Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1892 — THE WAY THINGS RUN [ARTICLE]

THE WAY THINGS RUN

<IN THE QREATEST OF OREAT STATES, INDIANA. Thing! Which' Save Lately Happened Within Its Borders—Souie rieauul and Some Sad Reading. Minor Stato Items Official statistics show that Indiana has 1,101,703 sheep, valued at $4,398,702. Henry Clay Cabtwf.li.. agod 37, of Mount Vernon, was killed by an L. & N. train. Two-horse team ran into Mrs. Mary Owens, old lady, Noblesville, fatally injuring her. Logansport Council voted to place license of SSOO on agents of all broweries, outside the city. John McNally, a glass-blower, went to sloop near a furnaco at Muncio andwas fatally burned. Mrs. Carrie Grace, wire of Joseph, Grace, of Jeffersonville, committed suicide with strychnine. Miss Clara Paxton of Anderson, ono of Mrs. Woodworth’s deluded converts, has been declared insane. Pastor D. C. Knotts reports that the revfval at the Methodist Church in Salbni, resulted in 219 accessions. Burglars entered .Tack Uavorly’s saloon at Brazil, and came near carrying off all tho liquor and cigars therein. Brazil Tracy of Wnynetowu, is slowly dying ot old ago and inanition, lie is 90 yjrnrs old, and has eaten nothing lor seven weeks. Chris Bolin was almost crushed beyond recognition at tbo Cannelton coal mines, caused by coal falling in on him. It is thought he cannot recover. While tbo Big Four operator at Waynetown was seeing "Under the Gaslight" at the hall the depot was entered and sl3 taken from the money-drawer. On a charge of assault and battory Alva Wlnsor, a teacher In tho Munole schools, had to pay nearly S3O for flogging tho 12-year-oid son of J. F. Shuttloworth. John Miller, a farmer noar Fort Wayne, rescued hfs aged mother and invalid daughter from Ills burning house, but the girt will die and Miller received serious burns. While switching in the yards of tho Michigan division of tho Big Four road at Carthage, Brakeman William Stafford was caught by the wheols of a boxcar and lost both feet. The Salem Town Council has ordered the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to prohibit boys and girls under tho atfe of sixteen from loitering on the streets or from loafing in the stores after 8 p. m.

