Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1889 — INDIANA HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doing. 4 of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths —Crime, Casualties and General News Notes. THE LEGISLATURE. Jan. 17.—Senate.—After the adoption of resolutions for the purchase of five dozen ehairs for committee rooms, and setting aside rooms 50 and 51 for the monumental commissioners, the roll was called and a large number of bills were introduced and appropriately referred. Among the most important were the following: For the relief of the Supreme Court; to regulate sales of intoxicating liquors; to publish State school books; to regulate the use of natural gas — prevent its waste. House.—A large number of bills were introduced and referred. Jan, 18.—Senate.—The Senate adopted practically the same rule which was adopted in the House a few days ago, cutting off all debate or speeches after the previous question has been put. There was a sharp wrangle over the matter. The Republican minority fought desperately to prevent its adoption, but only one Democratic Senator voted with them. Another and equally important new rule was adopted at the same time, providing that if the presiding officer of the Senate refuses to put a motion or is dilatory in doing so, any two Senators may call upon the Secretary of the Senate to put the question to vote. House.—No business of importance was transacted. Another large batch of bills were introduced and referred. January 19.—Senate—A resolution was offered to amend the Constitution so as to provide for the election of not less than five nor more than nine Supreme Court Judges. House—A bill providing that counties shall pay the cost of prosecuting criminals was referred to another committee. January 21.—Senate—A number of bills were introduced, one providing for the study of the effects of alcoholic drinks and narcotics. House—A resolution instructing the Committee on Temperance to report a local option bill was tabled. Resolutions were offered providing a constitutional amendment relating to the terms of county officers, and for the enforcement ment of laws pertaining to returns of property for taxation. A bill was introduced to appoint separate Boards of Trustees for the insane, blind, and deaf and dumb asylums. January 22.—Senate—Bills passed: To change the time of holding court in Posey County; for night schools in certain cities. Bills introduced: To prevent blacklisting of discharged employes; to prevent the trapping and killing of quail; to amend the free gravel road repair act. The Governor’s nomination of Barnabas C Hobbs, of Parke County, as trustee of the State Normal School for four years’from May 1,1888, (appointed by Gov. Gray), was confirmed. House—Sills passed: To authorize the burial of ex-soldiers by counties at an expense of SSO; requiring traction engines to give notice of their approach; ceding to United States jurisdiction over certain lands; to legalize acts of notaries public whose commissions have expired, or who were ineligible; to appropriate SIOO,OOO for the State Normal School; to amend Sec. 4,369, R. 8. of’Bl, in relation to schools; for the establishment of township libraries. Bills introduced: To open and maintain highways; relating to the exemption of cities from liability for costs; authorizing township trustees and trustees of corporations to levy taxes and provide a general system of common schools in cities of 30,000 inhabitants; relating to members of military organizations wearing their uniforms on the streets except under orders: relating to the appointment of special deputy sheriffs. January 23. —A long discussion arose in the House over a resolution requiring the Auditor of State to appear before a committee and state whether he paid out any money to Lieut. Gov. Robertson, and if so, out of what fund it was taken, and by what authority it was paid. The resolution was adopted by a party vote. A bill was introduced making twenty-five years a life sentence in the State prison and reformatories. A bill to punish “White Cappism” was favorably reported. A resolution was offered providing for the appointment of a committee to ascertain whether Hon. Green Clay Smith, late presiding officer of the Senate, had not ■overdrawn his account. Lost. A bill was introduced prohibiting the teaching of German in the public schools.

Minor State Items. —Thomas Peters was thrown from a buggy and instantly killed near Logansport. —Hobart, Lake County, having voted to be incorporated, will elect officers June 21. —Eugene Swihart, brakeman, fell from a freight train near Valparaiso and was killed. —James Stoops, a farmer, unmarried, was found dead in his bed from heart disease at Connersville. ; —Fred Eisenhart, while hunting near Connersville, was seriously injured by the accidental discharge of a gun. —Thomas Peters, a farmer of Jackson Township, Cass County, was thrown from a buggy and instantly killed. —Lafayette will annex Linwood, a suburban town, an election to that effect having been carried by a vote of twelve to. one. —lt is estimated that 8,000 bariiels of oil recently leaked, near Crown Point, from the pipe line. Forty acres were flooded. —The authorities at Lafayette have refused to allow any more public funerals of persons who die from infectious diseases. —Patrick Murray, a brakeman on the -Chicago and Indiana Coal road, while coupling cars at Brazil, fell and was instantly killed. —James Hancock, one of the oldest settlers in Clinton County, died, aged 82. He has been totally blind for twenty-five years. , —A couple of hunters, who went to a lake near Decker, to shoot geese, were startled upon their arrival by the discovry that the entire lake was on fire. —The Waterworks Trustees of Logansort have decided to sink wells in order to get a purer quality of water. The source of supply at present is Eel River

