Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1893 — Page 8

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1893-TWELYE PAGES.

A COLD-BLOODED MURDER.

riHLIP LIXT DELHI ER ATELY KILLS IIIS BROTHER-IX-LAW. The Victim nn Inoffensive Oltl Man orth Liberty the Scene of the Trajeedy Other State XfWi-De. tractive Storm In Johmon County V Bid Drenrh of Promise Salt Cholera Morbus at Wilkinson An Agent Minnlnc from Lebanon Deaths Weddings Minor State Men- - Hon. SOUTH DEN'D, July 18. Special. One of the most cold-blooded and dastardly murders in the history of this county occurred this morning at North Liberty, a small town in the southern part of this county. Levin Poynter was a man over sixty years of ago and for many years a resident of North Liberty, where he universally bore a good reputation, belng noted for his sobriety, honesty and Industry. He was a well-repairer, and at the time of the tragedy was engaged In repairing the property of his mother-in-law. While so engaged Philip Lint came along and ordered Poynter off the premises and threatened to shoot him if he did not obey. Poynter refused to go. as he had no Idea Lint would shoot, whereupon Lint drew a revolver and shot twice without effect. Then taking a deadly aim, he shot the third time, kiting the old man instantly. Lint then threw away his gun and rscaped to the woods, but was soon arrested by a posse under Constable M. E. Irvin, who brought him to this city this afternoon, where he was placed in jail to await trial. The murderer is about thirty years old and is well known In the vicinity as a worthies, drunken fellow, who, when under the influence of liquor, is of a very quarrelsome disposition. He is a brother-in-law of the murdered man and tnade his home at the residence of his tnother, where the crime was committed. After his arrest he claimed to have no knowledge of the crime that had been committed and insists that he did not see Pynter at all. This, however, is regarded as all bosh and is for the purpose of laying the foundation for the Insanity dodge to save his neck. He was slightly under the influence of liquor when he committed the crime. While not being regarded as having a superior intellect, yet no one ever suspected that he was insane. The murdered man's family has the sympathy of the community, while public sentiment Is against Lint. SHE ItAN AWAY. A Yonng "Wife Leaves a "Wealthy Husband for Employment. FORT WAYNE, July IS. Special. For the past few days the police has been working on a case which, when fully brought out, develops into one of the nueerest sensational runaways that has been discovered for some time. The wife of a well-to-do business man of Columbia City left him and engaged herself as a domestic in the home of a Fort Wayne family. A few days ago Lieut. Lapp was called upon by Jackson Perry of Columbia City, the owner and proprietor of an extensive tile factory in that place. He stated that his wife had left home several days before and as she had a mother living in this city, he thought she must be here. He stated that he and his wife Were married Feb. 4 of this year. The lieutenant accordingly visited the girl's mother, who is also named Perry, the similarity in the names arising from pome family connection. The -elder Mrs. Perry lives at 73 Oay-st., but she had heard nothing of her daughter. The lieutenant then set to work systematically ' to trace her down, and finally discovered the runaway wife Working a an ordinary domestic in the family of Ed J. Fisher of 229 W. WayneBt. The family, of course, knew nothing of the romantic story surrounding the young lady. The lieutenant, after some conversation with Mrs. Perry, finally induced her to co to her mother's home on Gay-st., where she met her husband. Mrs. Perry Is only a girl of eighteen years and says she does not care to live with her husband, because he is too "stingy" and although he is well off he will not give her enough to live on properly. This is the only reason she gave for leaving him. There may be further developments in the matter in case she does not go home with her husband. As Mr. Perry is well known and In business in Columbia City, there will be quite a breeze there when the story is circulated. Mrs. Perry says she would have quietly worked as a domestic and unknown if she had not been interlered with. HOLD KIDXAPIXG. Masked Men Carry Array Mrs. McDonald und Children. FORT WAYNE, July 22. Special. A bold case of kidnaping occurred at the home of Winis Magner, a farmer, living twelve miles east of this city, Thursday night. The sheriff wa3 notified today and Is hunting for the kidnapers. Mrs. McDonald and children have been living with Mrs. Magner, who is a sister of ÄIrs. McDonald, for some time. Thursday night, after the family had retired, three masked men drove up to the door and rapped for admission. Mr. Magner went to the door and was confronted by a drawn pistol in the hands of one of the men. Mrs. Magner was awakened by the noise and came down stairs, when she was grabbed by two of the masked men and locked in an adjoining room. All three of the men were armed. While two of the men guarded Mr. Bnd Mrs. Magner the other went to the sleeping apartments of Mrs. McDonald and ordered her to arise and dress herself and children. She was compelled to obey, and as she went down stairs the was seized by two of the men, who carried her and the children to a buggy. The third man soon folowed them and the party drove rapidly away in the darkness. The alarm was sounded among the neighbors by Mr. Magner as soon as the rascals departed, but a thorough search failed to locate or even find a clue to them after they left the house. A few years ago Mrs. McDonald, whose maiden name was May, made the acquaintance of McDonald and In a few

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weeks their marriage followed. lie was untrue to his marriage vows, cruelly treated his wife and finally deserted her. Shortly afterwards the husband was sent to the penitentiary for a crime he had committed. Mrs. McDonald then went to live with Mrs. Magner, her sister. A short time ago MdDonald was released, having served his time, and it is thcrught that he was one of the three masked kidnapers. LEFT HEU IIUSDAXD.

