Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1891 — THE WAY THINGS RUN [ARTICLE]

THE WAY THINGS RUN

IN THE GREATEST OF GREAT STATES, INDIANA. Things Which Have Lately Happened Within Its Borders—Some Pleasant and Some Sad Heading.

A Man’s Heroic Efforts tc Save His . Horses Will Cost Ills Lite. i r ? ' rc occurred fourtoen miles above E yah sville, iu which John Lennert, one pf i.ho j.'iost prosperous farmers of Warrk'k Coun.'v, lost his dwelling and all outjHil/dings an-i contents, besides sustaining ,'njuries wMch will end in his death. l r p«>M his arising he found his barn m flames. . a| >d running out attempted to save' tbe .horses. Going into the barn he unfastened the animals, but on turning to ieay® »nd himself surrounded by flames. His N v' lnl ? chaucc was to rush through the flrt, which he did and was terribly tsimd about tho head, neck and arms. Alter a ottin & out of tho wa V of the burning: bane v lO to the ground unconscious. He- Is rs, sorted in a serious condition, and hris ph. v ?* e ' ail does not think he can recover. K 0 * las lost tho sight in both hfe eyes fiw the effects of the flames. The foss fe estimated at 510,000; no insurance.

Minor Stetx Items. Jamestown wtl® drill for gas agalvThe postoffice'at Delta has been <L' S ‘ continued. A camp of the P. O'. Sv of. A. will be instituted at Darlington, The Rockville City Council has passed a saloon-screen ordinance; Princeton has a new ftre-beilv and ft is rung on tho slightest provocation. Rebecca L. McGlade,. aged 70 years, died suddenly of heart disease at Vienna. The injury which John Walda. of Lafayette, received in falling from a chimney, has resulted; to paralysis. Fire Chief Merker, of New Albany,. has recovered from the supposedly fatal burns received at a fire some time ago, Jesse STeoner, who separated from his wife and was living near Piercuton, committed suicide by cutting his throat. An insane woman can be seer, every day sitting on the court house stops at Evansville. • She says she is waiting to see a man hung. League Park at Fort Wayne is being made into a skating rink. The only thing needed now is for Mr. Frost to put on the finishing touches. William Wehl, C. & I. C. orakeman, was completely cut in two by the cars at Rob Roy, having fallen from the top of a freight train. Jitdge Mack, Terre Haute, is suing the Spencer Optical Company of New York. Ho claims they are infringing on a patent opera-glass of his. Joseph Lewis, while unloading timber on the railroad near Montpelier, was fatally hurt bv his horses running away, tho wagon running over him. Red foxes are so bold around Seymour that they enter the town and rob henroosts. One was killed that measured forty-two inches from tip to tip. Thirteen-year-old Martin Peterson, of Elkhart, had both arras cutoff above the elbows, while jumping from a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern train. He will probably live. A barn belonging to Robert Hungate, of Lewis Township, Clay County, was burned. All the contents of the barn and a fine horse were consumed. Loss, 5700; no insurance. Burglabß entered the postoffice at Xenia, twelve miles west of Marion, and blew open the sate, but were frightened away before obtaining anything of value. The safe was ruined. The large barn of Frederick Reutzel, together with two stables belonging to other Peru citizens, burned. A fine horse belonging to William Rodeclar perished. The loss will reath 51,000; no insurance.

A 16-year-old son of Daniel Smith, of Alamo, Montgomery County, by the accidental discharge of a shotgun, had his lower lip and the roof of his mouth destroyed, the load lodging back of his nose. He may recover if inflammation does not set in. Some two months ago Thomas Hopkins, of Evansville, was bitten through the hand by a rat, and little attention was paid to tho injury until it had become thoroughly inflamed. Nothing then could be done, blood-poisoning set in and his death followed. An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow up the dam at Tioga, one mile south of Monticello. Dynamite was used, and large timbers were blown 700 feet The dam belongs to Bradner, Smith & Co., paper-makers, of Chicago, and the mill property adjacent has beeu idle for some time. The supposition is that it was done by parties away up the river, who claim that the fish cannot get up. Mr. E. Horn, a jeweler of Evansville, Was robbed of a tray of fine gold watches and several diamond rings. The thief called and asked to be shown some watches. After a careful examination of the timepieces he took his departure, saying he would return to make a purchase in the evening. According to promise he called and was looking uc the tray of watches, which also contained several diamond rings, and while Mr. Horn was waiting upon a customer in the other end of the store the stranger deliberately picked up the tray of watches and diamonds and disappeared.

