Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1888 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A CHRONICLE OF HAPPENINGS IN HOOSIERDOM. Slvocklng Deaths, Terrible Accidents, Horrible Crimes, Proceedings of Courts, Secret Societies, and, in fact, Everything of Interest to the Hoosiers. The Indiana Farmer gives its compilation and remarks thereon relative to the crops in the central States. It shows that in Indiana the area of wheat was about 2,700,000 acres, and the average yield per acre 13 bushels. This shows 35, 00,000 bushels for the State. In the the southern division the average per acre is IB bushels, in the northern division, 13A and in the central only 8 bushels. The area of oats was 900,00 acres, in round numbers, and the average yield per acre 29 bushels, showing the entire crop of the State to be 26,100,000 bushels. The present condition of the corn crop in the southern division is 101 per cent.; central division 100 per cent., and northern 75 per cent. In the southern and central division the season has been an excellent one for corn, while in the northern it was too dry in several counties, which cuts down the per cent, of condition. All the early planted corn is out of danger of frost, and it is now believed that the crop will be the largest ever grown in the State. The early reports indicated an area of about 3,300,000 acres, and the yield per acre this year, it is believed, will be about thirty-seven bushels. The fruit crop is one of the best ever grown in the State, especially is this true of apples.

Burglar Shot, One night recently Theodore Groub, of the firm of John Groub’s Sons & Co., Seymour, was awakened by his wife, who informed him that there was some one in the house. Mr. Groub seized a revolver just in time to cover the retreating form of a burglar, who had gained admission to his residence by cutting away the window-shutters. Refusing to answer the demand as to his wants, and appearing demonstrative and as if accompanied by confederates, Mr. Groub fired two shots into the burglar, who then shouted, “Don’t shoot any more; I’m shot.” The wounded man dragged himself from the yard, leaving a trail of blood. In the morning a negro in a helpless condition, with a pistol wound in the bißik of his head and in one Ug» was found near the O. & M. depot. He gave the name of George Mitchell, claiming Bowling Green, Ky., as his home. He is undoubtedly the burglar who entered the Groub residence.

The Deadly Dynamite. The citizens of Cutler, a small town of Carroll County, were terrified one night recently with a loud explosion that seemed to shake the earth for a mile. Some fiends had placed a dynamite cartridge under the postoffice and it went oft’, with terrible effect, totally destroying the entire building and blowing the contents of the postoffice into unrecognizable fragments. During the past year five attempts have been made to blow up this same building. Fortunately, no lives have been lost. Whether these attempts are aimed at the postmaster or the owner of the building, there is a difference of opinion. Some miscreants placed two pounds of dynamite under the hotel a few nights ago, but for some cause it failed in its intended mission. A great deal of excitement is manifested, and the citilens are determined to bring the guilty parties to justice if such a thing is possible-

Badly Hurt by a Train. Wilson Dawson, aged 64 years, was struck by a Bee Line passenger engine nt Anderson, and received injuries that will probably prove fata]. Dawson at the time was walking east on the railroad track, apparently in deep study. The passenger train, with Engineer Lecclair at the throttle, came around a slight curve from the west. The engineer instantly blew' the whistle but seeing no attention paid to the warning, reversed the engine and put on the airbrakes. Before the train could be stopped, however, the pilot of the engine had struck the old man. Dawson’s left leg was crushed at the ankle, the bones protruding through the flesh. His right arm was broken between the shoulder and elbow, his head and face badly bruised and cut. The physician expresses the opinion that the foot will have to be amputated, an operation that may cost the wounded man his life. Survivors of a Powerful Tribe. Col. W. H. Tailmage, General Indian Agent and payee of the United States Government, is at Peru effecting a final settlement with the Eel River Miami Indians of this county, now numbering twenty-two persons. This is the last and final payment to be made to them under the treaties of August 3, 1795, August 23, 1805, and September 30, 1809; aggregating a total of $22,000, or a per capita of $846.15. Considerable trouble is being experienced regarding appointments of guardians, etc., of the children. The greatest amount to any one family is that to Louisa Godfroy, wife of Peter Godfroy, and daughter of Shin-go-quah, who received $5,076.90. This bare handful of twenty-six persons represents a once great and powerful tribe. Patents. Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: Jonas H. Aldrich,

