Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1892 — THE POSITIVE TRUTH [ARTICLE]

THE POSITIVE TRUTH

THAT ALL THE HOOSIER NEWS IS ’ HERE. What Our Neighbor. Aro Doing—Matter, or General and Local Intele.l —Aocldeute. Crime*, Suicide, Etc. Minor State Item*. The Daily Sentinel has appeared In Peru. A starch factory will locate in Shelbyville, Another gas well has been struck in Alexandria. Many Brownsburg people are afflicted with sore throats. William A. Moore, one of Shebyvllle’s wealthiest citizens, died of paralysis. A Russian woman gave birth to a child In a fence corner near Vincennes. Theodore Brown of Brookville, saw his son drou dead while at tiie funeral of liis father. The body of John Steiner of Portland, drowned in the Wabash River, April 4, has been recovered. The DePauw plate-glass works building at Alexandria Is being pushed very rapidly, 50,000 brick being laid daily. William Madder, Monroe, had an eye put out while operating a lathe in a hoop-polo mill. A hoop-pole struck him. The Farmers’ and Citizen’s Bank of Goshen has boon absorbed by the new State Bank, witli a capital stock of $50,000. Jonathan Johnson, one of the pioneers of Northern Indiana, a resident of Miami Comity sixty years, died of cancer, aged 80. Lightning destroyed tho barn of Ambrose Knight, northwest of Muncie. The stock escaped by a horse kicking down a door. A girl in Worthington ato a piece of wedding cake and went to bud to dream of her future husband. Sho dreamed of the devil, ’tls said. Henry Houten, aged 84, died of old age at the home of Thomas Tackett in Martinsville. Ho became a resident of Morgan County forty years ago. The clothing clerks at Crawfordsville have petitioned the employers to close their stores at 6 o'clock every evening, except Saturday’s, during the summer. The name of tiie postolllce at Kerchova), Spencer County, has been changed to Lincoln City, in honor of the burial place of the mother of Abraham Lincoln. Through tho efforts of the Winchester Commercial Club, work will soon begin on a large organ factory In that city, tho plant to bo moved from Sioux City, lowa. J. W. Robbins of Como, Jay County, has, brought suit at Fort Wayno against the Wabash railroad for SIO,OO0 f damages, sustained while acting as brakeman. The alarmist boldly announces from Jeffersonville that one-half of tho peach crop has been ruined by frost Ho doesn’t say how the other half escaped. J. C. St. John of Groonsburg, has a dog that assumes to be tho mother and father of four orphan chicks, which ho rushes to protect from eats and small boys many times each day. Samuel Barney. a Lakeshore brakeman, shot Thomas Kelly, a brother brakoman, causing a dangerous wound in the hip. Tho trouble occurred in an Elkhart saloon and Barney escaped. At Jeffersonville a liorso attached to a dog-cart in which Mrs. William MeKnight was riding, fell and throw Mrs. McKnight, causing serious internal injuries which will probably result fatally. G. G. Manning, Superintendent of tho Peru schools, who has served twentyone years, and his assistant and two principals have boon notified that they will hie dismissed at tho close of the present term. Sensational developments aro expected to result in Clark County from the burning of Harrison Hogan’s costly barn on Bull Creek. There are whispers of a White Cap incendiary crowd among respectable farmers. The belief is said to be prevalent In Southern Indiana that at the next meeting of tiie General Conference the Southeast and Indiana M. E. Conferences will be merged Into ono, to bo known as the Indiana Conference. The commissioners of Randolph County recently completed the purchase of three miles of toll-pike lying south of and leading into Winchester. This makes every mile of pike in the county free, and the total mileage of free plkes nearly 250. A sad feature Is connected with the arrest of William Black, at Richmond. He was returning from the cemetery after tho funeral of his mother, who had refused to see Idin while On her deathbed, because of the trouble ho had always been to her. Mrs. Henry Tempe of Spades, the mother of married daughters, eloped with Henry Castons, twenty-two years her junior, and they were traced to Columbus by one of her daughters. Then they disappeared, only to be relocated in Rush County by Mr. Tempe, who caused their arrest. An animal