Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1889 — INDIANA HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA HAPPENINGS.

EVENTS AND INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LATELY OCCLRKED. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbor*—Weddings and Deaths—Crime. Casualtie* and General Now* Notefc Fort Wayne Driving Club Meeting. From present indications the Fort Wayne Driving Club will have one of -the largest field of horses in their races August 28, 29, and 30 that have ever congregated on a race track in Indiana, and as all of the railroads entering Fort Wayne will offer excursion rates, it is expected an immense crowd of visitors will be present. The following excellent program has been prepared for the occasion: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28. I—3:00 Class. Trotting Purse 8490 3—Free for all. Pacing “ 400 i—Running; Half-mile; Two in three “ 250 THURSDAY, AUG. 29. 1—2:22 Class; Trotting Purse 8400 s—2:4oClass,0Class, Pacing..... “ 400 >—Running, One Mile Dash “ 300 FRIDAY, AUG. 30. i— 2:3B Class, Trotting Purse S4OO 3—2:27 Class, Pacing “ 400 J—2:29 Class, Trotting “ 400 10 —Running ; Half-mile; Two in three “ 250 Minor State Items. —Mrs. Mary E. Terrill, of Kokomo fell dead in her door yard. —The Goshen brush factory is said to be negotiating for a removal to Wabash. —Benoni Swearingin, a well-known citizen of Lafayette, was found dead in bed. —John Dunbar’s barn, near Greencastle,was struck by lightning and entirely consumed. —John S. Moore’s draft horse, “Scotland’s Glory, - ’ was Killed by lightning at Plainfield. —lsaac Joseph, a prominent Vincennes merchant, dropped dead from heart disease. —A new sect, called by its followers ‘the Church of Christ,” has been organized at Terre .Haute.

—The Edinburg Fair and Trotting Association will hold its fair during the first week in October. —Anderson has secured another glass factory, which is expected to be in operation by November. William Bingeman, of Logansport, escaped the fatal results of a rattlesnake’s bite by swallowing a quart of whisky. —Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the barn of Patrick Sheedy, near Hardenburg, recently. Four horses and two mules perished in the flames. —The Smith bent works at Muncie, destroyed by fire last week, will be rebuilt at once. In the meantime over 250 employes are forced into idleness. —Jo'seph Ault, a farmer living near Columbus, was pelted terribly by heavy hailstones in the storm near Columbus, and now lies in a critical condition. —Bryan Doran, a young brakeman on the 0. <t M. road, was knocked from the ear at the entrace of the long tunnel near Fort Ritner and instantly killed. —The toll-gates in Union Township, Montgomery County, have been removed, and now there are not over ten miles of toll-roads in the entire county. —The Attorney General has decided that Township Trustees are obliged to introduce into their districts such school text-books as are authorized by the new law.

—John Sass, of LaPorte County, was thrown from a mowing machine in front ■of the cutter-bar by a runaway team, receiving injuries from which he bled to death. —Luther Denny, owner of a tile factory near Octagon, was caught in the belting of an engine and mortally injured. His left arm end side were ground into pulp. —One of Lafayette’s bright young men tried the parachute act the other night, using a sheet for a parachute, and leaping from the top of the house. He is laid up for repairs. —Mrs. Martha A. Fersonette, of New Castle has brought suit against Dr. J. H. Welsh, of Middletown, for $25,000 damages. She claims to have been drugged and taken advantage of. —Charles E. Yandes, a tramp printer, fell between the cars at Shelbyville, while stealing a ride on a J., M. &I. freight train. His right leg was cut off and his left foot crushed. —William Saber, of Richmond, was seriously, if not fatally, injured by the falling of a shed roof under which he was standing at the time. A rusty nail was driven«some distance into his head. —Mrs. J. H. Hartman, aged 55, went to sleep on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern track, near Millersburg, and was struck by a train and instantly killed. She had been insane since the death of her husband, two years ago. < —The L., N. A. & C. watchman at the Market-street crossing, in Crawfordsville, lives on 10 cents a day, and has done so for years. He has dyspepsia, and takes no nourishment except sweet milk and buttermilk.

—Charles Golliher, one of the bestknown citizens of Losantville, received injuries, which resulted in his death. He was engaged in loading hogs, when one of the porkers sprang from .the 'wagon on the backs of the horses. The team took fright and dashed forward, catching Mr. Golliher between two wagons and crushing his body. He died shortly afterward from internal injuries.

