Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

OCCURRENCES ©URING THg PAST WEEK. An Interesting Summary of tho More Im* portant Doings of Our Neighbor*—Weddings and Deaths—Crime*, Casualties and General News Notes of the State. Booster Happenings. Wabash has free mail delivery. Columbus is to have a flouring mill of large capacity. Ethel Beathy, aged 7, was burnedl to death at her home near Jasper. Some fruit men say the apple crop in Indiana will be a complete failure. Marion and Gas City are to be con* nectod by electric railway by July 15. Washington Brunemer, a farmer near Franklin, was killed by lightning. Prof. Ellis has been chosen super* intendent of the North Vet’non schools. Evansville has a female lawyer. The local papers call her a “law* yeress.” All tho glass works at Dunkirk and Redmond have shut down. About 400 men are out. Nearly livo hundred hinders and mowers have been sold in Jackson County this season. M. Roop, aged 00, was kicked in tho eye by a horse at Elwood, and is believed to be fatally hurt. Dithiudge Bros, glass factory at Marion was destroyed by fire. Loss, $31,000, insurance, SIO,OOO. At Linoolnville, Wabash County, John Hauffman was kicked in tha breast by a horse and will die. Elmer Quackenbush, 17, near Thorntown, who was injured by a team running away with a plow, died. Three line horses belonging to William Hinchman, Indianapdßa, were killed by lightning, near Kushville.

Hamilton County Commissioners havo granted a perpetual l ight of way to the Chicago & Central Indiana Electric Railway Company. The Lentz & Mather carriage factory, Dayton, near Lafayette, was entered tho other night and twelve flno carriages cut and defaced. Brazil City Council has granted a forty-year franchise to a Chicago company to tho streets of that town for ga» mains to transport fuel gas. The Spiceland Council has granted a right of way for tho long distance telephone line, from Now York westward, to pass through Spiceland. Oapt. J6hn W. Coons and James S. Duvet have boon engaged to oxamlne tho White County records from 1881 to 1893 in tho auditor’s and treasurer’® oftlco. Ed. Cooley, unmarried, an employe of tho Big Four, attempted to board a freight train at Brookvllle, and was thrown under tho wheels und almost instantly killed. A South Bend man who reduced his weight from 328 to 21ti pounds by stopping beer drinking and substituting seltzer water, has sent tho recipe to President Cleveland. “Little” Faulkenburoti of Forry County, and Joseph Jones, of Crawford, have been indicted at Eekorty for Participating In tho hanging of John Davidson flvo years ago. Ernest Bono, Vincennes saloon koepor, whilo driving near that city, uotieod tho big railroad trostlo on fire. He ran a half mile, flagged a passenger train und averted a disastrous wreck. The good poople of Crothersville have organized a temperance crusade. Tho new league has 200 mombers. Rev. W. B. Grimes, of the Methodist Church thero, is stirring up the people.

Suit has been filed at Vincennes for SS,(XX) damages by Mrs. Mary Kerner against the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company on account of the death of hor husband, John Kerner, who was killed while at work in the company’s shops at Washington. A VICIOUS dog attacked George McKinley’s 2-year-old child, east of Brazil, biting it under the left eyo and on tho lower lip. Tho child's face is badly swollen, and she is in a precarious condition. It is feared the dog was suffering from rabies. The gas wells in the vicinity of Wilkinson hold a pressure of 330 pounds. A new hub, spoke, and heading factory, employing sixty hands, will do ready to open Oct. 1. There are prospects, also, of two glass factories and a paper mill locating at Wilkinson soon. Chauncey Vermillion, a wealthy farmer, residing near Andrews, narrowly escaped death by hanging. While engagod in elevating hay, fn tho mow of tno barn, a noose of the rope caught Vermillion around the neck, and before the horse used in hoisting the loads could be stopped the unfortunate man was lifted forty feet to the roof, A tangle in the rope left the farmer suspended in raid air, and a farm hand barely succeeded in cutting him down before death by strangulation ensued. Mr. Vermillion fell from the top of the barn to the loaded wagon, and from there to the floor. He is lying in a critical condition.

Terre Haute submitted a new proposition for the State Military Encampment a few days ago, and, after considering it, the Adjutant General forwarded it to Gov. Matthews, recommending that it be accepted. The encampment will doubtless De held at that city. The exact time has not been decided upon, but it will be about July 20-29. The Adjutant General has had reports which show that 2,184 men will be in attendance, out of 2,600 in the militia. There are now forty-six companies subject to the laws of the State, while the limit is forty eight. Over a dozen applications for admission have been recently filed, but only two can be added to the list. There is a vacancy in Indianapolis which will be filled, soon. Hattie Cashier, 7, living near Brazil, recently stepped on a rusty nail. It pierced her foot and now she is dying of lockjaw. The east-bound passenger train, running at high speed struck a buggy at Marion, containing Miss Daisy Hummell, Miss Eva Ihrig, and Mrs. John B. Heath. Miss Ihrig was instantly killed, being broken and bruised to a jelly. Mrs. Heath was severely injured,while Miss Hummell escaped with a few alight bruises. The buggy was - demolished. Miss Ihrig was visiting relatives, her home being in Whitley County. She was 19 years old. Charles Evans, foreman of a Marion bridge gang at Bedford, was fatally hurt while driving piles at Horseshoe Bend, near that city. In a runaway accidentatNoblesville, James K. Bush was thrown out of a carriage and instantly killed. He fell on his head, crushing his skull and breaking his neck. His wife and 16-year-old daughter saved their lives by jumping. The wife was seriously injured, but may recover. The daughter is less injured. Mr. Bush was a soldier and for several years was the proprietor and editor of the Noblesvilie Ledger. He was a member ol Company D. Twelfth Indiana. He was also a prominent Mason and OddfejlqWt