Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1891 — BUDS AND BLOSSOMS [ARTICLE]

BUDS AND BLOSSOMS

BLOOM IN INDIANA’S FIELD OF FRESH NEWS. Fatal Accident at Eaton—Howard County Murderer I’ar,toned Auclcut Irenolt Coin Unourtlied All Old War Horae Dead—Deaths, Accident'*, and Suicides. —lndiana has 2,878 Knights Templar. —LaPorte's going to have a fino new court house. —Redkey is to have an Ornamontnl tile-works which will employ 500 men. —An unknown man was killed at Osceola, by a Lake Shore fast mail train. —Kokomo made a gain of 104 per cent, in population in tho past ten years, —Mrs. Burnett’s residence at Franklin was destroyed by an incendiary fire. —Fort Wayne Lutherans will build three new churches this summer, costing #IOO,OOO. —Montgomery County Fair will have a building devotod to exhibits made by children. —Michigan City’s fairly frothing at tho mouth ’cause La Porte gets that new court house. —George W. Bennett, Lafayette’s alleged double murderer, is said to be feigning insanity. —Westfield citizens have organized a stock company with #20,000 and will manufacture furniture. —Levi Kessinger, of Galveston, was caught by a Pan Handle train on a trestle, struck and killed. —Washington Frick, a farmer near Waterloo, drank nearly a pint of camphor. He died in twenty-four hours. —Andrew Arnold’s barn near Rensselaer was struck by lightning and burned with three horses and a quantity of grain. —Maud Webber, 9 years old, fell from a railroad trestle, fifteen feet, near Columbus, fractured her skull and may die. —Burglars entered the hardwaro store of Campbell & Ludlum, at Marion, and carried away goods to the amount of #l5O. —Witchcraft is said to prevail in the northwest part of Dearborn Comity. As a consequence, Mrs. Fink has been declared insane. —Geo. Hynes, James Hynes, Joe Hynes, James Cordon, and Bill Gordon, all arrested at Kontland, charged with robbing freight ears. —John Cripe arrested in Lafayette, is said to have executed tho cleverest piece of swindling in the way of forgery ever prepetrated in the State. —Henry Patrick, a bank boss at tho Nickle-Plate, mine, Brazil, was struck by lightning and instantly killed, lie leaves a wife and four children.

—An adjourned meeting of tho Crawfordsville Presbytery will be held at Crawfordsvillo on May 19, to ordain and install J. R. Inglas over tho First Presbyterian Church. —At Crawfordsvillo, Thomas Dobson, 76 years old, while drawing water from a cistern, fell headlong into the water and was drowned before assistance could bo rendered him.

—The talk about piping natural gas to Crawfordsvillo is again being agitated, for about the fifteenth time, but with more prospects of success now than any time heretofore. —Mrs. Benjamin Graft, of Mexico, aged 74 years, and one of tne most highly respected women of Miami Cotinty, died from the effects of a fall received sometime ago. —A minister in Montgomery County, during his remarks at the funeral of a man who had killed himself while drunk, said that “a man dying in intoxication went straight to hell.”

—A cave near Yountsville was explored by a party of hunters—they found a collection of queer arrow heads, bows, clay pots, kettles, etc., which will bo of great interest to antiquarians. —White Caps near New Albany gave Walker Lowe fifty strokes with a hickory gad and ordered him to ieave the county in twenty-four hours. Lowe came from Kentucky a year ago. —Mrs. Stanley, of Campbellsburg, has been at Martinsville for some time taking treatment for epilepsy at one of tho sanitariums. The other day, while alone in her room, she fell, while in a fit, into an open grate and was severely burned about the face.

—Joseph Furnace, one of the leading business men and farmers of Hamilton County, dropped dead at Westfield. He was summoned to Xoblesvillo on the grand jury and was on his way home when death overtook him. The coroner’s verdict was that he came to his death by heart disease and grip. —John Zeitler, night watchman in Bissell's plow works, South Bend, discovered a burglar in the building a few nights ago, and rushed off to sound the alarm. When he got back the burglar was gone. He was so chargrined over tho scoop that he went right home and beat his wife beyond recognition. Fined $39.50. —Perry Owens, aged 71 years, while at work on his farm, near Westport, met with a fatal accident. He was on a load of rails and' in crossing a small ravine was thrown backward to the’ground, breaking his nefck. He was a prominent Mason and a much-respect-ed citizen. He leaves a widow and numerous other relatives. —J. W. Jacobs and Abraham Carr, riding in a funeral procession at Bennettsville, horses ran off and both seriously if not fatally injured. —Matthew Barnes and James Woodruff, burglars in Bichmond jail, knocked the jailer down with a club and broke out but were promptly recaptured. —Farmers in St. Joseph County report that the growing' wheat never looked more promising than it does this season. There will also be an abundance of fruit.