—Samuel Andrews' barn in Milton Township, Jefferson County, was consumed by fire, together with three horses, two cows, and a lot of hay and corn. Uninsured. —Patrick Colgan, a pioneer of the Wabash Valley, and a resident of Miami County for over fifty years, also a prominent and wealthy farmer, died of cancer, aged 80 years. —Charles Hodlett, a miner, was awarded $7,750 damages, at Brazil, in a suit brought against the Brazil Block Coal Company, for injuries sustained by falling into a shaft. Mrs. Allison Breedlove, an aged lady of Monrovia, took a large swallow of concentrated lye, mistaking it for vinegar. Her throat is terribly lacerated, and her life is despaired of. —An Anderson glutton has wagered S2O thatihe can eat four pounds of hog’s liver every evening, between 6 and 7 o’clock, for forty consecutive days. He has commenced his disgusting task. —ls the window-glass trust carries out its decision in closing down all the Western factories, it will prove a blow to Marion and Kokomo, in throwing out of employment hundreds of men at both places. --The introduction of natural-gas in Shelbyville, has had a stimulating effect upon the industries of that place. Several furniture factories are in course of erection, and other enterprises are under way. —A man representing himself as a drummer for Fox Bros., of Fort Wayne, has been making collections for the firm in Goshen and surrounding towns. He is said to have made over SI,OOO by the swindle.

—Carl Stickelman, of Columbus, the African explorer and trader, will return to Africa iu a few months, being under a promise to bring back the African Prince now with him, whose uncle is chief of one of the tribes. —At Lebanon, Thomas Breedlove’s 12-year-old boy Williard, while hunting, discharged a gun that had been overloaded by his companion. It burst and injured the boy’s left hand so badly that amputation was necessary. —Martin Houseman, of Elkhart, lighted a fire with the assistance of gasoline from a can, the contents of which exploded and terribly burned both Houseman and his wife. Houseman’s recovery is doubtful. —lt is surmised that the Spanish coin recently, found neSr Hanna were left in the jar in the tree by some one of the Spanish troop which came to that region in 1781 from St. Louis, Mo., to seize the country for the King of Spain. —Owing to the dullness of the coal trade, some of the Coal County mines will shut down indefinitely. Many of the miners are scarcely making half time, and a number have already left the vicinity of Brazil, for Birmingham, Ala., and points in the West. —Two very large hogsheads, each containing about three thousand pounds of leaf tobacco, raised in the west part of Morgan County, were shipped from Martinsville to Indianapolis parties. This is said to be the first baled tobacco ever sent out from that county. —Considerable excitement has been occasioned at Rockport over a White Cap warning received by the grand jury. The notice, which was prepared in the usual style, was tacked over the door of the grand jury room and warned the members of that body to “walk straight or git.” —A most singular death of a young man, Clarke Stanley, occurred at Shelburn. One day recently he was on his farm chasing a cow with a fence paling in his hand. One end of the stick struck the ground while his body was thrown against the other. He was punctured in the groin so severely that he died in a few hours. —Columbus business men are discussing the feasibility of constructing a canal from Driftwood River to the city. Its length would be four miles and it would cost SBO,OOO, but as the fall is about eighteen feet, it would give fine water-power and, as they believe, would be an inducement to manufactories in the absence of natural gas. —Mills Woods, one of the pioneers of Portland, was killed by the Lake Erie and Western express, three miles west of that city, while driving a horse attached to a cart. At the crossing of the Blaine pike, the engine struck the cart, and Woods was carried some distance on the engine. He lived but three hours. The horse escaped unharmed. —A few weeks ago Mr. J. E. Thomas, F. W. Kritz, J. L. Roberts, and William Conner were engaged by Mr. Clay Jarvis in the erection of a barn on a farm south of Waveland.. They were all taken sick within ten or twelve days from the time they commenced work. Mr. Thomas died, typhoid fever being the cause of his death. It is believed that the water in the well from which the men drank was impregnated with typhoid fever germs. —The thirteenth annual exhibition of the Northern Indiana Poultry Association will be held at Huntington, January 30 to February 5, and the assurance is felt that it will be a grand success. Promises have been received from prominent poultry raisers in »New York, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri, of their attendance, while letters from the State indicate great interest in the show. A number of new specimens of poultry will be exhibited never before seen in that section of country.