Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—A most distressing case of poverty was revealed at Indianapolis. A deaf mute, Hiram Mobley, who has a wife and three children, was recently turned out of a house on Washingion street, on the other side of the river, aud the family have been unable since to provide themselves with permanent shelter. The youngest child, about three months old, became ill, and the father took the sick child to the rooms which be formerly occupied, where the poverty-stricken family watched it die. It was a distressing sight to witness their grief, which the mother and father could only make known by 6lgns. The coroner was notified, and after holding an inqnest, reached the conclnsion that death resulted from starvation.

—The following patents have been granted to Indiana inventors: James Boyd and W. F. Goldenbnrg, Vevny, gate; Francis A. Coffin, assignor to Indianapolis Cabinet Company, letter file; James N. Crabb, Richmond, horse collar; Henry B. Lowe, Kokomo, tax duplicate and receipt: Frank Prox, Terre Haute, sectional steam boiler; Franz P. H. Prox, Terre Haute, radiator; Harvey J. Schrock, Goshen, nutoinatio gnte; Alark A. Smith and J. Nnrre, Evansville, washboard; Clnrence C. Sprinkle, Alajenica, barn-door fastening; Rnrlolph Stuckwisch, Cory, combined harrow aud cultivator; William Thom, Indianapolis, lock-seam elbow machine. —At Ireland, Huntington County, Ollie, the 7-vear-old son of Isaac Alexander, of that place, was driving a team aud wagon on his father’s farm, when the horses became frightened and stnrted to run, the sudden lurch throwing the boy out of the wagon. The wheels passed ovor his abdomen, crushing him horribly, from the effects of which he died in about an hour. —The other day, James, son of Russell Nicholson, of Washington Township, JJreen County, was thrown from a horse and his nock broken. He was riding sideways upon the horse, which was harnessed. The horse jumped and threw him off, one foot catching in the harness. The horse ran nnd broke his neck. He was about seventeen years old. —The reunion of Wilder’s Brigade will occur this year at Greoncastle, on Sept. 7 and 8. This brigade was known during the war on the Union side ns “Tbe Lightning Brigade," amt among tbe rebels as “Wilder’s Hellions. ” It was composed of brave men who never knew defeat, nnd who are bound together with a bond never to be broken. —A fatal accident occurred at Roger’s lumber-yard, Jeffersonville. Clarence Vaughan, the G-year-old son of Lemmon Vaughan, was playing on a lumber-pile, when it suddenly fell over, burying the boy under the heavy boards. His skull was frightfully crushed aud internal injuries were sustained. There is no hope of his recovery. —John D. Turley, a prominent merchant at Galveston, has been arrested on the charge of sending a claim out of this State for the pmpose of garnishment. The case wjU bo watched with interest by Indiana merchants, who are in the habit of sending claims ngainßt railroad employes to Chicago and St. Lonis for collection every month.

—The women of Indianapolis are trying to purify the city. They have secured a large number of indictments against owners and keepers of disorderly houses. It has been decided in some States that the owner of a building let to a person who maintains it for immoral purposes, is him* sef legally the keeper of the house. —The Shelbyville School Board has elected Prof. J. C. Eagle, of EdiDburg, to succeed Prof. W. H. Fertich as Superintendent of the public schools. Prof. Eagle has tyeen Superintendent of the Edinburg schools for the past eight years. His salary here will be $1,350. Prof. Fertich goes to Lamed, Kansas. —Patrick Crady, an Irishman living near Boachdale, and who is said to be 125 years of age, recently walked from Greencastle to bis home, a distance of about eighteen miles. His wife is living, and is said to be 110 years of age. They live on a small farm which lies along side the abovenamed place. —The State Board of Health has appointed Dr. Edward J. Church, of LaPorte. as a member of the State Board of Dental Examiners. The board is now complete, the other member being Drs. Kirk, of Kokomo, Hunt of Indianapolis, Chapel of Knigbtstown, and Van Valzah of Terro Haute. —While William Barnhouse, of Muncie, was handling a *.ouble-barreled shotgun it was accidentally discharged and the contents of both barrels, one of which was heavily loaded, lodged in the head of the 5-year-old son of William Moffat, tearing his head almost from his body. —George McGregor, a man about 50 years of age, was killed near Oakland City, while at work in a field. He was kicked to death by a mule. Some neighbors witnessed the accident, and went to his assistance, but it was too late, as he was dead when reached. —ln Harrison County James McKinney disguised himself as a tramp, and stealing Miss Katie Hardin from her adopted parents walked with her twenty-four miles, to Corydon, where they were married. It was the second attempt the couple had made. —The purchasing committee of the Nickel Plate Bailroad will at once reorganize the company by filing articles of incorporation in the States through which the road passes. The incorporation for Indiana has been filed with the Secretary of State. —David Bady, a young man living at Ladoga, bursted a blood vessel while turning died instantly.