Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1894 — Page 8

THE IND1 AIS A STATE SENTINEL. W EDNESDAY MORNING, MAKIUI 28, 1891 T LTE TAGES.

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f Urs. Philip Petri?, who was choked to ti ath by her husband at Logansport last wwk, was a former resident of cramden, vher? she was known to th people na f-Jlizabeth Stous. She was marrial, for th third time, to Fetrie after leaving Camden and they quarreled continually. There if a movement on foot to have the old state ditch cleaned out. deepened and widened. A petition is in circulation and Is being generally signed by those Interested. Such a step will be of immense benefit to the now waste land west, southwest and northwest of Clay City. The Sentinel hopes the movmt-nt will be successful. clay City Sentinel. Mis. John T. Bright of Memphis had a narrow escape from burning to death Thursday. Her husband had been burning rubbish and he requested, his wife to ser that the fir did not communicate to the fence close by. The flames did spread and Urs. Bright, in trying to extinguish them was painfully burned. Mr. Bright arrived just in tima to save his wifiA J. V. Wolfram of near Grovcrf own. accompanied by his little son, caitled Monday to pay for the Democrat and the Indiana Statt Sentinel away into 18". getting both papers for $2 ur.ier our clubing arrangements. In this way he. secures all the home news and an excellent state paper for the sanatJl sum of 52 a year, which is certainly as cheap as cm bc asked. Stark County .Democrat. .Miss Nelli Norton of Elkhart, -while kindling- a Are in a cook stove on Sunday. thre.v what she supposed vkis a. tin mpfi:l of coal oil on the woid. The Uuid proved to be gasoline, and it at (no- exploded, burning- her arm and face severely. She inhaled th ; ilair.es and suffered greatly thorefrom. Assistance came in answer to her sriips. rnd the i.re was smothered without further d-imuge. IIt injuries are quitit? severe, but not serious. W. C. Winstandley has returned from ChieaiTi with orders for l.rmo car loads of huff stone, for immediate shipment. This. with orders already booktd, amounts to about three thousand five hundred car load.-?, und it will require a f irre of r00 men to furnish it promptly. The.-ae orders will be tilled by the ledfor sion quarry company. The other quarries are also receiving- good orders, and the managers are looking onward ! to a good trade. Bedford Democrat. i Ex-Recorder Michael Kalley has brought in the f.rst snake story of the ; season and it is a corker. A few days , ago he and a neighbor found and killed twenty-four garter snakes in Mr. Kelley's clover lield. Thej- were all coiled i and twisted in a knot, having been at- j traced from a hole in the ground near by by the warm sunshf.'ie. This is not i on the style cf the ordir.ary snake and ( fish story, it is the the exact and un- j varnished truth. Starke County Demerat, ' Thursday a nervy tramp called at H.. j P. Harper's house, and as Mrs. Harper., who U sick, wqs in the bedroom as let p. j -Mr. Lramp sat nimseir down to trie ta'jie i and devoured everything that was on it in the way of eatables and was looking around for mire whi n Mrs. Harper w c.ke up and noticed him. He said: "Seeing that you were asleep and I was hungry 1 thought I'd just sit down and help myself without pothering you." He then bowed himself out of the door and left. Huntington Democrat. The Putnam county poultry association met Saturday ami elected the old officers. From the tone of those present it would seem the poultry indu.'rtry had received quite an impetus from thr? good work of the organization. Trades was reported excellent from every quarter. The next annual show will prove that grat progress h;is been mad-. The officers chosen are: "VY. A. Cra ver. president; P. W. Wright. vice-rresidesit; J. D. Torr, secretary and treasurer; Broadstreet. Allee and Day, assistants. Creeneastle Democrat. "About two dozen men. representing various railroads, were in this place last Friday and Saturday." says the Walkerton Independent, "for the purpose of bid ling tn the transportation of the colony soon to leave this part of the country for North Dakota.. As the colony is quite a large one the mads are anxious to get the business. There will be about five reaches idled with passengers and about thirteen ear loads of freight. The colony Is composed of people from the vicinity of V.alk-rton, Teegarden, Plymouth, Tyner and other points." Last week John Hacket t, the foreman cf the Owensburg tunnel, wvote to Section Boss MeClara at this ilaee to send Home hands to work at the tunnel. Mct'lara struck some fifteen men who were out of work and continually