. Mil. Claiborne Williams, a wealthy farmer residing five miles northeast of Tay. lorsvilie, died after an illuoss of ten days, of lung fever. Deceased was one of the oldest oltizons of Bartholomew County, and was respected by a wido oircle of friends. While Sherman Day was going home, he was assaulted by two highwaymen, seven miles north of Montlcello, and brutally beaten into insensibility by clubs. Tho thieves secured nothing, but left Day seri-*. ously hurt. Elder John L. Smith has brought suit to secure a one-fifth share in tho property known as tho Stookwoll Collogiate Institute, an institution of loarning located at Stockwell, Tlppeoanoe County. Tho property now belongs to De Pauw Univorsity. Huoh McClavy, a boy livingono mile south of Nashville, was driving a yoko of cattle hitched to a log wagon, one evening recently, when they booame scared going down-hill, and ran away. The oxen knocked him down and tho wagon ran across his broast, causing his death in a few hours. The city schools of Frankfort oelobratod Arbor day with interesting ceremonies. Trees wore planted to tho memory of John G. Whittier, J. W. Itiley, Gen. Low Wallace, Miss L. M. Alcott, of the living; and to the memory of Alice and Phoebe Cary, Longfellow, Bryant and other poots. After a lingering illness of a few woeks, Mr. Bowman, aged sixty-seven, dlod at Madison, of hoart diseaso and dropsy. Deceased went thore in 1H.12, from his native homo in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and had boen in businoss ever since, until recently, when he began ailing. The family of Elijah Eskridge, comprising himself, wife, and daughter, residents of Washington, have boon almost at tho point of death from vegetable poison. They cooked the tops of a rhubarb plant as greens, and shortly after eating wore solzod with violent slokness, which prostrated them. Mr. and Mrs. Eskridge arc in a fair way to recover, but the daughter Is still very ill. The old, dilapidated gravoyard located at Clarksville Is fust ebbing away. In this yard tho graves of Indians are numerous, and during tho high water fully one-half of the graves were washed away, and portions of skulls, thigh bones, and femur strewn pro. miscuously along tho bank of the river greatly attract tho attention of all who pass by them. Mu. W. C. DkPaiiw, of Now Albany, has received, through tho mail, from Indianapolis, the oheck for $503 drawn to the order of tho Now Albany Hall-Mill Company stolen from the residence of Mr. Albert Trlnler, of Now Albany, on the night of the 25th of March, whon his house was entered by burglars. The check, Inclosed in an envelope, was dropped into one of the street letter-boxes at Indianapolis. The wife of a woH-known citizen of Adams County gave birth to a child that had but one arm, that being the right one. On tho left shoulder, whore tho arm should be, there is a perfectly developed head, the neok being also perfectly developed, but where the head should be is, something that resembles an arm minus the band. All other parte of the body were perfectly developed. The child died about three hours after birth. The parents were offered a large eum of money for the body, which they refused, and a close watch is being kept over the grave to prevent its being robbed. Near 12 o'clock at night Fout T. Hines and wife, of Evansville, who lad Just retired, heard a knock at the door. Hines asked who was there, and received an answer that It was a poor old traveler who wanted some matches. Hines replied he had no matches for him, and ordered him to leave. Mr. Hines then arose and took out two pistols, giving one to his wife. He went to the front room. While there his wife arose and went Into the kitchen. On going back to the bed-room Mr. Hines heard a noise in the kitchen, and opening the door he saw the form of a person, supposing it was their mldnjgbt visitor. He looked a second time to be positive, and, feeling certain It was a burglar, be fired, when Mrs. Hines threw up her hands and exclaimed, “Oh, l*m shot!" A physician found her in & critical condition, but thinks shewlll recover. * Mrs. Posey, a colored woman living In North Vincennes, is the owner of a sow that recently gave birth to a litter of pigs, producing a freak of nature seldom seen among swine. Out of seven perfectly formed pigs was a monstrosity, or “double pig,” or “two of a kind,” linked by the shoulder by a solid mass of flesh, which extends to the rear parts showing two pigs in one, a male and a female, both well developed. From the middle of the body forward the union Is complete, except from the top of the head to the tip of tho nose. However, there are two perfect eyes, the ears being untted at the base. It baa eight legs and two distinct appendages. There is but one under-jaw and an imperfect union of heads? which are equally proportioned only from above the eyes. Richard Preston, tho pickpocket, known to fame as “Windy Dick,” who is now eon, fined at Lafayette, considers himself ono of the most ex pert thieves in the country. Ho claims to bo able to make, without effort, $2,000 per month at the business. A New Albany lady, who has been renting her elegant residence on Main street, recently got possession and movod in. She was compelled to pay $126 plumber’s bill jjefora she could ocoupy it." A Jewish cemetery is to be established av Logans port.