Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1892 — THESE ACTUAL FACTS [ARTICLE]

THESE ACTUAL FACTS

ALL F&UND WITHIN THE BOr4 DERS OF INDIANA. As laterentlng Summary of ths Moro Ink* portant Doing* of Our Neighbors ~* Crime*, Casualtie*, Death*. Etc, Minor State Item*. Owen Beony, a well-known horse ship* per, died of cousumptidn at Muncie. Diphtheria of a malignant character has been raging at Reeds, north of Mitchell. Mrs. John Cawley of Greencastle, was painfully burned by a gasoline explosion. The Government Fish Commissioners have dumped 3,500 fish into Lake Maxlnkuckoe. Elsworth Fish, at the Maring-Hart window-glass-works at Muncie, was badly burned with hot glass. W. F. Bray, an employe of the Ohio Falls Car Works at Jeffersonville, was fatally hurt bv a car striking him. Horse thieves are numerous about the town of Hope. Several valuable animals have been stolen In the last week. The Black Gear Company, 550,000 capital stock, to manufacture running gears for wagons, has been established at Muncie, John Reinhart, living In Jackson County, while out hunting, fell and discharged his gun Into his neck, dying instantly. John Shugart’s barn, valued at $3,500, near Marion, was destroyed bv tire catching from a gas explosion. Insurance 83.400. Riley Gray, a bachelor 50 years old. of Kokomo, fell unconscious on the streets of that city, and died within a few minutes. The work on the reservoir for the new water-works at North Vernon has commenced, and by July 1, 1893, the works will be in operation. Homer Margason was accidentally shot bv Harry McCormack while hunting, near Columbus. The wound Is serious, but ho will recover. The Crawtordsville Water and Light Company has announced it will commence to manufacture water-gas on Jan. 1, for both light and fuel. Daniel Worth of Wabash, has filed a claim lor 810,000 against the B. & O. for injuries received In the wreck At Kent, Ohio, of the G. A. R. train. A sth a NOE subterranean explosion occurred on the farm of Marshall Fuller, near Mitchell. The banks of a little crook were town open and thrown about Robert Bland, a farmer of Ray Township, Morgan County, dropped dead at Paragon, while hitching his horse to the town raej. Heart trouble was the cause. Harvey Plummer, a Big Four brakeman, was fatally pinched while coupling ears at Indianapolis. He died In the ambulance while ou route to the hospital. It has just been discovered that M. Rosenthal, a Seymour merchant, has been smuggling goods from tbo old country In imitation pears, apples, and other fruits. Ho has disappeared from the , town.

Messrs Levi Scott and Edward Caldwell, officers of tho Fairmount Canning Works, have concluded to purchase a largo farm near Crawfordsville and erect a canning factory with a capacity of 65,000 cans per day. A man named Johnson was killed in Mino No. 3, belonging to the Brazil Block Coal Company at Coalsvllle. Ho had recently gone to that place from Clay City to work In the mine. lie was Instantly killed by falling slate. A large fox-terrier dog of Neil Coleman created a panic nt Elkhart by going mad. The animal rah wildly about the streets, bit eleven persons, several seriously, and also attacked a number ot dogs. It was finally shot by Dr. Turner. A natural gas explosion at Pendleton resulted in burning the building belonging to Mrs! Joseph Stephenson and occupied by J. T. Patterson, tailor. The building was covered by Insurance. Patterson's loss Is about 8350; no insurance. Patents have been Issued to the following Indlamans: August Lammendce, South Bend, straw stacking machine; Timothy J. Lehoy, Indianapolis, and J. O'Connell, Beeford, combined umbrella lock and satchel fastener; Henry D. Merrill, Middleburg, flood fence; Frank A. Vogt, Anderson, caii-opOncr. Charles Luke, aged 30 years, a prominent farmer living just out of Elkhart, was killed while hunting by the accidental discharge of a sun hi the hands of Adam Bowman, while the latter was climbing a fence. The gun slipped, tbo hammer struck a rail and the charge entered Luke's breast. The young men were hunting. At a Democratic ratification near Center Point, Lewis Smith, a son of a well-to-do Jackson Township farmer, was fatally injured by the explosion of a quart can of blasting powder. While he was passing thiough a crowd who were shooting fire-crackers a spark ignited the powder. His arms, shoulders, and face were so badly burned that the skin dropped off in large sheets. He Is yet alive, but will probably die. Cov. Chase has extended executive clemency to the following convicts: Daniel West, colored, of Grant County, a "lifer,” who fought with a rival named McMatb, while his friend Casey slipped up in the rearand killed McMath with a blow over the head, was the first on the list. Gov. Hendricks pardoned Casey years ago; Charles Pfeiffer of Huntington county, was convicted in 1888 of manslaughter for killing W. G. Morse, his former employer, because Morse prevented him from getting work elsewhere, and also because be believed Morse slandered his wife, was also pardoned..Qurlie L, Arbuckle, a bigamist, of Kokomo, dying drconsumption, and brakeman Wm. F. Roberts and Joseph E. Brown, of the Pennsylvania lines, convicted of stealing a pair of shoes from the company, completed thelist The license ordihance recently passed in Crawfordsville to effectually keep out peddlers, is pronounced a failure by the officials, who say that the peddlers sell their goods openly and defy the authorities to stop them. It is said the ordinance is unconstitutional. Charles Farr, who was arrested for taking a horse belonging'to George W. Dales, and held in bond of 8500 by Mayor Moore, of Marlon, last week, has brought suit for 85,000 damages. Dales is an Indian, and while drunk traded horses with Farr, and when he sobered up imagined that Fair had stolen his horse. Mrs. Mary Morris, a helpless paralytic, aged 67, was burned to death near Kokomo, during the temporary absence of the family. A sparic trom the pipe she was smoking ignited her clotbing,and being powerless to help herself, she perished in the flames. Jesse Sykes, an aged farmer residing a snort distance west of Newport, met with a horrible fate recently. He went out to feed his hogs, when be fell iu an epileptic fit. Tne hungry swine seelug him lying there pounced on him and be"gau devouring him. They tore his flesh front his thighs and hips and ate out his entrails. When tqund by a member of his family he was disemboweled and died iu a few minutea He was 75 years ol<L