Mrs. McMllIln Suppose to Have Eloped ivltk Merry Hullctt. ROCK PORT. July 22. Special. The town of Fair Fight, In this county. Is all astir over the supposed elopement of Mrs. Sarah T. McMillin, wife of James C. McMillin, with Berry Hullett. a young man of that place. Mrs. McMillin Is twenty-three years of age, has been married six years and has three children. She was reared by a highly-respected family of Bowling Green, Ky., where she was married and lived up to two years ago, when she and her husband removed to this county. It is alleged that Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock Berry Hullett drove to the home of McMillin and took Mrs. McMillin into the buggy. They drove to thl3 city, with the supposed intention of crossing the river at this point into Kentucky, but after arriving here they somewhat modified their program by going to an attorney's and commencing proceeding for divorce, a complaint being written up and tiled with the clerk of the circuit court. While this was going on McMillin was In hot pursuit. He. followed them to this city yesterday, and learned that his wife had remained over night at the Cottage hotel. McMillin at once employed an attorney to make a defense to the divorce proceedings. The Hulletts and McMillins are well-to-do and highly respected people, and are tbe elite of society of Fair Fight, a locality of wealth and refinement. Mrs. McMillin is very handsome and highly educated. It Is alleged that for more than a year young Hullett has been making love to Mrs. McMillin, and that the attention paid by him to her has been promptly reciprocated by her. They lfft this city last evening but no one knows where they went. Mr. McMillin returned to his home. The divorce proceedings will be warmly contested. THE STOIISI IN JOIIXSOX. Barns Destroyed A Choren I n roofed Timber and Wheut Suffer. FRANKLIN. July 18. Special. Reports from the storm that passed over this county last evening were received today and they indicate a vast amount of destruction. The barn on Stephen Dungan's farm was blown down, a large number of maple trees In his park were uprooted and his orchard nearly wiped out, also a field of wheat ready for threshing was scattered before the winds and nearly all of his fencing was blown down At Urmiville the barn of Henry Fisher was blown down. At Needham a box car was thrown off the track and many rods of fencing laid low. The church in the Patterson neighborhood was unroofed. On the farms of George Ray and Dan Patterson considerable timber was blown down, fences scattered in every direction and a great amount of wheat destroyed. There was also considerable damage done in other parts of the county. FRANKLIN, July 18. Special.-Mrs. Allen Sexton died this morning after a short illness of urinec poisoning. She was torn in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was seventy-seven years of age. She was a member of the baptist church and was well known for her noble acts of charity. AX AWFl'L DEATH. Child Slowly Dying from the Effects of n Snake Illte. BLUFFTON, July 23. Special. About eight weeks ago Chauneey Blocher, aged four years, son of Christopher Blocher, living eight miles east of this city, while out playing In some tall grass was snake bitten on the right leg. Master Chauneey Immediately complained of his leg hurting, and investigation proved that the wound was quite severe and the leg was becoming swollen. Little was thought of the matter at the time and In a few days It became so bad that Dr. J. L. Wilson was called In and an examination was made which resulted in the doctor's pronouncing it a snake bite, and he administered accordingly. It was impossible to do anything for the child and now its head and limbs are swollen out of all semblance. The limb that was bitten is as large as Its body, and the doctor said today it was the most sickening sight he had ever witnessed in all the years of his practice. The size of the neck cannot be distinguished from any other portion of the body. Thursday morning Dr. Wilson made an opening near the chin and more than two gallons of pus ran from it. A HORIUIILG DEATH. YonBg Tengnrdner Attended Ills Last Clrcns at Muncle. MUNCIE, July 21. Special. Elmer W. Teagardner, twenty years old, son of John T. Teagardner, residing south of Winchester, came to Muncle today in company with Ollle Rhoads to see the Forepaugh circus. They were returning home on a freight train on the Big Four road this evening when Teagardner met a horrible death. He attempted to climb on the top of a car two miles from Muncle and fell. His clothes caught on an Iron rod and held him two feet from the track, but his head dropped down and his skull and face were battered off on the ties. His brains were strewn along the track for a mile before the train was stopped and the body removed. Both legs were broken. He had a ticket for the regular passenger train, but took this freight train to get home earlier. Fight with Tramp. CHICAGO, July 19. A special from Hammond, Ind., says: Two men were mortally wounded and one was Instantly killed in a pitched battle between tramps and citizens near Sheffield night before last. The dead man la known as Al Jennings, alias "Hutch." of Toledo. O. He was shot through the heart. The mortally wounded are Jack Gallagher of Allentown, Pa., who was shot through the body at the base of the spine, and George Dorch of Whiting, driver for the South Chicago brewing company, who is shot through the abdomen and groin. The tramps, nine In number, led by Gallagher, a one-armed ex-convlct, attacked

