Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1891 — THE POSITIVE TRUTH [ARTICLE]

THE POSITIVE TRUTH

THAT ALL THE HOOSIER NEWS IS HERE. What Our Neighbor* Ara Doing—Matter* of General and Local Interest—Accident*. Crimes, Suicide, Etc. —Brotherhood of Telegraphers will hold a national meeting in Fort Wayne, Sept. 14. —Michigan City’s new soap factory turns out six tons of toilet and laundry soap daily. —Clark Davis, Noblesville, was run over by a heavy wagon, and received fatal Injuries. —Hiram Simpson, Morgan County, fell under a large fly-wheel and was fatally crushed. —Montgomery County boasts of a wild Mexican pony which roams about in its own independent manner. —The Corydon Bank’s stock has been Increased 85,400 on tho assessment sheets by the State Board of Equalization. —Many fine dogs have been poisoned of late at Salem, and tho owners are making a quiet hunt for the guilty parties. —Lewis Davis, of Lafayette, aged 18, accidentally killed himself by shooting himself with a load of shot in the abdomen.

—Lightning at Spiceland, struck a gas derrick and knocked down two workmen, rendering them unconscious for some time. j—There is an epidemic of tonsil!cis among fanners’ children In Jefferson Township, Morgan County, and several cases have proved fatal. —lsaac Lamb, aged 14, was killed at Elnora by llghtnlhg while taking shelter In a barn. A horse standing near tho boy was also instantly killed. —A gun breech-screw was removed from tho skull of George Stevens at Logansport. It had been Imbedded in the frontal bone by the bursting of a rifle. —A change in tho executive department of tho Now Albany Public Library will bo made, a woman having boon selected to succeed Librarian Ashabranner. —Dr. and Mrs. Thornton, returning from Brazil to Knightstown, had a runaway accident that luckily resulted in nothing worse than a few bruises to Mrs. Thornton. —Nathan Lighthail, a former resident of St. Joseph County, is dead, aged 70 years. He was tho inventor of tho hand-car now in use on nearly every railroad in tho country. —Axtell, tho famous $105,000 stallion at Terre Haute, was assessed only 8500 for taxes, and tho Farmers’ Alliance of Vigo County is preparing to raise a howl accordingly. The farmers demand at least a 875,000 valuation. —An aged woman at Mitchell, suddenly dropped dead. She had just entered into the caboose of a Monon local freight and finished eating a peach when she gasped for breath and expired. Her clothes were searched for identification and It was found her name was McQueen, and she was from Rinard, 111. She also had some pension papers among her letters. —Mary Harter, daughter of George Harter, of Franklin, committed suicide by swallowing about two ounces of carbolic acid. She lived for thirty minutes after swallowing the burning acid. She was about 23 years old. A letter to her brother assigned no reason for her taking her own life except that she would rather be dead than alive. She also stated in the letter that no one was to blarne for the act but herself.

—A young man went to Columbus, and shortly after arriving began to work the stores on the oldest kind of a trick. Ho first went to the boot and shoe house of P. C. Weddington and purchased two pairs of small shoes for his two little girls. It being after night, and the banks closed, ho presented a check on John Graves, a well-to-do farmer, for 812.35, and received 810.55 In change. Ho then went to the clothlhg establishment of L. Bosenbush, purchasing some wearing apparel amounting to 84, and, as payment, gave a check oh John Graves for 814 and left the city. Next day those checks were presented for payment and the banks pronounced them forgeries. The merchants pocketed the loss in each ease. —While Henry Rhorer, a farmer living a short distance south of Bloomington. was cleaning up underbrush in a field, one of the hands found a halfdollar lying on the ground. A further search was made and old coin to tbo amount of 8102 was unearthed, It was lying about on the ground, and there was no evidence that it was in a box of any kind. The peculiar part of the affair is that of all the coins none is dated later than 1837, and most of it is much older. There are 143 half-dollars of various dates, and the balance is made up of Spanish and Mexican dollars dating as far back as 1797. How the money came to bo there is a mystery. The general impression is that it Is a collection of rare coins that has been stolen, and the thief, to avoid detection, has secreted them in this way, and for some reason has never been able to return for his booty. They are very little discolored. —The house of Lewis Ambrose, at Crawfordsville, was struck by lightning, both he and his wife being Knocked from their chairs and badly stunnod. —Two carpenters, William and Robert Ingles, working on the floral ball at the Bedford fair grounds, fell from a scaffold and both were dangerously Injured. —At Marion. Smith Lambert, a 14-year-old lad, was shot in the shoulder by a playmate while the latter was fool • ing with a revolver. The injury is a serious one, and may prove fatal.