Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1875 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Thk Bloomington Progress insists (hat it has an «original copy" of the Ulster County Gazette. William Black, an old resident of Cass Coonty, fell dead the other night while eating his sapper. Tans are 585 convicts in the Jeffersonville Penitentiary. Of these 400 are contracted for at an aggregate of $240 per day. Thomas Dole, an employe of the Terre Haute rolling-mills, stabbed Theodore Haggert, on the evening of the 21st, with a file, and fatally injured him. While playing at the Academy in Indianapolis a few nights ago Miss Busan Den in, a well-known actress, fell and sustained serious and probably fatal injuries. Oh the 17th a lad named Charlie Green was knocked down and trampled nearly to death by an excited crowd in a game of foot-ball at the Richmond First Ward Public School. The whip and harness factory of Herschman, McKinzie & Co., at Union City, and an adjoining millinery store, were burned on the night of the 20th. Loss about $15,000. A revival of religion of more than usual intensity prevails at Logansport. Hundreds of converts have been made and all the churches have largely increased their membership. W. H. Reed’s drug-store, at New Coryflon, was burglarized the other morning. The safe was blown open and SI,OOO in currency and several hundred dollars’ worth in notes and other valuables taken. Adolphus Bear, noted for piety and respected as one of Gespaantovm’s best citizens, attempted suicide a tew evenings ago by shooting himself through the head. His injuries were very severe snd probably fatal. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of Indiana recently met at Indianapolis and elected the following officers: President, Edward Burns, Indianapolis; Secretary, Lawrence J. Geraghty, Rusliville; Treasurer, John Costello, Anderson. Joseph Wings,, of Liberty Township, Henry County, recently sold a lot of hogs for S7OO and “ deposited” the money in his breeches pocket. That night some one got into his room, abstracted $l4O and left a note saying he would call for the balance some other night.

The following were the postal changes in Indiana during the week ending Nov, 20, 1875: Discontinued—Corn-Stalk, Howard County. Postmasters appointed Big Indian, Cass County, James N. Long; Cartersburg, Hendrick County, A. 8. Grave; Friendswood, Hendrick County, Jackson Jessup; Lamong, Hamilton County, David O. Illyes; Paragon, Morgan County, Mr*. Ann Byran; St. Omer, Decatur County, Israel D. Jewett. The Circuit Court at Greencastle was occupied lately with the case of the State ts. Charles Lemdy for cruelty to animals in overdriving a horse. The evidence showed that defendant drove the horse ninety miles inside of twenty hoars. At the end of the journey the horse fell in the harness and died. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty on the 20th and fined him $lO and costs, amounting altogether to $2lO. At the election in Decatur County last fall there was a very close vote on Auditor, »o close that Frank Weadon and John D. Dobyns each thought he was the one whom the intelligent public wished to honor, and the case was taken to the courts, which decided in favor of the former. The Supreme Court reversed this decision and ordered a new trial. Pending this new trial the parties compromised, and on the 20th Mr Dobyns received his commission. At a meeting of the Republican State Central Committee at Indianapolis on the evening of the 24th the following official call for the Republican State Convention was promulgated:

The Republicans of Indiana are invited to meet in delegate convention in the city of Indianapolia, at the Academy of Music, at ten o'clock on Tuesday. the 22d day of February, 1876. to give expression to their political faith and purposes, and to nominate candidates for Governor, LieutenantGovernor, Secretary. Auditor and Treasurer of State, Attorney-General, four Judges of the Supreme Court. Clerk of the Bupreme Court, Reporter of the Supreme Court and Superintendent of Public Instruction to be chosen on the second Tuesday In October, 1878; also to select delegates to the next National Republican Convention and fifteen Presidential Electors to be chosen on the first Tuesday to November. 1876. Upon the basis adopted by the State Central Committee the representation is fixed at one delegate for each 100 votes and one for each fraction over fifty votes cast in the several counties for W. W. Carry, Secretary of State, at the general election in October, 1872. County committees are requested to call county conventions on Saturday, the sth day of February next, for the purpose of appointing delegates on the above basis, with the view of having a full representation.

BASIS or REPRESENTATION. CountUt. Vote. Dei. I Counties. Vote. Del. Adams 6T3 7iQibson 8,088 81 Allen 3.461 35;Orant 2,534 25 Bartholomew .2.108 21 Greene 2,121 21 Benton 803 8 Hamilton 8,087 31 Blackford 086 7;Hancock 1,489 15 Boone 2,956 80;Harrison 1,692 17 Brown 469 s;Headricks... 2,869 20 Carroll 1.914 19 Henry.... ....3.425 34 Cass 2,556 2a Howard 2,401 24 Clark 2,3 6 24!Huntington.. .2,201 22 Clay 2.536 25 Jackson 1,636 16 Clinton 2.029 20JTasper. 996 10 Crawford 1,086 ll'Jay 1,751 18 Davies 1.892 19 Jefferson...-... 2,816 28 Dearborn.,.. .2,011 21,Jennings 1,856 .19 Decatur 2 294 23 Johnson .. ..1,727 17 DeKalb i. 1.882 19 Knox 1.991 20 Delaware 2.765 28 Kosciusko... .2.768 28 Dub0i5........ 574 6 Lagrange 1,864 19 Elkhart 2,994 80 Lake 1.542 15 Fayettte 1.406 14; La porte 2,999 30 Floyd 1,883 19 Lawrence 1,899 19 Fountain ... .1,9-30 19. Madison 2,253 23 Franklin 1,468 15'Marion...,. ..9.463 95 Fulton 1.310 13;Marshall 1,868 19 'Miami 2,586 26Spcncer 2.180 22 Martin 937 9 Starke. 395 4 Monroe 1.687 17|St. Joseph. ...3.284 33 Montgomery.. 2.797 28 Steuben 1.840 18 Morgan 2,129 21 Snliivan 1,332 13 h ewton.... 822 8 Switzerland... 1,483 15 Noble 2.837 23 Tippecanoe.. 4. .02 42 Ohio 638 6 Tipton 1.294 13 Orange 1,234 12 Union 945 9 Owen 1432 14 Vanderberg ..4,101 41 Parke......... 2,303 23 Vermillion. .1,313 13 Perry 1,3«9 14 Vigo 4,004 40 Pike 1.434 14 Wabash 3,015 80 Porter 1,701' 17 Warren 1,519 15 Posey 1,732 17 Warrick 1,718 17 Pulaski...... 659 6|Washington. ..1.630 16 Putnam 2,100 21 Wayne 4,769 48 Randolph 3,391 34 W-Us 1,284 13 Ripley .2.062 21 White 1,297 13 Rush 1,214 22,Whitley 1,432 14 Scott 687 7 Shelby 2,204 22| Total delegates .1,889 County committees are requested to call county conventions on Saturday, the sth day of February next, for the purpose of appointing delegates on the above basis, with the view of having a roll representation. Delegates representing the comities composing Hie different Congressional districts will meet in Indianapolis, at places to be hereafter designated, on the evening preceding the day of convention, for the purpose of making the following selection of officers to facilitate organization in the State Convention: L One member of the Committees on Organizaion. Rules and Credentials. 9» One Vice-President. S. One member of the Committee on Resolutions. 4. One member of the State Central Committee. 5. Delegates to the National Republican Convention. - , 6. Contingent delegates to the National Republican Convention 7. One Presidential Elector. 8. One alternate Presidential Elector. By order of the State Central Committee. Thoxas J. Brady, Chairman. D. 8. Alexander, Secretary.