Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1888 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A CHBOMt'LE OF HAPPENINGS IN HOOSIKKDOM. Shocking Deaths, Terrible Accidents, Horrible Crimes, Proceedings of Coarts, Secret Societies, and, in fact, Everything of Interest to the Hoosiers. The following is the official vote for State officers cast Nov. 6, 1888, as compiled by the Secretary of State: GOVERNOR. Alvin P. Hovey, Rep 263,194 Courtland C. Matson. Dem 261,003 John P. Milroy, Labor 2,661 Jasxter S. Hugos, Pro 9,776 Hovey’s plurality : 2,191 lieutenant-governor. Ira P. Chase, Rep 263,166 William H. Myers, Dem 261,011 Chase’s plurality. 2,155 SECRETARY OP STATE. Charles F. Griffin, Rep 263,304 Robert W. Miers, Dem 260,970 Griffin's plurality 2,334 AUDITOR OP STATE. Bruce Carr, Rep 262,933 Charles A. Munson, Dem 261,047 Carr’s plurality 1,946 TREASURER OP STATE. Julius A. Limcke. Rep 263,243 Thomas B. Byrnes, Dem 260,859 Limcke’s plurality 2,374 ATTORNEY GENERAL. Louis T. Michener, Rep 263,084 John R. Wilson, Dem 261,174 Micheuer’s plurality 1,910 SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS. Harvey M. LaFollette, Rep 263,832 Elmer E. Griffith, Dem 260,531 LaFollette’s plurality 3,361 JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT —FIRST DISTRICT. Silas D. Coffey. Rep 263,511 William E. Niblack, Dem 261,258 Coffey’s majority 2,253 JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT—SECOND DISTRICT. ■ JobnG. Berkshire, Rep 263,237 •George V. Howk, Dem 261,406 Berkshire’s majority 1.831 JUDGE OF SUPREME COUr.T —THIRD DISTRICT. Walter Olds, Rep * 263,295 Allen dollars, Dem 261,263 Olds’ majority 2,032 REPORTER OP THE SUPREME COURT. John L. Griffiths, Rep 253,332 John W. Kern, Dem .*. 260,859 Griffiths’ plurality 2,473

Paroled bv the Governor. Gov. Gray has paroled John P. Quinn, alias John Parker, and John D. Snearly, alias John Forbes. They were tried and convicted in the Jackson Circuit Court a year ago on a charge of grand larceny. The crime charged against them was the swindling of an old farmer, Zachfffiah Deputy, out of $3,000 by bunko. James Karnes, who was found guilty with them, was released last August, the Judge and many citizens having signed a petition for his parole. After the three men had been convicted and were serving their sentences it developed that they were not the right parties, &nd detectives arrested Ed. Bice, Chas. Stewart, and Punch Maron. They were brought to Indiana upon a requisition .and tried, but the jury disagreed. They gave bail and forfeited it and left the State, and have not since been rearrested. llig Haul by Thieves. A bold robbery was perpetrated at Anderson, recently. While Will Shirk, a jeweler, doing business on the north side of the square, was at supper, the robbers gained entrance through the back door and carried off $2,500 worth of fine watches and jewelry, the entire contents of a show-case. Although Mr. Shirk’s store is in one of the most public places in the city, and lights were left burning, the robbers got away without attracting attention. So far there has been no clew discovered as to who committed the theft. A Distressing Accident. A distressing accident occurred at Flora, recently. A number of young men were celebrating the election in different ways. John E. Eikenberry had loaded a piece of gas-pipe with powder and attempted to touch it off. It exploded with a terrific roar. A piece of the pipe struck the young man above the left eye, tearing out several pieces of bone from the skull and cutting a terrible gash across the end of the head. He is in a critical condition. Three Person* Badly Injured, During a ratification meeting at Parker/ a station four miles west of Farmland, :some careless persons filled an iron hub of a large fly-wheel with powder and placed it under an anvil. It exploded when fired, the pieces flying in every direction, and severely injuring three persons, as follows: Will Hays, right foot cut and mangled; Isaac Clevenger, leg broken, and a boy named Tommy Karns, right leg fractured below the knee. A Painful Accident. Mrs. Hazelrigg, of Indianapolis, met with a most painful accident recently. She was riding in a wagon when awheel dropped into a bole, throwing her out. The chair upon which she was seated fell out with her, and in such a manner that one of the broken rounds gouged out her left eye. The pain of course was almost unbearable, and her screams were frightful to hear. Killed by a Train. The remains of John Chance were found on the track about three-quarters of a mile east of Knightsville, about 150 yards from his house. His brains were scattered along the road, and his right arm cut off. He had a brother killed a short distance east of that place a few years ago. Deceased leaves a widow and two children.

