People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The other day the charge of murder was placed opposite the name of Lon Henderson, at Indianapolis, the notorious burglar captured a few days ago after a desperate fight. Henderson is charged with the killing of John Tarpey, of who was shot by a burglar whom he caught in the act of rifling his money drawer. He has confessed. Gbeat interest was caused at Elkhart by the announcement that Alman Ames and Mrs. Mary Ames Fulkerson, both pioneer residents of that city and aged 75 years, had quietly, without the knowledge of their friends, got married. The bride is quite wealthy, and this is the third matrimonial venture of each of the parties. James Michener, father of Councilman J. B. Michener, of Kokomo, died at the home of the latter the other evening, aged 91 years and 4 months. He was born in Chester county, Pa., in 1802. He cast his first presidential vote for John Quincy Adams in 1824. Pearl Landus, the 15-year-old son of Isaac Landus, was drowned at the mouth of Mill creek on the Ohio river, below Alton, the other evening. Charles Gertz, a wealthy citizen of Madison, died in his carriage of heart disease.

Fire at Mt. Summit destroyed Ice & Co.’s handle factory. Loss, 120,000; small insurance. The following post oflices have been established in Indiana: Corning, Daviess county, John Whitesides postmaster; Dennison, Fayette county, T. Jefferson Rauck postmaster; Saint Ann, Jennings county, Peter Singer postmaster. The Andersoii Iron and Bolt works, one of the largest manufacturing institutions of Anderson, passed into the hands of a receiver the other afternoon. It is now almost an assured fact that the Raub Locomotive works will be erected at Muncie. Frederick Goins, a prominent farmer, fifty-seven years old, residing twelve miles northeast of Noblesville, waa< killed a few days since by a tree falling on him. He was a soldier, getting a pension of $72 per month. At Evansville, while temporarily insane Jacob W. Underlich, aged eightyone, suicided by drowning himself in the Ohio. Dr. A. S. McMubry, a prominent physician of Frankfort, was sentenced to two years in the prison on a plea of guilty to the charge of perjury. Barton Calloway, colored, an exconvict, who shot another colored man in a crowd in a republican rally at Terre Haute in 1888 and instantly killed Dollie White, narrowly escaped lynching at the time, was instantly killed a few days ago by handling a live electric wire at the rolling mill where he was employed. William Kline, night engineer at Brightwood shops, Indianapolis, was fatally beaten with a hatchet in his home by an unknown person during the absence of his wife and children. A neighbor with whom he had quarreled is suspected. Robt. Hays found on the land of D. R. Hostetler, near Claysville, the largest tortoise ever seen by the oldest settler. It bears the name G. Winlow, Government Surveyor, 1803, on its back. This animal can be seen by calling on Marion Beasley at Claysville. Jas. Townsend, an old soldier and pensioner, committed suicide at Peril, the other morning by hanging. No reason is known for the act. He leaves a wife.

Mrs. Margaret Price, of Greenfield, imagined she had swallowed her false teeth, and, thinking the doctors would have to cut her up to recover them, cut her throat. She may recover. As Evan Hensley was driving into Indianapolis, the other morning, with a load of hay, lie made the startling discovery that his cargo was on fire. He managed to save his horses. The hay was fired by contact with a trolley wire. At Greenfield, Ralph Waddell, 2, fell into a tub of water and was drowned. Wm. Ross, a driver in mine No. tt, belonging to Brazil Block Coal Co., was crushed to death by falling slate. As he was taking some loaded cars to the mine entry he was caught by a heavy fall of slate. At Warren a burglar chloroformed Mr. and Mrs. Andy Carlisle and robbed their house of over S2OO. The following fourth-class postmasters were commissioned a few days ago: Broad Park, Putnam county, E. V. Ragland; Donaldson, Marshal county, S. R. Richey; Fairbanks, Sullivan county, Owen Kissner; Fountain City, Wayne county, F. B. William; Galena, Floyd county, Nancy M. Norman; Glenwood, Rush county, Sylvester Meek; Middletown, Henry county, H. H. Lilly; Sheridan, Hamilton county, T. D. Spencer. At Decatur burglars entered the residence of Joseph Bremerkamp while he and David Rice were out with a party fishing. While the thieves were in the house the fishing party returned, but the thieves made a rush for an upstairs window, and, leaping to the ground, escaped in the darkness. Roy Harris, a twelve-year-old boy, was seized with cramp while bathing in Eel river, at Logansport,and drowned in the presence of several companions and a large crowd which had gathered on the bank.

An Advertisement for the Day.—“ The young lady to whom I became engaged at the ball last night is hereby requested to send her name and address to the office of this paper.”—ll Seoolo. Although never down on any list of officeseekers it is by no means unusual for a roof to find itself slated for a good thing.— Buffalo Courier. But It Didn’t Tempt Him.—“ That is what I call a great snap,” mused the fox, eyeing the ateel trap critically and passing on.— Chicago Tribune. There is no need to worry over an aching tooth. Just drop into some dentist's and it will come out all right.—Troy Press. While a baby doesn’t require much space in a sleeping car, there is hardly anyone but would give it a wide berth. The modern _landlord doesn’t get frightened when he'sees the handwriting on the wall. He just gets mad.—Buffalo Courier. JoNag—“Brown, did you ever see a sawfish?” Brown—“No: but I once saw a sea fish.”