Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — IF YOU ARE IN QUEST [ARTICLE]

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OF FRESH INDIANA NEWS, PE-* RUSE THE FOLLOWING: Important Happening* of the WeekCrimes aud Casualties suicides— Deaths—Weddings, etc. Minor Slate Item*. Mrs. Owen Wai.kbr of Goshen, took poison and died in twenty minutes. The Catholics of Muucio will erect a 530,000 church during the present year. Muncie people are entering a great big kick on street car service in that city. The painter* and paper hangers at Crawfordsvillo have organized a union, tnd will iix a schodule of rates. Joseph Thorpe of Portland, got a five fears’ sentence for stealing a black rooster. He was an old offender. Mrs. Charges Stout of Noblesvllle, committed suicide because of a bad real estate deal made by her husband. The dead body of a malo infant that bad lived but a few hours was found in a link-holo at Canaan, Joffgrson County. Harvey Richards, Muucio nailworker, badly burned by shower of redhot iron slivers striking him in the faeo. Rev S. W. Brown has resigned the pastorate of the Christian Church at Crawfordsville, and will enter the evangelistic field. Fire, supposed to be of incendiary origin, destroyed tho barn and contents belonging to Mrs. Mary Crawford at Martinsvilia During the recent revival meetings held in tho different Now Albany churches, 300 people aro said to havo joined church. Dr. W. H. Hixon, Spencer, has sued Pennsylvania Railroad Company for 810,)00 damages. Hurt by getting off a (rain near Farmers’ Station. John Boyer, a “trusty,” who has twice escaped from tho Jeffersonvillo Penitentiary, was recaptured at his Bother’s house at Princeton. While Mrs. John Pralm of Montpelier, was'washlng her 3-year-old baby fell into t tub of hot water, scalding its head and tack in ji frightful manner. Officers aro In search of a naked man roaming the woods between South Bond tnd Valparaiso He is supposed to bo in escaped lunatic from the Logansport \9ylum. Gkorok Kessler, a country bruiser, who tried lo clean out the town of Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, precipitatod a riot and thirty-one arrests wore made before peace was restored.

Geo. C. Stole, editor M uncle Tribune, was assaulted aud severoly hurt by John Love. The papor bad published an attack on Lovo’s two sisters, and tho brother was seeking revenge. At Seymour, while engaged In tearing iown the old O. & M. round-house, C. Montgomery and Granville Deputy of Paris Crossing, were Injured by a portion if the brick wall falling on them. Over a year ago an 11-yoar-old son of Dr. Do Caux Tllnoy of Crawfordsvillo, was bitten by a garter snake whllo wading a, branch. The bite was In tho Initep, and began to pain him. His leg began to dwindle, and was soon useless, until it will have to bo amputated. An east bound Panhandle train killed t rnau at Gem. lie was undor the liilluinco of liquor. While tho train was slowing up to let him off ho gave tho ingineer the signal to go ahead. Then, Hopping from tho car, ho fell backwards md his head was crushed. 110 was a wood-cuttor named John Nngalle. “White Caps,” at Marengo, tied a ropo around Church Mattox's neck, and were going to beat him for stealing pork, lie provod to be the wrong man, and, in excusing themselves lor the ill-treat-inont, Mr. Mattox discovered their identity. Ho now threatens to prosecute them. The tax for aiding tho Chicago, Indianapolis and Chattanooga Southern railway was voted at Milcholl by a majority of 234. This Is considered a big victory. Work will bo commenced at Duce on tho part of tho routo betweon Rockport and IndlanaprNls, and it Is tho Intention to havo a direct route from there to Chicago by tho opening of tho World’s Fair. 1 Patents have boon granted to Indiana inventors as follows: Edward D. Chipman and E. L. D. Foster, Goshen, springs for beds, cushions, and chairs; Charlos M. Dyer. Coverdale, telegraph relay; August H. Herzog, Mishawaka, foot-rail for countors; Benjamin F. Osborn, near Nora, truss rtitl fence; James Plttigan, Roodiand, washboard; Charlos L. Ratliff, Marion, Index; David Wiser, Plymouth, drive well filtor. The body of William Rarfdan was found near the Panhandle railroad at Marlon, under circumstances that Indicate foul play. He is known to have had money In his pocket when ho started home, and Dnly 30 cents was found on him Felix Poole, who reported the find, admits having seen the body of a man across the track tho night before, where tho corpse was found, but declared that he had not the courage to investigate the mattor. Raridan’s skull was fractured, and there were other bruises about the head. The suit of the town ot Monroe City against Sylvester T. Steffy to enforce a town ordinance, has been decided in tho Gibson County Circuit Court In favor of the plaintiff. Steffy Is a saloon-keeper at Monroe City, Knox County. Several months ago the Town Council passed an ordinance requiring that all screens, frosted windows and hindrances to an unobstructed view of the Interior of a saloon In the village bo removed. Steffy refused to comply with tho provisions of tho ordinance, hence the suit. Tho defense denied the legal right of tho town to pass and enforce such an ordinance. Judge Shaw of Knox County, and Judge Welborn of Gibson County, have now both upheld the validity of the ordinance. Tho Case attracted much attention, as ft Is the first of tho kind ever tried In Indiana ,

