Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1892 — JUST GLANCE OVER THIS [ARTICLE]

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AND ASCERTAIN ALL THE LATB INDIANA NEWS. A Catalogue of the Week's Important Occurrence* Throughout tho State— Fire*. Accident*. Crimes, Suicides. Etc, Minor Stnte Items. A town near Bedford Is named Pop* corn. Crotheksvili.e has decided to incorporate. Cedar Beach has had 825,000 worth of Improvements this year. Samuel G. Simmons, aged 71, was found dead In bed near Muncie. Cor.i.EOK students at Franklin heroaftor may neither dance nor plays cards. Martin Tram., an old merchant of Sullivan, committed suicide over domestic troubles. Gen. Lew Wallace is writing the life of Gen. Benjamin Harrison for Hubbard Eros. Washington saloons are boycotting the Ico men and have to iun the beer to keep it cool. * The roccnt rain washed out tho Lake Shore railroad bridge over tho Elkhart River at Goshen. The 2-year-old son of Hon. Milton Truslor, near Connorsvljle, was drowned in a horse trough. Perry Brown, n rich Vigo County farmer was robbed of 80,000, by three card mouto sharks. A Fayette County man plowed lljtf acres of corn In one day, and claims the State championship. Montgomery McKay’s barn, near Windfall, wns burned with 1,000 bushels ot corn, v' Loss, 81.000. Rev. George Ernst of Buffalo, has accepted tho pulpit ol tho Madison German Lutheran Church. Thorn town’s marshal has tried to talk the boys out of jumping on trains and now, if they don’t stop, In jail they go. Claude Stalcup of Bloomfield, was kicked In tho face by a colt, breaking his jaw and cutting a four-inch gash to the bono. The body of a man supposed to bo Edward McLaughlin of Chicago, was found on tho tracks at llayvilto, near Valparaiso. A youno man recently deposited 820 In a Chesterton bank, and then gave the bank a week’s notice when ho wantod to draw It out.

City Treasurer Marion Joyne, of Port Fulton, has become deranged brooding over a twonty-fivocent shortage In his books. At Valparaiso Mrs. Michael O’Connor was killed while walking ou tho track ot the H. &O. railroad, she was struck by the fast train. David Taflinoer, yardmaster of tho Chicago and Erie read at Huntington, ost both legs by falling under the wheels while coupling cars. . Michael Sheets. Miller Russoll, Charles Morgan, William Potter, and James Orton woro injured In a wrock at Marklo, near Huntington. A lien was dug out of a Richmond hay-mow recently that was burled there In July, ’Ol. She was alive and doing as well as could be expected. Wheat turns out poor in Wabash County and the farmers are bemoaning tho fact that only a half crop of corn and oats will be gathered. Samuel Large, a prominent citizen of Slilpshuwana, near Goshen, attempted to commit suicide beenuso his handsome wife eloßod with a neighbor. A child of Grant Bean, ot Spencer, fell off a fence, bit a holo through Its tonguo and nearly bled to death bofore tho hemorrhage could bo stoppod. A Terse IJaute man gjuvo each of his daughters a safety bicycle on condition that tlioy walk up town barefooted. They did tho walking all right enough. There Is great-activity hi the oil fields about Portland. Throo wells, with a dally (low of 550 barrels, liavo boen struck, and slxtoon now outfits for drilling have arrived. William Knott, ngod 70, was beaten Into insensibility bv robbers at his home near Lapel and will probably die. About 825 was stolen, tho thieves overlooking a SIOO roll botweon tho Aed-tlcks. A ViNCKNNKf} small toy was glvqn ft blllTljQ Other day, by his mother, to havo changed, He bought a now suit of clothes, hired a livery rig, and, with Ills boy friends, painted the town a lurid huo. When lie got home his clothes were given such a dusting that ho has to cat standing up. Warden J. W. French’s monthly report of the Indiana State Prison North for June shows the number of convicts to bo 803, of whom forty-one woro received during tho month. The number discharged was thirty, the .lumber pardoned two, and one died. The earning for June were $0,050, tho expenses 80,045.20. Prof. Buerk, of Bordon Institute, has discovered a valuable alum cave on the dairy farm of Prof. W W. Borden, In Clark County. The walls of the cave wore covored with a beautiful efflorescence, which exudes from the earth, and this is said to be the alum. Prof. Buerk will remove the formation and convert it into marketable, alum. The supply Is, apparently, Inexhaustible, and is also very valuable.

Adjutant General Rucki.e has about completed the arrangements for the State militia encampment to be held at Frankfort. Nearly all the companies have been Inspected, and, with few ex-a coptlons, have boon fonnd to be in firstclass condition. The encampment will be the first one held under tho new tactics, and the ramp arrangements will differ materially from those of former years. The Adjutant General has been notified that some of the companies will march to tho place of bolding the encampment. Anderson has one company that has voted to do this. It Is possible that some ot the Indianapolis companies may conclude to go to Frankfort on foot. Isadore Oabterme was badly scalded at the Indiana Iron Company’s Mills, Muncle. Tho young man was working with a damper on the top of a puddlingfurnace Sue near an exhaust steam-pipe. An overflow of hot water aud steam enveloped him for some tlroo before he could climb down fromJiis perilous position. When his clothihg was removed, the cooked flesh crumbled from his body, and recovery is doubtful. v The noted litigation in Goshen, to break the will of David Blough, a Lagrange farmer, resulted In a verdict lor the plaintiff. It involves $40,000 and •will be taken to the Supreme Court John W. Mf.ssick died at Evansville, after a brief Illness. He was probably tho youngest person who enlistPd in the Union Army during the rebellion, joining Company A, Forty-second Indiana Infantry, at the age of 8 years, aud serving three years as a drummer bdy. He held an honorable discharge. A man at Crawfordsville stole a pocket-book containing $lO trom a buggy, and after spending $1 repented of his sin. He took the pocket-book and $9 back to the owner, and said that he was s.orry for doing what he did, and even if he did not have a dollar to replace' tbe one be had used he hoped she wouß forgive him for bU act and take back tha remaining $9-