Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1891 — GLORIOUS SUNSHINE [ARTICLE]

GLORIOUS SUNSHINE

GLADDENS THE EARTH AND BRIGHTENS INDIANA NEWS. Prozpectz for a Good Fruit Crops—Delaware County Poultry Association Organized Ten-Found Jo mi Killed Near Columbus—Deaths, Accidents, Etc, —Jackson County brags of its prospects for fruit —Prison north's library consists of 3,000 standard volumes. —A new and very powerful gas well was developed at Jonesboro. —Sadie Hanes, an abandoned woman, committed suicide at Goshen. —An attempt was made to assassinate Editor J. T. Buck, Bridgeton News. I —William Bowman, Paragon farmer, had a fine hoYse killed by lightning. —Charles Pearson was run over and instantly killed by a train near Stillwell. —Eli Wagner, an old colored citizen of Jeffersonville, was killed by a suburban train. —Near Plain field, Asher Kellum was caught by a falling tree and seriously injured. —Dr. P. Bird, Owensville druggist, had both eyes destroyed by an explosion of chemicals. —By the accidental discharge of a gun Mrs. Viola Jones, of Patronville, was seriously shot. —James Oustott, of Rochester,arrested for the murder of Michael Overmyer, has been released. —Miss Mollie Jackson, of Tipton, attempted suicide, and her life was saved with difficulty. —A Kankakee farmer wouldn’t take 65 cents a bushel offered for his 10,000 bushels of corn. —The contract has been let for a now church at Paoli, for the New Friends denomination. —A farm-house occupied by Mrs. McCormick, at Spencer, was destroyed by fire. Loss, SI,OOO. —William Jones, of Baltimore, Md.. killed by cars near Valparaiso; stealing a ride on a freight. —W. C. Brooks, over 80 years of age, and a pioneer of Jackson Codnty, recently cut a now set of teeth. —Charles Null, aged 12, was fatally burned by the explosion of an empty gasoline barrel at Lebanon. —Four men were arrested at Columbus for violating the law protecting gravel roads from heavily-loaded wagons. —Four children of Noah Sullivan’s, near Mexico, were buried the same day, and two others are dangerously ill. —Columbus tax-payers don’t like tho way assessors are listing their property, and many of them talk of injunction suits. —Sarah Bender, of Bedford, Was standing before an open fire, when her clothing caught fire, burning her seriously. —•During a thunder-storm at Seymour the residence of Gotlieb Winkler was struck by lightning and considerably damaged. —Samuel Gaddis, Petersville farmer, has a 30-acre field which he has planted in corn 50 successive years and never lost a crop. . —lncreased facilities will be added to the Martinsville schools this season to accommodate the rapid increase in school population. —Mrs. Charlotte Keifer, of Fort Wayhe, who had been ill with pneumonia, attempted to walk across the floor, and fell dead. —Mrs. May Maddox Boyse, of Richmond, a relative of George Washington, is dead. Her great grandmother was a sister of Washington. —Fred Zolar, who left his home and family in Metamore twenty years ago—came home last week and will settle down and care for them. —Willie Bowman, aged 15, left La Porte some years ago without saying anything to anybody—now there’s a nice little fortune there waiting for him. —Ed Beier, 17, Evansville, was fatally shot by James Walters. Mt. Vernon from whose insinuating remarks he was defending a respectable young lady. —At Jeffersonville James Coward and his mother quarreled. She struck him with a rock, and he procured a pistol, loaded with shot, and discharged it full in her face, wounding her seriously. —Anten Gchs, a workman, was fatally Injured in the Mount Vernon plan-ing-mill. An emery wheel burst, the fragments crushing the side of his head and destroying both eyes. He cannot recover, ' —Sherman Walton, a young man about 20 years of age, was riding horseback through the back-waters in the river, at Shoals, when he was thrown from his horse and so badly injured that he drowned. —While a fire-proof safe, weighing two tons, was being hoisted up a stairway, at North Manchester, a rope broke, letting the safe roll down into the street, doing considerable damage to the building and the safe. —Alexander Snyder, aged 70, was found dead in his hut at Goshen, his skull being crushed. Two tramps were arrested for the murder and one of them confessed that they did it for the old man’s money. —The night telegraph operator at Fortville, whose name is Scoct, ejected three suspicious-looking characters from the depot. They afterwards attempted to assassinate him by shooting through the window. —The Business Men’s Association of Crawfordsville are arranging to hold a three days’ tournament One day will be devoted to a contest between fire companies. Five hundred dollars in prizes will be offered, competition open to any company in the State.