Butler, journal-box; James R. Baker, • Kendallville, back gear for turninglathea; James A. Beecher, Mishawaka, screw-eutting die head; Lawson A. Boyd, Indianapolis, relief valve for automatic air-brakes; Annabella and M. A. Kelly, Holman Station, escape attachment for vapors and odors from cooking vessels; Edward C. Mead, Elkhart, wrench; Andrew J. Owens, Rushville, insect destroyer; William N. Rumely, assignor to hintself and M. Rumely, LaPorte, steam boiler; Charles F. Sleigh, Fort Wayne, rotary engine; Eats Stalker, Westfield, weather-strip. Fatal Quarrel Betwean Farmers. As two farmers, James Surber and James Railsback, were returning home from Pendleton they became engaged in a dispute over a woman, a relative of Surber’s, whom he claimec) Railsback was on terms of intimacy with. Both were in an intoxicated condition, and when about five miles from town Railsback struck Surber with a club. A scuffle ensued, but they were separated by a companion named Reedy, who persuaded them to shake hands, and both men were apparently on friendly terms again when Railsback suddenly renewed the attack. Both leaped from the wagon, and Surber, drawing a large knife, plungediit into Railsback’s neck and then twice into his side, piercing his heart. Railsback fell and expired in a few moments. The murderer is still at large. An Unknown Disease Kills Husband and Wife, and Leaves n Child Fatally 111. One of the saddest incidents on record is that of the death of Mr. Isaac Woolley, one of the proprietors of the Curryville Coal Company, at Shelborn, which occurred recently. He was a prominent business man. His death came so sudden, that, as yet, his mysterious disease is not known. In a few hours afterward his wife suddenly Expired, although she had been apparently well, and both bodies lay in the stricken home at the same time. One of the children is now at the verge of death’s door of the same fatal disease. There seems to be no explanation of the dreadful scourge.

Killed by a Fre’ght Train. An extra freight train going east on the “Big Four” road, struck and killed a stranger who was sitting on the rail near the water-tank at Waldron. The stranger was asleep, and the engine struck him on the head. He appeared to be about 60 years of age. The only evidence of his identity was a letter in his pocket addressed to Daniel Causins, Oakland, 111., from a collecting agency in Illinois. The body was placed in charge of the Coroner.

Minor State Item*. —Two sons of John Turner were engaged in hauling logs about four miles west of Marion, when the younger, aged 15, fell from the wagon and the wheels passed over his stomach, producing fatal injuries. —The Northern Indiana fair, at South Bend, was the scene of a shocking and fatal accident. As Miss Curtis, 16 years of age, the daughter of a Penn Township farmer, was stepping over the shaft which connects the engine with the machinery in machinery hall, her dress was* caught by the rapidly revolving shaft. In an instant she was thrown to the ground, and, before the machinery could be stopped, her head, shoulders, and body were beaten alpiost to a pulp. —The Fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry will hold its sixth annual reunion at Noblesville, Oct. 11 and 12. It is very desirable that every Fifth Indiana veteran shall attend.

—Grant Reed, a brakeman on the O. & M. Railroad, had his left arm crushed off and was severely crushed about his. body, while coupling cars at Medora. His injuries are probably fatal. —A 15-year-old son of John Turner was run over by a log wagon, four miles west of Marion, and killed, —Thomas Stevens, of Monroeville, has brought suit for SIOO,OOO damages against Charles A. Mills and nine others for having him adjudged insane in 1886, and deprived of his liberty. —Typhoid fever is having full swing at Brownsburg and Clermont. —A boy named Foynig, aged 16, lost both of his legs by the cars, while making a coupling at Elwood. —Mrs. Warner and daughter, of Madison County, while riding in a carriage near Elwood, were thrown down the embankment by their frightened horse and very seriously injured. —At Coxville, a mining town a few miles north of Terre Haute, Jeff Jefferson shot and instantly killed N. K. Jewell. Both parties are colored. The murder grew out of the rivalry of the men for the hand of a pretty colored girl named Ella Madison. —As Levi Evans was riding a along a highway in Harrison County, the animal became frightened at a threshing machine and dropped suddenly dead. —The Ninety-ninth Indiana will hold their first annual reunion at Peru, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 9 and 10. A large attendance is expected. Address all communications to Iraß. Myers, Secretary. —Eugene Rankin a young man while feeding straw into a baling machine, near Thorntown, had his leg caught and crushed. About one year ago his father was paralyzed by a stroke of lightning. —James Chamberlain, who disappeared from bis home near Plainville several days ago, was found hanging to a tree.