crying " hard times." and out of the fifteen one man went to work. The cor.apany offered und are paying $1.3." a day. There are lots cf stout, young men here who cry "hard times" and when wrk is offered they refuse to work. They pretend that they want work to do, but when a b at good wages is offered to them they -ry "hard times' and refuse to work. Uloomfield Democrat. Dillon Hiatt of Greenlonvn came to Kokomo Saturday with a tnonsLer gray eag'.e that be had shot Friday In the fast end of th? cour.ty. The bird Is the largest ever seen in this part of the country, measuring full seven liefet from tip to tip. Hiatt crippled it with a shot, then ran it down with a horpe. Lee Waggmjan purchased the bird, which is still live, and cau be seen at his residence cr. Washington-st. He wi3l kill it and have it mounted, leaking one of the tin-f-.st spec'meni of tltat species of bird In the state. Lee will, after having it on exhibition awhile. dviate It to the order of Red Mt-n for it hi ill decoration. Hiram Norrie, sun cl" D. J. Noris, esq., trustee of Clay towmhip. has been slctel by r'-nsiori Age.lt Spencer as one of his deputies, and in u few days will be -alld to Indianapolis- to assume the duties of the position. Mr. Xorris is thoroughly qualified for the position, an prdent democrat, and his as .ointment i.-i not only highly complimentary to him und bis father, but will prove a popular one for Mr. Spencer and entirely satisfactory. There were a numfcer of other ca.ndida.te. for the position hre, but Mr. Xorris was chosen because the duties of the office require the services of a young man. The salary is $1,000 per year. Lagrange Democrat. A Marion lady. In speaking of the Iubs the other day, said when she first cim here several years ago there was Boaxedy a woman that had sufficient confidence in herself to- read a paper before any society or assemblage of ladies without having a rush, of blood tij the head, weakening of the knees or paralysis of the tongue At the regular meetings of the missionary ociety, at which a paper or some article had to be read, the duty of reading always devolved upefl two or three ladies. When the Sans Soucl club was organized ne of the requirement was that each member should read aloud when her appointed time tame. One or two ladies who were invited to belong flatly refused because they did not have sufficient courage to hear their own voice. Every -Day

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One of these ladies finally decided to belong to the Hub. and she Is today one of its best readers itnd best workers. Several other cases were cited to show of what benefit some of the clubs had been in developing a fee ling of confidence in some of their members. Marion Chronicl. George Borgerding. treasurer of the New Albany school board, has- been notified by Attorney-General A. O. Smith to pay into the treasury of Floyd county $4,428.2?) of the tuition funds left on hand at the close of the school last year. This money Is to be returned by the county treasurer to the state treasurer, "and will be reapportioned by him net year. Mr. Borgerding declined to ray over the money until he had obtained legal advice, but It Is probable that he will return it to the county treasurer within a few days, for the reason that a test has been made In the courts recently In similar cases, and In every instance the decision has been In favor of the attorney-general. CourierJournal. A letter was received by a lady here a few days ago from a friend in Virginia, who spoke of the Inactivity of the elderly ladies there. "When a Virginia woman reaches the fiftieth milestone in her life she is practically buried so far as taking part in any social entertainments is concerned. This is not the case with Marion women There are several here over whose heads fifty summers have passed, but you would not know it from locking and talking with, them. They are as young as Virginia women at thirty-five. This lady referred to gave an example of the way Marion ladies are keeping abreast with the times by writing her Virginia friend that there is a great-grandmother here who belongs to a Shakespeare and physical culture class. Marlon Chronicle. A wealthy farmer of Rich Grove township said, while in town last week, that he Indorses the action of our county commissioners in ordering the construction of a new cou'-t house; that it Is needed for the protection of the county's records; that the present population and wealth of Pulaski county have outgrown the little old structure. Another intelligent, well-heeled farmer of Harrison township said to our reportc-r Sunday: "I see we are going to have a new court house." "Yes," was the reply. "Well," continued