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a cabin occupied by a fisherman named William Tims, who was sheltering a huntsman named William Purdy, with whom Gallagher had been fighting. In the cabin was Tim's daughter, Mrs. Emil Stolly, who had given birth to an infant only an hour before. Her husband and George Dorch were also within. The battle was a hot one while it lasted, but the tramps' ammunition was limited and when it was exhausted they were quickly routed. Purdy, after the melee, guarded Gallagher from neighbors bent on a lynching. By the accidental discharge of a shotgun In the crowd of people that gathered later Deputy Sheriff Scott of Crown Point was wounded in the calf of the leg; Martin McDonald, a huntsman, in the left arm, and Frank Zchnitzky, a woodsman, in the left leg. The scene of the battle is an isolated place in the swampy region near the Indiana-Illinois state line, at the head of Lake Michigan. MAItKIKD fKDER DIFFICULTIES. The Groom Take n Stock Car and Iteturns by Frright. FORT WAYNE, July 22. Special. John F. Harmeyer and Miss Maude Covault had been keeping company for month3 until a few days ago, when Miss Covault's parents refused the young man the house. The young couple were deeply In love and decided to get married, but after three attempts found they could not get a license in Indiana. They then planned an elopement. Miss Covault left home Thursday, ostensibly for a visit to the country. But instead she went to Dixon, O., where she was Joined later upon the same day by her young lover, who made the trip in a stock car. After a short talk with his bride, Harmeyer went to Van Wert and secured a license. At 7 o'clock in the evening he returned to Dixon and the Rev. J. F. Mounts performed the ceremony that made them one. Harmeyer immediately returned to Fort Wayne on a freight train and his bride followed Friday morning. The young couple went to the groom's home and the bride's parents knew nothing of the marriage until this evening. TIIIIEK PEOPLE POISONED. A Snd Affair That Occurred at Kon tali et Monday. TERRE HAUTE, July 19. Special. Rumors of another poisoning case in which a man, woman and child were the victims, reached here from Fontanet yesterday. Only a meager report of the sad affair was received. According to information furnished by a farmer who drove to town from that vicinity the deaths occurred on Monday. The victims were one man. his wife and their small child, and the poisoning resulted from eating some canned goods. No names could be obtained. The husband is said to be a miner employed at a small shaft near Fontanet. The family lived In the country near the mine, ünd for that reason particulars are not obtainable. HIS THROAT CUT IIV III HGLARS. Dttstnrdly Attempt to Murder Elmer lirattain of Ilumiltoii County. NOBLES VI LLE, July 21. Special. Late this evening news was received here from the eastern part of the county of an encounter that may result in murder. Elmer Brattaln sold some cattle a few days ago and that night burglars attempted to rob his residence with the expectation of getting the money. Brattain met the intruders at the door and In a scuttle that ensued he had his throat cut in such a manner that he can scarcely recover. The would-be murderers escaped. It develops that Brattain did not receive the money, but a check for his stock. Three Hall In Ills Hack. FRANKLIN, July 23. Special. Last midnight, during the festival given by the colored baptist church here, Taylor Curby came to Horace Nichols and demanded in an Insulting manner 52 that he owed him. Nichols took Curby by the arm, told him to come outside and he would settle it with him. On the outside hot words were exchanged and then their revolvers were jerked out and firing began between the two. They were joined by Allen, a brother of Curby, who took his brother's side. Nichols, seeing that it was two to one, started to run when he received three 32-caliber balls In his back, two of which inflicted slight flesh wounds, while the third entered three inches below his left shoulder blade and ranged downward. An unsuccessful attempt was made to locate the ball, which will prove fatal. Ten shots in all were fired, which created considerable excitement. Taylor Curby was arrested, but Allen Curby escaped. She Demands $30,000. BEDFORD, July 18. SpeciaJ. Mrs. Kate Henderson, in a suit for breach of marriage promise against the Hon. Alfred Guthrie, proprietor of the hotel at Indian Springs, a few miles west of this city, claims the extent of damages of her affection to be worth $50,000. The case is to come on trial in the