Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1891 — JUST TEN MINUTES [ARTICLE]

JUST TEN MINUTES

- , TTfi-*, ' "-r,.yy— ■■ ■ ■— _ r , WITH THE NEWS OF THE STATE OF INDIAN ’ *" "* it" Henry Keller Sulelrtert at Fort WaynnHenry Albright Killed by Yamlalta Limited Kipreta at Keelsvllle—lndiana Fatenta—State Board of Health to Enforce the Law— Deaths, Accidents, Etc. Patriarchs Militant Meeting. At a meeting of the Patriarchs Militant in the State at Warsaw, called and presided over by Charles W. Gruesbeck, assistant Adjntaut-General of the Department, tko following elections were made: First Regiment—Colonel, F. H. Foster, Pierceton; Lieutenant-Colonel, G. W. Dowswell, F< -t Wayne; Major Second Battalion, Frcman Crosby, Valparaiso. • Second Regiment—Colonel, J. E. Bciline, Indianapolis; LieutenantColonel, George P. Graft. Knightstown; Major First Battalion, M. H. Chappol, Knightstpwn. Third Regiment Colonel, W. W. Canador, Winchester; Major Third Battalion, Daniel Moyers, Columbia City; Major Second Battalion, J. G. Stober, Wabash. Fourth Regiment—Major Second Battalion, W. H, Northcut, Now Albany. Minor State Items. —The Salvation Army Corps has advanced on Seymour. —Terry Owens, of Wostport, was'killcd by a fall from a wagon. —Alfred Farrington, jr., of Jerome, drank concentrated lyo and died. —A paper has boon established at Bainbridge by'Morrison & Scott. —The delinquent taxes of Montgomery County amount to nearly 920,000. —The residence of William Bales, near Martinsville, was destroyed by Are. —New men have taken the places of the striking DoPauw glass-workers; —The Jeffersonville town council has adopted standard time for that city. —Mrs. Sally Matsen aged 93 years, died of physical exhaustion at Amo. —The Seymour Street-car Company will employ steam as a motor power. —II. S. Winters, of Terre Haute, was drowned while fishing near Martinsvillo, 111. —The new breeders’ association at Greencastle, will build a mile track at once. —Kokomo is to have a distillery with a capacity of 3,000 barrels of whisky daily. —Jerry M. Floyd has driven the Paoll stage 122,520 miles in the past fourteen years. —The city High-school of Crawfordsvlllo will hold fiold-day exercises on May 21. —James Parker, at Tipton, has disappeared, leaving a simple “good-bye”.note to his wife.

—lsaac Kuncrine, engineer, was killed in a wreck on the Clovorleaf Railroad at Kokomo. —Harry King, of Carmel, got a verdict for 91 damages against the editor of the Westfield News. —Asher Cullom, living near Mooresville, was fatally injured by a falling apple-tree limb. —John Schmidt, of LaPorto, was killed by his horse taking fright at a runaway team and failing on him. —A six-ton roll has been cast at a New Albany foundry for the Premier steel-works, Indianapolis. —Putnam County has been losing school-houses by fire at the rate of oneeach month since January. —L. S. Lafferty, the C., W. & M. brakeman, who was struck by a bridge at South Bend, will recover. —Charles D. Tillo, of Fort Wavne, has been appointed a member of Gov. Hovey’s staff with the rank of Major. —John Johnson, of Peru, got a year in the Penitentiary for stealing a bushel of potatoes, for which he received 95 cents. —Mrs. Margaret Tilford, of New Albany, compromised her 910,000 damage suit against the L., N. A. & C. Railroad for 94,500. —John Edwards, a boarding-house-keeper, at Crawfordsville, lays claim to 91,000,000 of the Edwards92oo,ooo,ooo estate in New York.

—John Langford. a Harrison County farmer, returning from Palmyra, fell unconscious by the road and died soon after a scarching party found him, —Six tramps in jail at Crawfordsvillo, refuse to work on the stone pile until fed with potatoes and cake for dinner. Their regular fare Is bread and water. —The festive animal, “the town cow,” in the absence of contrary laws, continues at large in Peru, much to the detriment of shade trees and lawns. —Joseph Combs broke jail at Brownstown, fled, fell through a trestle, sustained severe injuries, returned to give himself up to the Brownstown authorities, was tried at once and acquitted. —John O’Donnell, a miner, was found dead in shaft No. 8. belonging to the Brazil Blockcoal Company. It is supposed he was caught between a bank car, loaded with coal, ant} the roof. His neck was found to have been broken. The deceased was unmarried and lived at Perth. ,

—The cheese and butter factory at Wilkinson is now receiving 3,000 pounds of milk per day. Thus far the company has not been able to keep np with the orders from various places for their giltedged butter and fine cheese. —The Jay County Agricultural Society has let the contract for building an art hall on thclfai# grounds. The officers are determined that the annual fair shall continue to be the best countyfair in the State if anything they can do will assist it. t

—Jacob Rosen bourgor’s planing-miH at Marshall was burned. Loss, 92,000. —Two industrious ptSßdlfll'S- have been selling pounded f harcuAl,, dona up in little bags, to La Forte liougawives, with the explanation that no lamp containing one such sack would ever need refilling. —Grant Phinney, while fishing near Muncie, had his hand and arm shatiored and maimed by an explosion of nitroglycerine which he was handling in a bottle.

