Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1885 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—The opening of the new Grand Opera House, at Madison, is set for Oct. 19. Capt. John Boyd, of Milroy, is the oldest person in Rush County. He will be 100 years ©ld next February. —S.< Bash A Co.’s warehouse, at Fort Wayne, was burned with its contents last week, the loss reaching $21,0 .0. —Thomas Burke, an inmate of the Indiana State Insane Asylum at Indianapolis, was fatally beaten by E. Stroble, a fellow patient —lrvin Preston, a farmer living about a mile and a half northeast of Terre Haute, in a fit of anger, ran a pitchfork through his horse’s heart The horse died without a struggle. —Two cows met on ths Hanover pike below Madison and pitched into each other, when they succeeded in get ing their horns so firmly locked that it became necessary to saw the ends.off one of the cow’s horns ■' to free them. —At Liberty, while swinging in a hammock, Nellie, daughter of A. E. Johnson. Cashier of the Union County National Bank, was thrown to the ground and seriously injured besides breaking an arm and dislocating her shoulder. —The owners of the old Erie Canal brought suit at Lafayette against the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Road for $10,0(10 damages for using the water of the canal since 1876, which the owners think is worth 9 cents per 1,000 gallons. —Wil iam Cherry, a well-to-do farmer living three miles west of Tipton, was plowing in his field the other day when he suddenly became blind. He has never had any trouble with his eyes before. It is supposed ha is suffering with paralysis of the optic nerve. He is about fifty years of age.

—Find’ng her husband in a buggy wi h a strange woman at Lafavette, Mrs. R. W. Stewart beat her rival and tore her hair in. a furious manner, the woman taking flight to escape further punishment. Mrs. Stewart then seated herself beside her s; ouse, and the horse's head was directed homeward. —At a meeting of the McKeen Rides, at Terre Hau e, it was decided to disband immediately, the,action of the Adjutant General leaving them no privileges as a military organization. C. E. Fuller, Jr., S. C. McKeen and J. H. O’Boyle were appointed a committee to sett'e up the company’s affairs. The company was organized June 1(5, 1879. Ed Friend being the first commander. —Woikmen in a sandpit on the edge of Terre Haute recent y found the skeletons of three human beings huddled together about three feet from the surface. One was the skeleton of a large man, another of 1 woman, and a third of a girl al out 14 years of age. The skull of the man is crushed, and the positions of the skeletons show th it they had been rudely thrown into the shallow grave. The last man to see the great s ake at Piercevil’.e, this State, modestly s iys that he does not think it was more than ten nches in diameter. In view of the fact that serpents even thirty feet long are seldom mo e than five or six inches in diameter, we think the Indiana mm is certainly right in declaring that the Hooser reptile is not core than twee that size. What this State has to fear about this thing is that Indi ma whisky will fall into disfavor.—lndiunapo,in Journal.

—A party of hunters discovered the remains of a man in the woods about two miles south of Logansport a few days ago. Ihe hogs had almost completely stripped the bo .es cf flesh. There was a bu’.lethole :n the skull, and a pistol son d close by led to the conclusion th it the unfortuate had suicided. From the clothing the remains were identified as those of Hoiaee L. Baker, a well-known railroad contractor, whose mysterious disappea ance two months ago created consider ble excitement a d speculat on. Baker was well known in railroad circles, and formerly lived at Terre Haute. —An interesting story is told of the runaway Daviess County trustees. While en route they stopped at Grimsey station, Canada, to pass another train, and while Mr. Grimsley and Clark were standing on. the platform of the depot a countryman jumped off the back end of the train and yelled out: “By G , here is Grimsey!” and Mr. Grimsley thought his name was called instead of the station, and the two made a sudden dash down a side street, endeavoring to escape. But upon looking at the sign they saw that he meant Grimsey station, consequently they boarded the train for their destination. —Claude G. Debruler, city editor of the E ansville Courier, died in that city, recently, as er a short illness, Mr. Debruler was formerly connected with the Cincinn ti Evening Chronicle, and mi de an exccllent reputation as a journdist. Heremoved to Evansville in 1875 and bought an interest in the Journal of th t city, and w.is editor-in-chief until last year, when he closed out his interest and became city editor of the Courier. Mr. Debruler, among his brethren of the profession, was highly esteemed, and his death in the prime of life (at the age of 38) will be sincirely mourned. He leaves a wife and two children.