curiosity was found by a Montpelier butcher In tiie country, five miles northeast of that citv, on the farm of Thomas Scoot. At is a well-developed pig, having the ears, tusks and trunk of an elephant. The legs and feet have the form of tho hog. It was the ninth and. last of a Utter of Poland China pigs, and* weighed six pounus, but died in a short time. The City Council of North Manchester recently passed an ordinance compelling saloonists to remove all screens and stained glass from their fronts. It has greatly diminished the trade of all and almost entirely ruined the business of the two principal saloons. Henry Conrodt, who owns the finest saloon in the city, has already disposed of his tables, and announced his intention of leaving for a more lucrative field. Citizens who have been at the head of the movement are elated over the result William Kennedy, an old miner, working at No. 7 mine, owned by the Brazil Block-Coal Company, located at Cardonia, fell from the top vein to the bottom vein, a distance of about thirty feet without receiving serious injuries. The water was in the bottom of the shaft, thus breaking bis fall What may yet end in a tragedy occurred at Yorktown. During a quarrel on the street John Applegate was struck with an iron weight on the head by Frank Fosnaugh, a young man who lives near Daleville, and formerly a sa-loon-keeper at Yorktown. Applegate is yet insensible from the blow. Miss Mattie Dixon, of Noblesville, Is supposed to have been killed from eating wild parsnip leaves cooked for “greens.” At Muncie, last week. Eli Hoover’s cigar store was entered and SIOO In money taken. George Kettner’s saloon, Edward Lindsay’s clothing store and the residences of John Schauffleborger, George Barwick and Philip Headrich were entered and robbed. Besides these a gold watch was taken from Haverstack’s boarding-house, and Butch Carroll and John Collins, two glass-blowers, had money and clothing stolen from their room at Drake’s Hotel. The police force is badly puzzled at the failure to catch the guilty persons.

There are twenty-one oil wells In Jay County. Conductors have been put on Martoa street cars. Dunkirk is alarmed over the reappearance of diphtheria. A two-story building collapsed in South Bend. No one hurt The dwelling of Nora Poling at Portland, was destroyed by fire. F. G. Axt choked to death by a tumor in his throat, in Martinsville. A large brick building was blown down in Lafayette. Loss $4,500. ; The Witney Reaper Works of Springfield, Ohio, will locate in Muncie. Joseph Edger, a one-time prominent politician in Randolph County, died at Ridgeville. A stone weighing 100,000 pounds ha* been shipped from the Bedford quarries to Philadelphia. The dogs have all gone mad near Brookville. Several cattle have died after being bitten. Joseph Bknlley, a wealthy farmer near Valparaiso, was swindled out of $1,700 by sharpers. Rev. W. O. Lattimore of Plymouth, is likely to bo called to the Presbyterian Church at Valparaiso. J. C. Cope df Lewisville, touched * buzz saw with his fingers. Two of the left hand are now missing. At Goshen, Miss Cassandra Booker has sued Melvin Wyslng for SIO,OOO damages for breach of promise. Edward Ellison of Elkhart, fired four times at his deadly endmy, Verd Young, without doing any harm. John Bannon, a brakeman on a Pennsylvania freight at Franklin, waa crushed and killed, after he had made a coupling. An unknown man was run over and killed bv a train on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayno and Chicago road at Hanna, LaPorto County. Clement Lack, an employe of the Michigan City Lumber Company of Laporte, was crushed to death by a pile of lumber failing on him. Warren Brinton, a deaf and dumb man residing near Cloverdale. Putnam County, was struck by the south-bound Monon express and killed instantly,'near Greencastle. There are twenty-one divorce cases docketed at Greensburg, in twelve of which the wife is the complainant This is said to bo tho largest number on a docket in tho State. The Jefferson County Grange has unanimously voted to attend the. World’s Fair at Chicago in a body. M any Granger Is too poor to pay bls way the society will pay It for him. Work lias begun on the new postofflee building to be erected in Lafayette. The appropriation was SBO,OOO, and the contractors aro to completethestructure by the Ist day