Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. Aa Interesting Summary M? the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Wed. dings and Draths—Crimes. Casualties aug General News Notes of the State. Hoosier Happenings Joseph Henderson was badly injured at Muncie by falling timbers while his house was burning. A Davis County husband wants a diverce from his wife because she threatened to pour melted lead i* bis ears. Man named Thomas Eiwards, who claims to be a brother ot Sir Robert Edwards, the famous London surgeon, is in iail at New Albany charged with begging. Burglars were detected in the act of robbing a clothing store at Cambridge City. They fled but officers shot at, wounded one' of them and captured him. Peaches In Southern Indiana were entirely killed before the recent cold spell. It has killed cherries, blackberries, early apples, and early vegetables. John Hickey, Anderson, has deeded a valuable tract of land near that place to the Sisters of Mercy for the erection of a hospital to be maintained for the benefit of that city. Burglars secured over *3OO worth of goods from the general store of H. Devores at Denver, Miami County, also, a quantity of stamps and money from the postoffice. The mails at South Bend have been systematically robbed for the past few months. Large quantitieii of money have been stolen and there is not the slightest clue to the criminals. Daniel Keys of Crawfordsville, was badly Injured by a stallion taking him up by an arm and throwing him to the ground. The horse in attempting to stamp him fell and the man escaped. Montgomery County horsethief deI tectlves hold a convention at Crawfordsville. Delegated were present from'eighteen lodges, and It was shown by the reports that the order was in good condition and was doing much good. The Madison County Agricultural Association was recently organized at Alexandria with a capital stock of #2i',000 divided into 800 shares ot *25 eaeh. Eleven directors have been chosen and the work on the grounds will be rapidly pushed. Mrs. William Jamison of Peru, died of lockjaw, caused by an ulcerated tooth. The ease is unusual, from the fact that she lived seven days after the jaws had set. Medical evidence shows that four days is the usual course of this ailment. Mrs. Elizabeth Addington, aged 56, for several years a devotee to the morphine habit, died at the county infirmary ut Muncie. They would not furnish her with the drug, and she died a horrible death three days after entering the place. * At Goshen, Thomas H. Dally died suddenly in a dentist's operating chair after an application of cocaine preparatory to the extraction of a tooth. Ho was cashier of the City National Bank and piominent In politics and the city’s business interests. AN unknown man was struck and killed by a suburban train at New Albany. Nothing was found on him that would disclose nis Identity except an old dance ticket and a pair of iron “knucks.” He was about 25 years old and weighed about ISS pounds. At the residence of Kelly Dixon, two miles south of Union City, Goldie Dixon, a 6-year-old daughter, lost her life. The child’s clothing caught fire from the kitchen stove and blazed up around her almost instantly. She suffered until next morning, when death came. A house belonging to Albert Youell burned and Youell had gone over to the place to see that the tire did not communicate to his barn. While standing by the ruins the brick chimney suddenly collapsed, burying Youell In the debris. His skull was fractured, and death resulted in a few moments. It is said that Eel River, near Clay City, is lined with men who are fishing illegally. They use traps, seines and dynamite. One man has constructed a flood gate at the entrance to a kind of slough, and when the river rises the fish rush In. The gate prevents them from getting free, so that when the water goes down thousands of pounds are caught. A desperate attempt was made by the prisoners in the county jail at Vincennes, toescape by murdering Deputy Sheriff Lon Hahn. As Mr. Hahn entered on his usual inspection John Hill, by preconcerted arrangement, sprung up from behind the jail door, where he had been crouched awaiting the opportunity, and dealt the officer a blow with a club, knocking him down. It happened that Mr. Hann fell against the door and slammed it shut, thus stopping all the prisoners who were in position to make a da*h for liberty. Mr. Hahn was carried out and two physicians called to attend him. He is in a critical condition. A sensation was created at Bloomington, recently, by the confession of Mrs. Hulda H. Hicks, living near that city, in which she stat'll that her husband, James R. Hicks, killed her 10-day-oldchild twoyears ago last January and threatened her life if she revealed the secret. She alleges that one night about 11 o’clock she was awakened and found that Hicks hud choked the infant and broken its neck, alleging as the reason that it was not his own child. Hicks heard of the confession and made his escape. He was indicted by the grand jury for murder in the first degree. He is 30 years old ana his wife is about twenty-four. Contracts have been signed whereby the plant of the John Ripley Washboard Manufacturing Company ot Ripi ley, Ohio, will be removed to Eaton as soon as suitable buildings can be erected. Work on the buildings will be begun at onoe and pushed to completion. William Bennett says that he haa made a thorough investigation as to the damage fruit has received'in Debt* ware Countv, by the recent severe weather, and he finds that the buds on i apple, peach, pear, and, cherry.trees ! nave been killed. The loSs, 18 much more serious than was at first believed. ' Fire origlnatHv from the smoke stack of a neighboring sawmill destroyed the barn of John Oswalt, four i miles north of Wabash, together with three horses, a quantity of grain, hay, | agricultural implements, ana three I horses will have to be shot. Loss. *2,000; no insurance. I Peter Vietege of Valpariso, has received a telegram from Germany announcing the death of his millionaire yncle, who owns fast estates in Germany, and who Jis one of the nitrate kings of Chili, and that a commissioner is> npw in Chili settling up the estate there. Vietege is a tailor by trade, and will receive one-fourteenth of the 1 estate.’