Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1886 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Beverly Patterson, a wealthy farmer living about ten miles southwest of Jonesboro, was driving his cattle to pasture, when a vicious young bull furiously attached him from behind, and, as is supposed, turned him n somersault with his horns, Patterson alighting on his head aud shoulders, producing concussion of the brain. The pressure upon the spinal column was so severe ns to produce complete paralysis of the entire body, except tbe head and neck. Medical aid was summoned immediately, and rendered all possible aid, but without avail. Mr. Patterson was well and favorably known. He leaves a widow and four grown sons. —The gas, gold, and oil excitement at Lexington continues to be the main topic in that vicinity. A Madisonian was at Hasting’s and Geddiug’s farm, on the boundary between Jefferson and Scott Counties, and found mnny gold-hunters prospecting for gold, which they found, but whether in paying quantities or not he was unable to say. Mr. W. O. Lewis has quite'a collection of quartz rock found near Lexington, which contains gold and silver and other metals. —A sad accident occurred at Dana which resulted in the death of two boys, (I years of age, one the child of 11. Wells, Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield agent at that place, and the other the child of J. L. Ileer, a prominent merchant. The children were playing in a bin of shelled corn in Ralph & Folger’s elevator, and were caught in tho vortex of sinking corn as it was being turned into a car, and smothered. They had been doad some hours when found.

—Benjamin Zt liner, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Muncie, met with a horrible death while hiving a swarm of bees. The bees covered bis head, and within five minutes he was (lead. Zehner was a flour manufacturer, and his name is known to every business man in Eastern Indiana. He was worth SIOO,OOO, and ranked with the leading millers throughout Indiana.

—The Commissioner of Pensions has established a board of examining surgeons at Delphi, composed of tho followingnamed medical gentlemen; Dr. James L. Morrow, late surgeon of tho Seventysecond Regiment Indiana Volunteers; Dr. Charles E. Scholl, ex-Reprcßentative of Carroll County, and Dr. John L. Kennnrd. —Near Deputy, Rufe Robbins fired two shots at Bud Robbins, both bullets taking effect and inflicting serious wounds. At the report of the pistol Bud Robbins fell, and Rufe supposed he had killed him. He then fired at Bud’s wife, who was near by, but she escaped by running into the house. Jealousy is said to be tho cause. —A small child of Joel Miller, living near Elkhart, met its death in a peculiar way. A large kettle was kept under the pump spout, filled with water. The child was found evenly balanced on the edge of the kettle and with its head drooped just low enough to put it under the water, and had drowned in that position. —The Commissioners of Cass County have appropriated SIO,OOO for a soldiers’ monument. Borne lime ago the members of the G. A. R. took the matter in hand and succeeded in securing a majority of all the votes in the county. The monument will be placed on the soldiers’ lot in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport. ■—Hiram Zuick, a Washington County Commissioner, was seriously hurt in attempting to jump from a mule. The animal became frightened and plunged forward. Mr. Zuick fell backward and received quite serious injuries about the neck and shoulders. He is not thought to be fatally hurt. —Ollie Wiles, aged 14, residing near Economy, was leading a horse along the pike with the halter-strap around bis arm, when the horse scared, and twisted the strap around the boy’s neck, throwing him down. In his fall he tripped the horse, which fell on him, inflicting fatal internal injuries. —The court-house at Salem was sold at public auction for $285. Alfred Sbrum was the purchaser. It was built in 1828, and was in its day one of the finest buildings of the kind in the State. It has shown signs, of late, of giving way. Mr. Shrum has commenced to remove it.

—A can containing a quantity of dynamite was discovered under the New Harmony Church, near Leota, Scott County, and was taken by some boys to a safe distance and exploded. Several attempt! have been made before to destroy the building. —A thief entered the boot and shoe store of J. L. Wolf, at Elkhart, and stole about $l5O in cash from the safe, which he succeeded in opening. It is supposed that the thief had, by some means, secured the combination and duplicate Keys. —Preston Beck, one of the oldest inhabitants of Darlington, died of old age. Mr. Beck was bom in Louden County. Virginia, August 27, 1795, and served in Capt. Veal’s Company of Virginia Militia in the war of 1812. —Oil indications have been found in a well recently dug at Muncie, at a depth oi twenty-five feet. There is much excitement, nnd people thereabouts are threatening to bore for gas, oil, or whatever can be brought to light. —At Bloomington, the boiler in Rice’* saw-mill blew up,instantally killing Charles Gross, one of the mill hands. The accident occurred just after dinner, before the other men bad gone to work. —lt is thought that Charles H. Brown, the Daviess County Township Trustee who, with R. B. Pollard, defrauded his township of $15,000, haß returned, and is in hiding near New Albany.