Salem Is In a commotion over a revival in tho Methodist Episcopal Church; 128 conversions and as many additions have beer, made to the church, and twenty of the families have been brought into the church. Some of the best men In Salem have been converted and tho work is goine on. John B. Craft, a once wealthy man at Brazil, now janitor of the City Building, is dying from a stroke of paralysis. He drank up his’ fortune, and while in the poor-house claimed that his angel mother came to him in a dream and begged him to swear off, which he did, and never touched a drop since. Rev. H. C. Hovey, D. D., of Middletown, Conn., who has been atCrawfordsvillc, says that the natural gas supply will last at least twenty years. He is a son of the late Prof. E. O. Hovey, of Wabash College. The prospects brighten that Terre Haute is to secure another road, and one that will be of great benefit to the business of that city. The projectors of the Terre Haute, Saylor Springs and Chester road have secured the right of way from the Wabash River (Chenowlth ferry) Clarke County, to Albany, 111. a distance of 103 mites, and it is thought tho right of way can easily be secured from Terre Haute to the crossing point named above.

Marion fs to have s lawn mower factory. > An epidemic of a peculiar form of mumps is raging In the vicinity of Evansville. Souuronia Scott was indicted and arrested at Evansville for the murder of her infant Hannah llameb, one of the few remaining first settlers of Mitchell, died at tho age of 84. Bayi.ess Stager Is the fifth ear-ro-pairer at Brazil who has been killod by tho ears backing over him while at work under them. Henry Kramer, young farm hand, near Fort Wayne, arrosted, charged with being highwayman who robbed Miss Kittle O'Rourko, school-teaehor. Several switchmen on a wrecked E. & I. train at Brazil saved their lives by jumping from a number of loaded coal cars that pitched down an embankment William Gkubick, Valparaiso, is making efforts to find out who his parents are, and whore they live. Ho was kidnaped whon a small child during tho war. F. D. Gardiner, a farmer living near Fountain City, gavo a bale of hay a vicious kick, dislocating his spine and rupturing tho spinal cord, causing death in a few hours. The now steamboat Bolmont was destroyed oy fire on White River, four miles west of. Washington. Tho boat was ownod by Hvatt & ltogors. Loss about $15,000; uninsured. Frederick West of the Farmland Enterprise olfleo, while running a job pross caught his right hand In the bed of press, mashing it in a terrible inannor. lie may lose both “type lingers.” John Clark, a woalthy farmer of Knox County, was killod while overseeing tho work of oreeting a barn on his farm, near Oaktown. A hoavy beam foil on him, Tanslng Instant death. It is reportod by telegraph from English, Crawford County, that Emory Slavln ate two cans of covo oysters in two mlnutos, thus winning a wager of $lO. It Is not said what will be done with the guilty wretch if found. The Parker Commercial Club of Parker, Randolph County, wishes to correspond vylth manufacturers wishing to locate 111 tho gas bolt. Froo fuel will be furnished to anyono who will manufacture corn-plantors, hay-rakos, harrows, and cultivators. President Meyer of tho Fort Wayne Base Ball Club, lias called a meeting of tho various clubs which propose to ontor the Ohlo-Indlana League this sonson, to bo hold at Torre Haute. Mr. Moyor Is vory sanguine over tho outlook, and says the leaguo will bo a suro go. In tho northoru part of Bartholomew County, in an old Baptist Church that has not boon used for twenty years, a young man has bogun preaching, and now the building will not Hold all who doslro to hoar. Services aro hold each night, and people aro said to begin