Ex-Auditor James C. Laveli.e and his accomplice, Burr Hawes, who are charged with assisting in the burning of the Court House, at Washington, appeared in court and asked that their arson case be taken from the county on a change of venue. They allege that public sentiment is so strong against them that it will be impossible to get a fair hearing. The case was accordingly venued to Pike County, and it will bo tried the second week in November. The work of investigation of Lavelle’s books is new in progress, but the results are secretly kept by the experts. Otto Bechtel. Laporte, pulled his gun out of the buggy, muzzle toward him. It was discharged and Bechtel would have been killed bad not a pack of cards to his pocket received the shot. W. M. Bbenton, a popular young newspaper man, late of the Peru Evening Journal, has purchased of Isaac T. Brown, a one-half interest in the Columbus Evening Republican, for 5500. Tbe paper was established by Isaac T. Brown twenty years ago, and iie bas conducted it ever since. It is tbe intention of the new owners to enlarge and otherwise improve the paper, the plant being one of the best in the State. Isaac Lucas, while loading his revolver, accidentally discharged it, the ball plowing its way through his left leg. It will leave him a cripple for lile. Patents have been granted Hoosier inventors as follows: Charles N. Cooke, of Wheatland, railway car; Franklin C. Fry, of Richmond, roll grinding-machine; Pefer M. Fudge, automatic gate; William B. Henning, of Waterloo, fire escape; Horace Hogendoubler, of Winchester, cigar moistening device; William B. Llghty, of Monticello, needle-threader; John F. Mains, assignor of three-fourths to B. Carr, H. M. LaFollctte and E. I. Robison, ot Indianapolis, fuel-gas-burner; David Stutsman, of Ligonier, submerged heater.

Chesterton and Wheeler have scarlet fever and diphtheria. Burglabß are raiding tho country stores in Scott County. The sum of 51,700 has been raisod to bore for natural gas at Jamestown. Richard Reinard, while hunting near Kokomo, accidentally shot off his left foot. The jail and poor farm are reported as being iu first class condition at Goshen. Thomas Adams, a wealthy ,3 rain dealer of Princeton, died very suddefllf in Chicago. Skeletons have been taken from a mound on tho farm of P. P. HUiderlider, near Medora.

Maury Stogsdill.h farmer living near Spencer, has lost this fall sixty head of hogs by cholera. The screen door law has gone into effect at Logansport. Everybody can see who drinks now. Allen Hatcher was caught in a bolt, at a saw-mill near Princeton, and was frightfully mangled. It is announced from New Albany that tho letter-boxes there are to be painted a vermillion red. Isaac Goss fell off the depot platform in front of a locomotive at Bunker Hill and his left leg was cut off. Burglars carried away 5300 worth of silk haudkorchlefs from Frances M. Smaltz’s storo at Fort Wayne.

George Lutz, aged 76, was run over by* a wagon in tho street at, Princeton, and so badly injured he may dio. Charles Ryde, gathering walnuts nt ar Peru, fell from a tree, and both arm. << Were snapped at the wrists. BifL’GUAKs entered the postofflee at at Crotiterviile by breaking to the front door, and carried of 520 worth of stamps. A large number of dead bogs were found in Jeffersonville alleys and streets, supposed to have died from tbe hog cholera. The general store of Thomas Ungbbanks at Austin, near Scottsburg, was burglarized of a quantity of clothing, shoes and cigars. Two L. E. &W. trains, a passenger and a freight, collided at Fisher’s. No' • one hurt but considerable damage wa» done to the ears. Owners of the Wabash canal near Logansport arc fighting tho Chicago gaspipo line. They won’t allow the pipes togo across the canal. At Matinsville Jack Payne's 4-ycar-old daughter was playing with when its clothing was set on fire; and the' little one was burnod to death. Joseph Mulabor, living near Goshen, shot and killed William Jacobs. Themen had been drinking hard cider and quarreled about Mulador’s wife. The dead body of Edward Williams was found 1 on tho railroad tracks, near Marion. He had fallen asleep on the tracks the night before, and was cut to pieces.