circuit court here during the fall term of court, an promises no little Interest from the fact that both parties are not only popular, but widely known throughout southern Indiana. The Hon. J. It. East, attorney of Bloomlngton, was in this city yesterday to take deposition. However, on account of feeble health, Mr. Guthrie was unable to attend, and the limit, therefore, has been extended to Aug. 7 In consequence. Illoodhonnds Hunting for a Child. NORTH VERNON. July 21. Special. Little clx-year-old Denney Conelly, who strayed from his home in this place yesterday evening, has not yet been found. Bloodhounds were sent for and are now tracking him along the O. & M. railway ten miles south of this city and he will probably be found before morning. He has left the line of road, which Indicates some one Is leading him and the supposition Is that he has been kidnapped by tramps. The citizens are out en masse and should he be found in possession of the party who enticed him from his home, the party will be surrtmarily dealt with. His parents are prostrated with grief. . A Fatal Attack of Epilepsy. NEW CASTLE, July 21. Special. Death came to David Main, an inmate of the county poor asylum, yesterday afternoon In a most peculiar manner. He was walking In the woods when he was seized with an epileptic fit and fell forward. As he fell he placed his hands on his stomach, thus allowing his face to strike the ground first. The soil be- 1

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bwder ing damp and soft Main's body forced his face Into the ground, and In this position he was found by other inmates three hours later. Life was extinct. Owing to the fact that the accident occurred about twenty feet from a fence, It was at first supposed that he had fallen fiom there and broke his neck. The coroner held an Inquest soon afterward and returned a verdict of death by smothering. Main was fifty-eight years old and had been an inmate of the asylum for a number of years. Killed by Horses. PORTLAND, July 20. Special. Jason W. Cook, an old farmer residing two and one-half miles southeast of here, met with a terrible death. He went out to the barn to open the door so as to allow the horses to enter. While he was standing in the entrance the animals came with a rush, knocked him down and trampled upon him with their iron-shod hoofs. Cook managed to drag himself out of the way and called for help. He was taken to the house and lived until 11 o'clock last night. He was an old pioneer and a well-known citizen. Mlrd the Man, Killed Ills Dog. VALPARAISO. July 20. Special. An attempt was mrde Tuesday night to murder Kufus Rice, a local capitalist and business man of Hebron, this county, while sitting In the parlor reading. A shot was fired through the sitting room window, killing a large Newfoundland dog which was laying on the lounge. Mr. Rice was in the habit of resting on the lounge in the evening. During ihe day he received a large sum of money and it is supposed that murder and robbery were contemplated. Another Mysterious Dlsniioenrance. WABASH. July 20. Special. The family of William Moore is greatly worried over bis sudden and mysterious disappearance from home. A week ago Sunday he left his home in Liberty township and the most diligent search and inquiry has failed to give the slightest hint as to his location. For a time it was thought that he might have gone to one of the soldiers' homes, but as he has not been heard from there that theory is exploded. The Sew AVIieut nt AVnbnsh. WABASH. July 22. Special. Wheat threshing has begun in this county. The quality of the grain Is better than for years. There Is absolutely no low grade wheat and the grain weighs from sixty to sixty-three pounds per bushel. The yield, however, is rather lighter than that of last year. A few fields have threshed out over thirty bushels per acre, but the majority range from ten to twenty bushels. A fair average based upon returns would be fifteen bushels for the county. Itan Away with, n Mower. LOOGOOTEE, July 22. Special. While mowing grass this afternoon a team belonging to Hugh McGonigle, living a mile east of this place, ran away with the mower and passed through two barbed wire fences. One of the horses became loosened and had both of his back feet almost served by the knives of the machine. Mr. McGonigle received some slight Injuries by being thrown from his scat. Killed In :t ltunniruy, ELKHART, July 22. Special. John Krieder, a wealthy and honorable farm er of Harrison township, this county, was thrown from his wagon during a runaway and instantly killed. The accident occurred at the Main-st. crossing of the L. S. & M. S. railway. Mr. Krieder was thrown across the rails and the wagon body was thrown on top of him. Jlroke Jnll at Frankfort. FRANKFORT, July 19. Special. Charles Patterson of Thorntown, who was brought here Monday and placed in jail to await his trial on a charge of as sault with intent to kill, made his escape this morning. How he got out no one knows. He ate his breakfast this morning and was not missed until noon, when a search