Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—A meteoric stone fell near St. Joseph. It was heralded by a sharp sound and a slight jar, which was at once regarded as an earthquake. It was soon ascertained that an enormous projectile had pierced the atmosphere and hurleditself with great force against the earth. It was fonnd to have imbedded itself in the earth to a depth of fifteen feet, and in descending had struck a laige tree which was shattered into fragments. Several pieces of the stone were found about the cavity where it had entered the earth. These, upon examination, were found to bo composed largely of obsidian and are extremely hard. They also had a very strong sulphurous smell. The imbedded stone will require considerable labor toTeach. —Patents hove been granted the following Indiana inventors: John B. Deeds, assignor of one-half to P. J. Kaufman, Terre Haute, hydro-carbon burner for steam boiler; Robert C. Hart, Andrews,hog trap; Matthew R. Moore, Indianapolis, sand-molding machine; Belle D. Pennington, Evansville, portable awning; Peter Shellenback, Richmond, lathe; John P. Potter, Crawfordsville, wagon-bed hoist; Wm. Strong, assignor of one-half to C. Aneshnensel, Indianapolis, street washer. —ln the year 1871 the citizens of Brown, Scott, Walnut, and Clark Townships, Montgomery County, voted a tax levy of 2 per cent, to the Midland Railway. One per cent, was paid, and as the rood was not completed the other 1 per cent, was taken off the tax duplicate. The Board of Commissioners of the above-named county have been petitioned to place the unpaid 1 per cent, back upon the duplicate and have granted the same. This 1 per cent, will amount to near $40,000. —While taking part in the funeral procession of his brother. Robert Short, of Posey County, stopped his buggy on a bridge and jumped into the creek below. He arose, and, drawing a large knife, plunged it deep into his throat, but seeing the men from the procession coming he took to the woods. He was captured and brought to Mount Vernon; He is supposed to have been temporarily insane. He is badly bruised and has a deep gash in his throat, but will recover. —Joseph Dully, a farmer residing near Greer, Warrick County, while returning home from Elborfleld, with his wife, met with a serious accident. His team, a spirited pair of horses, became frightened and ran away, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Duffy out of the wagon. He was seriously injured, while his wife was fatally hurt by being thrown against a tree. Her back was broken and she died soon after. —Albert Moore, the foreman of a sawmill a few miles west of Rochester, was engaged in sawing logs, when his right foot slipped from the carriage and coming in contact with the circular saw the member was severed at the ankle, then just below the knee, and again above the knee, throwing the limb thirty feet away. The unfortunate fellow died in a few minutes thereafter. —A bund reunion was held at Fort Wayne last week, which was participated in by the following bands: LaPorte, Rochester, Ossian, Bourbon, Nappanee, Peru, South Whitley, Pierceton, LaGrange, Ligonier Corrunna, Ind., and West Unity and Bryan, Ohio, with parts of organizations from Warsaw, Decatur, and Elkhart, Ind., and Van Wert and Germantown, Ohio. —John Williams, a farmer residing south of Indianapolis, met with a terrible accident recently. He had purchased a bottle of acid and had it setting on his lap as he rode home. Suddenly the cork was forced out and the acid covered his face, putting out both eyes and burning his face, breast, and arms in a terrible manner. It i» thought he will die. —The tramp is abroad in the land again. The murder of the wife of a farmer near Richmond, and the depredations and assaults committed by these gentry in various parts of the State, will suggest to women in isolated farm-houses the propriety of supplying themselves with big dogs and pistols that will shoot. —Thomas Richardson, conductor of a local freight on the Vandalia Railroad,was thrown beneath the wheels of his train while switching, near Greencastle Junction, and dangerously injured. His right leg was badly crushed, necessitating amputation. He was removed to his home in Terre Haute. —The managers of the Decatur County Agricultural Society have completed arrangements with Hon. Daniel W, Voorhees to deliver an address on the Fair Grounds during the County Fair this year, and they feel assured that this, with the usual attractions, will make the fair a great success. —Word from Guthrie gives particulars of the death of a 2-year-old child of Dr. Judah. The mother had been suffering with toothache and using a bottle of carbolic acid. While she was absent from the room the child swallowed the contents of the bottle, dying in terrible agony. - An attorney of Scottsburg was horsewhipped on the streets by a lady of that place. He had given her husband some legal advice which was obnoxious to her. He carries several marks on his face inflicted by the infuriated woman. The affair is the talk of the town. —Charles* Bowers, a constable, of Butler Township, Miami County, has been sentenced to two years in the northern prison, disfranchised for two years, and fined sl, for accepting a bride of S2O and permitting a prisoner to escape. —Prof. H. C. Hardy, convicted at Kokomo, of an outrage on an 8-year-old gill committed last July, was sentenced to seventeen years in the penitentiary.