Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1893 — HERE'S ALL THE NEWS [ARTICLE]

HERE'S ALL THE NEWS

TO BE FOUND IN THE STATS OF INDIANA. Qlflnt a Detailed Account of tlie Hamer* oum Crimes, Casualties, Fires. Suicides* Deaths, Kte., Etc. Minor State Items. - The citizens voted for water work# a* Martlnsvill by.p majority ,of 300. The State Farmers’ rii&tttiite will bo hold at Ladoga, Montgomery County, Feb. 33 and 24. , Four Wayne sportsmen are considering the feasibility of restocking Allen County with quail. Thomas Kepler, a large land and mill-owner, living four miles north-west of Centorville, was found dead in the woods. Mrs. Mary Ferguson, a widow, of Frankfort, has filed suit against John F. Blanch, a prominent farmer ?f Clinton County, demanding $5,000 damages for. trifling with her affections. The largestgas welt in the State has been bored near Mon .pellor. The sound of oscaplng gas is unendurable. A man residing a few rods from the monster has boen compelled to abandon his home. Wn,i.iam Roberts, a brakeman on the Big Four.had his foot crushed at Waynetown. Ho was thrown between tho cars by tho train breaking in two. Roberts was taken to his home m Indianapolis. At the Howard County Farmers’ Institute, the following officers wore elected: President William Mjtchell; Vico President. W. 8. Elliott; Socrotary, Mrs. Emma H. Davfs; Treasurer, Frank Haworth. i, The imposing depot of the Vandalii Railroad Company, at Sonth Bond, was partly destroyed by lire, causing tho loss of many valuable records besides an amount of personal property. There was no insurance. Farmer .Sip Cox, living near Columbus, Is a heavy losor by tho recent thaw. He owned one of the largest fish ponds in tho State. A sow days ago tho lovob supporting tlie large pond gavo way,and about 0,000 carp wore setfreointo White River.

Tint output of the Indiana oil field for January was over ninety thousand barrels, Jay County furnishing threefourths of tho amount. As most of the wells flow, the waste of gas goes on steadily, and is greatly deplored by gas consumers. John Harper was awarded 51, 200 damages, In tho GnanF'Dlrcuit Court, against the Panhandle Railroad Company. for building a sidetrack along the premises of Harper and U. M. Rock, and on land claimed by them. Hock has also brought suit. Grant Schew alter, Summitvlllo, looked for a leak of gas with a lighted match. Tho first thing ho know he and throo other members of tho family wero lying undor an Immonso pile of debris. Thoy wore not seriously Injured, but the house is a total wreck. A lad of 5 years, of Michigan City, ohsorvod Ills father hiding a bottle ot ilnn old rock and rye tho othor day. When tho parent bad gone tho youngster secured tho bottlo and was joined by a little sister In swallowing the stuff. A doctor saved tho two precious llvos, but tho roc < and ryo was ruined, Andrew T. Kkfleh, familiarly known as ‘Tona’’ Keller, one Of the oldest sottiers In Wayne County, was found dead in the woods, a short distance from his home in Harrison Township. Ho was suffering from mental weakness incident to old ago, apd wandered away from home. He was about 75 years old, and has lived In Wayne County since 1830, The stockholders of the Bedford Fair and Trotting Association held a mooting recently, and It was decided to odor $3,000 In tlie speod department at the annual fair, to be Kept. 13 to 10. The following officers wore elected: A. C.| Vorls, President; 8. T. Zollman, Vico President; James McClelland, Treasurer; Georgo W. McDaniel, Superintendent; Frank Ktannard, Secretary. At Cassopolis, a town a short distance north of Elkhart, two men discovered some dogs worrying something, and on examination the object was found to be the dead body of a negro child, which had been partially devoured bythedogs. Suspicions pointed to a married woman named Mary Clems, who was arrested, and confessed that she placed ner 3-raonths-old child under a barrel in her wood-shed, ana that aurfng the night it froze to death. Becoming alarmod the - next day, she took the body to a cowstable and burlea It under some fodder, whore It had been found by the dogs and,, dragged forth. >

The fourth Bank has just been organized In Muncie. The last is the Merchant's National Banking Company, with 9100,000 capital. The Directors are Samuel Martin, James W. Meeks, Frederick Klopfer, George W. Maring, Frank A. Brown,Hardin Roads, and Lewis S. Hooke, with the following officers: President, Hardin Roads; Vice President, Samuel Martin; Cashier, Frank A. Brown; Assistant Cashier, George Wood, of Aurora, lud.; bookkeeper, Arthur L. Shldelcr. Mr. Roads came to Munclo from Hillsboro, Ohio, two years ago and engaged in tho wholesale grocery business. Fob the oast month experts of Chicago and Cincinnati,have been in Clay Countv looking over some hll y land south of Brazil, which, some time agb.-wai flbwed bv experts who claimed t>y'‘fln4r > tf 'small quantity of silver ore. The affair, however, was abandoned until recently, when the present experts began digging in the soil In search of the precious metal. They were also about to give up the search when, to their surprise, they strpek an immense vein of silver ajnd, zinc ore. Thoy claim the indications arufayorable for an almost inexbaustable product of as rich ore as may be found }n t Colorado. Brazil is greatly stirred up over the affair, and Mr. Carpenter, who Towns the land where the mine was found, has been offered a big price for his ground by tbe inspectors. A portion of the ore has been sent to Chicago to be assayed. H abman Uttebback. who has resided near Crawfordsvllie for sixty-five years, died at the age of 81. William Toby, a workman at the Westerraan rolling-mills, Marion, was instantly killed recently. He was standing near a mass of manufactured product when tbe supports gave way, burying him under about eight tons of iron. William Step, another workman, was seriously injured, and his recovery Is doubtful. Charles Cadawak, another employe, had just stepped from under the falling mass, and thus saved his life. Toby was about sixty years old. He leaves a wife and seven children. Two witnesses from Baker Township testified in the Morgan Circuit Court, at Martinsville, that they do not know the name of the connty In which they have resided for years. They were grown men and appeared to be of fair intelligence, though quite illiterate. Chbistmas eve at Fort Wayne, Mrs. Mary Noonan and Mrs. JohnSwadner were killed In an elevator accident in Simon Bros.’ store. Suit was threatened by the husband of Mrs. Swadner, but was compromised for a small sum. The other day, in the Allen Couatir Superior Court, suit was entered by George J. 1 Daah, administrator for the estate of. Mrs. Noonan against Ha ary And Herman Simon to retfiver SIO,OOO damage, i