Amos Leap, who was burned 1 by a natural gas explosion some time ago, near Lebanon, has been given 56,000 damages from a jury against the Lebanon Natural Gas Company. Mbs. Gertrude Cole filed an action for 55,000 against Valparaiso for Inlurles received from a defective sidewalk. This makes 520,000 in suits now pending against the' town. A Vigo County jury has given Mrs. Jane Krapf a verdict for $5,000 against the Evansville and Terre Haute Railway Company, growing out of the killing of her husband in a collision. The old vets and their sons have given it out solid that the American flag must be allowed to float over Clark Township school near Crawfordsville, or the war will bo fought over again right there. Mrs. Mollie Townsend, Harry Townsend, Albert Russell, Buck Milton and Charles Harlow, arrested at Tipton on a charge of plundering and then burning sevoral buildings, have been bound over to court. The White Caps of Lawrence County are alarmed over the fact that a number of mysterious summonses have been issued by the Indianapolis grand jury for prominent citizens at Mitchell ana Bloomington to appear and testify. Frank Melton, of Romney, ordered a barrel ol coal oil, but gasoline was shipped to him and a quantity was retailed to patrons before the error Was discovered. John Westfall filled his tamps and he used a portion to start a fire to his stove, both contributing to a general wreck. It Is reported that furnaces 2 and 4 of the window-glass department of the DePauw glass-works will not “blow ia” before January 1, the reason assigned being the low price and small demand for glass. Furnace No. 3 has been to operation since October 15, and the plate department of the works Is being operated to its fullest capacity. A special from Seymour, savs: The other night, George Mattlock, aged 60 years, an honest farmer residing in the northwestern part of the county, was taken from his bed toy a mob of men and conducted to a spot away from his house and whipped in a shameful manner tilt his face and arms were badly lacerated. The parties, he says, went to his house and stole about 5700 in money. Next afternoon he went to Brqwnstown and had warrants Issued for seven persons whom ho recognized as among the guilty parties. Interesting times are expected there soon. There was a narrow escape from a serious casualty at De Pauw University, Greencastle. A local artist had erected a platform in front of the cast building, and some three or four hundred students had mounted it preparatory to having a photograph taken of the gronp. Everything was in readiness, when the structure collapsed, precipitating the merry throng to the ground, amid a scene of indescribable terror and confusion. Fortunately, no one was killed, but several of the students received severe cuts and bruises, and all were more or less shaken up by the falL The wonder is that the mishap was not productive of an appalling list of casualties. Joseph Lewis, from near Camden, was unloading timber when his horses bebecaroo frightened, throwing him to tbe gronnd. The horses trampled him, causing a severe concussion of the spine and injuring him internally. The World's Fair Commissioners have adopted tbe Anderson eathi dral-works glass for all tho offices of the exposition, and it will also be used in inclosing the art building, the most elegantly planned building, perhaps, that will bo erected in Jackson Park. The glass to be furnished will amount to 115,000 feet, and will require ten large-sized cars to transport it from Anderson to Chicago. An accident occurred at tbe Union reducing station of tho Muncie Natural Gas Company, which resulted to the serious injury of Edward Colvin, the young man in charge, and badly damaged the building. At a point near where the large twelve-inch pipe feeds the big register a small leak was being mended. The concussion caused a terrific explosion thatdrove one piece of the large pipe in the stone wall, blew out alt the windows, raised the roof, and knocked Colvin senseless, with a bad gash in hfs head. The output of the eight monster gas wells feeds tbe pipe, and with the least fire iu the vicinity the result would have been something terrible.