Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1888 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—McLiinsburgh, a hamlet on the Shel - byville pike, five , miles sonih of Indianapolis, was the scene of a most distress* ing accident recently. Sarah Jane Reed, 76 years of age, was literally burned to death at the home of her son-in-law, Fred Lichentaner, while he anil his wife were absent from the house. Mr. and Mrs. Lichentaner had left the hon e early in the morning aud went to Indianapolis, leaving their two children in charge of the house. One of them, a young girl, wa* told to get dinner, and about 11:10 o’clock she went into the kitchen to look at (he fire. The old lady at that time was sitting, as usual, in her chair. Ten minutes afterward she returned and was horrified to see her grandmother lying upon the floor in a dying condition, with her clothes almost * burned off. Mrs. Reed was paralyzed upon one side, and it is thought that while moving about in the kitchen she fell against the stove, and before she could make any alarm she was enveloped in flames. —Silas Irick, employed at E. C. Atkins <k Co’s, saw-works, Indianapolis, met with a horrible death while in the discharge of his duty. In attempting to 6hift a belt he was caught in the machinery, and was thrown head foremost against a wheel, under which he was crushed. His body would have been torn into pieces had not some of the employes witnessed the accident and stopped the machinery promptly. Death was instantaneous. His neck, shoulder, and arm were broken, and his head badly bruised. Mr. Irick was 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and three children. His wife was just recovering from a long spell of sickness, and, when the news of her husband’s death was broken to her she suffered a relapse, and her recovery is regarded as doubtful. —The boiler in the saw-mill of Mike Fruits, north of Alamo, exploded, blowing out ihe Bide of the mill, killing James Fruits, the engineer, and demolishing some of the mill machinery. The boiler was found in a small creek fifty rods from the mill, and some of the bricks were thrown across the road, striking the house of Fruits, and, going through the same, landed on a bed, setting it on fire. Several persons about the mill had narrow es* capes. The man who was killed was fearfully scalded, and lived about three hours, his sufferings being extremely severe. The cause of the explosion is not known, but it ’ is supposed to have been caused by a too heavy pressure of steam. The deceased leaves a wife and three children.

—Wesley Hatfield and Theodore Jessup, Park County farmers, while hunting, the other day, came across a fine specimen of the Golden eagle in the woods. Their attention was attracted by its Bhrill shriek. They brought it down in the act of flight by a rifle shot. A year ago the farmers in that vicinity were annoyed greatly by eagles carrying off lambs and chickens. A raid on the roost was organized, but abandoned on account of its probable great distance. Since an eagle has been shot in Sullivan County, some miles south. Prof. Collet, exState Geologist, says there are eagle roosts in the State, but where they are is a question. They may be miles from the scenes of the occasional raids that indicate the existence of the eagles.

—The Pendleton Board of Trade has succeeded in raising the amount of money and material demanded by a large glass factory of Ohio to place their works there. It will employ about seventy-five hands, and have a monthly pay-roll of $5,500. A large cooper shop will also be located at that place within thirty days, in connection with the sand-mill now nearly ready to commence operations. Pendleton is laying the foundation for a manufacturing town.

—Lee Sinclair, living at Cloverdale, was killed there recently. He was on his way to church to be baptized and join. In crossing the track of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway he stepped in front of a fast moving freight train and attempted to cross, bat slipped and fell. He was struck by the guard of the engine, his head being crushed in an unrecognizable shape. Death was instantaneous. —For some time past telegraph wire No. 4, along the line of the Wabash road, has refused to work and was apparently grounded. Line repairers have just succeeded in locating the trouble. About four miles east of Wabash an old man had cut the wire and run $ line into his house, where he was utilizing the electricity as a cure for rheumatism.

—DePauw’s Plate-glass Works in Portland, which have been idle for Beveral years, are now being placed in first-class condition, and work will soon be resumed in this large factory. It is the intention of Mr. DePauw to employ all the old hands who live in Portland. This will give employment to quite a large number of men.

—Patents have been issued to Indiana inventors as follows: Amos Barker, Spencer, seed-planter; Emery Q. Darr, Shelbyville, sweat-pat fastener; William O. Mills, Zionsville, throat-protector for horses; Elijah Neff, Rochester, assignor of three-fourths to J. Gilchrist, Lima, 0., and A. W. Felts, Eullon County, pnmp. —Scarlet fever, of a dangerous type, is raging in Tipton, and causing considerable uneasiness. The City Council has ordered that red flags be displayed at eaoh bouse where there is a case of the fever, and every effort is being made to prevent its spread. —The proposition to vote SIOO,OOO in cash to the proposed Terre Haute and Mississippi Railroad, to run southwest from Terre Haute, was voted upon iu Terre Haute, and, after a hot contest, was beaten by 222 votes. There was a full vote cast.