Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1891 — IT IS RIGHT IN LINE, [ARTICLE]

IT IS RIGHT IN LINE,

IS THIS COLUMN OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS. A Large Number of Accidents—A Few Bu|. elites anil Deaths—Anil Other Important News. —The shortage of Auditor Lavelle, Washington, is said to be $15,000. —The American Wheel Works at Fort Wayne will resume work shortly. —On account of diphtheria the Noblesville schools have been closed. —J. M. Julian’s general store, at Brooklyn, Morgan County, was burglarized of SIOO worth of goods. —Said that rabbits this year are covered with a double thickness of fur. Indicates a cold, hard winter. —Thieves stole clothing, valued at $l5O, from E. Schopback’s merchant tailoring establishment, in Lebanon. —A band of village robbers plundered the store of W. C. Morgan at Tipton, carrying off S2OO worth of goods. —The public schools at Noblesville have been closed two weeks on account of an> epidemic of diphtheria there. —Ernest WMteilrouse was reported killed in Missouri two years ago- He now turns up»at Terre Haute as lively as anybody.. —A car load of cotton on an eastbound freight traini at Crawfordsville took Are from, a spark, from; the engine and was burned. —John Taylbr’s 2-vear-oldt daughter was so badly burned in the conflagration that destroyed his house, near Cblumbus, that she died. —The Howard County grand; jury has indicted the secretary of the Kokomo Driving Park for allowing gambling on the grounds. —Buildidgs tor a large carriage factor}’, of Kraus, Scott & Co;,, have been erected at Milton. The workswill start with seventy-five men,. —Joseph Brown, a colored citizen; of Elwood, while intoxicated laid his head! on the track at Muncie,. but was saved from committing suicide by a passer-by. —Martin Miller, a farmer, 50; years old, living near Rushville, fell from his hay-mow and was impaled; on'the tooth of a hay-rake. He lingered a; few days when he died. —Vincent Bohall, Franklin; was going up a stairway, carrying a sack of corn. He fell and a file which he had in his pocket penetrated his lung. Recovery not looked tor. —James Bennett fell toto- an empty fermenting tub at the Tbrre Haute distillery, a distance of thirty feet, receiving injuries which resulted in his death several hours later. —The Alexandria young lady who had her rib broken by her lover hugging her is getting along nicely. The doctor thinks she will be ready in a few days to have another rib broken. —While Frank Craig, of Darlings ton, was assisting In cutting down a tree, he was struck by the limbs of the falling tree, and his head badly fractured. He is yet alive;, but cannot recover. —Frederick Bart, 9 years old, while attempting to board a moving freight train at Noblesville, lost hishold and fell under the wheels. He had both legs crushed off near the knee, and. cannot recover. —William Donelson,. a thrifty farmer, living near Orleans, was kicked in the face by a vicious horse and had his jaw broken and all his back teeth knocked out. His chances for recovery are not the best. —Mrs. Lee Rowe,, of Muncie. used! a butcher knife on her husband during a quarrel over the- division of household goods, prior to a separation, and she was arrested, for stabbing with intent to kill. —The wife of Edward P:. Fields,, of Goshen, eloped with another married man, taking with her her two children. This winds up; a queer line of happenings in the same family. The wife of Field’s father eloped in thesame way, and the wife of his eldest son did likewise, her husband drowning himself because of grief over her departure. —Little May Cheney, of Hobart, aged only 5. years, has just secured, for an infirm father a liberal pension. The child wrote a letter to- President Harrison, asking, in her childish simplicity, that her father’s service to his country be rewarded'. The President referred the matter to the Pension Bureau, and recently a letter conveyed the joyful intelligence of her success. This is beleived to be the first case on record where the efforts of a child so young have been rewarded.* —The disputed location- of the line between the States of Indiana and Ohio is assuming shape for definite settlement. A corps of surveyors, under the direction of Mr. P. H. St. Clair, of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, hairing fixed the meridian of the monument marking the starting point of the line at the Ohio River, is at Union City for purpose of making a second observation. Masons are at work on a foundation for their appliances, and the observations will be taken as soon as fair weather will permit —William Steward was found guilty of manslaughter for killing Orrill Selig In a row at a dance in Madison last winter and sentenced to the Penitentiary for four years. The residence of John Taylor, who resides in the eastern part of Bartholomew County, was discovered on fire. All efforts to save the bailding failed and it was with great danger to the life of a laborer that a small child was saved. The flesh on the little one was badly burned before it was rescued. —A bent axle caused a wreck on the Big Four at Danville. No one hurt, but several freight cars were smashed. —Gov. Hovey has pardoned Joseph Whittaker, convicted in the Warrick Circuit Court in 1889 of manslaughter, and sent to the penitentiary for five years. Whittaker kept a saloon that was patronized by a man by the name of Garrison, who came to his place one day intoxicated and was refused a drink by Whittaker. Garrison struck Whittaker with a rock . and knocked him down, and Whittaker got up and shot Garrison. ,*