he. "that Is all right; because our grandfathers forded the river is no reason why we should not cross on a bridge." The illustration Is good and hLi conclusions are sound. Both of the above-referred-to ger.tiement are staunch democrats leading and influential clzens. Winamac Journal. Thomas Sptcer has shown us a printed "short and concise account of Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst." who were born In the year 1100 at Biddenden, county of Kent, Kngland. They were known as the "Biddenden Maids," and were born joined together by the hips and shoulders. They lived in this condition for thirty-six years, when one died and the other followed In about six hours after. The last one refused to be separated by dissection from her sister; "as we came together, we will also go .together." They left their property, consisting of twenty a eres of land, to the church wardens of the parish. Kent is the same county Mr. Spicer came from, and he has a cast of the sisters made of dough. He will be pleased to show this very interesting relic to anyone who may call on him. Bloomington Courier. William Haynes. a convict at the northern prison, escaped Monday evening. The prisoner was a painter and had been employed at his trade lately Inside the walls. Yesterday he was set to work painting and cleaning the warden's residence and worked satisfactorily during the day. His conduct was not such as would cause any suspicion and he v.'as not given any special attention. He was not missed until the closing hour. The prisoner carried away with him a suit belonging to the warden, which he found in a closet at the warden's home. With a change of clothing he is safe to go where he pleases, provided he stays away from those communities in which he is known. The prisoner was sent up from Elkhart county to serve tlwee years for stealing a bicycle and he had only eight more months to serve. Michigan City Dispatch. The grand jury finished its work and was discharged. It has without doubt reurned an indictment aerainst John W. Paris. The indictment is. it Is understood, a very lengthy one and covers the charge fully. The defect in the former Indictment is done away with in the present one. The case, when it does come to irial, will be a long and hard one. The charge is embezzlement. The grand jury before adlourning visited the poor farm and reported everything In good shape at that institution. They also visited the jail, and while It was found all right, they asked that It be enlarged, and separate apartments be built for women and boys. The board of commissioners have the authority to order this improvement, but It Is not known what they will do In the matter. This Improvement has been urged by a number of Christian ladies of our city who have Interested themselves in the welfare of the unfortunates confined In the jail. Frankfort Crescent. Ten years ago Alex Keys, aged nineteen. wa sent to the state's prison for life, having murdered a man at Flora, Ind. The trial was held at Delphi, Keys and his father both being on trial. The latter was acquitted. The public in general expressed indlglnation over the sentence Imposed on young Keys, and efforts were made to secure his pardon Before vacating the office of chief executive of the state. Governor Chase commuted the life sentence to ten years. The, ten years will be up March 24, and on that day Keys will be a free man. He will return to his parents In Flora and will make his home with them. Since the governor's act of commuting the sentence. Keys has been a "trusty" in Warden French's office, and 'is looked upon as a first-rate young man. He will be twenty-nine years old when his release comes, and there is a long life of usefulness ahead of him if he chooses to avail himself of the opportunity to make something of himself. Frankfort Crescent. Tuesday night occurred the death of Capt. William Lyne. an old. and widely known resident of this city. Capt. Lyne has for years been a prominent figure in Alien' county. He was formerly secretary of the Allen county fair association and as such is well-known to all the farmers. He was a member of Sol. D. Bayb'ss lodge. F. & A. M., and was one of the chief movers In the enterprise of building the Masonic, temple. Capt. Lyne was highly respected and much admired by all who knew him. The decased leaves a wife and one son. J. M. Lyne of Lone Wa'nut. Kas. Messrs. 1-1. J. and W. J. Markey of this city are his stepsons. Capt. Lyne was born In London, England. In 1S20. At the age of sixteen years he came with his parents to this country and settled in Detroit. He soon moved to Belleville, O.. and It waa from this place that he enlisted In the union army. He was transferred and became captain of Company E, In the FiftyEconomy. Baking work than a

