Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1875 — INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS ITEMS.

Alien County. About daybreak the other morning, near Fort Wayne, one section-of afi eastern-bound freight train ran into the other section, demolishing a heavy freight engine and the caboose car. No person was injured. Delaware County. A farmer named Gregory was instantly killed at Eaton, a few nights ago, by being run over by a freight train. His head was erushed to a jelly. The accident was attributed to his own carelessness. A very bad accident took place near Eaton, on the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad, on the 13th. The passenger train going north, while crossing a bridge, was thrown from the track and the passenger coach with about twenty-seven passengers was thrown to the bottom, a distance of about fifteen feet. But one or two escaped uninjured and three or four had died at last accounts.

Elkhart Coonly. Edward Burkey had his foot horribly mangled bi a cog-wheel a few days ago, while drtvtag a horse-power on his father’s farm* a few miles from Goshen. La Grange County. The farm dwelling of Levi Wyland, situated about four miles north of La Grange,was burned lately. None of the contents were saved and the family barely escaped with their Ilves. The falling in of the roof was their first intimation of danger. Lots SB,OOO. Cause defective flue. Laporte County. The McCurdy House, at Wanatah, was recently burned, together with theAepot and telegraph office of the Pittaburgh, Fort Wayne * Chicago RailroadftdjOining. The entire loss was about-$43j)00. The fire was caused by a defective flue. The large two-story house belonging to the Widow Ransom, four miles east of Laporte, was destroyed by fire a few nights ago. Loss $5,000.'

Marlon County. Charles Clark, an Indianapolis laborer, was recently run over and horribly mangled by a Vandalia switching-engine. He was deaf, and the frost on the cab-window prevented the engineer from seeinghim. Glazier & Morris’ grain elevator at Indianapolis was partially destroyed by fire the other night The loss was about $12,000 Five thousand bushels of com were burned. Poaey County. James Lytle, seventeen years old, living near Mount Vernon, committed suicide lately by cutting his throat from ear to ear, because a young lady to whom he had been paying his addresses had broken the engagement Vigo County. At Terre Haute, the other day, while endeavoring to couple an engine to a coal car, Fred Pennell was caught between the bumpers and crushed into a four-inch space. It was thought he would die. Wbltley County. J. 8. King, a sewing-machine agent at Columbia City, has been arrested upon the charge of forging notes, upon which he realized about SI,OOO. He was arrested at the instance of J. 8. Tinkenbiner, general agent for the State of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.