—Rev. If. M. Middleton, presiding elder of theCrawfordsviile district of the Northwest Ind iana Methodist Conference, bae moved to Grocncastle. • —FredFesser, a farmer near Bourbon,, exploded a dynamite cartridge under a stump, while he was standing near it with a basket of dynamite Cartridges on his arm. The cartridges in the basket were also exploded, and the man was instantly killed, being torn to pieces. His dog came to the scene and defied approach to the remains. He was shot bofore the remains could be gathered. —Thomas Ruse, who was sent from Howard County in January, 188!>, to tho Northern Prison for eleven years for manslaughter, has been pardoned by tho Governor. Ruso shot and killed a man named Marks who had seduced his wife. Ho also shot the woman, but not fatally. Hundreds of citizens of Kokomo,togother with the judge, jury, and county oflicials, joined in with the recommendation for his pardon.

—An accident occurred in South Peru, in which Clint Kiser, a young man aged 17 years, and living with his parents, lost his life. Kiser had boon out limiting, having gone before breakfast, and on his return home, and while setting his gun down in a cornor of the room, it was discharged, the shot tearing away almost half his head. Ho died almost instantly. —Mrs. Samuel Hardesty, living ten miles southeast of Muncie, was burned to death. While temporarily absent tho natural gas blew out, the escaping gas lilling tho room. When she returned sho lighted a match, and this caused a terrible explosion, knocking lioiv sonseloss. Her clothing caught iire.jwwl whon sho recovered consciousness she was so badly burned that she lived but a few hours. She was alone in tho house at tho time.

— l Thirty years ago Company G, Tenth Indiana Regiment, was raised at Crawfordsvillo. At the head of tho list was tho name of Gen. M. D. Manson, and tho company consisted of sixty-ono others. Of this number twenty-eight are now dead. This dato was four aays after Fort Sumter was fired upon, and on April 19, Sunday, tho ladies mado tents for tho company, and on tho following day the company started, via Greoncastlo, for Indianapolis, whero they pitched the first tents in Camp Morton.

—Patents have been granted to tho following Hoosior inventors: Franklin B. Hunt, Richmond, assignor of one-half to L. C. Allen, Washington, 1). C., bicycle; Edmund Kuhn, New Albany, assignor to E. Scanlan, Louisville, a device for casting hooks; Samuel 11. Potrp and Ed. Darnell, assiguors of one-third to W. Hunt, Darlington, hay-rack; Tlios. J. Sausaman, Hooversburg, swinging gate; William B. Stover, South Bend two-wheoied vehicle; David E. Vanhorn, Elkhart, wrench. —While making an excavation at Mooresville, Floyd County, G. W. Atkins unearthed an old French coin bearing bearing date of 1701. Tho coin was found throo feet under tho ground at a place where there had not been an excavation of any kind within tho memory of tho oldest resident of that vicinity. That part of Indiana was traveled over by the early French settlers going from Vincennes, Ind., to Fort DuQuesne, now Pittsburgh, and tho coin is believed to have been buried by one of them.

—The boiler at tho, excelsior-works of Philip Klein, in the center of Evansville, exploded, causing damage to tho amount of SI,OOO. Tnc boiler itself tore through the building, and it was only stopped by the heavy timbers in the front end. Tho front plate of the boiler flow across the street and partially demolished two dwellings, the occupants of which had narrow escapes. Other buildings in the vicinity were shaken up by the concussion. James Campbell, the engineer, and Philip Klein. Jr., were badly scalded. —A fatality occurred near Eaton, in wl.Mi David 11. Edwards, residing near that place, lost his life. Mr. Edwards was in tho woods cutting down a tree, i which fell and lodged in another close 1 by. The man succeeded hi dislodging the tree, but was caught under the trunk and, It is supposed, was almost Instantly killed. His little boy, 12 years old, was with him, and seeing his father's helpless condition, and being unable to render any aid himself, ran to the nearest house and told of the accident. They accompanied him with all speed, but found the unfortunate man dead when they arrived. Mr. Edwards was one of Miama County’s prominent farmers, 35 years of age, and leaves a wife and three little children. —At the outbreak of the rebellion Van Rensselaer Morgan was serving In the federal navy, but enlisted In the rebel navy. He owned a residence in Wabash and a fine farm of eight acres north of that place. During the war his property was confiscated by the government and sold at United States Marshal’s sale, Miles Morgan bidding in the town property and T. F. Payne becoming owner of the valuable farm. A late decision of the United States Supreme Court holds that property sold under the confiscation act can be held by the purchaser only as long as the parties from whom it was confiscated live, and the heirs of Van Ronessclaer Morgan, who died at Washington, recently, have begun proceedings for the property valued at SO,OOO. , —Miss Della Keesllng, 17, Avondale, given up to die by her physicians, was restored to health by the prayers of friends —at least, so the story goes. —Henry Moran, aged 11 years, while attempting to get on a moving Big Four freight train at Crawfordsville, fdll to the ground and his |kull was crushdd in. —Mrs. Mary Rutherford, of Vernon, is said to have become insane upon reading letters written to her twenty years ago by the lover who deserted her at the altar.