—A thief attracted , tfye attention of Mr. Dale, a merchant of Salem Center, while he was counting his money. He started after tho intruder, and when ho returned a confederate had taken the money, amounting to $560, and disappeared. —Charles Ostman, a fireman on the Nickel Plate road, was instantly killed at Burr Oaks, his head being crushed to a jelly while he was looking out of tho cab window. He leaves a widow and several children, who reside in Fort Wayne. —Frank W. Fitz-Hugh; at one time a prominent lawyer of New Castle, but for many years a slave to strong drink, was found'dead in the rear room of a saloon there this evening. Ho had been drafting a legal paper, and still had the pen In his hand when found. —Charles Alius, who was stabbed by Dan Brusher at Newburg, last week, is dying, and, realizing the fact, he sent for Brusher at Newburg, took his hand and forgave him. Both men were drinking at the time of the affray. —R. Westervelt, who left his home near Windfall, twenty-two years ago, a lad of 17, and went to Mexico, returned recently for the first time. His parents, who are still living, had thought him dead, ho having never communicated with them since his departure. —The dead body of a man was found at Rochdale, which proved to be that of E. P. Gallagher, a former yardmaster in the employ of the Moncn Railway Company at Bloomington. It is suposod that he undertook to board a south-bound train, and falling beneath the wheels, was cut to pieces. He leaves a wife and child who live at Louisville. —Minnie Moore, the 7-year-old granddaughter of Andrew Moore, of Liberty Township, Wabash County, was burned to death. She was assisting her grandfather in burning out stumps, and the breeze carrying her dress into tho flames, her clothing took fire and she was so badly burned that death resulted soon afterward. Tho flesh on her limbs and face was literally cooked. —A shocking accident occurred in the family of Policeman Vanarsdal, of Columbus. While ho was asleep his wife loft their little child, a daughter, 2 years of ago, In the room with tho father, and went to a grocery store near by. In some manner tho child’s clothing caught firo from a stove in an adjoining room and bofore the clothing could be removed tho child was burned in a horrible manner. It cannot recover.

—Charles Heiser, a brakeman on the Monon, came to sudden grief at Bloomington. He was to have been married, but a few hours before that time the Sheriff of Washington County met him on the street and informed him that he had a warrant for his arrest, made out at the instance of a young lady at Salem whom ho is alleged to have wronged. Though Holser protested his Innocence, the Sheriff refused to release him, and it was necessary to postpone the wedding. —The Delaware County Poultry Association has been organized, with over a half-hundred members. The object of the association Is to further the breeding of and raising fine poultry in the county. The officers of the association are: President, H. C. Marsh; Vice President, J. W. Taylor; Treasurer, William Abbott; Secretary, Allen A. Wilkinson. Tho Board of Directors are: Eimerßoss, F. S. McCrillus, Lewis Cowan, Mr. Van Metre and Mr. Thompson. *

—A dastardly attempt was made by a young “tough” named Byers to assassinate Rev. -Dobson, a Methodist minister at Reed’s Station, about thirteen miles north of Mitchell. The minister in his sermon repremanded some of the congregation for misconduct. Byers left the house, but returned in a short time, and : walking up to the pulpit drew a danger-ous-looking knife and made an attempt to stab the minister, but by the prompt interference of others he was prevented t from doing any harm. • , —James Perry, the largest land-owner in Bartholomew County, has, some two miles north of Columbus, on the Louis- ’ vllle division of the Pennsylvania lines, a large fish-pond, covering twelve acres or , more. In this pond are a large number of German carp from one to three years old. For several days he has bedn greatly annoyed by a strange bird of the fishing variety of unusual large size. He had fired many times at it. but was unable to kill or drive it away. This news reached some expert shots from Columbus who visited the pond and succeeded,' on the fortieth shot, in killing It. The bird proved to be a loon, and weighed ten pounds. It will be mounted. —.John McEdmundson is a farmer living south of Spiceland. The other day he, with his son, was absent from the house, leaving his wife and his sis-, ter at home. During the afternoon a couple of men entered the house, one flourishing a revolver and the other a bag of stones. They demanded money,, but being told there was no money In the house, one of them struck the lady of the house with the bag of stones, making a serious wound on her head, and knocking her down. They then attacked the other lady, offering her violence, but she escaped and began ringing the farm bell, when the villains ran away. There Is no clew as to their identity, but are supposed to be tramps. —Judge Ellison, of the Madison Circuit Court, has rendered a decision in support of an ordinance recently passed by the City Council of Elmwood, requiring all screens and blinds to be removed from saloons on Sunday. —The City Council of Crawfordsville/ In preparing to put in an electric light plant, has made contracts amounting to' $19,000. and the building is yet to be purchased. Also, the city is to pay for setting the poles, stretching the wires and placing the lamps.