of January. Hamrick’s Station, four miles west of Greencastle, on tho Vandalia road, was tho scone of a freight wreck that made kindling wood out of ten or twelve freight cars. The accident was attributed to a broken rail or truck. Mrs. H. M. Burnham, at Mitchell, saved tho life of a 0-yoar-old son of J. L. Horton, which had wandered from home to play in a pond. The boy got into water over his head and Mrs. Burnham waded In and reached him just as he was sinking the last time. Robert Philpot of Indianapolis, has been pardoned by the Governor. Ho was sontoncod for four years in 1889 for assault and battery upon his brother-in-law with Intent to kill. Ho has been a trusty at the prison since his arrival there, even to driving an outside wagon'. He had but six weeks lotyrer to serve. Daniel E. Garhis, who was sent to prison for fourteen year for manslaughter In the killing of George Reeder, at Tipton,' In 1883, lias boon pardoned by tho Governor, The petition for clemency wa* signed by tho court and jury which sentenced him, and by the niothor and widow of his victim. Garris is dying of consumption, and has but a few month* of llfb. His ago is 24 voars. Gov. Chase has pardoned Henry Wilkinson, who was sent from Warren County for eight years, for stealing two hams, JIo has served three and one-half yean of the time, and, the Governor believed, deserved his liberty. The sentence is another Instance of the varied verdicts of juries. Lavelle, conspirator, defaulter and incendiary, through whose machinations two accomplices receive eighteen years in prison, is only sent for eight years, while another jury sends a man up for the same time for stealing two hains. When the old Wabash and Erl* Canal was built, Col. Hanna or Wabash, gave valuable grounds on both side of five streets crossing the canal to be used as deck spaces. The canal was abandoned twenty years ago, and this ground has remained vacant ever since. Suit for possession was brought five years ago, and has just been completed. That portion of tho old canal in Wabash County Is owned by a company, but the Judge decided that the dock spaces should revert to the heirs of Col. Hanna. The ground, which is now in the heart of the city, is, therefore, worth many thbusand dollars to the heirs. Militia commissions have been issued to Adjutant General Ruckle as follows: W. H. Kiger, Bluffton, Battalion Major, Fourth Regiment; Capt. L. H. Palmer, Valparaiso, Assistant Surgeon of the Third Regiment; Lieut J. D. Hale, Decatur, Quartermaster of tho Third Regiment; John McGee, Elkhart, Lieutenant Company E, Third Rpglment; George Sailer, Princeton, First Lieutenant, First Regiment Assignments were made as follows: To Company G, Third Infantry, Capt A. H. Skinner; First Lieutenant C. M. Davis; Second Lieutenant Lloyd True, all of Rochester; to Company M, Capt James M. Porter; First Lieutenant. Charles Rogers; Second Lieutenant, Sidney Moore, alb of Indianapolis. Commissions as follows were issued to|the Hartford City Cadets: Captain, J. A Hindman; First Lieutenant JL. Weaver; Second Leutenant, Charles B. Sinclair. James Bell died near Ladoga recently. Said on his death bed he had buried money in a field. His family could not find it They consulted a fortune teller and she told them whereto look. They tried again and unearthed a baking powder can containing $440 in gold. At the recent election of officers of the Farmers' and Merchants’ Bank of Winchester, Hon. A. O. Marsh, a prominent politician and one of the leading members of the Randolph County bar. was made President Nathan Reed, the retiring President being nearly eighty years old, not only retire* from the bank, but from active business. Patents have been granted Indiana inventors as follows: John J. Becker, Fort Wayne, assignor to Wayne Oil-tank Company, self-measuring pump; John N. Kailor and E. L. Williams, assignors to Reeves & Co., Columbus, rake mechanism for clover-hullers; George A. Kerr, Columous, centrifugal machine for refining starch; Georjte W. Keiser, Indianapolis, flushing tank; Milton O. Reeves, assignor to Reeves Pulley Company, Columbus, device fer securing pulleys to shafts; Henry Stacy, assignor *f onehalf to M. H. Cain, Indianapolis, coaloil burner; John Vanes, Brazil, crane; Edmund C. Westervelt and C. W. Clapp, South Bend, wheel plow; Richard D. Wilson, Vincennes, cabinet