Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1892 — THESE ACTUAL FACTS [ARTICLE]

THESE ACTUAL FACTS

ALL FOUND WITHIN THE BORDERS OF INDIANA. - ■■ 1 1 ———— An Int«r«*tl»g Summary of thn More Important Doing* of Our Neighbor* Crimes, Caauaitlea, Deaths, Etc. Minor State Item*. HammonpJs after a street railroad. Brownsruro is having a building boom. Lee Keene pulled a gun through a fence near Crawfortlsville. His face was blown off. Enos Mustard, a farmer near Anderson, was run down and fatally hurt by a freight train. David 11. lloovkr, once editor and publisher of the Huntington daily and weekly News, Is dead. David Lint of Goshen, sprang from a Lake Shore train at Mlllerbury, and was almost Instantly killed. Charles Webber, a German inrmer near Madison, was so badly injured by falling from his wagon that he died. Dixon C. Williams, the Anderson revivalist, holding mootings In Porn, has caused a sensation by denouncing dancing clubs. William Sullivan, Logansport, has sued the Pan Handle railroad for $35,000 damages. Had an arm mashod while coupling cars. Caleb Abrury and Oliver Blythe quarroled over a jog of whisky near Jeffersonville. Blythe will die from cuts received in the abdomen.

The Crawfordsvlllo Star has changed from a morning sheet to nn evening paper, and now tlioro are three evening dailies In that place of 7,000 inhabitants. An engineer on tho Evansville and Richmond railroad reports that throe dogs deliberately committed suicide by throwing themselves in front of tho cars last week. Mrs. Kktsi.er, an aged German of Aurora, fell with a bottle of wine in her hand, and a piece of glass entering her wrist, severed an artery, and sho nearly blod to death. Volnky Garrison is In jail at Bodford. He serenaded his divorced wife with a French harp. Tho tune was “Homo, Sweet Homo” and sho bad him arrested for it. William Ferguson of Dubois County, murdered Joseph Garland, his brother-in-law, in Crawford County, with a blow of tho (Ist on Garland's neck, that burstod the jugular. Prof. John H. Luckktt lost a pocketbook containings3,soo at English. Ho offered SIOO reward and a boy named John James found it, but on returning tho money to Luckott refused to accept tho reward. Albert Bible, son of Alexander Bible of Wnynot.own, was Jumping on a wagon and his legs got caught In tho spokes. Before the wagon could Do stoppod Ills leg was broken and his knee-joint ,torn from tho socket. V, While William Tomlinson, in Delaware County, was breaking a horse to a wagon, the animal became so vicious that It attacked Its mate, and with Its forofoot broke tho lattor’s neck and back, causing Instant death. The Oil City Glass-sand Company of Montpoller, has boon organized for tho purpose of developing a sand pit. Tho company will put In a largo crusher at once which will give employment to 300tuon, and in a short time will put in a largo glass plant. George Endkrs, a carpenter and contractor, was crossing tho Lake Snore & Michigan Southern tracks at South Bond with a wagon, when a fast eastbound passenger train struck the vehicle, throwing It Into tho air. Enders had both legs broken and may die. Joseph Lamb and Robert L. Downs, two convicts, escaped from Jeffersonville Prison by scaling tho south walls. Lamb Is from Daviess County and has nine months to serve. Downs Is from Vandcrbtirg County and has one year to serve. A one-hundrod-dollnr reward Is offered for their capture. A prominent young farmer by tho name of Richardson, residing in Scott County, was killed by a vicious stallion, Tho animal had got out of tho stable and attacked another horse loose in tho barnyard, almost Instantly kllllug it. Young Richardson then attempted to capture tho maddened broto, and was also killed.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has prosentod its voucher at Crown Point for the first installment of taxes for 1891, which will become duo the third Monday in April. In making this payment they refuse to accept the assessment made last year, but, on the contrary, take the old assessment as a basis, and will bring suit enjoining the Treasurer from collecting the balance, amounting to about $14,500. This company pays on the Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne and Chicago, the Panhandle and thn State-Line and Indiana City railroads. The total assessment ot the three roads, taken last year, Is $2,277,040 In Lake Countv alone, and the total tax is $27,107.99 for tho first installment. The new assessment is more than double the old one.