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ninth New York, where he served during the entire war, participating, among other fierce battles, in those of Fredricksburg and Antietam. In 1S71 he moved to Ft. Wayne and has since made this place hi3 home. Ft. Wayne Journal. The city is literally overrun with tramps again. On visiting- the western part of the city Friday morning a Crescent reporter saw no less than a dozen of these worthless fellows hanging around- In a lumber yard numerous places were found where they had built a shed under which to sleep, and appearances indicated that they had built fires around to either cook by or to keep them warm probably both. They are all. as a rule, dirty looking, and while they may- not be thieves, they can be of no benefit to the city, and should be fired out of town. Their living Is made by begging from door to door, and as a nuisance they head the list. None of them want work, and is usually insulted if you offer it. The officers should see that all suspicious characters are shown the nearest way out of town. Frankfort Crescent. Five employes of the C. & I. C, after having been paid off Friday morning, jumped the town, leaving: board, groceryand other bills unpaid, four of them married men. who deserted their families. Two of the number, who were boarding at Mrs. Havercamp's. jumped a board bill of more than $40. one of them leaving his wife and child on Mrs. H.'s hands, who, out of charity, have been given a temporary home with a neighbor. Another, who was keeping house, left his wife in a very delicate condition, who Is suffering from want and grief. The furniture with which the three were housekeeping having been bought on credit, has been removed by the house where bought. C. A. Fisher is left to hold a grocery bill, John Jones a meat bill and Haverty & Slater drink bills. This gang ought to be caught and given a dose of the red-eyed law which It would remember. Brazil Democrat. The following item Is going the rounds of almost all our exchanges, having even been given space by Indianapolis dailies: "At Burney, on the Big Four railroad, a man named Kennedy died some days ago. On the night of the wake a crowd of drunken hoodlums went to the house where the dead man lay, and raised a racket by firing revolvers in the room over the corpse, until the watchers deserted their vigil and fled, leaving the drunken demons in possession. They next dragged the corpse from the coffin and stood it up In one corner of the room aJid spit tobacco juice on It. They wound up by tying placards to the ghastly limbs upon which were written vile and Indecent epithets." The New Era has taken pains to make Investigation of the matter and is able on the authority of the best citizens of Rurney to declare the whole story a base canard, a fake pure and simple. Greensburg New Era. Louis Buney and wife live about four miles north of thia city, and they had two very bright children, a boy of nine and a girl of eight, who have been attending school at No. 3. where Miss MerlReed Is teacher. Friday evening when Mr. Burley's little daughter, Julia Etta, and two neighbor girls were returning from school, they stopped in a field on the farm of Mr. Gunz&nhauser. and began to play with the fire near a burning stump. In some manner the clothes of Julia Burley caught fire, she began to wream and run and the motion of running fanned the fire into a blaze. Before help could arrive the clothes were burned off and her body was terribly burned. The victim of the horrible accident was taken from a fence corner where she fell exhausted in her efforts to escape, to the home of Anthony Weber at first, and from there to her parents' home about 7 o'clock. Dr. Boston Grayston was Ftimmoned and did everything in his power to relieve the suffering cf the little one and to save her life, but his "best efforts failed and she died about 10 o'clock the same night. Huntington Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller settled in this county west of the city in an early day and to them were born fourteen children. Ten of these are yet living, four being dead, Mrs. Sallie Dell dying this week at the age of seventy year. The ages of the other three who died were sixty-two. thirty and twenty-seven years respectively. The children living are David . Y. Miller, aged eighty-five years; Abraham Miller, aged eighty-four years; John J. Miller, aged eighty-one years; Samuel W. Miller, aged Feventy-e-lght years; Stephen G. Miller, aged sev-nty-slx years; MagdaUn Cripe, aged seventy-five years; Mrs. Elizabeth Cripe, aged seventy-two ytr; Mrs. Hettle