Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — NEWS OF OUR STATE. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF OUR STATE.

A WEEK AMONG THE HOOSIERS. I What Our Heighten Are Doing—Matter* of General and Local Interest —Marriage* and Death* Accident* and Crime*— Pointer* About Our Own People. Hi* Wife in Flames. John Parr, a fanner residing four miles south of Sheredan. was awakened by his wife the other morning at 3 o’clock. He arose and went to a field to cut corn, leaving his wife lying on the bed. lie continued ins work for a time, when, glancing toward tire house, he saw fire. He at once returned to the house and found the water closet in flames and his w ife burned to death. When first discovered in the burning building she was sitting on the floor with her feet straight out in front, her body and head leaning back against the seat behind her and her arms folded across her breast in an attitude of peaceful repose. Her position indicated that she must have been wholly insensible and suffered no agony from the torture of the flames. After Mr. Parr left the house she evidently went to the kictchen and lit the gas in the eook stove, as it was found burning later. It is thought possible that she may have accidentally fired her clothing at that time. The remains were burned beyond recognition. Minor State Item*. Vermillion County now lias six newspapers. Laporte is to have a shirt factory in the near furture. Michigan City’s new census gives a population of 13,979. According to its city directory Wabash has 10,OCO inhabitants. Hancock County will next year build a new Court-house at an expense of about $125,000. Frederick Royce, of Griffith, was killed by a Chicago & Erie freight train at Hurl but. Eliza Smith, a colored servant girl a Alexandria, burned to death. Her clothing caught fire from a stove. Frank Bennett, living nearHelmer,, who was terribly bitten by dogs while gathering nuts, died of blood-poisoning. A big gas well has been struck eight miles north of Farmland. It is said to be the best well in Randolph County. Alexander James, a Connersville letter carrier, was probaby fatally shot by a coal thief whom he tried to capture; A smart young man frightened a horse which two young boys were driving at Laporte. iyi the runaway the boys were seriously injured. The Chase memorial fund has been completed. Trustee Atkinson has received $2,165 in cash. A house in Wabash costing $2,100 has been bought for Mrs. Chase. The demand for laborers at Alexandria by the new factories just starting up is so far beyond the immediate supply that steps are being taken to bring several car loads of men from Chicago and St. Louis. William Whitney, who claims his home to be as Washington C. IL, 0., was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary at Washington, for bigamy. One of his wives in Daviess County and the other at Washington C. IL, O. Isaac Doddridge, aged 68, years, who lives east of Milton, sold 2,500 bushels of wheat and hauled it to the mill himself. He has also during he summer built seventy-five rods of stone wall, laying every stone unassisted. □While out hunting, Samuel Cromwell, a farmer, livmg near Brazil, was attacked by a ferocious wildcat. Mr Cromwell succeeded in killing the animal, which measured three feet from the tip of the nose to the root of,the taji. -■ , f ,< • Mrs. Catherine Peters, a pioneer of Cass County, wife of Major A. B. Peters, died at her home in Logansport. Death was unexpected. Mrs. Peters fell dead from her doorstep presumably from an attack of apoplexy. She was 75 years old. A new electric road is to be constructed connecting Logansport with Rochester, Fulton county, and Burlington, Carroll County. The road will be about thirtyfire miles long and will penetrate the best part of Fulton and Carroll Counties.

Mrs. William Van Buskirk, of Ewlood, is one of the direct heirs of the Edwards estate of $60,000,000 now in course of settlement in New York -City. She is one of the direct descendants, and will receive about $850,000. Her family is poor, and recently lost their home by fire. Mrs. John Spencer was burned in the potter’s field at Richmond. She, her husband and tw’o children arrived from Ohio, enroute to Anderson, going overland. While starting a fire, her clothing ignited, and she died from her injuries. Spencer has disappeared, and the two children are in the Home of the Friendless. There is the worst epidemic of hog cholera in the vicinity of North Salem ever known. Several farmers have lost from thirty to 250 animals. Andrew Page, who lives just south of that place, has lost 250. Other farmers shipped their hogs before they were ready for market in order to avert complete loss. The disease seems to be extending to other neighborhoods and pigs are dying in every direction except to the north. The loss will foot up several thousand dollars and there is no abatement of the disease. People living in that vicinity wiJl have to buy hogs for their winter meat from other neighborhoods. An attempt was made near Cockran, Ind., to wreck the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern express. The engine struck a dynamite cartridge which had been fastened to the inner rail. Engineer Tom Higson and his fireman were badly s tuned. Tiie fireman was unfitted for work. Great damage was done to the engine. A steel Tail was blown out of place and a hole blown in the road. Fortunately the ears did not leave the track. The motive of the attempt was evidently robbery. Several suspicious characters were seen by the train men about the place, but no attempt at robbery was made by the theives when they saw that the, train was safe. The Trustees of the Indiana State Soldiers’ Home, in session at Lafayette, adopted rules for admission to the Home and appointed the following officers: Commandant, Capt. John P. McGrew, of Indianapolis, late Commandant of the South Dakota Soldiers’ Home; Adjutant, Capt. W. F. Hevens, of Indianapolis, Assistant Adjutant General of the State. Benjamin Wilson, a rich farmer, living near Peru, was appoached by card sharpers, one of whom showed a game of cards, and, after allowing Wilson to win once, proposed that he go to the city and get SIO,OOO to containue the game. Wilson dispersed the fellows with his revolver. Patents have been issued so residents of Indiana as follows: Cortland Ball, Indianapolis, hydrocarbon burner; Greehbury Bryant, Raleigh, Wire fence; Charles B. Case, Indianapolis, cell door lock; Francis P. Davidson, East Chicago, apparatus for rolling plate glass; Albert G. Dougherty, Chambersburg, machine gun; Jason H. Greenstreet,, Indianapolis, shipping crate; George F. Hartley, Muncie, sand papering machine; George W. Morble, Plymouth, wooden rim bicycle wheel; John S. Maxwell,Worthington, gate hinge; Edwin H. Powers and E. H. Tellfair, Michigan City, cane weaving machine; Gottliebb Schneider, Kendallville,’.food cooker and boiler; Melville F. Shaw and J. F. Gail, Ingalls, wire mattress.