Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1889 — INDIANA HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

«YENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. Am Interesting Summary of tlie More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—W«ldiugs and Deaths —trime, Casualties and General News Notes. I “re nervation of Rattle-Fields. The Secretary of War has sent to Cohgress the estimates of Gen. 0. M. Poe, of the army, for proper improvements to mart and protect the works, forts, and battle-fields in Indiana and Ohio where Gen. William Henry Harrison won his victories against the Indians in the early settlement of those Territories. In Gen. Poe’s report this reference is made to Fort Wayne, now the flourishing capital of Allen County: “A considerable portion of the site of old Fort Wavne belongs to the city of Fort Wayne, the remainder being now occupied by the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Bailroad as successors to the old Wabash and Erie Canal. Except the well, no trace of the fort now exists, and the part of the site now occupied by the railroa or by city streets is reduced to a small triangle, as shown by the map. A patriotic and public spirited citizen has inclosed the triangle by a neat, iron fence and erected a flagstaff within it, but, so far as I can learn, either by observation or inquiry, the city, as a corporation, has done nothing toward marking or preserving the site. Any monument placed here should be similar to such as may be selected for Fort Defiance and Fort Miami. Its cost would be about $5,000.” An appropriation of $60,000 is asked for, to include, besides, work at Fort Wayne, improvements on the following battle-fields in Ohio: Pui-In-Bay, Fort Industry, Fort Miami, Fort Meigs, the battle-field of Fallen Timber, and Fort Defiance. One Hundred and Five Years Old. A family dinner-party was given at the residence of William Kothermel, of Milton, last Snuday in honor of Mrs. Rothermel’s mother, Mrs. Magdalena Boggs, who was born at Elizabethtown, fifteen miles west of Lancaster City. Lancaster County, Penn, Dec. 22, 1783, and was 105 years old Debember 22, 1888. Her father served in . the Revolutionary yvar, and at his death was buried with military honors. Her 100th anniversary was celebrated at Bennett, 111., where she resided at the time with her son. She has five children living —the eldest, Mrs. Catharine Krieder, of Homer, 111., being 83 years old, and the youngest, Mrs. Rothermel, of Milton, with whom she resides, being 64 years • old. She also has forty-five grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. There were thirty, including children, grandchildren, and great-grandchil-dren, present to do honor to the occasion, and for all that appears to the contrary now she will live to celebrate many more returns of her anniversary, for although not as full of vigorand animation as she was a few months ago, owing to a spell of sickness last summer, yet she is able to sit in her easy chair and bid her visitors welcome with a gentle handshake and inquiry for their health, and comment upon the state of the weather. Careless Handling of a Gun. A sad and fatal accident happened near Waynetown. A party of about twenty men and boys started out for a hunt. Between 4 and 5 o’clock Clyde Biddle, one of the number, sighted a rabbit. He cocked both barrels of his shotgun, so as to be ready to shoot twice if necessary. The first load killed the rabbit, and be carelessly threw the gun over his shoulder. In some manner the •cock of the loaded barrel caught in his coat-sleeve, causing the gun to go off, the load striking Charles Earhart in the left side of the face. The shot entereu his eye, cheeks, ear, and penetrated his temple. He was taken to the residence of Wayman Batreall, and Dr. Olin, of Elmdale, summoned. Nothing could be done to save the life of Earhart, and after suffering intense pain for several hours he died. The deceased leaves a wife and son. Minor State Items. —Mrs. John Davis, the wife of a prominent farmer of Jefferson Township, Cass County, was thrown from a wagon and killed. —Patents have been granted to the following named Indiana inventors: Henry Cooprider, jr., Clay City, tractiontongue for threshing machines; George L. Elder, Wilmington, chart for educational purposes; Edwin H. Ford, Hartford City, automatic gas regulator and cut-off j Christian M. Kirkpatrick, assignor of one-half to J. M. Taylor, Indianapolis, automatic cut-off for gas; David M. and T. H. Parry, Indianapolis, two-wheeled vehicle; Frederick Rupp, Milford, two-wheeled vehicle; John B. Swaim, Newbern, car-brake and starter. —At New Albany Willie Weber, Syears old, while playing with Fred, his 10-year-old brother, pointed a flobert rifle at him, saying he was going to kill Indians. The rifle was supposed to be unloaded, but it uent off, and the bullet eutered the abdomen of Fred, near the navel, inflicting a fatal wound. | —Henry Beach, a j’oung man living near Goshen, was accidentally shot by a hunting companion. —Jack Fullom was drowned by breaking through the ice while ’ skating on -Lake Manitou. near Rochester.

