Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1888 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—John Stone, a prominent citizen of Gibson County, ami a member of the gun club, was mortally wounded by a discharge from hiR gun, he having dropped the arm while carrying it. —William Thompson, proprietor of a saw-mill at Hanover, was probably fatally injured by the bursting of a buzzsaw, a piece of which struck him on the forehead, cutting a terrible gash. —The following patents have been issued to Indiana inventors: James B. Alfee, Indianapolis, assignor of onehalf to R. Shriner and H. Swartzwelder, Cumberland, Md., dust collecting machine; William M. Augustine, South Bend, wire tension device; George H Branson, Michigan City, fire wood dragsaw; Thomas Hibbert, Cochran, weather strip; Albert N. Norris, assignor to Star Drill Company, Rushville, seeding machine. —The Congregationalists have organized a society at Fairmount, and are soliciting subscriptions, with prospects for success, for the purpose of building a $2,000 church. —Charles Mason, 12 years old, son of George Mason, a well-known farmer residing west of Huntington, wns struck by ligntning and instantly ly killed while in a field. —At Nappanee, while out hunting, William Weitzell accidently shot Edward Tobias through the head and instantly killed him. They had become separated, and Weitzel, seeing Tobias’ hat above a brush, and supposing it was some kind of game, fired. When he saw what he had done, he hastened to tow’n, without approaching his victim, and gave the alarm.

—Tho corpses of a woman and a man were found in the Ohio, near Jeffersonville. Murder is suspected of having been committed by Clark County parties. —The Snpreme Temple of the Patriarchal Circle of America closed its sessioiuat Fort Wayne with a prize drill by the visiting circles. Bloomington, 111., took first price, Grand Bapids, Mich., second, and Defiance, 0., third. —Edward Roberts had his leg broken ft Homers’ coal mine at Staunton. —A new Methodist Church will be erected at Huntington during the summer to cost $30,000. —Larry McAlphine, of Columbus, has nsix-footed pig that is quite a curiosity. The animal is about half grown and gets wound as easily asitH four-footed mates. —The mixed train on the Fairland, Franklin and Martinsville road ran into f herd of cattle near Franklin on Monday, killing three head and wrecking :hree cars. No one was hurt, but the damage to the cars will amount to SI,OOO. —A gold watch an Allen County farmer lost last fall, and for tho theft of which he sought to send his hired man to prison, was found in the stomach of one sf his cows which died the other day. —An old colored woman, known as ‘Aunty” Calloway, was found dead under a treo near Lorywood. —At Bengal, Shelby County, Jaoob Met^ker ; jr. ; was stabbed and killed by hiH cousin, Jacob fiopp. —A 10-year-old child of Henry Scott, proprietor of the iEtna House, at Brownstown, walked out of a window in ;hc second story of the hotel, while islecp, and fell to the pavement below, receiving serious if not fatal injuries. —Silas Taflinger, a prominent citizen of Nabbs, Clark County, while going from the house of a neighbor to his own residence, was sun-struck. It is thought ;hat he cannot recover.

—lndianapolis has increased its police force. —A 7-year-old son of H. Bpradling, of Milroy, while leading a horse to water vas kicked on the head and seriously injured. He will probably die. —While a number of boys were bathing in Yellow River, near Plymouth, one Grrove Place, aged 9 years, got out too far ind was drowned. I Boonville is the home of James M. Crow, a prominent merchant and worthy ritizen. He has just had a strange experience that puzzles the medical fra;ernity. For five years he has been an invalid, but could not tell the cause of iis affliction. In time he wore down to i mere skeleton, and bis friends became ilarmed for him. His case was extreme ind his annoyance seemed to be chiefly in his stomach. Acting on his own impulses the other day he took a powerful emetic. He was induced to do this aecause there was an unusual gnawing in his stomach. The emetic brought up m animal, or whatever it was, abont iix inches long, nearly an inch in diamjter in its thickest part, and pinkish in jolor. When fresh from the sufferer's itomach this curiosity had one well developed eye, a peculiar but perfect nouth, and what appeared to be a plump itomach. Mr. Crow says he often felt ;he thing crawling about in his stomach, put did not think of such a living thing existing there and claiming that part of ais body as its home. —Wayne Township, Allen County, has roted an appropriation of $200,000 in lid of the New York, Mahoning and Western Railroad. The road will locate ;heir immense shops at Fort Wayne, md will give emplopment to 1,800 nen. --The Christian Church of Wabash is mjoying a phenomenal growth, through :he efforts of the pastor, C. E. Morgan. Since his pastorate began, a few months igo, the membership has been increased . aearly seventy.