Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Patents have been granted Indinnians as follows: Charles E. Amlerson, LaPorte, fence machine; Aronomous B. Austin, Fort Wayne, dust-pan; John B. Bennett and F. W. Sumuelß, Indianapolis, target trap; George G. F. Boswell, assignor of twofifths to J. E. Boswell, Indianapolis, stalk harvester; Henry L. Brown, Indianapolis, air pump; William H. Brown, Indianapolis, assignor to C. H. Sparks, Chicago, jail os prison; George S. Claw, North Indianapolis, scythe snath coupling; Mary E. Cory, sleeve-protector; Elizabeth E. Fisher, Delphi, ward-robe hook; George W. Immel, Logansport, door clamp; Francis Ai. and S. C. Love, Shelbyville, wire fence machine; Amos Mendenhall, Unionport, gold-mining device; James N. Loore and A. L. Minor, Lowell, car-coupling; Orvico K. Patterson, Willis Grove, assignor of one-half to J. K. Patterson, Petersburg, combined square and bevel; Charles E. Sweeney, assignor to C. R. Long. AI. E. Sweeney, Pierceton, and T. J. Keagy, Kosciusko County, corn-planter; Henry H. Wilson, Huntington, table-leaf support. —Air. Wm. Gorham, who has been a guard at the State Prison South for twentyeight years, and during that time filled temporarily all the official positions in that institution, and recognized as one of the most competent and faithful employes, was asked to resign. Air. Gorhnm tendered his resignation atonce.Avhich was immediately accepted. From tqe outlook it is probable that all the employes under the Howard administration will also be set aside. Another guard named Knackley, who is a brother of the Vincennes postmaster, was also discharged, on the ground that there were more men than were needed. The State owes both of theso gentlemen under Warden Howard’s administration four months’ salary, or $240. Air. Patton paid Mr. Gorham for his services since he took charge of the prison. —A pamphlet has been issued by State Fish Commissioner Reed containing the laws in reference to fish. With the laws thus distributed, he says that ignorance can be no longer set up as a defense by those who violate the statutes. The first act of this nature passed in 1852, related to the poisoning of fish and the stretching of nets across the Ohio River within one mile of its mouth. Fifteen years later an act was approved defining the time when fish could be trapped, netted or seined. Following these came amendments and codifications which are Bet forth in the pnmphlet. In connection with this, the Commissioner has sent out a circular asking for the cooperation of all citizens in enforcing these laws. It is his determination to prosecute all violators to the fullest extent the statutes warrant. —lntelligence of the successful transfusion of blood from the veins of a husband to those of his wife has been received from Elkhart County. Airs. Daniel Blonder, residing near Goshen, has been very ill for several months of an* min, and her condition became so critical that the operation was decided upon as the last resort. Mr. Blonder consented to supply the blood, and the physician, after placing Mrs. Blonder under the influence of ether, opened a vein in her left arm, inserted the end of a rubber tube, the other end of which was inserted in a vein in the arm of Mr. Blonder. The blood flowed freely for over half an hour, when the tube was withdrawn and the orifice closed. The patient showed signs of improvement immediately, and the doctor is now confident of her recovery. —The Delaware County Btock-breeders’ Association held its annual meeting for the election of officers recently. Lewis Moore, of Hamilton Township, was elected President for the ensuing year. A committee of five was appointed to co-operate with the Muncie Board of Trade for the advancement of the interests of Muncie and Delaware County. —At Columbus, a colored lad named William Foster, about sixtoen years of age, from Gallatin, Tenn., while attempting to steal a ride on a freight-train out of the city, was caught under the wheels and his leg crushed so that it had to be amputated. He was sent to the county poor-house, and is in a precarious condition. —John Hanses, saloon-keeper nt Wanatah.on the Fort Wayne road, committed suicide by getting down on all fours and thrusting his head on the rail while a freighttrain was passing. The wheels cut his head off. The cause in unknown, but he had threatened suicide for several weeks. —Argus Dean and the Hon. J. H. Stotsenberg, who own about fifty thousand peach trees near the boundry line between Clark and Jefferson counties, report the buds all safe so far, and the prospect? good for an abundant yield of the fruit next summer. —John McHale, a fireman on the Panhandle between Logansport and Bradford, was killed at Amboy. Deceased was a nephew of Patrick Alcllale, one of Lopansport’s most prominent Irish citizens, and had only been in America four months. —As an outgrowth of the Woodworth meetings at Groensburg, the newly-organ-ized “Church of God” has bought a corner lot three squares from the Court-house, and will proceed to erect thereon a neat house as a place of worship. —A young daughter of John Shenkel, living several miles from Huntington, was playing about a sugar-camp, when her clothes caught fire, and she was so horribly burned that death followed in a few minutes. —By the bursting of a grindstone in Pratt & Son’s carriage works at Elkhart, Henry Stair was struck and so badly injured that death resulted in a short time. —Louis Lin gg, of Logansport, committed suicide by throwing himself under the wheels of a moving freight-train.