was made but he was gone. An Old Man's Suicide. MARION, July 21. Special. Ellhu Nicholson of Fairmount township hanged himself with a bark rope last night. He was elghty-slx years old and made his home with his son. Daniel Nicholson, three miles east of Fairmount. Ill health and feeble old age brought on the morbid frame of mind in which he took his life. Scalded to Death. HALL, July 19. Special. Mrs. William McMorris accidentally scalded her two-year-old boy to death Saturday. He wa sitting beneath a kitchen window when she threw out a bucket of boiling water. He died after twelve hours of Intense suffering. The flesh fell from his arms and legs. Threw Himself Under the Cars. LAFAYETTE, July 21. Special. Isaac' Wall, a paralytic, threw himself under a passenger train on the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railway at Clark's Hill today. lie did it with suicidal in tent and to escape going to the poor house. He was terribly mangled. Chloroformed by a Tramp. MUNCIE. July 22. Special. Mrs. Charles Martin, aged twenty-one, was chloroformed by a tramp yesterday evening at her home at Westside and the house was ransacked by the bri te. The young woman says she fought the man, but was overpowered. A Fatal Leap. FORT WAYNE, July 19. Special. Homer Nelson, son of a capitalist of Warsaw, Tuesday attempted to leap from a train on which he was stealing a ride to Forepaugh's circus grounds, and was dashed to death thirty feet below. Killed In Runaway. FORT WAYNE, July 21. Special. Frederick Renninger, a farmer, was killed today in a runaway accident. He wasvthrown from his carriage and struck on his head. He was seventy years old and a very prominent pioneer. The Heat Killed Him. CONNERS VILLE, July 19. Special. Richard Paris, an old and respected cltl zen. died last night from the effects of prostration by the heat. This Is the first fatal case this season. Am Old Settler Killed. TIPTON, July 20. Special. John McCarty, eighty-seven years old, the first white settler In Tipton county, was killed last night by falling from a fence. Accidental Deaths of Children. LOGANSPORT, July 21. Special. Denver, a Bmall town ten miles east of here, had two fatalities yesterday. -The

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and died a few hours afterward. James Griffith, the thirteen-year-old son of prominent people, died from the effects of Injuries received by falling from a tree one day the past week. Another Convict Escapes. JEFFERSONVILLE, July 20. Spe cial. Robert Beasley of Bloomfleld, a thief under two years sentence, scaled the prison south board wall last night and escaped. Armstrong's Sbortage. TIPTON, July 20. Special. The books of Treasurer Armstrong show a shortage of $42,000. This Is the final result of the Investigation and is $10,000 worse than was expected. A Xew Poslofllce. Dark Hollow, Lawrence county, Martin C. Ridge, postmaster. " i . L. Minor State Items. cjjL'i Danville races Aug. 3-4. ;""' The Osgood fair Aug. 1-4. The scarlet fever scare at Vernon has abated. The onion crop is large and fine in Jackson. Lawn tennis is becoming the rage In Columbus. New crop of plums are being marketed at Seymour. Willlamsport will put down some concrete walks. Hillsboro Is arranging for a two days' racing this fall. Col. John S. Day was buried In New Albany Sunday. Lawrence county teachers' Institute at Mitchell, Aug. 14-18. J. II. Matheny of Reddington has 32,000 fine sweet potato plants. Burglars made another successful raid on Frankfort Sunday night. The Seymour canning factory will be in operation In two weeks. The oats crop in the Seymour neighborhood is unusually heavy. Many cases of sickness are reported in the Leesville neighborhood. The barbers of northern Indiana will picnic at Fort Wayne Aug. 6 A man at Napoleon. Ripley county, advertises for 3,0ot) old tin cans. Large quantities of nutmeg melons are being sent north from Seymour. Mrs. George Stahl, near Farmington, sells forty dozens of eggs weekly. Bud Hazzard" of Reddington has ten acres of very fine nutmeg melons. Charles Pauley of Indianapolis has purchased the Greenfield Tribune. Mrs. Mason, aged eighty-seven, died of paralysis at Dublin Friday night. Aug. 28, 29, 30 and 31 are the days on which the Corydon fair will be held. A Knights of Pythias lodge is to be organized at Seilersburg, Clark county. Knox county wheat is testing sixtytwo and slxy-three pounds to the bushel. Ninety-nine liquor licenses were issued in Terre Haute from Monday until Friday. There were ten burglaries at Fort Wayne on the night of the Forepaugh show. J. B. Thompson threshed 2,380 bushels of wheat off seventy acres near Cortland. G. W. Pfaffenbcrger raised 200 .bushels of fine potatoes this season near Seymour. William Richard. near Cortland, threshed thirty bushels of wheat to the acre. William Parker, near Tampico, was seriously injured while cutting down trees. The Terre Haute distiller', the largest In the world, will soon resume operations. Willow roots thirty-three feet deep jvere found on a farm recently in White county. A young man was fined $10.50 at