At Muncle, Daniel Keefe, Intoxicated, laid down too close to a brush-pile fire on the banks of White Iliver and his clothing was soon blazing. When found ho was unconscious, and one leg was burned to a crisp, A largely-signed potition was presented to the Miami County Commissoncrs and a special election ordered on the, strength of It for April 18 to decide on the purchasing of tho remaining throe toll pikos in the cbuuty. One year ago Susan Moran brought divorce proceedings against hor husband Aaron, at Columbus, but was defeated. Then they lived together again. Now Moran files suit for ((ivorce from his wife. Both are well up in soeioty circles. George Crawford, an old Irish stonemason, died at Madison In poverty. When tbo undertaker was laying him out he tossed his ragged vest to one corner of tho hovel. A peculiar sound caused him to examine the vest, and $1,595 was found in it. The Cannelton pottery works wore transferred from tbo firm of Clark & Bros, to A. D. Clark, Curtis Clark and Lucinda H. Clark retiring. It means a big help to Cannelton, as It is now thought the works will bo enlargod to work their full capacity. At Marion, County Clerk Wilson Addington, County Treasurer Joseph H. Par Ker, E. L. Goldthwait of tho Marlon Chronicle, W. J. Houck of tho Marion Leader, and J. Stivers of tho Falrinount News, have been appointed a county world’s fair board to co-operate with tho State Hoard. Articles manufactured by tho uso of natural gas for fuel will bo given special attention. William Winchester, who owns a plant for manufacturing nltro-glycorine, located about a mile from Greonsburg, met with a serious accident by which 110 lost his left hand and a portion of his nose. While some of tho compound was going through a chemical process Winchester agitated it a little, causing tho explosion. Being alone he tied his arm with a rope to prevent bleeding to death and drove to town where his shattered hand was amputated at the wrist He is a son of Rev. John 8. Winchoster. At Wabash, Charles O’Brien, Bert Fefguson and Clarence Craft, threo young lads, were run over and quite seriously injured by a traction engine, owiied by Samuel Hoover. Tho accident occurred in the western part of the city and was caused by a sudden jerk of tho engine, which threw the boys to tbo ground, O’Brien had a rib torn loose, his shoulder blade dislocated and he was hurt internally. Craft was Injured about the abdomen, and Ferguson about tbe limbs. The wounds of O'Brien It is feared will prove fatal. Two months ago Mertie Summers, a young woman of 18, residing at North Manchester, Wabash County, was stricken dumb so suddenly that she could not finish a sentence she was uttering. Since then she has been able to talk only with the greatest effort and. no loudpr than a whisper. *A fortnight' since she was taken seriously ill, and upon her recovery last week she was rejpiced to discover that she had regained the power of speech,, clear and distinct. Years ago she bad a similar experience and the physicians say they arc unable to understand the case. The family of T. H. Koenig of Evansville, was increased by tbe advent Of triplets, all boys. This is the fjrst casje ever reported from that city. The newcomers are said to be healthy, with a combined weight of sixteen pounds. At Maples, a" few miles east of Fort Wayne, Charles Branning, of Millersburg, who was stealing a ride on a freight train, was horribly mangled by falling beneath the wheels. A few miles further east brakeman Knohfelt, while setting a brake, was thrown to the ground by the brake wheel coming off, and he tolled under tho wheels, being crushed to death. The largo “regulator" on tho highpressure lines of tbe gas company at Farmland exploded, burning the regu-lator-house and tearing the regulator to pieces. Gas from ten wells was at once ignited, and displayed a blaze of about forty feet. About S3OO damage, with no Insurance. t The Sons of Veterans’ lodge rocm at Union City was .burg'arized the other night, {3O Intruders entered the lodge roopi-from a window in the roar. They smashed some lamps, broke open tbe desks and drawers which cobtained tbe rituals and key to the secret work. What their object was 00 one can tell, but it Is evident that they wanted to invoice the workings of tho order.

There Is a howl for bettor roads around Brazil. Lively war against saloonkeepers of Wabash County. Martinsville Is to have a new hotel costing 525,000. Schools closed at Hall, Morgan Countv. on account of measles. Bartholomew County Is to have orphans’ home to cost 510,000. Joseph Frutzman’s brick-yard at Munclo was damaged 81,500 by Are. John Carr of Charlestown, one of tho pioueors of Clark County, died, aged 80. Sneak thief took a wallet containing 8120 from overcoat of J. B. Bruce, Wabash. Dr. David Allen, Jil’s residence, at Vevav, was burned with a loss of 81,000. The Montgomery County declamatory contest will bo hold at CrawfordSvlllo April 16. The New Albany police force Is beginning to feel the serious neod of a patrol wagon. Clovkrdalk citizens arc groat prohibitionists. Merchants closo stores to attend temperance talks. Fortvillk has no streot lamps and open barn doors are a terror ip the path of pedestrians dark nights. Twelve business men of Sheridan have organized a military band, to come in handy during the coming campaign. The 4-year-old son of George Snvdor, of Snyder’s Milts, Montgomery County, fell into the mill-race and was drowned. Ben Harbknson of Montgomery County, claims that he killed four wild ducks at one shot, at a uistanco of soventy-five rods. William Wood, a young married man of Elkhart, was kicked on the head by a colt a few days ago and died. His skull had been fractured. A. J. Vaniuruku, ten years In tho regular army, and who went through both the Mexican and civil wars, died, aged 87, at his homo near Columbus. Joseph Williams, aged 32, a contractor in the employ of the Jeffersonville Silver Creek Cement Company, was struck by a freight train and instantly killed. Mb. W. W. Roberts, late editor and proprietor of tho Richmond Telegram, will re-enter the Methodist ministry. He wants admission to the North Indiana Conference. Mrs. Blankenship, who wandered away from her homo in Columbus whUo demented, was found nearly frozen, barefoot and nearly nuked, twolve miles from town.