Hess, aged sixty-eight years; Solomon Miller, aged sixty-seven years, and Noah Miller, aged sixty-seven years. The total years of the ten living children is 713, an average of nearly seventy-five years. Eight of these attended the funeral of their sister here this week. With the exception of Abraham and Samuel W. Miller and Magdalen Cripe, who live in Marshall county, and Noah Miller, who lives In Iowa, the children reside In this locality. All of them have prospered In life and with a single exception all are enjoying good health. Goshen News, It Is a notorious fact that the last republican Judicial convention, held at Mlddlebury about six years ago, was one of the most disgraceful meetings ever held In northern Indiana. It was openly charged that delegates were bought by the wagon-load and paid "by the day" to go to the convention and work for

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or against certain candidates. Rumors corns from Goshen and Elkhart that the disgraceful scenes of six years ago are to be repeated that Col. Dodge has engaged "three hundred howlers" to enliven the ocaslon, and the news is so reliable that our estemed contemporary, the Standard, in anticipation of corrupt practices. Is disposed to waxn the jK)litlcians as follows: "The Standard has this to say in respect to the coming convention: That it deprecates a repetition of the judicial convention of six years ago; not as to the nominee, but as to the influences used In getting delegates there. The law since enacted will, if obeyed, effectually prevent such a repetition, and it may be well to call the attention of the people, and all candidates at thl3 and the conventions that will follow, to this law, entitled, 'An act concerning elections and nominating conventions, to maintain political purity, and prescribing the punishment for any violation thereof,' a;vroved March ?, 1SS9.' "Lagrange Democrat. On the 12th day of March Mr. and Mrs. Samuel House of Blcknell arrived at their fiftieth year of wedded life. And to pay respect to the occasion they invited their children, with grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, brothers and sisters with numerous friends to come and enjoy the day and be glad with them on this one eventful day of their lives. And when they were invited into the dining-room there spread on the snowy white linen was one of the grandest dinners that eyes had ever beheld. The day was passed In an enjoyable manner to all present. In the afternoon they were invited into the house and with Mr. and Mrs. House seated near the center, surrounded by children and friends, the Rev. W. D. Woods was made spokesman for all who were there and after a short talk to the aged couple he presented to Mr. House a fine gold-headed cane from his son-in-laws, namely, Fred Luklng, Henry Kixmiller, John Cox, Edward Hollingsworth and John Overbay. And to Mrs. House an elegant gold watch from the children, namely, Ellis, John and James, Mrs. Martha Luking. Mrs. Caroline Cox. Mrs. Alice Kixmiller, Mrs. Helen Hollingsworth, Mrs. Estella Overbay. There were also numerous other presents from friends and relatives. Vinoennes- Sun. The remains of the late William Crockett, whose sudden death we noticed last week, were conveyed by his army comrades to the train last Saturday and taken to Logansport for Interment. The deceased was a lieutenant in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Indiana regiment also Joseph Shlelds's regiment. He had two brothers In the service. It is related of Lieut. Crockett (who claimed to be a Uneal descendant of the famous old David Crockett) that he and his brother were once sent back from army heaxlqi arters to Casw county after a deserter. The deerter had accepted $300 from a drafted man to represent him as a substitute, but went no further than Indianapolis, and there deserted and tcok to the wood3 near his father's. He was finally located and the lieutenant and his brother corraled him in a Cass county church, one Sunday morning. The deserter, who first got sight of the two soldiers, rushed to a window, leaped out and escaped. After the war had closed the deserter, whom our informant avers was a republican, through influential friends, got his record straightened out, and, if he Is alive now. may be recounting the deeds of valor he performed when "down Sou til helping to lick the rebels." Winamac Journal. One of the most revolting stories that ever fell on mortal ears tomes from Burney's station, nineteen miles east of here on the Big Four railroad. The awfulness of it renders It almost Impossible to believe. While we have no reliable information that the alleged facts are true, we give them for what they are