Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1885 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—The new workhouse at Indnnapolis is built to hold GO women and 240 men.

Cnpt. Andrew J. Bates, the tallest man in Indiana, G feet 10 inches, died last week, at Warsaw.

—Two prominent business men of Logan sport were swindled last week by Chicago sharpers by means of a gold brick. —At Marion a family quarrel resulted in the death of Andrew Owir.gs. One of the sons accuses his brother Ira, aged 10, of the murder.

—John Shutler, aged 54, went to the grave of his wife at Bloomington and there took a fatal dose of poison. He said he longed to meet his spouse, who died a year ago.

—Mrs. Ditz, who lives in Madison County, claims to have been cured by faith and Mrs. Woodworth’s prayers, and will joia that lady in her revival work as a living example.

—lt costs fifty cents in Indianapolis to have a barrel of flour taken from the mill to the dwelling of a citizen. Thirty-five cents more would land it on the wharf at Liverpool.

—lndiana should see to it that all tne mails from Canada i-hould be thoroughly fumigated. As she will likely have a large correspondence from over the border, the thing is important. —lnter Ocean. —John Webster, telegraph-line repairer of Vincennes, met with a horrible death at Fort Ititner, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, by being crushed between the platform of the depot and a running train. He was literally smashed to a jelly. He carried an accident policy of $2,01.0 in the Equilable Life-Insurance Company of Cincinnati. He leaves a wife and two children.

—The lady acting as Sheriff of Greene County has, according to (he Bloomfield News, posted the following notice: “No admittance to sea prisoners. Thera is too much responsibility attached to their safe* keeping to permit indiscriminate visiting. I have my household work to do, and have no time to stand guard when parties come to see prisoners. And they do not care to be seen. Please do not intrude. Aurilla C. Qui len.”

—The old woman who was so neat that she whitewashed every stick of wood that she burned does not appear at all mythical in the light of the rage for whitewashing rocks, wh/ch has recently sprung up in our city. In one yard—“which no names being mentioned no offense can be took" —the rocks in the fountain, and even a large stump of former picturesqueness, have been offered at the altar of the god of kalsomine. Ahem! —lndianapolis Journal.

—A special from Huntingburg says: Three young boys, sons of Postmaster Fisher, Capt. Lemmon, and Alex. Barrowman, of the coal mines of this plaoe, ran away from home last night. They did rot want to attend school, which began last Monday, and together matured their plans to go West and fight Indians. The Lemmon boy took with him over one hundred dollars. The others had no money at all. * They boarded the midnight train for Kansas City. The oldest boy was not 14 years of age.

Some time ago a young woman named Mary Baymond died at the residence of a family named Robinson, in Indianapolis, and as there has been considerable ta.k about the matter the Coroner is investigating it, and has come to the conclusion that the cause was morphine poisoning, but whether the drug was taken with suicidal intent or an overdose he is as yet unable to determine. Mrs. Robinson says that the dead woman’s ghost comes back every night and worries her, and she is afraid that it will eventually choke her to death. —George Bell, who was fatally wounded at New Albany by his insane brother, had his share of trouble. He has three deaf-and-dumb children. A little over a year ago his house and all its contents were destroyed by fire. Within a year he has lost one of his eyes by accident. His wife is now a terrible sufferer from cancer of the mouth, which must soon prove fataL His A calamities culminated in the bloody tr tgedy mentioned. The telegrams sent out from New Providence that Elias Bell’s attack on his brother was the result of jealousy are wholly untrue. The insanity of Elias led to the fatal blows he gave his brother. The insane brother has been taken into custody and will be sent to the State Insane Asylum. —An Indianapolis attorney has received a letter from the southern part of the State say ng that Waltar Rodman, Trustee of Monroe Township, Washington County,, had been missing for several dnys, and was supposed to have gone to Canada. The same gentleman also stated that before going to Canada, Grisley, one of the absconding Trustees of Daviess County, had spent several days at the Occidental Hotel with Pollard, and that his entire time while there waß devoted to signing these orders, which the Pollards promptly shipped to all parts of the country. If they were really issued in such a who’esale way os this, there is good reason to be.ieve the sta ement made by a gentleman who is investigati g the mater. He said: “From what I have been able to learn I am fully convinced that more than $1,000,000 of these orders a e now in circulation, and when tho facts are alt known you will find that this is not an exaggerated estimate."