Illegal fishing has been carried on to such an extent In Laporto County that State Fish Commissioner Dennis caused a warrant to be issued to a local officer directing him to visit English Lake and the Kankakee River and search for seines. He was absent three days and capturod twenty-eight gill-nets, varying from fifty to two hundred feet in length. In some cases the fish were literally fenced out by nets and prevented from passing up or down the river. Tho names of many of the owners of the nets wero learned, and they will all be prosecuted. The penalty; lor violating the fish law Is a fine of fifty to five hundred dollars and imprisonment, at the discretion of this court. The violators have been sending their fish to Chicago, Logansport, and other markets, and have been doing a thriving business. That exploded chestnut and impossible story of a family being chloroformed and the house burglarized springs up anew In Seymour. At Evansville, Madison Bausley pleaded guiitv to murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to State's prison for life. On the 4th of last June Baasley, prompted by Jealousy, shot his rival, E. Richardson. They both loved Sallie Lester. He made his escape, but about three weeks ago was captured in the interior of Louisiana and brought back to the scene of his crime. He is 41 years old and takes his sentence coolly. Rev. Winters of Brazil Evangelical Church, after taking a vote of bis congregation on whether or not the Indianapolis Conference would be recognized, fired two-thirds of the house because they did not vote in favor of it. He explained that such was his duty. Ax accident which terminated fatally, occurred at Knightstown. While Miss Ann Hattie,an elderly unmarried woman, was burning some trash in her yard, her clothing caught fire, and had burned her Tery severely before it was extinguished. The right side of her face was burned horribly, her ear being burned to a crisp, and her right side and arm burned until the skin peeled. She died next morning. She was 67 years old.

Montpelier has a new oil well estt mated at 600 barrels per day. Geo. Cole. Terro Haute, has a broken leg. Pile of lumber fell on it. Tf.vis Jennings, Scottsburg, goes t* the Pen. four years for horse stealing. A. G. Austin, South Bend, whiU trimming a troo fell and broke tbrM ribs.

A boy named Cody, Mancie, had a leg cut off by tho cars. He tried U catch on. Amos Bartholomew was killed and his daughter fatally injured by a falling tree, at Clark's Hill. The peoplo of New Market, Montgomery County, have voted favorably for’incorporating that place. Boomer Shock, one of the oldest citizens of Monroe County, was found dead in his bed at Steubenville. Stephen A. Burk, Connersvllle, became Insane and near.lv killed his wife by beating her op tho head. 1 First sermon preached in Hamilton County was in 1820, by John Finch, in a cabin two miles from Noblesville. William Newcomb, who was bitten by a horse near Richmond last week, had his arm amputated at tho shoulder Joint. While attempting to secure some vak uable papers from Ills residence, al Evansville, Judge R. Y. Bush was fatally burned. “White Caps” took Isaac Wltherald, a Boone County man, out of his house, and whipped him. Said he circulated bad reports about a girl. Henry Vest, recovering from a long spell of sickness at Nabb’s Station, on tho (X &M„ attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Ashley C. Perrin, a prominent cltizon of Fort Wayne, died suddenly of hearl failure. Mr. Perrin was one of the best known horsomon in Northorn Indiana. Nathan Smith, of Thomas Smith & Son, quarrymen at New Paris, was killed by a falling dorrlck. Ho was 28 yeari old. and leaves a wife and two children. The pastor of the Froe Methodist Church at Knox has resigned his pulpit rather than part with his (lowing mustache, as tho congregation had requested him to do. .Farmer James McElrath, near Rochester, awoke and found his wlfo missing. Search revealed her lifeless body hanging from tho limb or an apple tree in the orchard. The city of Wabash has authorized the issuing of SB,OOO 5 per cent, school bonds, running two and four years. They will bo SSOO bonds, uqd plaeod on the market the Ist of May. • . Workmen at Greensburg while tearing down an old brick building on tha public square, found an oppossum under the Door. It had escaped from its owner last winter and hibernated. 1 The 4-yoar-old child of Charlei Woolen, an engineer on the Rig Foul accommodation running between Aurora and Cincinnati, was drownod at Lawreneoburg. Woolen’s home Is on the river bank.