worth, and do not want to be understood as vouching for their truthfulness. The way the story goes a man named Kennedy died some days ago. He had been a tough character and it is said had served a term In the penitentiary. On the night of the wake five or six drunken hoodlums went to the house where the dead man lay and raised a racket by firing off their revolvers in the room over the corpse until the watchers deserted their vigil and fled, leaving the drunken demons In full possesion. They then, In ghoulish frenzy, dragged the corpse from the coffln and stood it up In one corner of the room, and It is said spit tobacco juice on It. and wound up by tying placards to the ghastly limbs upon which was written vile and Indecent epithets. The story sounds too horrible to be true, but we give It as told to us. We made considerable effort to trace It to a reliable source, and learned practically the same thing from two or three different persons. While we can not beileve it Is as bad as told, we feel that there is sufficient in it to Justify us in giving it to our readers, as told to us by persons who come from the loealty where it is alleged to have occurred. Columbus iTmes. Edward Pascheck, the owner of a dry goods store on W. Eighth-st., this city, has filed a claim with the clerk of the circuit court to recover $125 from Michael Kuscharskl due rascheck for labor performed for the defendant. Anna Plzcek ha fined the same defendant for $400. The plaintiff alleges that she was employed for eighteen years by the defendant aa a domestic and Kuacharskl neglected to pay her. The tiling of these claims recalls an almost forgotten murder committed two yeara ago last fall. Michael Kuscharski and his wife resided on a small farm south of the city and one morning Mra. Kuscharski was found

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Anna Plzcek was a sister of the dead woman and sues for pay for eighteen years' service. She made her home with her sister and claims she was to have pay for her services. Michigan City Dispatch. One of the most eventful occasions -occurred at the G. A. It. hall Thursday evening, the 15th inst., it being the organization of the Ladies' aid society auxiliary to John William camp. S. of V. of Kokomo. Thirty of the ladles responded to request of the committee, and Miss Alice E. Koerner. state mustering and Installing officer, of Indianapolis, assisted by Miss Luella Koerne and brothers of the camp, proceeded to complete the organization with the following officers elected: President, Mrs. Deck Moore; vice-president, Laura Bennett; chaplain. Mrs. W. A. Thomas; secretary. Flora Carter; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Styer; guide. Miss Tiva, Bates; inside guard, Alice Douglas; outside guard, Lulla Stewart; trustees, Mesdames T. L. Wykes, Sarah Fee and Fora McNutt; judge advocate, Charles Dellaven; advisory board, L. 11. Chapman, Deck Moore, Howard Leach, Charles Laurence and H. L. Carter. After installation speeches were enjoyed from Miss Alice Koerner of Indianapolis, comrades Garrlgus, Smith and McNutt and brothers of the camp. This being the banner society mustered in in Indiana, and before encampment the society expects to number at least fifty members and will be in shape to entertain the state encampment of the Ladles' aid society of Indiana, which convenes at the same time at the S. of V. encampment, on July 4, 5 and 6, '94. Kokomo Times. The recent outrages at the Armstrong farm, three miles from Jeffersonville, the finding of a murdered baby In an alley, the wholesale chloroforming of the Briggs. Quick and Boyer families with the intention of robbery, the assassination of old man Geer and the attempt by a brace of tramps to overpower and outrage two highly respected young ladles of this city, mention of which has been made in these dispatches, has so aroused the citizens that it is quite probable a meeting will be called for the purpose of organizing a vigilance committee, with a view to exterminating the villains if found. These high-handed depredations have all been committed within the past twrv weeks, and the police force, sheriff and deputy sheriffs have been unable to ferret out the scoundrels. "These recent disturbances," said a citizen, "are not a credit to Jeffersonville. Should they continue, it is probable that their fruits may be seen by white cap organizations, who will work in conjunction with the proposed vigilance committee, unless the law can reach the marauders who are dragging down the fair name of the town and county by murder and theft." A new driver started out with Geer's wagon to deliver milk. The driver had a list of persons who patronized Geer. but he was unable