—Two boys who took refuge from rain under a tree, near Evansville, were struck by lightning and were temporarily rendered unconscious. —The Jones twin freak at Tipton has been classified by Prof. George Jackson Fisher of Sing Sing, N. Y., as belonging to what is known as the “ischiopagus,” which means, joined by the seat bones. There are but eight similar cases on record. One of the tw ins was very sick last week and it was feared fa-tally so. It has, however, recovered its usual good health.

—Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as Hollows: Eugene Bretney, Indianapolis, dust collector; James Chambers, Rochester, washing machine; James W. Cheney. Indianapolis, blacksmith’s mandrel; Henry H. Dille, Richmond, pawl and ratchet mechanism; T. H. Haberkorn, Fort Wayne, valve for steam engines; Sylvester Hoadley, Gosport, price calculating device; John E. Little, Princeton, gate; James B. Mersman, Lagrange, folding washbench. —Secretary Heron, of the State Board of Agriculture, is gradually adding to his collection of relics, which are played in one of the rooms belonging to the board at the State House. The other day he received one of the oldfashioned flails, which has been superseded by the modern thrashingmachine. It consists of nothing more than two hard sticks joined together with a strap, yet it was the only machine for thrashing wheat thirty-five years ago,

—A constable named Johnston near the white sulphur wells was sent to Leavenworth for a mariiage license. Laboring under the idea that he had the power of uniting the would-be happy couple, he returned with the license and tied the knot. The couple forthwith went to housekeeping, and not until two days later did they learn that they were not really married. To make certain they called in a minister of the gospel and had him make the knot Gordian.

—John Riley, commonly known ae “Riley, the bum,” who is wanted at Washington for murder in the first degree, has turned up in that city after an absence of nine years, and proposes to give himself up. He told several intimate friends that his life had been an unbearable burden. His crime was the killing of Richard McNally, a bartender who ejected him from a dance-room. The witnesses are nearly all dead, and it is thought it will be a difficult thing to convict the murderer. —An amateur Wild West show in Jeffersonville, terminated rather disastrously for one of the participants, Willie Cain, aged 16 years. To make the scene more realistic, one of the boys loaded his 32-calibre weapon with a leaden cartridge instead of a blank. The Cain boy took the character of an Indian, and when the order was given to fire he received the ball from the 32calibre revolver in the face. The bullet shattered the jaw-bone, knocked out several teeth and lodged in the left cheek. Dr. William Fry removed the ball, but the condition of the boy is serious. The show has disbanded.

—Hon. John W, Lovett, of Anderson, has in his possession a valuable souvenir of Lincoln’s first administration, in the shape of one of the three pieces composing a water set usedby the President during that time. It is a solid silver goblet, rather over size, very plainly engraved with the word “Lincoln” across the front. This piece was given to ex-Governor Will Cumback on account of his intimate relations with the lamented President, with the understanding that it was not to go out of the family, and by Mr. Cumback given yesterday to Mr. Lovett, his son-in-law. The relic is highly prized by the latter gentleman, and is attracting considerable attention from friends and admirers of the great war President. —A dastardly attempt was made to wreck the Richmond and Logansport accommodation, on the Pan-handle, near New Castle. After the train had gotten within three squares of the station, and was running quite slowly; the engine struck a tie which had been laid across the track, and, together with the tender, was thrown from the track. The cars were not derailed, but several of the passengers were hurt by the shock. James Mullen, a prominent business man of this city, had his shoulder broken, and received severe internal injuries. Fireman H. H. Beaulieu was severely bruised, and several others received slight injuries. There is no clew to the perpetrators of the outrage, but no SJtone will.be left unturned to ferret them out.

—The 14-year-old son of George Knott, living at Columbus, accidentally swallowed a pin about a year ago. He suffered no inconvenience, however, until nearly three months afterwards, when he began to be troubled with pains in the lower part of his body. Soon a number of small eruptions appeared in succession on his abdomen and thighs, and he went into a rapid decline. The ailment baffled the skill of the physicians, and it seemed that nothing could be done to relieve the boy’s suffering, until the other day, when the cause of the trouble was unexpectedly discovThe patient (felt a pricking sensation on the exterior of his abdomen, and, reaching his hand to the place, he found a pin protruding, which, upon being extracted, was found to be covered and badly eaten with pist. The boy is now gaining strength rapidly.