Vincennes for running over a child with a bicycle. James Tlonan threshed 475 bushels of wheat off twenty-seven acres in Jackson county. Daniel Walker harvested 1.0S9 bushels of wheat off sixty acres in Jackson county. J. A. Nelson, near Crothersvllle, har vested twenty-three bushels of wheat to the acre. The Bliss milling company of Seymour received 5,000 bushels of new wheat, Monday. John Simons, west of Cortland, harvested twenty-three bushels of wheat to the acre. John McClintlck sold sixteen gallons of cultivated blackberries at Seymour Tuesday. There is an epidemic of throat disease near Houston and many children are dying. Letters patent on a new car coupler have been issued to Oscar S. Guernsey of Seymour. Many farmers in Knox county are storing their wheat in anticipation of better prices. Gatzek & Leubekman, tailors, have failed at Richmond. Assets $4,500. Lia bilities $3,000. Omri W. Tuell of Tampico sold seventy-two gallons of cultivated blackberries Thursday. In ihe river counties early peaches have fallen off badly but the late crop promises well. A. J. Cranor and family of Winchester will move soon to Mississippi for permanent residence. Farmers are realizing as high as thirty bushels of wheat per acre from land near Frankton. Dr. Taylor of Anderson has been elected a delegate to the Chicago silver congress, Aug. 1-6. The Frankton land company made another big deal Friday and closed out eighty more lots. Henry Ahlert threshed 3,900 bushels of wheat off 130 acres of his Gowdy farm, Jackson county. Emma Graham of Columbus is serving an eleven days' sentence in jail for whipping her husband. F. P. Hill caught a catfish weighing 118 pounds near the E. & R. bridre at Seymour Tuesday. John Kaufman and Will Schobert caught fifty-two pounds of catfish near Rockford Tuesday. The Blish milling company of Seymour sent 200 tons of bran to Amsterdam, Holland, Monday. It is claimed that Mrs. Winnie Harmony, near Rockport, was IIS years old Thursday, July 20. About forty new houses have been built and are In course of construction in Osgood this year. W. G. Woodmansee, near. Ewing, had an average yield of twenty-three bushels of wheat to the acre. The Daviess county watermelons will be fine this year. Yum! Yum! says the Washington Democrat. one or more had not they grabbed her and taken the revolver away. The tramps finally left the house. John Thompson and Charles Murphy charged with car-breaking at Evansville, were arrested In Terre Haute. Thomas J. Lester sold sixty acres of low land in Seymour township to Indianapolis parties Monday for $750. J. E. Hunsucker threshed 1,404 bushels of wheat off fifty-two acres of his Jenning's Hill farm, Jackson county. Next Saturday the colored folks of central Indiana will go into camp near Clayton In Albert Wanal's woods. John A. Cannon Immersed six converts to the holiness organization In Muscatituck, near Crothersvllle, Wednesday. Nora R. Craycraft, a deserter from the XJ. S. army, was found and arrested at his old home in Sullivan county. The annual Sunday-school celebration at Honeytown promises to be the best of It kind ever held In Jackson county. Tartar timetic taken for cream of tar

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county very uncomfortable for several tours Thursday. Mrs. Sallie New, widow of the late Hon. Jeptha D. New, is seriously sick at her home In Vernon. Horse-stealing around Elwood has come to the point where lynching Is a frequent suggestion. It Is estimated that the Fayette-coun-ty wheat crop will average eighteen bushels to the acre. A large quantity of new wheat was refused by Seymour dealers Tuesday on account of dampness. The Groubs have sold 120 acres of Mutton creek land, Jackson county, to Frank P. Groff for $1,300. Jerry Miller of Cedarville, at one time owner of the land where Garrett stands, died Saturday and was buried Sunday. There are 113 threshing machines in operation in Bartholomew county and the average work of each is 1,000 bushels a day. The next quarterly convention of the Tippecanoe ccunty Sunday-school union will be held at Llontmorenci Friday, July 28. T. E. Montgomery of Redding township, Jackson county, has a field that yielded twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. The acreage cultivated in corn and vegetables to supply the Seymour canning factory is three times as large this season as last. Jacob Baldwin, north of Reddington, hauled 125 bushels of new wheat to the Cordes flouring mill, at one load with two horses, Tuesday. Frank Coleman, employed In the Washington shops, had three of his fingers on the right hand cut off while operating a wood worker Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Nye have returned to Richmond from New Haven, Conn., with their daughter Augusta, who is lying at the point of death. The Bethel baptist association, which includes Floyd. Clark. Washington. Scott and Harrison counties, will be held at Jeffersonville Aug. 25-26. Henry Peoples threshed for Charles Bill of the Hawpatch 2,000 bushels of wheat In a day and half, the yield from 100 acres in Bartholomew