Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

SOBER OR STARTLING, FAITHFULLY RECORDED.i An Interesting Summary of the More Im. portent Doings of Our Nrlghbora-Wed. dings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties and General News Notes Condensed state News. Muncie has a suburb called “Minna, frists. William Riley was killed by the cars near Terre Haute, i The Monon freight othee at Frank' fort burned. Loss if] ,500. ‘ , ' There are, in Shelby County, veterans ot the late war. Anderson is thinking seriously of abolishing slot machines. Kokomo hus t ken actio 1 looking to the rebuilding of her streets. Many fish are being seined out of White River, near Columbus. A Mitncie man nearly cut his hand off while carving a watermelon. •l OR Kindle, near Anderson, killed by a Panhandle passenger train. It cost a Marion wife-boa tor $2:i.50 i tc decorate his wifo’s face a few days | ago. The Postcfflce safe at Wilkinson was blowu open by burglars, anil iflO stolen. Darlington claims to have the best and finest sidewalks of any eitv in the State. A YOUNU man namod Bartley was ; drowned in White Diver near Worth- ' ington. i _ A Muncie man is arranging to go i into the tobacco growing business, on t an extensive scale, in this State. Geo. Unger, IS, found a dynamite | cartridge rear Columbus. Ho picked it open and is now tpinus five lingers. A HANK, with $50,(10) capital, to be i known as tlio "Pike County Slate i Bank,” hus been organized at Peters j burg. I Yorktown straw board works have ; put in a largo reservoir to filter all water that is dumped into White River. Mrs. Reuben Merritt, near Avon, ! attempted' suicide with paris green, | but was brought back to this cruel world. W. T. Ripley’s home, Marion, was damaged by u natural gas explosion. Mrs. Ripley was seriously injured by falling plaster. Henry Beauchamp, employed in the Wabash [failroad shops at Andrews, was fatally injured by a bar of j iron falling on hi’s head. Edward Stallman, aged 0 years, | was drowned in the Ohio River at the lower wharf, Evansville. Ho was the son of Mr. Louis Stallman, of the Anchor boat.

At Elwood the body of Mary Gavin, a young widow, was found lying on the floor of her room, her faco terribly bruised. She hud taken an overdose of oil of tansy. Lomie Holmkr, aged 12 years, fell from a seat in the Decatur Countv Court House yard, during a convention, and was instantly killed. His spine was broken. The Panhandle north-bound train near Florida, crashed into a buggy containing a young man named H. D. Kennell, aged 22, killing him instantly. The buggy was crushed into fragments and scattered along the track for 200 yards. The body of the unfortunate young man was picked uii about 200 yards from the crossing, whore it had been carried by the engine.

Patents have been awarded to tho following citizens of Indiana: James B. Allfree, Indianapolis, clutch coupling; John J. Berry, Indianapolis, tank Hushing valve: Boy G. Jenclces,Terre Haute, hominv mill: Monroe King. Princeton, adjustible scaffold. Trade Marks Cleveland Fence Company, Indianapolis, fence wire: Harvey Chemical Company, Lafayette, polish for metal. Twenty-five Greencastle sportmon have organized what is known as tho Putnam County Fish Protective Association, their object being the ferreting out and bringing to justice of violators of tho tilth laws. Big Walnut creek is one of the finest bass streams in Indiana, but of late years it has been nearly depopulated. Tho association located and captured a sixty-foot seine and have lines out for others. The Grand Jury will have plenty of evidence to work on in September. The association has arranged for a supply of bass from the government to restock the stream.

Two burglars were caught in the act of robbing Collora’s store at Mill Creek, Laporte County. George and William Collom, the proprietors, live within a square of their store and were awakened by a burglar alarm. Arming themselves they went to the store. George stationed himself at the rear, while William went to a front window. Seeing two men in the room the latter called on them to surrender, but they made a break for the rear door. One of the thieves pulled a revolver and fired five shots at George, but he emptied a load of shot into each burglar, one of whom died almost instantly, while the other is fatally injured. The other night three masked men entered the home of Albert Kanhaus, an Omish farmer near Leo, Allen County. They threatened Mrs. Ranhaus and she called her husband, who was about to retire. As soon as he entered the room the masked men fired on him. One bullet entered his neck and two others the left breast near the heart. The intruders then left the premises and the officers have not the slightest clew as to who they were. No reason is assigned for the crime unless the men meant robbery, Mr. ■ Ranhaus is in a critical condition and there is no chance for him to recover. There is great excitement at Loo. CAKE Lee, while fooling with a rifle and talking to his sweetheart near Anderson, accidentally shot and killed himself. Fred English of Wabash, emp'oved as freight brakeman on the Michigan division of the Big Four, was instantly killed at Milrov, In walking over his train he lost his footing and fell to the tracK, five cars passing over his body. He was 2fi years old, and leaves a widow and an infant 9 weeks old. English lately gave up a position as passenger brakeman and took one on a freight, in order that he might stand a chance of promotion. Richmond was the center of a dis-‘ j astrous storm. Hail fell in large quan- | titles and the wind had a tremendous force. The chief damage was the unrooting of Weber & Holzapfel’s junk shop, the unroofing of a part of the I grand stand at the racing park, and the J total destruction of the large barn of I the street car company. The loss on the latter was $3,000, and the tbtal loss over the city is perhaps $5,000. The only injury to life was the serious injury received by Frank Dunham, who j was caught beneath the falling walls of the junk shop. It is not thought that he will die. The family of Frank tloth, residing in a portkEl of the ; street car barn, had a narrow escape