Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1893 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED. An Interesting Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddingsand. Deaths—Crimes. Casualties and General News Notes. Condensed State News. Washington Brunemer, a farmer near Franklin, was killed by lightning. Charles Wallick of Peru, was perhaps fatally hurt while making a blast. The Frankton Land and Improvement Company has closed another deal for a large tract of land. Four valuable horses belonging to Hon. Anthony Stevenson, of Spencer County, were killed by lightning. The Muncie City Council has ordered the dummy street railway system, now partly in use in that city, abolished. A child of J. L. Thurston at Albany, was badly injured by getting hold of a can of concentrated lye and eating it. The work of laying rails on the Chicago and Central Indiana Electric Railway, it is said, will begin in thirty days. John Dalton of Mitchell, a bridge carpenter on tho Little Monon, was killed by timbers falling on him. He has a wife and child. Charles Gartz, proprietor of the City bakery, one of Madison's best citizens, aged 60, fell dead of heart disease while riding in his buggy. Wheat harvesting has begun in the southern and some of tho central counties of tho State. Several places report the yield good, and some say it is excellent.

The Big Four Railway has compromised the S2S,<XX) damage suit brought by Charles Hurlbut, Wabash, for $2,000, and the $15,000 suit brought by George Fanner for SSOO. William Itoss, a driver in No. 0 Block Coal Company mine at Brazil, while at work moving some cars in the entry, was caught by a heavy fall of slate and badly mashed. He will probably die. Ross Cohoon, a prominent business man of Crawfordsville, attempted to jump out of a buggy to which a runaway horse was attached, and struck hla head against the wheel, causing concussion of tho brain. E. H. Staley has sold his half-lnterost In tho Elwood Free Press to Frank Snlvely for 81,750. Snlvely has been employed as local man on tho paper for some time. The firm will now bo known as Van Arsdal and Snlvely. John Ayebs, engaged In construction work for tho Western Union Telegraph Company at Anderson, was caught by a falling pole, some three weeks ago, and partially paralyzed. Ho has now commenced suit against tho company for 810,000 damages. A sensational suicide occurred In Anderson. John Morlarity, a prisoner In the county jail, who was bela for killing Carl Streets in cool blood on the afternoon of April 10 on tho public square, did not have tho strength to face his trial, and hanged himself. George Raber, aged 20, was found (load in an alley near his home at Paragon. He bad been on a protracted spree for several weeks, and took poisonous drugs In overdoses. He was a practicing dentist and well thought of, being a son of Philip Raber. John Williams of Converse, had his hand badly mangled. Morphine was administered by tno surgeon who dressed the wounds, and he became unconscious under tho influence of the drug and remained so tor several hours. He Is in a serious condition. At Madison, Frank Hill’s livery stable, valued at $7,000, was destroyed by flro. It was not insured. Charles Cumbach’s residence and shoe store, adjoining, were slightly damaged. Insured. Dr. Curtis, tho veterinary surgeon, was thrown by a horse and badly hurt.

Stella Lowe, the 3-year-old daughter of Riley a section hand on the Big Four, living at Waldron, was playing with some matches and set fire to her dress. Her clothing was burned from her body and one side from head to foot was virtually cooked. There is no hope of recovery. At Noblesville, Anna Mahan, 14 years old, committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. After swallowing the dose she told her father she had taken something to kill herself and asked him to smell her breath. She died in fifteen minutes, and before a physician could be procured. The east-bound passenger on the Big Four ran into a large stone that had been rolled on the track near Waynetown. The engineer saw the rock in time to chock up, and saved a bad wreck. The place was on a high embankment, well selected by the wouldbe train-wreckers for a dreadful catastrophe.

The following, patents have been awarded to citizens of Indiana: Charles Anderson, assignor to South Bend Iron Works, South Bend, sulky plow; Robert Baker, Dayton, sash fastener; Thomas M. Bales, Dublin, fanning mill; George N. Cleveland, Freelandsville, corn harvester; Frederick W. Frank, assignor of one-half to H. Lorenz, Indianapolis, caster; Isaac P. Osborn, Florida, fence; William A. Walker, Evansville, parlor game. As Mrs. Allen Emerick, wife of a prominent fanner residing south of Wabash, was driving to Wabash, her horse took fright on the hill and ran away. The buggy upset and Mrs. Emerick was thrown out, and received a kick in the head, the hoof of the ■frightened horse laying open her forehead, cutting the temporal artery and inflicting a frightful wound. She was unconscious when picked up, and lying at the point of death. She is about sixty-five years old. Petkb Weidman, a stockman, enroute to Chicago from Louisville with a carload of horses, was killed at Greencastle. He had left the train to get a lunch, and in climbing the ladder on bis return was struck by the crane of the water tank as the train pulled out. His home was at Peoria, 111.

John Gear, section foreman, and Jack Cain, both of Liberty, attempted to board a passing freight train and were drawn under the wheels and killed. Both were terribly mangled. They were good citizens, and their sudden death is a great shock. Both leave families. The Eureka Land Company at Muncie was incorporated with a capital stock of $200,000, and purchased one thousand acres at Selma, six miles eastof Muncie, sot a boom. While on her way to visit friends Mrs. Margarette Flynn, living about seven miles southeast of Bedford, met a stranger who assaulted her. Her screams promptly brought assistance and the fellow who claims his name is Haymond Creem, was taken to Bedford. After t preliminary trial he was placed in jail t« await the term of court, provided the woman’s friends do not interfere. Creens claims to be an ex-convict, having served various terms, but refuses to disclose anj further identification. . _ • .