county. Henry Boreherding threshed 1,089 bushels of wheat oft sixty acres near Seymour and Henry Brettenbrock harvested 760 bushels of wheat off forty acres. The commencement exercises of the Indiana normal college at Covington will be held Thursday, Auk. 3. The graduating class will consist of ten. A Laporte county man brought in over a hundred woodehuck pelts in a single installment a few days ago to get the bounty money offered in that county. John Hawkins caught a catfish in the Wabash at Fountain Saturday night weighing fifty-five pounds and one Monday night that weighed forty-five pounds. Three thousand sacks of hominy grist were shipped to Liverpool by the Hudnut company of Terre Haute Thursday. The grain is distributed through the British Isles. Sixty persons ranging In age from ten to eighty years wore taken Into the methodist episcopal church at Worthlngton last Sunday. Eight were Immersed and thirty sprinkled. Calvin Weeks has taken charge of the Pike County Leader and announces that it is one of the permanent fixtures of Pike county, and will continue as a local paper, independent of both political parties. The Prescott (A. T.) Journal-Mirror contains an account of the arrest of a horse thief by Mrs. J. It. Lowry, who attended school in Logansport and was for a time a popular teacher in Cass county. Congressman Hammond will leave for Washington Aug. 1 and his family wid follow about a month later and his sons, Walter and Frank, will attend one of th colleges of that city during the ensuing year. The oldest settlers of Clinton. Howard and Carroll counties hold their annual picnic at Burlington Aug. 26. This meeting is always a very large and successful one, and this year promises even better than in the past. Col. I. B. McDonald is keeping the "McDonald house" at Columbia City. The other day he mad? the following entry on his hotel register: "One W. F. Myers, fairportlng to be from South Bend, Ind., a well-dressed dead-beat, jumped his hotel bill and fled. Let him llee." Tuesday morning while Mr. Thompson, check clerk at the Vandalia freight house, was handling some egg cases he heard a familar sound. He opened Vjp case and to his great astonishment discovered five young chickens, all alive. After removing the chicks the sound continued. He lifted another crate, when lo! and behold, there lay six more chicks. Several days ago a stranger entered Purcell's store in Logansport and under pretense of examining a ring stole a couple of trays of cheap rings. Wednesday the fellow again entered the store and stole a hat. Mr. Purcell recognized the fellow as his former thief just as he was going out of the door. He gave chase in which he was joined by others, but the man got away. Friday a notable event took place at Dunreith. Francis W. Thomas, one of the leading ministers and members of the Indiana yearly meeting, celebrated the golden anniversary of his marriage. A large number of prominent friends from over the state were present. Among those from Richmond were Jonathan Baldwin, Timothy Nicholson, William Hubbard. Daniel Hill and Dr. Dougan Clark. There was a scheme developed at Richmond Wednesday to build a branch line from Beeson's station, which is just south of Cambridge City on the Lake Erie & Western, through Richmond to Manchester, O., and thereby connect with the Cincinnati. Jackson & Mackinaw, where the road crosses the Little Miami. Both the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw and the L. E. & W. are in the Brice syndicate. The Hon. Francis Johnson has deposited in the vault at the Merchant's safe deposit, two books, which although without any intrinsic value, are held in very high estimation by the gatherers of ancient book lore. One Is a copy of Paulus Manutius, printed in 1564 329 years ago, and the other a copy of Teventlus, printed 241 years ago. They were placed in the vault to remain during Mr. Johnson's absence in Europe Lafayette Courier. The Order of Chosen Friends at Goshen has elected the following officers for the ensuing term: Councillor, J. N. Stewart; ensuing term: Councillor, J. N. Swart; vice-councillor, Alonzo Weatherhead; secretary, C. S. Dill; treasurer, C. L. Landgreaver; prelate, J. N. Lehman; marshal, Thad Dick; warden, Eli Winters; trustees, J. B. Walk. Dr. D. L. Miller and Lew Wanner. The order has a good membership and Is in a prosperous condition. Laura D. Suson has filed suit for divorce from John M. Suson. They were married at Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 10. 18S3, and one child. Bruce I., has beon born of the marriage and she demands his custody. When served with the warrant in the clerk's office by Sheriff Kelly Friday Suson declared he would kill his wife and be hanged for the crime before she should have a divorce. This was said in the presence of Sheriff Kelly and Deputy County Clerk John Gaither. New Albany Ledger. Wolcottville may yet have a sensation. A woman stepped off a Wabash train in that place not many days ago and fainted when her gaze rested upon a certain man. She claimed to be his wife and he says he thought she had secured a divorce. The man is now living with his second wife, and was not thinking that his former wife would claim him. The man has a responsible position on the Wabash and it is hoped that the matter, which was all a mistake, will be amicably settled. The $160 in currency found upon the body of the man found In the St. Joseph river at Elkhart was at the time turned over to County Treasurer Campbell, the remains being unidentified, the money, consequently, not being claimed by any-

