Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1896 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF -EVENTS OP THS PAST WEEK. Grant County Farmers Will Fore® toll Gate* and Fight in CAurt— Tramps Fore* Bo ya Into a Life at Beggary and Crime. Farmers Fight Toll Boada. The farmers of Grant County are i» open rebellion against toll roads, and ax a meeting 120 of the most prominent entered into a league to ignore tollgate ketqicrs nnd fight the payment of tolls to the bitter end. I'nder a system adopted by the County Commissioners the countybought a number of gravel rqpds, built others and was to open them to the the jieople being taxed to pay for them. As nil or nearly nil of the roads load into Kokomo, it was supposed that that city would receive the benefit, but’ no protest was made by the' fnrmers.and the roads passed into'the isMsession of the county. The cost of keeping them up to the standard of toll roads proved a heavy one, and the commissioners concluded to establish tollgates and uinke the people pay toil. This raised the ire of the farmers along the Barnersville road and they entered into a solemn league nnd covenant to resist payment, to force the gates open if passage was refused and defend themselves In person und In the courts, it necessary. Bays Abducted from Home. While rounding up a gang of tramps supposed to have had a hand in the robItery of Zeitner'a hardware store at Boutte Bend, the police ran itcross ten men accompanied by two bqys; aged 12 and 13 years. They sai<l thug,.were the sons of ixior parents and had tu>en abducted by Bennett and Stephens apd compelled to accompany them on lagging tours mound the country. When the two men were searched s•> was found upon Bennett’s person and $27 upon Stephens'. The bojs said the men hail about s.'loo secreted on their persons.' Chief Cassidy compelled Bennett to take off n wooden log wore. In it was found a compartment containing n letter box. and in this was $335. Chief Cassidy will write to the boys’ parents nnd endeavor to secure the money for them, as they earned it by lieggiag. The ‘‘Ghost” Given Forty Lashes. The ghost which hits been creating a sensation in Benton township, Elkhart County, was captured by a crowd of fa l iners mid proved to la* an unknown tramp. It was finally decided to administer forty lashes, mid four men provided themselves witli long hickory switches mid tlie tramp's back was bared to his , waist. Tiie blown were administered nnd the num was released mid left with hin back bleeding from every stroke. AU Over the Rtnta. Alex Anderson, of Petersburg, was shot and killed near Elizabethtown, Ky., by the marahnl of the place, who suspected him of horse stealing. Near Lowell, Lnller Bartley, a young farm hand in the employ of Peter Miller, robbed his employer of $75 and made good' his escape. Bartley arrived recently from I'pper Sandusky, 0., mid ho is a nephew of .Mayor Ingnrd of that city. J. W. Mertduint nud' fmnily, consisting of five, persons, wore poisoned at. Frankfort by eating "uebmierkaesr.” Ada, the 10-ycar-old .daughter, died in terrible agony, but the remainder of lite family, while dangerously sick, will probably recover. Lon Dale, who was to have made a balloon nseoiisioii und parachute leap nt the lltissiuville bicycle races, fell from a tree where he was fastening the guy ropes. The injury is fatal, Dale's buck being broken in the full. He is 20 years old and this was his first attempt to make an ascension. ‘

Fanner Burkhart, of Kokomo, hns n. sagacious hen. Hogs roblied its nest in tjh<» orchard. It continued to lay eggs and cackle, but the nest could not be found. Finally Mr. Burkhart set a wntch on the wary fowl, and was surprised io see it fly up into the top of a tali tree. There, in I lie forks of the topmost branches, was found a nest containing silicon eggs. This is the only case known of n domestic fowl making a nest in n tree,’ A portion of Fort Wayne was submerged Wednesday l>y the waters of a flood nt Shawnee Run, a creek which rum through tlic southern part of the town. Tlie cause of the flood was a deluge of rain which poured dowp from midnight until almost noon. Mnpy of the houses along the sides .of Shawms 1 Run wore completely surrounded liy water, and th<* people moved out of them in boats. About 300 cellars were tilled ‘with water am! in sonic cases the foundation walls wort* weakened, allowing the buildings, to sag. There was good boating on many of tly> streets. The sun came out hot after the rain and ruined thousands of acres -.f thrifty corn in that vicinity. The St. Mary’s, Sr. rivers nre out pt their banks and filled with driftwi'iod. A terrible tragedy occurred in Floyd County Monday morning, in Greenvitle towpiship. Edward, Miller, a well-to-do farmer, educated ,tuid greatly respected, ns wore all his family, became angry at his wife over some domestic misunderstanding. Both ho irffdttiis wife were high tempered, ami in his'rt.liger he went out of the house, proeirrt-d a heavy cltflS,’ nnd, returning to the house, struck his wife a terrible blow, kno<*lring''ber senseless on tie? floor. He then Tift&f her to,a chair, and, ordering his little son of 12 years from the house, took down his Winchester rifle and shot his wife through the back of the head, the ball coming out st her mouth ami dropping into her lap. Miller then left the hpuse, taking his Winchester with him, and, going into the woods about a quarter of a mile from home, took the shoe from bis right foot, placed the gun between his eyes, aud discharged it with his foot, literally teattag off the top of his head, dying instantly. Excitement is running high over the discovery of a large snake of unknown species on a farm near Waterloo. About two years ago a mammoth snake was seen in that vicinity and it is.believed to be the same one. 11. I). Smith, - a Rockville coal dealer, killed himself with a revolver, the ball passing entirely through his head. Mr. Smith was once a, wealthy coal operator in Clay County, and later a res-dent of Terre Haute. .He,was about 70 years old. , Suffering induced by un attack of grip is assigned as the cause of the suicide. ■ Rev. Alexander Posey, a minister of the colored Methodist wort stricken. with paralysis while preaching' ■a sermon at Rushville/ and wjlkdie. He was carried from the church to his hemo and the services brought to a sudden shd The Woman’s Club of Muncie hos passed resolutions condemning Cheap adwertUwmeuWbjr merchants placed,bn piodte and on fences And ‘Will take steps to It.” They also <leriounee-jaMtenal.pibtms» ' as posted by show and theatrical companies and will try to stop their display v iuMjuwie. The club b the ■nost ( influential nociaUorga*iiaatwm' Muppe and .thjt.pldest fcpwaTs club ta Wks*. ,