Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1889 — INDIANA HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCURRED. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths —Crime. Casual ties and General Now* Mo tea Patents. Patents have been issued to the fol-lowing-named Indiana inventors: Jasper Ackerman, Lowell, pen; Charles E. Adamson, Muncie, apparatus for printing in imitation of type-writing; Jonas S. Aldrick, Butler, wind-mill; Chas. G. Colen, Elkhart, cornet; Kobt. C. Elliott, Prairie Creek, hame connection; John M. Fellows, Burlington, fence; Gideon Flake, assignor to T. T. Bushton, Centerville, gate; Jas. A. Graham, Fort Wayne, draft rigging for railway cars; Geo. B. Higgins, North Indianapolis, basket; John F. Lacey, Domestic, posthole boring machines; Henry G. Niles and P. Vauhuffel, Mishawaka, plow clevis; Lafayette D. Rollsback, assignor of three-fourths to A. M. De Souchet, Indianapolis; Franklin P. Spangler, Goshen, broadcast seeder; Alexander Staub, Ft. Wayne, stove-pipe thimble; Hiram B. Trout, Terre Haute, attachment for mowing machines; Jas. Weathers, Indianapolis, sash holder. Gen. Anthony Wayne’s Flag. Dr. P. G. Moore, of Wabash, is the owner of a rare centennial relic. It is an American flag which was carried by Brig.-Gen. Anthony Wayne in his expedition against the Northwestern Indians in 1792. The flag is undoubtedly 100 years old. Dr. Moore had known es the existence of the trophy for the last 20 years, and managed to secure possession of it four years ago. It was the property of Mary Dixon, of Miami County, a member of a band of Miami Indians. She inherited the flag from her mother. It was captured from Gen. Wayne by Mary Dixon’s grandfather, who was a well-known chief. The flag is in size by 5£ feet, and is made of pure home-spun linen. There are fifteen stripes, and the colors all hold remarkably well. The field is 6by 24 inches in size, and contains simply the inscription in antique capitals, put on with indelible ink, “A. Wavne, Commander-In-Chief.”

Kt-markable Subterranean Stream. A subterranean waterway has been discovered at Salamonie stone quarries, twelve miles north of Hartford City. By a system of dikes the course of the Salamonie river has been changed, and the quarries are about forty feet below the old bed of the stream. The other day the foreman discovered a stream of Water twelve feet wide and six deep, the stiff current of which was at right angles with the course of the river. The removal of the next layer of rock will completely Uncover the subteranean water course. The quarry in several places show the effects of violent volcanic action, and from the formations in the vicinity there is thought to be a cave there, of which the stream is the outlet. Five miles west there is a lake of great depth, which, it is thought, gets its supply from subterranean inlets. Badly Burned Woman. While Miss Flora Ragsdale, 19-year-old daughter of Roland Ragsdale, residing in Union Township, Johnson County, was engaged in pouring water into a kettle placed over a fire that had been built in the yard, her dress caught fire from the flames, and she was burned almost to death. Her frantic screams brought her mother to the rescue, and in tearing the clothing from her daughter the mother’s hands and arms were Burned almost to a crisp. The young lady is so seriously injured about the limbs and abdomen that her recovery is ■extremely doubtful.

Minor State Items. —The town of St. Marvs of experiencing a boom. —A saloon at Newtonville, was blown up with powder. —The city treasury of Crawfordsville contains $23,089.80. —White Cap notifications are reported from Henry and Daviess counties. —Greencastle has two miles of electric lights «in successful operation. —lt is thought that the oil well at Terre Haute, will yield one thousand barrels per day. —A strong vein of natural gas has been struck near Eden, in Hancock County, at a depth of 972 feet. —North Manchester is working to secure the location of the Roanoke United Brethren College here. Randolph County Commissioners are considering designs for a soldiers’ monument at Winchester. —Robert Titus, a prominent farmer of Shelby County, was thrown from w a buggy and dangerously hurt. —A parrot, known to have been 35 years of age, belonging to Fritz Frame, of Port Fulton, died recently. ■—The Governor has appointed TheopLilus R. Kumler, of Butler County, to be a Trustee of Miami University. —Proceedings have been begun in Columbus against parties charged with renting property for gambling purposes. Cal Todd, pf near Alamo, was bitten by a dog some three months ago, and since then he has gone insane from fear that he will die from the effects of the bite.