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ust Get The sacrifice sacrificed more. Prices cut still deeper. Offers that cannot be resisted. Come Early This Filorning! Necessity knows no law. Inducements greater than ever. Come Early! Keep a-Comin'-T 0 fi TTH r ri 0 PL L a ns & one. Owing to its long contact with the putrifying body, the money smelled too badly to be put In circulation, and Mr. Camplll sent it to the IT. S. treasurer at Washington. Friday Mr. Campbell received a draft for the amount. Goshen Times. A few days ago the elevcn-months-old child of Milton Jlillis swallowed a number of buttons taken front a button box which was within reach, and as a result Inflammation of the stomach and IkuvcIs set in. Dr. Smythe was called in and gave all the relief possible, but at this writing the little sufferer is in a preearious condition. Greeneastle StarPress. Up to date nearly $."0.0rt0 have been subscribed in aid of the Citizens' ratuial gas company of Bogansport. Wednesday seventeen $300 subscriptions were secured by the committee. Following are the names of the subscribers: W. H. Bring-hurst, A. J. Murdook. William Graffis, Henrv Murdock, Wikr fc Wise. Otto Kraus, J. C. Dewenter, W. T. Wilson. B. F. K-eeslIng, M. Wlnfield. McConnell & Jenkines. J. B. Shultz. Will Fernald. M. McCaffrey & Co., Martin Bllgh. Alexander Hardy, Wilson, Humphrey & Co. There has leen no end of lively times during the last few days over in Brown county. The story of the latest personal encounter connects a minister of th baptist church, who is also a high coua ty official, and the town marshal of If".sli ville. The former is C. I', llanna and the latter John P. Bratton. During a heated argument day before yesterday Britte n called Hanna a liar. This precipitated the fight in which Brltton was literally chewed up by the muscular preacher, who was arrested and fined $13 bv a justice of the peace. Columbus Herald. At the junction Monday morning a little German girl not more than nine or ten years old had come in on a night train and was waiting for the B. & O. train to Chicago, where Fhe was gving to join her relatives. She had coma alone from the old country, with n baggage but a little dirty white cloth sack, in which we tuppose the had her little stock of clothes and eatables. She looked tired out and dirty, but not a complaint was heard. Other children In. her sight had oranges and other little things dear to the childish heart. Hut she scarcely had tasted the very unattractive lunch in the dirty little bag, and was satisfied with a drink of water, and started again to complete her long, lonesome journ ?y. Aubui n Courier. The celebrated skunk or polecat case; in which Ben N. Jcnks was the defend ant, resulted in a verdict against Jenks, Justice Richards assessing a fine and costs aggregating M1.50. Jenks was arrested on a charge of maintaining a nuisance by keeping two polecats at his saloon on State-st.. adjoining the Air Line passenger station. Abram Stonecipher alleged that the odor emitted by these polecats was prostrating- terrific, even exceeding that of the chicken warehouse and the Air Line passenger station. The burden of proof established the allegation of Mr. Stonecipher. One witness averred that the man in the moon had to hold his nose in passing over that locality. Mr. Jenks will appeal the case to the circuit court. NewAlbany Ledger. A gentleman living in Bichmond recently became engaged to a pretty girl who was a belle in a neighboring town. Every Saturday he would hurry off to see her and on returning Monday or Tuesday would seek out some confidential friend and rhapsodize over the beuaty, sweetness and extraordinary fascinations of this paragon among women. After a while he introduced a practical element in his love-making, and concluded that he ought to make his intended a present of some sort. He consulted everybody about it, he devoted long hours to thinking about it, he visited the different stores and finally decided what he should purchase her. It was not a pair of garter buckles, or a bracelet, a book, or piece of bric-a-brac. Not a pug dog or a banjo no he went and bought her a pair of red curtains. No one has ever discovered what put this idea into his head, but If the girl had any sense of humor she must have laughed immoderately when this most domestic present was offered her. The engagement has been declared off. and there is a strong probability that the end of love's j-oung dream was hastened by the too practical gift of the red curtains. Richmond Item. 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