—Charles Thomstey a Martinsville boy, was kicked on the head by a colt and died. —The farmers’ Bank at Mirncie' will be changed to a national bank with SIOO,OOO capital. —Mrs. Albright, of Kuigtatstown, is 87 years old, and took her first ride on the cars last week. —lrlck Ittges. a man daft on the subject of natural gas, fell from a barn loft at Tipton and may die. —Marshal Johnson, of Clarksville, who disappeared some time ago; is said to have been located in Chicago. —Prof. A. Anderson, of Bartholomew County, fell from an apple tree-,, sustaining injuries that will provtf fatal. —Lloyd Warledge and wife were, badly hurt at Colnrabus by being thrown from the carriage during a runaway. —An orange seed haw Just been removed from the throat of Mrs. J. J. Hazelrigg, at Greensburg. Been there since last March. —Mary Macheler has been awarded $5,000 damages from Bbone County for Injuries received by falling through a bridge. -Block-coal miners met at Brazil and appointed a committee to wait on the operators and demand an advance- of 10 cents per ton. —Charles Jenkins, of Brazil, was instantly killed by a block of slate falling on him while at work in the Pratt mines near Coalbluff. —Mrs. Charles A. Miller, of Orawfordsvffle, took first premium on applique lace at the St. Louis fair. There- were 800 entries in this class. —Seth Coffman, dairyman and stockdealer residing near New Albany, who was gored by a vicious bull several weeks agoy has become violently insane. —Ralph Arnold was found dead at his home in Brownstown, with a bullet wound' in his breast. No weapon could be found and it is supposed ne was murdered. —Edward Connor, Jeffersonville, didn’t want his wife to go out calling. He took her shoes and hid them. She had him arrested and his little trick cost him sll. —George Spnnnuth has recovered $1,500: damages from the city of Noblesville; His horse became frightened by a pile of dirt in the road and ran away, injuring Spannuth. —A. banfum rooster attacked the 2-year-old child of William Leggett, at Portland, and tore the flesh from the elvMfs- face in many places before the infant’k cries brought help. —Warren Griflln and Amos Leap, Lebanon, have sued the Lebanon Natural Gas Company for $20,000 damages. They want $ Mi, 000 each for being hurt in and explosion some time ago. —Marion will soon have a bicycle factor}'. A company with $40,000 capital has been formed, with W. H. Holliday president, William Ellghner vice president,. Jl W. Miles secretary and treasurer. —lsaac Hunscom, of Ridgevillc, fell through a» cattle-guard on the Panhandle tracks breaking his leg. He dragged'himself out just in time to avoid being mangled by an approaching engine-. —William: Vogefsong, a fanner’s boy near Columbus, found a revolver lying in the road,, and while fooling with it accidently sent a bullet into his knee joint that will forever leave him with a stiff leg. —Several members of the McGuigan family, at English, are affected with a peculiar condition of the eye-sight, whereby one eye-can detect objects at a greater distance than the ordinary observer ean> with a flold-glass, while being so near-sighted In the other optic as to be unable to sec a man across the street.. —Mrs,. George- Hfllis, of Greencastle, met with a shocking accident. Her son had been gunning during the day and had' stood! his fowling-piece against the wall, barrel downward, to drain off the water. His mother tripped over the gun, causing an explosion, and the entire load lodged in the center of her foot. Amputation was rendered necessary. —The town of Parker, located in western Randolph County, on the C., 0., C. & St. L. R R., is enjoying a modest but substantial boom. The Parker Handle and Spoke Factory is being rapidly completed. A new addition has been laid out and built up. Good inducements are being held out and other manufactories will be established. The place has one excellent gas well and others will be drilled In as needed. With its railroad facilities and gas resources-Parker is one of the coming towns in the gas belt. —The 3-year-old daughter of Jennings Nailer, a farmer living two miles south of Dublin, died suddenly and mysteriously. She had been out playing, when she suddenly ran into the house and said to her mother, who was washing: “Mamma, I have a pain in my face.” She went out again, and shortly afterward the mother went out into the yard and. to her horror, found her little daughter dead, lying on the ground. No marks or symptoms arc anywhere disceenable on the body, and it is. yet a mystery as to the cause of her death.

—Joel Newsom has been postmaster at Azalia, Bartholomew County, for thirty-two years, having been appointed by Buchanan in 1859 andl serving ever since without a break.. —Addison Arnold and his wife; of Seymour, each 25 years old and recently married, have constantly disagreed. The other night, during a bitter jealous quarrel, Arnold placed the muzzle of a revolver in his month and blew the top of his head off. The wife has become insane over the tragedy. —Just north of Chesterton, Porter County, in a bank of sand-hills, facing Lake Michigan, has been discovered a rendezvous for horse-thieves and stolen property. For several months an organized gang of thieves has been operating in Porter and adjoining counties. A large number of horses have been stolen, and the officers have been baffled in their efforts to apprehend the thieves or recover the stolen property The fcnding of a secret cave in the hills, however, has proven to he a clew . that will enable the officers to capture the gang which has infested the locality.