Incendiary Fire at Clinton. At Clinton, recently, fire was discovered in a bnilding occupiedby J. N. Frist as a furniture store, and Wilson A Crane j as a drug store. By prompt work the tire j was put out, but botb stores were dej stroyed. The rear door was found j broken openandcoal-oil pouredaround, j showing that it was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary. Loss, about I SS,(MX); fully insured. This is the third j fire in Clinton this fall in which Wilson I A: Crane have suffered. A Youthful Prisoner. The Coroner at Laporte has concluded his investigation of the poison case which resulted in the death of Isaac Sowards and the violent sickness of two other children of the family. The evidence showed that the 12-year-old daughter purchased arsenic at a drug store and administered it to them, but whether by accident or design is not yet known. The Coroner recommended that she be held to the grand jury. Minor State Items. —Elmer Ellison and an old soldier named Gates were seriously injured by the premature discharged of a cannon at a ratification meeting at Homer, Kush County.

—ln the last two months several horses have been stolen in the vicinity of Winamac. Recently, Joseph Coltz, of Chicago, was arrested for having in his possession a horse belonging to Air. Frees.

—State Senator Philip Schloss died at Terre Haute, of heai-t failure, after a brief illness. He was 52 years of age, and a prominent Israelite. He was a Democrat, and held many offices of trust, having served in both houses of the Legislature. His body was taken to Cleveland, 0., for interment. —Burglars entered the store of John Herb, of Mooresville, Floyd County, and stole a wagon-load of groceries and dry goods. All the meat. 100 pounds of coffee, a lot of flannel, $4 in coppers from the postoffice in the store and a few dollars in change in the drawer were taken. No clew to the thieves. —The Anderson flint glass works took off their first heat recently. Everything succeeded admirably. This is the only glass factory in the State making flint glass bottle in which the sand is smelted by natural gas. The establishment employs 100 hands. —Adam Pavnier, a pioneer of Elkhart County, died, aged 78 years. —David Bowers, a prominent farmer of Aboit Township, Allen County, died suddenly of apoplexy, while in bed. —Burglars entered the postoffice at Huntington and robbed the cash-drawer of sls in stamps and pennies. They also blew open the outside door of the safe but were frightened away before getting through the inner door. The damage to the safe and furniture is about S3OO. —William Goleeke died at Fort Wayne from the effects of injuries received in a saloon fight. —While Ed. Stotzki and Tom Cutsinger were handling an air gun, at Franklin, it was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking Cutsinger in the right side. He was taken to his home and Dr. AV. C. Hall probed for the ball, but failed to find it. The injury is not thought to be serious as the ball was small. —Joseph Hawkins, a prominent butcher of Fowler, dropped dead at the slaughter-house door, recently. He had been a sufferer from heart disease for some time. —A week ago a stranger hired a team at John Orr’s livery stable at Russiaville, to drive to Terre Hall, a distance of fifteen miles, and was to return on the following day. The stranger is still at large and Mr. Orr mourns the loss of histeam, buggy, and harness. No trace of the missing property has yet been discovered. —At Terre Haute, Mrs. Dr. George AV. Cooper hanged herself in the attic of her home. —A forty-eight-hour rain in the vicinity of Seymour has raised A\ r hite and Muscattatack rivers to an unusual height. Much stock has been drowned, thousands of bushels of corn have been swept away, and thousands more are endangered. —Four prisoners, confined in the jail at Tipton, made their escape by sawing off the iron bars leading into the Sheriff’s residence. Two of them were awaiting trial for larceny, one for assault and battery with intent to kill and one for arson. They have so far eluded arrest. Col. AV. H. Talmage, of New York, general agent of the United States Government, was in Peru recently, effecting a final settlement with the Eel River Miami Indians, of Miami County, now numbering twenty-six persons. This is the last and final payment to be made to them under the treaties of August 3, 1795, and September 30, 1809, aggregating a total of $22,000, or a per capita of $846.16. This handful of persons represent a once great and powerful tribe. —Patents have been granted Indiana inventors 1 as follows: Jehu Davis* Bringhurst, pulverizer and cultivator; AVilliam N. Schindler and W. Mikel, Mishawaka, bushing for shaft pulleys; Benjamin F. Shepherd, Pleasantville, hoisting apparatus; AVilliam AV. Smith, Laporte, metallic wheel; Geofge J. Zimmerman, assignor to Scott and Niles Company, Laporte, making metal wheels.