—Mrs. Sturgeon Watson, of Marion, and her two children were reoontly badly burned by an explosion of natural gas. —An effort is to be made to organize a Young Men’s Christian Association among the colored people of Jeffersonville. —N. J. Clodfelter, of oiawfordsville, has received about $3,000 as the royalty upon his book, “Snatched from the Pool House.” —The 3-year-old daughter of Eli Millei was burned to death at Napanee, near Goshen. Her clothes caught fire from a bonfire. —A 14-year-old son of Samuel Ayres, living near Madison, fell from a wagon last week and was crushed to death under the w heels. —A demented woman, whose husband is a convict in the Prison South, was found in the woods near Jeffersonville, almost naked and nearly starved. —Montgomery County commissioners have compromised a suit brought by Winfield Cox for damages resulting from a defective bridge, paying him SSOO. —Princeton has sunk an artesian well 2,300 feet, including 1,500 feet of solid limestone, without finding any spontaneous flow. Drilling will continue 200 feet further. —Owen County farmers have decided to boycott merchants who put up the price of binding twine, and say they will not use reapers if they have to pay an advance.

—The 9-year-old daughter of James C. Allison, of the southern part of LaPorte County, was burned to death. She was burning corn-stalks and her clothes caught fire. —Martin Skinner, sentenced at Greensburg to three years’ imprisonment for horse stealing, wanted to be married before going to the penitentiary, but his request was refused. —A corrected mistake in the figures of the judges of the interstate oratorical contest at Grinnell, la., shows that Wilkerson, of DePauw University, is entitled to the first place. —While playing a game of ball at Dundee, Richard Mcßride ran against Ezra Farr with such force that it caused rupture of the latter’s bowels. The physicians say Farr cannot live. —As proof that even fish are affected by the abundance of gas along the Ohio River, it is reported that a New Albany was seriously burned by the explosion of a codfish ball she was frying. —The Delaware County enumeration of persons between the ages of G and 21, shows an increase over last year of 656; and Muncie gains 412. The total population of Muncie and its suburbs is estimated at 14,415. —The contract for building the asylum for feeble-minded children, at Fort Wayne, has been awarded to Brooks Bros., of that city, at $111,433, and the steam heating to Stemson & Co., of Indianapolis, at SII,OOO. —Matt Hurley a one-year man from Evansville, escaped from the State Prison South last week, climbing over the wall while the guard was looking in another direction. He had only thirty days to serve yet. —As George Shafer, an employe at the Muncie Rubber Works, was running a piece of rubber through the calender, his left hand was drawn through the large rollers and mashed into a jelly. The hand was subsequently amputated at the wrist.

—J. H. Willis, a wealthy and aged farmer of Petersburg, was found dead in his field, lying on his face. The mysterious affair created no little excitement. He was not known to have an enemy in the world, and no explanation can be made if he was foully dealt with. A party of Eastern capitalists are reported to have purchased large tracks of land in Starke and Marshall counties, and will expend $75,000 exploring for natural gas. Operations will be commenced at once. Two of the wells will be located near Knox, the capital town of Starke County. —Barns belonging to Jesse Simons and John Morris, four miles east of Tipton, were burned, destroying $2,000 worth of grain and farming implements. No insurance. The buildings were set on fire. This makes the fourth barn that has been fired in that locality during the past month. , —Three students named Cook, Flynn, and Bishop, were nearly drowned at Flint Lake, north of Valparaiso. When about the middle of the lake and over very deep water, their row-boat was swamped by the waves. Flynn could not swim and Bishop and Cook had to struggle for a long time to save themselves and their comrade. —Foreman William Craig, of the slack stave factory at Seymour, met with a horrible accident. While doing some work about the main line shaft he was caught in the belt and rapidly carried around the former several times when he was thrown to the floor and his right arm was broken in two places, besides receiving other serious injuries. Frank Burns, recently sentenced at Charlestown to be hanged Aug. 8 for murder, has been received at the State Prison South and incarcerated in the “cave,” a place of solitary confinement fitted up for his reception. His execution will take place under the new Indiana law, fashioned on the Ohio idea, with some variations, the chief of whicjh is the secrecy imposed on the authorities as to all movements connected with the prisoner and the execution.