arriving us early as 4 o'clock In the aftoriioon, so as to got seats. Some oxcltomont Is being caused throughout Charlostown Township, Clark County, by the report that a rich deposit ot silver had boon found on the farm ot John N. McCoy, who resides near Charlestown. He has several times found a mlxturo of sllvor and load and has threo plocos about the shape of a sllvor dollar which very much rnsombios silvor with unusually hoavy alloy. Ex-County Thkaburkh N. A. Call mot with a sorlous accident near Anderson, which It Is foarod will terminate fatally, lie was working on his farm felling troos and got caught under one, which crushed his hips and legs In a shocking inannor. 110 is unconscious and has been In that condition several hours. Mr. Call Is ono of thu most prominent citizens of tho county. The 3-yoar-old daughtor of Beniamin Manorp of Union City, came very near losing its life. The child was playing with the firo, when Its clothes caught and wore soon In llninos. She at once ran to her father, who extinguished tho llamos by rolling hor across the floor, but not until ho had burnod his hands to a crisp. The baby’s loft side, arm and leg wore badly burned. Tho life of the child was saved, but eho Is in a critical condition. A singular and unfortunato accident occurred at the car-works, Jeffersonvillo. B. F. Lagel, ono of tho oinployos, togothor with sonio others, Was engaged In placing a large sill In a car, when It slipped,-and striking Lagel, threw him a distance of thirty foot. He was picked up bleeding and unconscious, and taken to his homo, wliero Dr. Peyton, tho company's surgeon, atteridod him. It Is feared his Injuries will provo fatal, aB he had barely recovered from tho effects of anotho* 1 accloent. A great temperance revival Is now In progress at Osgood. William Murphy, the tomporance evangelist, has been laboring since March 1 with unprecedented success. Thu walls of the citadel of intemperanco havo boon shaken and nearly nine hundred havo signed tho pledge. Tho whole country round Is aroused by the llury eloquence of this apostle of tomporance reform. The village has four saloons, butslncoMurphy's arrival thov have lost tholr host patrons, hs tho revival has boon especially among tho class of drinking men.

Eease hunters are now hovering around what Is supposed to bo a rich sine deposit along Rock Creek, in Carroll County. Several weeks ago a young man from tho Koek-creek neighborhood went to Logansport, and in an office there saw some zlnc-oro from Joplin, Mq» Asking what it was he was told, and replied that there was lots of it along Rock Creek, and when ho wont home scut several pounds of the deposit to Logansport Tho result was that several capitalists, headed by Senator A. R. Shroyer, hastened to tho place, and leased about one thousand acres before any one else know what was going on. Now that the secret is out, scores of people are trying to get a lease. The Shroyer syndicate has arranged to sink a shaft, and work will be commenced in a few days. The excitement in tho neighborhood Is up to fever-boat, and there are many prospective millionaires. H. W. Pubcell of Urbana, 111., desires information of Thomas Tracey, a soldier, Irish, who served in Company G, First Regiment Ohio Light Artillery. He was in some county poor-house In Indiana the past winter. Workmen siuking a shaft below the present voln, .of coal, which is being mined at theVincennes coal mines, penetrated a vein'-of.coal fivo feet thick. Immediately beneath this is a stratum of lire clay fourteen Inches In thickness. Beneath this Is a two-foot vein of coal. Both the upper and the lower mines will be worked, and the fire clay will be utilized. The Middletown News has been sold to ex-Postmastor H. J Brown of Anderson.