to locate them and had to depend on the old gray horse to guide him. He held the lines carelessly and permitted the animal to go Its way. He made the rounds, and. strange as it seems, stopped at the residences of all of Geer's patrons, not missing one. County Auditor George Pence deserves the thanks of the people of this city and county, for perpetuating its earlyhistory and memories of these who first located on the virgin soil where our beautiful and prosperous city now stands. Some time since Mr. Pence secured an original oil painting of Gen. Bartholomew, and has caused it to be hung on the wall In the auditors office. He obtained this rare old relic through the aid of Judge Howk, formerly of the supreme bench. Mr. Pence then followed up his research, until he finally found a picture of Brlgadler-Gen. Tipton, who founded this city. He it was who donated thirty acres of ground, the original town site, away back in 1S21, where the court house now stands, and the Immediate vicinity from which the city government derived its first revenue to pay its expenses, from the sale of the lot. . Tipton knoll, where Albert Jor.es built his fine residence, now occupied by George Schwartzhopf, was his home. The town was nrst named Tiptona in his honor. Gen. Tipton was appointed to fill a vacant scat in the United States senate, and afterward was elected to a seat in that body. He was an ensign in the battle of Tippecanoe, and was engaged in a fight with the Indians on Tipton island, down the river between Itt-d-Ington and Kockford, and himself killed three redskins, whose bone now lie In the far-famed Indian mound there. Mr. Pence obtained Gen. Tipton's portrait from the masonic lodge room at Loganeport. the ground upon which it now stands having been donated by Gen. TJpton ia an early üay, and had it copied

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and enlarged and also had a ilne crayon painting made which Is rw and will be for a few days, on exhibition in Ellis's news stand show window. The old books and manuscript recently puu-iiased by Mr. Pence from Dr. J. C T3eck. the pioneer citteen and historian, have arrived here. Columfous Times. Elmer E. Hensel, a Canton glaas worka blower, cam to the mayor's office Saturday and exhibited to the head of thecity a badly scratched nose and three severe cuts on his head. "About six weeks ago." said Hensel. "we employed a bright girl as a domestic on r commendation of some ladles of the city who seemed interested in her. She had no home and jnay have been a bit wild, but since she has been at our house she has behaved nicely and evinced a genuine tVsire to do wlxat 1 right and my wife htvs become much attached to hr. Yesteiv day afternoon Mrs. John Wright, who keeps a house tu Questionable reputation at Gallatin and Fourteen th-sts., called at our house to see thw girl and my wife, not knowing the character of the caller, readily allowed her to see the girl. Mrs. Wright brazenly, in tlie presence of my wife, Invited her to come and live with her. saying that some of the girls at her house easily made $25 per week, and my wife cut the intervie-w ehort at that point and ordered the visitor out of the house, but she refused to go and iiy wife then sent for me at rfce glass work. When I reached home I fovnd the worn an on the sidewalk and I gave her a big. broad piece of my mind And told her that if she ever dared to cw much as speak to the girl at our house- I would prosecute her. The threat so enraged the woman that she made a furious grab with both hands at my face, rnd ehe scratched my nose badly before found that I had to defend myself by force. I then pushed her rudely away ar.d her husband. John Wright, who had been standing on the opposite side of the street, came running to the scene .nd the fight began. I hit him in the fee so that he staggered, but at that instant the woman hit me with a stone back or the ear, and I fell against the man. and we both rolled upon the ground. Wright got a big bite of the calf of my leg between his teeth, and I had to pound his jaw until his hold weakened. While I was doing that thfe woman kicked me in the head and back several times, but I managed to push her away and gave the man a kick in the side that ended the fight, as the Wrights red. declaring, however, that they intended to return and make it their especial business to coax away every girl we hired, if it was three a week. The woman shouted back. 'I will give you $G a week to work for me. which is better than the $2.50 you now get.' Our girl heard the remark, but she declared she knew what the woman meant, and she gratefully thanked us for protecting her." Marion Chronicle. CRONKHITE IS CAPTURED.

