People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Lotti* Ingram, an eight-year-old schoolgirl at Whiting, was instantly killed a few days ago while returning from school while crossing the tracks, her head being severed from her body. James Wood, the nurse in the Eastern insane hospital, at Richmond, who was alleged to have killed Jay Blount, a patient, four years ago, pnd got a 21years’ sentence, waa released on bond and left for the home of his mother at Star City. Mbs. Calvin was thrown from a buggy while driving to Bourbon the other morning, her ponies becoming frightened at a stump in the road. She received several bad wounds about the head and shoulders. Her recovery is doubtful. Wesley Shotts secured a divorce from his wife at Crawfordsville last fall and then entered suit against Wm. Pyles for $5,000 for being the cause of the divorce proceedings. The jury quickly agreed that Pyles was guilty as alleged took but a few ballots to fix tho amount of damages at $2,500. Mary Dunn was deserted at tho altar at Anderson by Andy Hevlin. Chas. Lyzott, aged 16, living near Indianapolis, while joking and cutting up with his companions, was accidentally jabbed in the eye by a companion with an umbrella, the ribs injuring the eyeball. He died of bis hurt. At Madison, John Lostcller, for assaulting with intent to kill Philip Zapp, was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. The dimg store of Stauffer & Co., at broken open tho other night and about SSOO in money, S3OO in notes and S2OO in jewelry stolen. Tho burglars stole a hand-car and came within one-half milo of Waterloo where they abandoned it No traco of them has been found.

Last September Dan Worth was hurt in a wreck on tho B. &O. railway while on his way to tho national encampment at Washington, and ho brought suit at Wabash against tho company for $lO,000 damages. The other day he compromised and withdrew the suit upon the payment by the railroad of $l5O. A. H. Benham was also injured at the same time, and was preparing a suit, but will not do so, as ho has taken their check for S4OO in full payment. An A. P. A. council has been organized at Lafayette. Two young men, Lester Gable and Ed Smith, of Columbus, were arrested at Spencer, charged with stealing half of a large sum of money which M. V. Haltom, a wealthy farmer, had drawn from tho bank and taken home. The boys enjoyed his hospitality over night and after they left the loss was discovered. Miss Carrie Deal, of Bedford, fell dead as she was leaving her homo to visit friends in New Orleans. The suit of Milo Pearson against Wabash county, which has been pending for nine years, was compromised tho other morning by the payment to him of SI,BOO. Nine years ago the iron bridge across the Wabash river at Rich Valley gave way and went down, when Mr. Pearson was crossing with his team, and he was seriously injured. Boon afterward he sued tho county for damages. The case was tried and a verdict for $3,500 rendered. It was appealed and sent back for a new trial, and tho case was to come up in a few days in Huntington county; but, as stated, the attorneys agreed upon a compromise. The costs are nearly $1,500. Mrs. Nancy Everly, eighty-four years old died at Wabash, the other day. For twenty-five years she 'has been under the hallucination that she was an ambassador from Heaven, and traveled the streets carrying a white flag and exhorting all to pass under if they would enter tho kingdom of Heaven. Frederick Drinkhabbt, aged sev-enty-five years, died on his farm near Vincennes, where he lived more than a half century. He was one of the most eccentric men in Indiana He went to town but twice in fifty years. Judge Taylor, of the superior court, in proceedings involving the legality of the law creating the board of children’s guardians, held that tho law is unconstitutional, in that tho circuit court has no jurisdiction over such cases; that the board is not a corporation, and can not bring suit as such before the court; that such a corporation could not be legal, and that tho contention of tho defense that the general guardian law conferred ample authority on the cdurt to act on the board’s application was without point Judge Taylor also held that the act of 1891, under which the board operates, is void, because its import is not fully set forth by its title; further, that if the court had to pass upon the act of 1889, which the act of 1891 pretends to amend, it would be held unconstitutional Under this ruling the board will be dissolved, but it is probable that an appeal will be taken to the supreme court The board has got itself generally disliked by its arbitrary action in tearing children from parental control The decision is the outcome of Shade Shutter's effort to gain possession of his child, whicji, he claims, was wrongfully and tyrannically removed from his care. At Rushville, Mrs. Wm. Redman died from a dose of arsenic taken with suicidal intent Charles Lysott, of Indianapolis, was hit in the eye with an umbrella rib. He died from blood poisoning. Joseph Wilson, a cattle dealer of Portland, had a leg cut off by a train there. He will die.