Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1884 — INDIANA. STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA. STATE NEWS.

—Mrs. Eleanor Thompson, of Federalsburg, has been the mother of twenty-one children, fourteen boys and seven girls. —Mayor Hazlett, of Anderson, has issued a proclamation ordering the strict enforcement of the Sunday law. This means the closing of all stores and livery-stables. —Charles A. Fisher, for five years Deputy Postmaster of Greencastle, has been appointed Postmaster at Aberdeen, Dakota. He has been a resident of Aberdeen one year. —Feather-bed swindlers (a new dodge) are operating in Southern Indiana. They get possession of the family feather-bed under pretense of renovating the feathers, and never return it. —Frank Arbuckle, of Walker Township, Rush County, caught his hand in some of the machinery of Nathan Arbuckle’s mili, and had the flesh literally tom from his bones. He lived in extreme agony for several days, when relieved by death. —D. J. Salisbury, one of the oldest settlers of Porter County, committed suicide at his home in Valparaiso, by shooting himself in the head with a heavily-loaded shotgun. The deceased had been suffering from ill health for some time past. —Frank Kersey, a boy about 15 years old, got into a street difficulty with Al Hinton, another boy about 14 years old, at Lebanon, During the difficulty Hinton stabbed Kersey in the abdomen. Kersey died from the effect of the wound. —'Squire Thomas Jones, one of the bestknown and most respected men in Shelby County, fell dead from his buggy while driving in the southern portion of the county. He was in his seventy-third year, and has settled more estates than any man in Indiana. * —A 2-year-old son of David Zook, who lives ten miles west of Franklin, was killed by a horse. The horse, while grazing in the yard, stepped upon his halter-strap, causing him tb back suddenly and trample the child under foot, inflicting injuries from which he died in about one hour.

—At his home, twelve miles southwest of Salem, Cyrus Simpson, aged 25 years, dug np a root that he supposed to be edible. He ate the root, giving part to his small brother and sister. The root proved to be wild parsnip, and Cyrus died in an hour. The boy and girl are out of danger, —The 18-year-old son of William R. Pittingor, living eight miles northeast of Muncie, met with a tragic death recently while cultivating ground with a clod-roller. The horses became frightened, ran away, and he was thrown in front of the machine, and, after being dragged a considerable distance, was run over and killed. t —lt is reported that a large cave, possibly a rival of Wyandotte and Mammoth, has been discovered near Merom, Sullivan County, the entrance having been unearthed by a recent land-slide. A skeleton of a man and a dog and a number of Indian relics were found in it. It has been named the Blue Creager, in honor of the two men, bearing these names who discovered it.

—The School Trustee muddle at Anderson was recently settled very quickly in the City Council. • Mr. G. W. Durbin withdrew his name, explaining as he did so that the fight against him had been caused by jealousy and personal matters, and he feared, in case of his election, the strife might be carried into the schools, much to their detriment. He therefore named H. J. Daniels as the man for the place, and Mr. Daniels was accordingly elected. —The last will of the late Harriet Judah, of Vincennes, has been probated. All of her vast estate is equally divided among her three sons, John M. Judah, Indianapolis; Noble B. Judah, Chicago, and Sam B. Judah, of Vincennes; her daughter, Mrs. Alice Clarke, and the children of the late Gen. Laz Noble. The latter will receive a fifth, which would have been the share of their late mother. The estate is worth $250,000 at least.

—The experts who have been examining the books of ex-Treasurer J. W. Richardson, of Pike County, have presented their third and final report, which charges a delinquency of $9,725. The experts were engaged for several months upon the books at an expense of $lB per day, and finally the County Commissioners declarred the investigation at an end. Mr. Richardson claims entire innocence, and proposes to have the books thoroughly examined himself.

—A daring robbery occurred in Shelby County one night recently. William Kastor is a wealthy farmer who resides in Marion Township. Living with him are two farm hands. The other night, as the latter were passing into the house about 10 o’clock, they heard a noise in the milk-house. They started to enter, but just as they reached the door two men dashed out, and, although chased a short distance, they escaped. It was presumed by the young men that the thieves were bent on stealing something to eat, and nothing more was thought about the matter till the next day, when it was discovered that during the night Mr. Raster had been robbed of almost S3OO in gold and silver coins. This money was in a bureau drawer, and the most of it had been in Mr. Raster's possession since before the war. In the same place was $230 that the thieves overlooked ! n their haste. —The flower mission of Jeffersonville and New Albany, visited the Southern Prison one Sunday recently, and held religious services there, afterward presenting each convict with a bouquet. —The Superintendent of Schools for Steuben County reports that there is no child in his district between 10 and 21 years of age unable to read and write. —lndianapolis has a “When” Club, tha nature of which is not known.