Mrs. Phillifb of Mancie, wont Into- » trance during a revival in tho Nowlight Church at Yorktown, standing erect as a pillar for two hours, with arms extended and rigid above her head. Amqno society notes recently appeared the following: Sheriff David, of Nashville, Ind., visiting in Edenburg, is the tsventy-liftli child in a family of twenty-nine, ail of one maternity. Miss Lydia Bowki.l of Memphis, had a narrow escape frdm burning to death. Her clothes caught tiro from a stove, and she was ablaze from head to foot when Mrs. Bownll ran to tier rescue. Both woro sevoroly burnod, Mrs. Thomas and her babe died within a few days of each other at Montpelier, at the home of Phoebo Sloan. A day Inter Mrs. Sloan’s brother, Elijah Finch, died sitting in his chair. lie had blood poisoning from erysipelas. An explosion of molton Iron In a flask at ibo American foundry, in Now Albany, caused a lively blaze. Tho metal ’was nine tons in weight. The explosion set fire to the frames of tho skylight in the molding Shop, and a big fire threatened for a time. George Cavolt, Frank Walton, George Brepso and William Swolgert of Mnncio, expect to take a river trip down the White, Ohio and Mississippi streams, to the mouth of Red River and thence to Big Springs, Tex., hunting and fishing on the way, to bo gone two years. Four tramps boarded an L. E. & W., freight train noar Hillsdale and took possession of a car. Conductor Roster attempted to ojact them, but they attacked him and might, have killed him had lie not snatched a coupling-pin and brained one, wheroupon tho others fled, leaving their dying pal upon the field. B. M. Wadkins of Goodview, has invented a machlno for the manufacture of binder-twine out of straw or prattle grass. Mr. Wadkins has boon experimenting with this machine for several years, and thlnks'bo has completed an apparatus that will save farmers thousands of dollars. M. Wadkins says when liis machine is once in operation the “twine trust” won’t be “in it.” He has had hundreds of offers from Eastern capitalists wanting to take stock. Steps will bo taken to organize a stock company and have tho plant located at ■Farmland. Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: John H. Barth, Batesvllle, head-rest; Chas. A. Bluhm, Michigan City, ventilated water-closet; St. John V. Day, Terre Haute, and C. D. Moody, Webster Groves, Mo., elevated railway plant; Steel F. Gllmoro, Princeton, assignor to S, S. YVlilto Dental Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia. dental disk holder; Edwin J. Green, Valparaiso, hand purse; Flora Long, Fort Wayne, dress-maker’s square and rule; Wm. Relffel, Indianapolis, paper jogger; Chester f>V Thompson, Lafayette, Dlank book for type-writers. The most disastrous fire in the history of Bedford occurred reeenj.lv, when cloven business blocks cffthpoSting half of the south side of the public square and three residences adjoining, were burned to the ground. Of the fourteen buildings there was insurauce on but three and on these for small amounts. The fire was discovered in the chickenhouse of W. A. Jones, a grocorynlan and poultry-dealer, and was evidently the work of an incendiary. Before the fire company could roach tho scene tho flames had communicated to the frame store buildings near and in a few minutes the whole block was in a blaze. A gas well was recently sunk at Pendloton, a few hundred yards from the first well drilled in 1886, and abundance of gas socured. Pendleton now has six wells and none of them has exhibited any decrease in pressure. At a numerously attended meeting called by the leaders of the People's party at Fort Wayne,' a hot debate resulted over the question of a fusion between the Prohibitionists and the People’s party in Indiana. Finally resolutions were adopted by a big diajorlty denouncing the proposition to fuse, and refusing to support a fusion ticket if nominated. As the north-bound express on the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania road approached Joncsville recently aud was slowing down to make the stop, James Davis, aged 80. and a wcH-re-spected citizen, was struck by it and killed. He was attempting to cross the track. Tazr champion egg-eater of Indiana lives near HenryVllle, Clark County. His name is Lewman Morrill, ana he has issued a challenge that he can eat a greater number of eggs In a shorter space of time than any other man In Indiana. The other dav he ate six dozen eggs, while George Miller devoured five dozen and Mose Brairnnon stored away five and one-half dozen.