Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1875 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

J. Curran was cot in two by * switchengine at Indianapolis on the 19th. Th* State Grange will hold an adjourned meeting at Indianapolis cm J«a. it. ' r : Robin Clark, the Tene Haute murderer, has surrendered himself and is now In custody. A new Christian church is to be erected at Kokomo, which will cost, when completed, $29,000. Vigorous laws hare reduced the monthly number of tramps arrested in Richmond from 118 to 65. The small-pox is raging in Oakland City, and many of the citizens are taking refuge in adjoining counties. Henry Brad, a gunsmith, of Brazil, on the. 19th accidentally discharged a pistol which he was repairing, and was fatally injured. During the twenty-eight months that John Horstman, of Brothertown, has held the office of Treasurer, two of his deputies hare committed suicide. During a row at Milton a few days ago John Updegraff was struck by a brick thrown by some unknown member of the party, and fatally injured. E. C. Holt, Principal of the West Side School, Logansport, was recently fined fire dollars for “strapping” a son of J. A. N. Frenzel, editor of the Pott. Dan. Cbaycbaft’s fancy and grocery store, at Noblesville, was burglariously entered the other night and robbed of about SSOO worth of merchandise. The Northern Indiana Nornjal School, at Valparaiso, is said to be the largest Normal School in the United States, numbering at the present time 931 students. The Tippecanoe County Teachers’ Institute commenced at Lafayette on the 30th with 150 ladies and gentlemen present. W. S. Lingle delivered the opening address. The Supreme Court has recently decided that the Reporter of the Supreme Court is restricted to three dollars per volume for his reports, and that dealers cannot recover a larger sum. Gov. Hendricks has decided to consult with the State officers with regard to the propriety and necessity of appointing a Swamp Land Commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Eddy. The annual reunion of the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers, which was postponed on account of the illness and death of their old commander, Gen. Sol. Meredith, has been fixed for the 19th day ol January, 1876. The Chicago Vain due at Lafayette on the morning of the 19th ran over a man two miles west of the city, cutting off his head, legs and arms, and scattering portions of the body for a considerable distance along the track. While hnnting near Lotus, Union County, a few days ago, Burgess Gardner was accidentally shot and instantly killed. In order to get a better shot at a rabbit he had climbed a tree and pulled the gun up after him by the muzzle. Miss Condon, of Seeleyville, wanted to go to a party. Her mother objected. The girl cried but the parent was firm. The gushing creature was romantic and took “cold pizen.” A stomach-pump brought her back fro m the border. The Evansville Common Council recently voted to fund $300,000 of the city debt by an issue of thirty-year 7 per cent, semi-annual interest bonds. The total city debt amounts to a little over $550,000, and was created to aid certain railways. The State Grange, recently in session at Indianapolis, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Henly James, of Marion, Master; Archibald Johnson, of Crawfordsville, Overseer; B. F. Ham, of Pendleton, Lecturer; Mrs. Pauline Paddock, of Union County, Chaplain; E. W. Carr, Steward; J. S. Phillips, of Lebanon, Assistant Steward; J. F. Oliphant, of Lawrence County, Treasurer; C. C. Post, of Starke County, Secretary. John Halford, a farmer living two miles from Middletown, m the south part of Vigo County, was called up a few evenings since about ten or eleven o’clock, and met at the door by two men who asked him to go with them to help them get up a horse which had fallen down on the road a short distance below his house. Suspecting nothing, he went with them. Some time elapsing, and he not returning, his wife grew uneasy, and went in search of him. She could find no trace. Nothing had been heard of him at last accounts. Dr. Pettyjohn, having a medical practice near Westfield, on the borders of Hamilton County, some ten miles north of Indianapolis, recently brought to Dr. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, for microscopi cal examination a piece of pork tenderloin and some portions of human muscle which he believed to be infested with trichinae. It was learned from him that a family named Beals ate freely of pork tenderloin. Soon after they became affected, some seriously, and one little girl fatally, with symptoms which he afterward traced directly to the presence of trichinae. After the death of the little girl he procured a portion of the gastric tenderloin, and specimens were then submitted to a close microscopical examination by both Drs Fletcher and Chambers. In a piece of the muscle the size of A pin-head Dr. Fletcher found twenty of the little var-

mints, of mature growth, and still showing signs of active life. Up to the 19th only the little girl had died, bat others of the family were dangerously ill. Tint, following postal changes were made in Indiana, exclusive of Presidential appointments, during the week ending Dec. 18, 1875: Established—Marcy, LaOrange County, Allen Woodruff, Postmaster. Names changed—Huntersville, Clay County, to Clay City; Rock Lick, Harrison County, to Locust Point and John Dugins appointed Postmaster. Postmasters appointed—Ashborough, Clay County, George M. Moss; Atkinsonville, Owen County, David Welty; Bear Branch, Ohio County, James Buchanan; Eel River, Allen County, Charles Brown; Gundrum, Pulaski County, George W. Waterman; Irvington, Marion County, John Sim; Oswego, Kosciusko County, John Horrer; Staunton, Clay County, Thomas E. White; Stockdale, Miami County, Andrew J. Casper; Turman’s Creek, Sullivan County, Owen Kisner; Twelve Mile, Cass County, Daniel Shoe maker; Wild Cat, Carroli Cquuty, Warren Adams; WUliamstown, De>u»ur County, Benjamin F. Hester