Joseph Stevenson, who was Injured through t.lio carolessnoss of a brakoman dn tho Cleveland. Chicago, Cincinnati & St Louis railway, was awarded judgment at Lebanon for $4,000 against th« railway company: “James Allen. Sn., of Ilalnbrldge, met with an accident In Grcencastlo that may rosult fatally. He was driving through the city, when a team of runaway mulos ran Into his buggy, throwing him out and mashing his head. At Munclo, Patrick Burns and two companions, of Anderson, attomptod to board the wost-bound passenger train while in motion, and Burns fell under the cars. Ills left foot was badly mushed, and ho was otherwise badly In Jurod. John Williams of Wayne County, whoso two-year torm at Jeffersonville was up tho other day, was so stubborn ho would carry » 100-pound bag of sand on his shoulder for days rather than perform his task as moldcr. He hid by burying himself In tho ground, and remained there for days, until starvation drove him out of his burrow.

Luklla, tho 10-yoar-old daughter of Thomas Holmes, of Lebanon, who, it Is claimed, was abducted by Win. Sicks and married recently, has applied for a dlvorco. Their marriage, his incarceration hi jail and her application for dlvorco all took place within twentyfour hours. She,claimed to have signed her father's name to the article which favored the Issuance of the license, aud now says she did wrong and is sofFyj Sicks Is still In jail under bond of S2OO. Aujutant-gcnkral Ruckle called together at Indianapolis a number of artillery officers of tho State Militia, in order to deliver some Instructions relative to their branch of the service. The artillery battalions aro to bo given more work In tho State drills. There were prosont from tbo Indianapolis Light Artillery, Capt. Curtis and Lieutenants Thompson and Gerrard; from tho Zollinger Battalion, Fort Wayne, Capt Mungeu and Lloutenant Ranke; from tho Rockville Battalion, Capt. Lambert. Tho Light Artillery had an exhibition drill at Mozart IlalL The noxt State drill will probably bo hold at Martinsville

Patents havo boon granted Indiana inventors as follows: Timothy L. Bozart, assignor to Yaryan Fifth Wheel Company, Indianapolis, fifth wheel; Thompson Dillon, assignor of one-half, to J. Caven, Indianapolis, mast-arm switch for electric lamps; Albert H. Gleason, assignor to Perfection Manufacturing Company, Warsaw, corn poppor; Nicholas A. Hull, Peru, ornamented wood veneer; Andrew E. Jones, assignor to A. E. Jones & Co., Richmond, vehicle heater; Melvin L. Jones, Yorktqwn, wire fence machine; George A. Kerr, Columbus,centrifugal starch-refining and separating machine; Zabby Lasser, assignor of two-thirds to C. C. Dunn and F. Moore, Stiuesville. channelling machine; Addison A. Nanney, Evansville, steam actuated valve for engines; Henry D. Robinson, Chester, tension device; John Speakman, New Castle, wire and picket fence. A freight train on the Panhandle struck Enoch Mustard, one of the oldest citizens of Madison Counny, near Florida, a small station about nine miles north of Anderson. Tho man is fatally injured. On Salt Creek, in Brown. County, Mr*. A. S. Swerlng, whose husband was at work in a field, locked her two children, a boy and a girl, aged 2 and 4 years, in their residence, and went to visit a neighbor. She remained longer than she intended, and when she started back saw her homo In flames. Before she reached the house her two children were burned to death and the burning residence was falling in on them. Mrs. Mary Brown of Paoli, was dfv'orced from her husband, William Brown, given her maldeu namo, Slaton, and, before the sun went down, had married Thomas J. Walk, thus possessing three names in one day. Patrick Conner’s residence, near Hoosierville, was destroyed by fire. The family was away from home, leaving Mr. Connor, who Is crippled with rheumatism. alone in the house. He lay in bed vainlv hoping for assistance, until he saw the deadly flames coming closer and closer to him, then with a great effort he succeeded in crawling from the burning building, and was found shortly aft<*rwards, suffocated. The loss will amount to $3,000; no insurance.