—A Jouesboro dyspeptic had his wife and most of j his relatives arrested on warrants for attempting to poison him, and then admitted that ho had committed perjury in so doing. —The government depot, Jeffersonville prison, school board and shipyards have all refused to conform to the Jeffersonville Council order adopting central standard time. The difference is about thirty minutes. —lt is said that Gen. Lew Wallace’s paten t-applied-for, double-jointed, aluminium fish-pole contains divisions designed for carrying lunch and guttermilk, as woli as matehos to light a pipe, and a copy of the latest novel. —Mrs. Meredith, the esteemed wlfo of tho minister of the Friends’ Church, of Moorosvillo, fell into tho firo while suffering from an epileptic fit. Nono of the family was near enough to rescue her, and she received burns from which, it ih thought sho cannot recover. —Three miles from Muncie resides a farmer, Marion Wilson, with his family. Their 11-year-old daughter had her infant sister In her arms, when sho accidentally dropped tho baby to tho floor. Its skull was fractured, and tho child has since died of Its injuries. —Recently one of the small bones In tho leg of Andrew T. Conner, of New Albany, snapped as he was walking along the street, and before that reunited another one was brokon. Mr. Conner then discovered that ho was alllleted with chalky deteribiatlon of tho bones. —Sohn Schneirer, a young man 22 yoars old, attempted to board a freight train on the Wabash railroad noar Delphi, and missed his hold. He was thrown under tho train and so badly injured that both legs have been amputated. There is little- hope of his recovery. He was a miller, living two miles oast of tho city. —Henry Albright, a farmer near Reelsville, was killed by the Vandalia east-bound limited express. Ho was walking on the track with a basket of eggs, on his way to market, and did not seem to hear the usual danger signals, sounded repeatedly. When picked up his faithful dog was standing guard over his mangled and almost unrecognizable remains.

While engaged in plowing now ground, about four miles north of Danville, Jason Thompson and Nathan Thompson unearthei:! clghty-ono stono Implements, relics of a race Jong since extinct. Some twenty foot away they plowed up what had evidently boon an Indian’s fire-place. Tho farm has long been noted for tho number of arrow heads found on it. but this is tho largest single discovery made. , , —Patents have been granted Hooslor Inventors as follows: Hiram Brooking, assignor of one-half to J. Ulory, North Manchester, spark arrestor; Charles E, Darrow, Kokomo, nut for axle spindles; Franklin Fulkerson, Russlavllle, fence; John Jones, Elkhart, railway crossing (reissue); Samuel McDonald, Dunkirk, holdback for vehicles; Seymour Rouse, Indianapolis, pump cylinder; Nathau(pl G. Stadcr, Columbus, molding flask. —Near Roachdalc, Dlclc Adams, a former saloon-keeper, was fired upon by would-be assassins while in bed, and probably fatally injured. Four shots were fired through the window at him, one taking effect In his left breast, perforating the lung. Adams has long been regarded as a desperate character, but tho causes of the midnight assault is a matter of conjecture ‘fjhly. Great excitement prevails In tho neighborhood. No arrests have been made, but suspicion rests on certain known enemies of Adams.

—Frank Lake, a well-known farmer residing in Tippecanoe County since the days when boats came up the Wabash, was killed by lightning during the storm recently. He had been to Stockwoll, and was returning home with his team, when they were driven by the violence of the thunderstorm to seek shelter beneath a broad oak that stood by the road. The tree was split from the top to the earth, part of the trunk being smashed to splinters. After the storm had passed over, both Mr. Lake and his team wero found dead.

—Mitchell has a youthful band of White Caps, whoso members seem to bo doing their work thoroughly. John Grubb, a lad about 12 years old, who Is the son of a hard-working widow, has been in the habit of loafing about the streets all day and until late at night. He continually disobeyed his mother, who needed his help. One night recently, while returning at the usual hour, he was met at a dark corner by several masked boys laying in wait. They seized him, and, taking him off the street, administered a severe whipping and admonished him to mend his ways. He n.,s profited by the discipline, and is not seen on the streets after dark.

—Mrs. Anna Borkenheim, of New Albany, aged 83 years, is dead. She had resided in that city for more than a half century and was greatly respected. —At the examination of applicants for a teacher’s license, at Crawfordsvillo, eight young ladies were detected secreting books from which to iret the answers. The superintendent at once marked their papers “not passed,” and did not even examine them. At the previous examination forty-four person failed to pass out of seventy applicants. • -v , ... V