Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

County and Dls.rict Fairs. —The Connty and District Fairs of the State will be held at tire following time and n was: Jdao&.orU Hartford City... Aug 23-25 Hr ou o Lebanon Aug. 15-19 fj gaiisport..Aug.29-Scpt.9 Clart Charleston .Sept. 5-9 Cl nto i Kranklort Aug. 22-27 Davies. Winning on.Sept.26-Oct.i Dmirb rn Ijuvrouceburg..Aug 23-27 Doca ur (ireonab'g...Aug.SO-Sept.3 De uvaro Muiieio Aug. 10-20 Elkhart Gonhin B<-pt. 20-23 kulton Hochester...Sept.27-Oct.l Gibson Brine, ton Sept. 12-17 Grunt Marion City.Aug.9o-Sept.2 Gr.eno Linton 0c.3-7 Hamilton Nobles ville Aug. 22-20 Hancock Greenfield Aug. 23-27 Harrison Corydou .. ..Aug.3o-Sept3 Heury New Castle Aug. 9-13 Howard Kokomo Sept. 12-16 Huntington Hunt ington.. Bept,a7-Oct 1 Jackson Brownstown. Aug2S)-Sppt.‘2 Jasper . .Hensselaer..Ang.3o-Bept.2 Jay Portland Sept. 27-30 Jonniugs No. Vernon Aug. 9-12 Knox Vinctnnes Oct. 10-15 LnGraug.) LaGramte Sept. 27-30 Lake Crown Point.... Sept. 13-16 LaPor te LaPorte Sept. 27-30 Lawrenco Bedford Sept. 13.17 Malison A nderson Sept. 5-6 Monroe Bloomington... .Sept. 27-30 Montgomery Crawfordsville.. ..Bept.s-9 Newton Morrocco Sept. 20-23 Noble Ligonier Oct.lM4 Orange Paoli Bept.7-10 Farlte Rockville Aug.ls-20 Perry Tell City Sept.l3-18 PHte .Petersburg Sept. 5-10 Porter Valparaiso Sept 20-23 Posey New Harmony. ,Sept.l9-2i Randolph Winchester. Aug. 30-Sopt.2 Kipley .Osgood Aug.l6-19 Push Rushville Sept. 13-16 Shelby Shelby ville Sept. 7-10 Spencer Chrisney Oct 3-8 Steuben Angola Oct. 11-14 Sullivan Sullivan Sept. 5-10 Tippecanoe Lafayette... Aug.29-Sept.S Tipton Tipton Aug. 15-19 Vermillion Eugene Aug. 22-27 Vigo Terre Haute.Aug.29-Sept.2 Wabash Wabash Sept.lo-18 Warren W. Lebanon Aug.lC>-20 Warrick Booneviile.. Aug.29-Bept.3 Washington.. Salem Aug.‘l3-27 DISTRICT, ETC. Acton Fair Asso Acton Aug.3o-Sept.3 Arcadia Fair Asso... .Arcadia Aug.2l)-Sept.2 Black Hawk LaPorte.... Aug.3o-Bept.l Bridgeton Union Bridgeton Aug. 22-27 East lud. Agr'l KenduUvillo Oct. 3-7 Fairmont Union Fairmount Sept.l2-16 Fountain, Warren & Vernon Covington Sept. 20-23 Francisville Agr’l Franeisville....Sept. 27-30 Henry, Madison & Delaware Middletown Aug.l6-19 Inter-State Fort Wayne,... Sept.'27-30 Kingston Union Knightst'n.. Aug.SO-Sopt.2 Lawrence Dist Lawrenco..., .. .Sept.l2-15 Loogootee Dist Loogootee.. Aug. 30.Sept.3 Miami & Fulton Macy Bept.2l-‘24 New Ross Agr’l New Ross Sept. B-12 Northwestern Ind Waterloo Bept.26-30 North Manchestor Tri-Co No. Manchester...Oct.4-7 No. Ind. So. Mich South Bend Sept.l2-15 Orleans Agr’l ...Orleans Sept.2o-24 Perry Co. Agr'l and Mechan’l Asso Oct. 3-8 Poplar Grove, A. H. &M. A Poplar Grove.. .Bept.26-30 Seymour Fair Asso...Seymour Oct. 4-8 Bwitzer'aml and Ohio. East Enterprise Sept.l3-16 Union City A. & M. A.Union City ,Bept.S-9 Urmyville Agr’l.......Urmyville Oct. 6-8 Warren Trio-Co Wurren Sept.o-10 Wash'gton and Clark Pekin 1. Sept. C-10 Wayne, Henry and Randolph Dalton Sept.o-9 Xenia Urdor Xenia Aug. 24-20

Minor State Item*. —The biggest job of ditching ever undertaken in Northern Indiana is progressing in the big swamp in the western port of Allen County. It is called the Little River ditch, and, with its branches, will be fifty miles long. Nine miles have been comletped, and the contractors have until December, 1888, to finish the job. Between fifty and sixty feet are excavated daily. An immense tract of very fertile land In Allen and Huntington counties will be redeemed by this ditch, which will cost about SIOO,OOO. —John Atkins, living in Floyd Connty, eight miles from Now Albany, has a fish pond 150 feet long by eighty feet wide, which is stocked with German carp. Some of the fish are now two feet in length, although the pond has been in use only a comparative short time. The pond fairly teems with small carp, and unless something untoward occurs, Mr. Atkins will have next season a larger profit from his pond than on fifty times that area of ground devoted to any other purpose. —lt is estimated that thus far this year, 300 dwellings have been built in New Albany, the aggregate costs of whioh hns been $240,000. In addition to that large sum, nearly ns much more has been expended in the erection of business houses and public buildings. A large number of bouses are under contract, and work will be commenced as soon as practicable, so it would be safe to say that not less than 500 new buildings will be erected during 1887. —The wife of Joseph Strong, a farmer residing near Waveland, was killed recently. She was riding on a wagon with her husband; crossing a field Mr. Strong gave the lines into her hands while he stepped to one side to get a string of barbed wire which he intended to fasten on the hind part of the wagon. The mules became frightened and ran. Mrs. 8. is supposed to have fainted and fell off the wagon, which passed over her. —The disease known as hog cholera, which last year carried off twenty thousand head of swine in Grant County, has again broken out at several points near Marion. No specific has yet been discovered for this scourge, which last year entailed a loss, of nearly SIOO,OOO to Grant County farmers. Hundreds of farmers have gone ont of the business of raising hogs. —While two young men, sons of Isom and D. Wools, of Clay Connty, were at play, the former hurled a last year’s cornstalk at the latter. The sharpened end struck and penetrated the right eye, entirely destroying it, and inflicting a deep and dangerous wound. —While digging for water on the farm of Ola Olson, six miles from Fowler, at a depth of eighty-seven feet a strong flow of gas was struck in a white limestone. The gas was lighted and blazed np about six feet. It is a beautiful clear blaze and has staying qualities. —Burglars entered the Dicks House, at Lebanon, and stole a valuable gold watch, the property of the proprietor.