Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1884 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Zach Albangh, a druggist at Somerset, has be«gi fined $242 for selling whisky to tipplere. —Thomas J. Thome, of Tippecanoe County, who was one of the forty-five survivors of the 2,300 souls on board the Sultana when she blew up, has received SI,BOO back pension. Mr. Thome’s war experience included a long imprisonment at Andersonville. John Earl and Edward Swank are held at Lafayette for the robbery of Anthony Eckhart of S4O in money and some other articles. A witness testifies that they told him they went to the home of Eckhart,and, finding the window partially raised, procured a long stick, tied a piece of cotton on the end, saturated it with chloroform, thrust it in at the window, and soon had Eckhart sound asleep. They then entered the house and carried off what they wanted. —William A. Peele, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, has distributed the fifth annual report of the Statistical Department. Of the 17,773 persons reported as prisoners in jail the last year, 1,576 were from Indiana. and 2,194 'were foreigners. In 10,373 cases the crimes were reported. unknown. The church statistics give the number of Methodist organizations as 1,252; Baptist, 391; Catholic, 230; United Brethren, 341; Presbyterian, 316; Christian, 555. Membership: Methodist, 113,005; Baptist, 37,113; Catholic, 86,398; Brethren, 19,431; Presbyterian, 40,344; Christian, 53,403. Total membership of all churohes, 460,714. A man who gave his name ns Edward Baker reported to the police at Indianapolis that he had been robbed of $1,125 by a woman whom he had contracted to marry, and with whom he was stopping at the Sherman House. Baker's story is, to say the least, a unique and interesting one. According to his statement, he called at the intelligence office of Mrs. Antonia Kiser, in Buffalo, and applied for either a housekeeper or a wife, agreeing to pay $1 for the former or $5 for the latter. Not kowing of any one to whom to refer, Mrs. Kisur proposed to accept the latter proposition herself, which was gladly agreed to by Baker. The woman bad a 6-year-old daughter, Hedwig, of whom she was the guardian,and she stipulated especially that she was to be continued as guardian in the event of their marriage, to which Baker agreed. They went to Indianapolis, accompanied by Mrs. Kisar's brother, and registered at the Sherman House as man and wife, the two men, however, rooming togother. On the following day they went before a notary, and entered into an anto-uuptial agreement in accordance with the understanding reached as stated above. In the morning Baker reported to the police that on awnkening be had discovered that his room-mate had departed in the night, leaving him locked in the room. Inquiry developted the fact that Mrs. Kisar had also departed, the two statiug to the hotel clerk that an unexpected telegram had necessitated their immediate departure. Baker found, on examining hi* sachet and purse, that $1,125 therein contained had disappeared with his erstwhile companions, whereat, and because of which, he gnashes his teeth and refuses to be comforted. There is no clew to the missing ones. Baker is about 50 years old, and Mrs. Kisar is less than 20.

—Thirty-five years ago, in 1849, Thompson Walling was one of a party of twentysix men to leave Muneie and go overland to the gold fields of California. Most of the party, in time, returned. Walling remained, determined when he did return to his wife and two children to come back with a fortune. By the last of the party who returned to Muneie ho sent back SSOO, and then hi# wife ceased to hear from him. After years of waiting she concluded he was dead, and sold his farm and settled his estate. His father died wealthy, and his estate was also settled upon the supposition that Thompson Wulling was dead, his children falling heir to his share of the property. Believing him dead, but fortifying herself with a divorce, Mrs. Walling married Horatio Wilooxon. On Aug. 24, 1865, Mr. Wilcoxon passed through the house and, speaking affectionately to his wife, who was ill, left her presence never to speak to her again, ffen minutes later he was enught in a pulley band in his saw mill and dashed to pieces. Oct. 31, 1866, she was married to Jeremiah Veach, with whom she lived at Springport, until a short time before Thanksgiving, 1882, when Mr. Veach died, leaving her again alone. Since that time Mrs. Veach has resided on the forty-acre surm left her by Mr. Veach’s will, and her son and daughter, both married, have been her solace. Volney Wilson, of Muneie, an old friend of the family, could never feel satisfied that Walling was dead, and for some time has been sending letters of inquiry to various points in the far West. One of these letters he addressed to the Postmaster of Weatherby, Ore. The Postmaster, who was also a forty-niner, who had not seen his family for twenty years, was at that time on a visit to them. Walling, in his absence, was serving as Deputy Postmaster and opened the letter, when he was greatly agitated to find it making inquiries concerning himself. He wrote to his wife expressing a desire to see her and the children, and to the great jeopardy of the fatted calf, he returned from the far West, and spent the evening in company with his wife, children, and grandchildren.

—A catfish weighing seventy-five pounds was caught near Clay City the other day. It is a small fish compared with some the fishermen have reported as bayiifg got away. —Mrs. Kuth T. Bering, of Madison, died at the residence of her son-in-law. She would have boon % years old on the Ist day of July. —A young lady residing near Lafayett* has 20,000 silk-worms.