Absconding: Treasurer of Warren County in the Toils. The defaulting treasurer of Warren county has been arrested. The fact was announced Saturday by a telegram received at the governor's office from the sheriff of Fountain county, who has been engaged upon the case for several months. It will -be remembered that early In January, 1S93. Augustus Cronkhite, treasurer of Warren county, absconded. An investigation of his accounts disclosed the fact that he was short In the sum of $G5,000. A suit was immediately begun by the board of county commissioners against his bondsmen and the matter was referred to the grand jury of Warren county, which returned an Indictment against Cronkhite during the March term for embezzlement Since that time the authorities of Warren county have made every effort to capture Cronkhite, but he has proved too cunning for them. Three tlme3 he was located, but each time when an officer went for the man he had skipped out and the officer was compelled to return without a clue to his whereabouts. It seems that Cronkhite's wife was the means of assisting his escape. She remained in Williamsport and kept Informed of the action of the authorities and by wrting to a friend in Chcago was enabled to notify her husband when to make himself scarce at a particular point. The authorities of Warren cour.ty were a long time learning how Cronkhite managed to escape just in the nick of time. They located him once In Nebraska and secured a requsition from Governor Matthews for his return, but when they sent an officer for him he had gone, no one, knew where. Again he was known to be in a town in Michigan and later in Chicago, but he was gone before the authorities could reach him. Finally his wife was suspected and Ambrose Moore, sheriff of Fountain county, wis secretly employed upon the case and it was given out in Warren county that the case had been dropped. Moore had a wide reputation as a successful thiftaker and the people of Warren county had great confidence In his ability. He came to Williamsport and having obtained authority from the posmastergeneral, examined the mail of Mrs. Cronkhite and found that she used a special color of Ink in writing to the middleman In Chicago. After äwhile he went to Chicago and discovered, by keeping track of the correspondence of this Chicago friend, that Cronkhite was being communicated wltn under an assumed name. He was located In L03 Angeles, Cal., and Moore immediately left Chicago, came to this city and secured the fourth requisition that had been issued for his man and left for the West. Arriving at Los Angeles he made arrangements with the postofflce department there, with the authority of the postmaster-general, that he should wait In the postofnee until Cronkhite should call for mail and then arrest him. Whils in Chicago he learned that the Chicago friend used a violet ink in addressing all letters to Cronkhite. This was supposl to mean that all was going well and the fact that the last letter seen by Moore while in Chicago was written in the same Ink was taken as evidence that his knowledge of the case was unknown to the wife and friends of Cronkhite. Moore was in Indianapolis on March 9 and left the same night for Los Angeles. He must have had a long wait for nis man. but his efforts were rewarded with success, for yesterday Myron King, private secretary of the governor, received the following telegram, dated at Los Angeles, from Ambrose Moore: "Arrested Cronkhite this morning." The arrest was made without the customary warrant from the governor of the state in which the arrest was made, it being feared that Cronkhite would get wind of the fact that an officer was after him and would escape. This will necessitate a trip by Moore to Sacramento before he can .bring his prisoner back to this state. Cronkhite was first elected treasurer of Warren county In November, 1SSS, and took his office the following August. ' He was re-elected in November, 190, j and had served nearly a year and a half 1 of his second term when he realized that 1 his shortcomings would soon be found out and left for parts unknown. It Is supposed that during his first term his office was properly conducted and that every cent of the county's money was accounted for. During the first yenr of the second term he began speculating In a small way in the Chicago markets and before he was aware of It had almoat de- . pleted the county treasury. Cronkhite i was elected on the republican ticket. j Blew Ilia Finger OfT. j ELWOOD. March 24. Special. While 1 fooling with a revolver James Lloyd was seriously wounded by Its discharge. His little finger was torn ofT and his hand ! no badly lacerated that amputation may be necssary. Uoyd Is a glass-blower and a nephew of Superintendent James of the McCloy factory. Salvation Oil heals scalds and burns. Zoe.

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