—The widow of MaN Cohen, of Madison, has sued the Ohio tsjd Mississippi Railway Company for SfSDOO, on account of the death of her in December, 1887. —W D. Kisbbaugh, residing three miles ‘east of Martinsville, caught a snow-white muskrat in a trap on the edge of his fish-pond. This is the first white muskrat ever heard of in these parts. —J. C. Wemmer, of Warren, Huntington County, had his nose cut open and a furrow plowed through his lips and chin, besides other dangerous injuries, in attempting to dislodge a tree which had become fastened in another while falling. —ln attempting to remove a corn from his foot, M. W. Nolan, of Jeffersonville, pricked it with a pin. Blood-poisoning set in, and he is now in a critical condition. —The Pennsylvania Oil Company has just drilled in an oil well two miles west of Portland that is the best producer in the State. Tanks are being built, and as this is the third oil well in this field, it establishes beyond a doubt the fact Jay County contains a rich oil field. —ln one neighborhood in Montgomery Cbunty there tvere eleven births in one night. —Ed. Moreland, a .section foreman, was instantly killed by a locomotive near Valparaiso. —James Mitchelltree, an old citizen of New Rose, was stricken with heart trouble and died in an hour. —A dozen mad dogs have been killed in the vicinity of New Ross, Montgomery County, within the past few weeks. —Henry Bower, Superintendent of the Portland schools, was fined $5 by Judge Bobo, for refusing to admit a pupil after the court had ordered him to do so. —The grocery store in which the postoffice at Leo, Allen County, is located, was burglarized. A large number of stamps, S3O in cash, and several hundred dollars’ worth of groceries were taken. —Parties who keep vicious dogs at Crawfordsville have been notified that if they want their mail delivered the uogs must be restrained from interfering with the carriers. One carrier was chased out of the yard, and he took his revenge by placing the word “dog" alongside the house nujnber. —Coal gas escaping from a stove through broken mica, came near asphyxiating the family of William Eppert, of Peru. Prompt use of restoratives saved their lives. —While driving from Jeffersonville to visit the Odd Fellows Lodge at Prather, a number of persons were precipitated over a steep embankment. Peter Leclare and George Nixon sustained fractured ribs; ex-Mavor Preefer was badly cut about the face; Capt. W. H. Northcutt received internal injuries, and Fred Bamber was badly hurt about the head. Mrs. Epps committed suicide at Fort Wayne to avoid appearing in court to answer the charge of disorderly conduct. George and Albert Nuller, of Clarksville, who have saved no less than twenty-five persons from drowning at the Ohio River Falls, have added another name to their list, that of Michael Quinn, of Louisville, who attempted to cross to tile Indiana side in a dilapidated skiff, but was drawn into the rapids. —A true bill of indictment has been found in the Crawford County court against George Davis for shooting the White Cap Gregory. He was released on a S3OO bond. Gregory continues to improve, and there is now but little doubt that he will recover. An outcome of the affair is the insanity of Isaac N. Davis, a son of the man who did the shooting. He is imbued with the idea that Gregory is in pursuit of him witb the intention of killing him. He spends his time running like a deer through the woods, or in hiding, to avoid his imaginary pursuer. —The skunk farm in Huntington County is a financial bonanza to its owners. Large sums of money are realized from the hides and oil rendered from the carcasses of the odoriferous little animals. —Reuben Daily, proprietor of the Jeffersonville News, widely known as a bitter infidel, is now actively engaged in championing the cause of Christianity, and his lecture, “Twbnty-one Years an Infidel, or Why I Returned to Christ,” is highly endorsed by the Christian ministry and also by Francis Murphy. It if eloquent, witty, and powerful, as Mr. Dailey knows how to make it, embracing, as it does, his interesting experiences as an opponent to religion, and the causes which led to his conviction of his error. This lecture will be given at Aurora, Sunday evening, Jan. 6, and thereafter at other places which engage his services. —Mrs. Thomas Patram, an old and highly-respected lady, of Columbus, accidentally run a small splinter of wood in one of her fingers a few weeks ago. The wound was pricked with a needle, which caused black erysipelas to set in. The disease rapidly spread over her entire body, and caused her death. —Miles Jobson, a wealthy widower of Princeton, who was married on Christmas day, hanged himself the other night. He left a note saying that he had broken his promise not to marry again, given to his first wife on her death-bed, and that he could not endure the reproaches of his conscience.