People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Mb. and Mrs. Wsl Strike v, living a few miles south of Goshen, the other day celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary. Their ages are respectively 83 and 83 years. At Logans port P. W. Moore’s stock of dry goods was damaged $30,000 by fire. Frank Dbaeger, an insane man who was taken to the Richmond asylum some time ago, from Ft Wayne, and escaped by breaking the bars of th« window in his room, and jumping to the ground, fifteen feet below, has been recaptured. The production of the Jay county oil field for January was over 90,000 barrels, being three-fourths, of the amount produced in the Indiana flelda Sarah Booker, of Columbus who shot at three men, was discharged by Judge Hard for shooting at James Wroy. She demanded her pistol and finally got it She went to a store, bought cartridges and loading the weapon, saying she would carry it next to her heart as long as she lived, and when she died she wanted it laid upon her breast with every chamber loaded and her finger on the trigger. The large dam at West Muncie is slowly washing away, and it now looks as if the whole structure will be carried down, causing a loss of over 312,000. Two witnesses from Baker township testified in the Morgan circuit court, at Martinsville, that they do not know the name of the county in which they have resided for years. They were grown men and appeared to be of fair intelligence, though quite illiterate. Thomas Kepler, a large land and mill-owner, living four miles northwest of Centerville, was found dead in the woods. The anti-caucus democrats at Indianapolis met defeat a few days ago, and the bill known as the governor’s patronagwbill will be pushed to passage. The house passed the bill making the closing hour for saloons in cities of 75,000 and upwards 12 m. instead of 11 p. m. Henry Benson, of Chesterton, was brutally beaten by highwaymen and left in a snow bank all night. At Ft Wayne the residence of Ben Rothschild was entered by thieves and $4,000 worth of diamonds were taken. George C. Wilson, of Kokomo, has fled, having realized SSOO on a forged note. Gambling ruined him. Col. Horace Scott was robbed in Indianapolis a few days since of $1,250 in checks and S2OO in cash. The thief was apprehended and all but the cash returned. At Newcastle, George Reading has brought suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for SIO,OOO damages for injuries received while crossing the track. The case has been taken to the Delaware circuit court on change of venue. Ronald T. McDonacd, of Ft Wayne, who is seeking a franchise for an electric line between Indianapolis and Broad Ripple, offered to deposit $25,000 cash and give bond for $50,000 as a guarantee of good faith. The jury in the case of Fred. Snyder, the wife beater of Peru, sentenced him to seven years hard labor in the penitentiary. Snyder is the person who, a few weeks ago, threw his two-months-old baby across the room breaking its arm. The sentence is the most severe known in Indiana law. Benjamin F. Pritchard, of Richmond, has led a career that few men ever equal. He is forty-seven years old, and recently celebrated his ninth marriage by wedding Miss Mary A. Baker, aged twenty-nine years, a native of California and a resident of Norwalk. County Clerk Amos Lemmon has instituted suit at Corydon against exClerk Alvin E. Smith, to recover an alleged defalcation of $3,500. Lemmon succeeded Smith in the clerk’s office last November. The case of Columbus Decltard, charged with the murder of his wife, came up for trial in the circuit court at Bedford the other morning. The case was given to the jury. After an allday and night deliberation the jury agreed upon the verdict, and Deckard was sentenced for a term of two years in the penitentiary. The Delaware County Farmers’ institute closed an interesting two days’ session in Muncie, the other night. Over one hundred persons interested in agricultural pursuits were present, and some very interesting papers were read and discussed. One of the most important papers was by J. J. W. Billingsley, of Indianapolis, agitating the improvement of highways. The Widow Ferguson, of Frankfort, has sued Farmer John Blanch in the sum of $15,000 for breach of promise. The Stuben County Medical society has preferred charges against Dr. H. B. Wood, charging him with conduct derogatory to the honor of the medical profession. He attended Jennie Howe, aged 17, who died from alleged malpractice. Both branches of the Indiana legislature have adopted a resolution extolling the bravery of Richard Henry Neff, a brakeman, who, despite injuries he received in a recent wreck at Peru, managed to walk back a mile and signal another train, and thus prevented a heavy loss of life. The Indiana house passed a bill which is designed to break up winter racing at Roby during the months of December, January, February and March. The provisions of the measure are to be enforced by imprisonment for six months and fines of not less than SIOO nor more than SSOO. Five men were injured in a wreck on the Big Four near Fairland, one of whom, Brakeman Palmer, may die. At Lafayette, James Carter, Roy Sheehan and Wm. Joyce, more of the ftudolph rioters, were arrested the other day, and were released on bond. Joyce and Carter are charged with assault, with intent to commit murder, conspiracy to commit a felony, riot and disturbing a public meeting. Sheehan is charged with the two offenses last named. Valentine Aciieman took arsenio with suicidal intent at Anderson. Prompt action by a doctor with a stomach pump saved, his life.