Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1893 — HOOSIER HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS

NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. What Our Neighbor* are Doing—Matter* of General and Local Interest—Marriages and Death*—Accidents and Crimes—Personal Pointers About Indianlans. Brief State Items. The Muncie flint glass works will start up. Natural gas has been struck near Charleston. People greatly excited. William Simons accidentally shot himself at Taylorsville. He will die. The Goshen and Elkhart Implement Company at Goshen, failed for $14,000. A Crawfordsville “boomer” is reported as having secured good land in tho Cherokee strip. John Adams, a Lebanon merchant, has been sued for SIO,OOO by Miss Ida Thomas for breach of promise to marry. Daniel Gaddis of Whitestown, died from tho effects of a knife wound received in a fight with a gang of gypsios.

The Ohio Flint Glass Works at Dunkirk will start its fires about October 1. Employment will be given to 300 men —IOO skilled. Burglars at Crawtordsville helped themselves to SIOO of firearms and knives at Houlehan & Yancleave’s hardware store. After a shutdown of flvo months the word Is given out that tho Elwood Diamond plato glass factory will resume operations in part noxt week. Judge John Gillktt of Lake County, has appointed Hon. Byron W. Langdon Judge of Tippecanoe circuit to preside in the trial of the Roby prize fighters. John H. Benson, father of Luther Benson, tho tomperaneo orator, died at his home in Rush County, aged 92. Was a member of tho Baptist Church 72 yours. The Bartholomew County Trustees hold a mooting, and decided to ignore the act of tho iast Legislature, which requires them to turn back into tho treasury all tuition money in oxeess of SIOO. David Lily, a farmer of Jefferson Township, Carroll County, drove a thief from his hon roost the. other night and found a strange horse and wagon hitched near by which the thief had loft. The finest residence in tho suburb of Wallen was destroyed by lire. It was oocurlod by Dr. ,T. A. Phillips and owned by Mrs. Whitehead, of Huntertown. Loss, $7,000; no insurance. Defective flue. “Diamond” the nine-ton olephant of Wullaco's circus, broke ont of the winter 'quarters near Peru, and played havoo with fences and trees in the surrounding country. Tho keepers had hard work to capture him. Governor Matthews has issued four requisitions for prize-fighters, who are wantod at Crown Point to answer to charges of having participated in lights at Roby. The requisitions wero on tho Governor of New York for Solly Smith, John Griffin, Joseph Choylnskt, and Daniel Creedon. Frank Bruce, aged 25, one of the most notorious and daring safe blowers who infest the Western country, has boon plaeod in tho Prison South. He came from Torre Haute, where he was given nine years for burglarizing the safe of the Buokeyo Howard store. Bruce is wantod in twelve states for various jobs successfully plannod and executed by himsolf. Ho is badly wanted at Denver, Col., whore only a sow months since he robbed a jewelry store and took diamonds valued at s3o,* 000. He boasts that he will break out in six weeks.

Coroner Coates completed the taking of testimony in the inquest on the remains of Frank Robinson, the normal college safe robber, who was killed by the pursuing party of citizens at Valparaiso. Tne verdict oontains the evidence of twenty witnesses, and is very voluminous. The Coroner fully exonerates Nathan Howe, who fired the fatal shot, from all responsibility. Clair • Robinson, brother of the dead man, who was-capturod after being wounded by Howe's weapon, was brought before Judgo Parks for hearing, out at the request of State Attorney Dowdell the case was continued.

Bert Champion of Gas City, bursted Fred Holtz's faro bank at Fort Wayne, but failed to get all his money, winning over SI,OOO at one sitting ana only getting about S7OO. Ho became enraged and broke up a lot of the furniture and Bmashed a wheelbarrow load of glassware before leaving the house. He finally was put to bed at the Plaza. Afterward ho got very drunk and called at Boltz’s place to get the balance of his money, but, only getting part of it, he again became enraged, and, drawing a revolver, chased Boltz out of his place. Boltz filed an affidavit against Champion. He wak placed under bond to keep the peace. \ AT Scottsburg, south-bound World’s Fair train No. 12, on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, collided with two teams and wagons, killing one team and demolishing both wagons, and seriously injuring Win. Peacock, aged 66. The teams had driven between the main track and a siding to load some bonedust from a car, and when the train was seen approaching Mr. Peacock attempted to drive his team around the car on the siding, out of the way, but the engine struck his wagon, tearing away the left half, and throwing him on tne ground, shattering hisrlgnt leg below tne knee and otherwise bruising him. The other team being behind turned on the track in front of the train and the horses were killed and the wagon entirely demolished. The driver escaped by leaping into an open box car standing on the siding. Trouble has been caused at Union City by an order that all school children shall be vaccinated. Several children were vaccinated by a homeopathic physician, and the authorities refused to accept it. The parents are raising a The officers have arrested George Robinson, John Yoder, Charles and Herbert Weisner, and Leonard Leach, at Kokomo. In the last month scores of stores, residences, warehouses and meat markets have been robbed and these men are said to have done all the work. They are in jail without bail to await trial. John King of Wabash County, wa3 sentenced to two years in the Penitentiary for forging the name of Rudolph Rife to a $75 note. A daring and successful attempt at train wrecking was made recently, by which the Cincinnati express on the Vandalia road was derailed near Staunton, Clay County. A rail had been taken up and so placed as to throw the train down an embankment ten feet high. Fortunately the engine did not follow the rail, but every car except one sleeper left the track. The train was running forty miles an hour, and was delayed over three hours. No one seriously hurt, but the passengers were all shaken up and scared.