People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Two years ago John Nugent’s leg was cut off in a wreck on White river bridge, Columbus. He lay for months in a dying condition in the city hosj pitaL The faithful nurse was Mrs. Nannie Crisler, a poor but respectable widow. Several days ago the railroad paid Nugent §7,000 compromise, and a week later he married Mrs. Crisler. Geo. B. Moss’ saloon at Brooklyn, near Martinsville, was wrecked by a charge of dynamite. No person was hurt. There was a like occurrence a few years ago. A third saloonist received forty lashes. I Fire destroyed Goodwins’ pants sac- ! tory, at Evansville. Loss, §IOO,OOO, ini' surance, §40,000. The Carroll county soldiers’ menul ment was dedicated a few days ago. Mr. and ,Mbs. Robert Cones, of 1 Muncie, the other day celebrated their ! fiftieth wedding anniversary. About one hundred guests were present. The twenty-fourth annual re union of old settlers of Morgan and adjoining counties will be held at the Mooresville park on Tuesday, August 8. U. H. Lindsay, aged twenty, was arrested near Fort Wayne for having in his possession a horse and buggy belonging to M. L. Ross, of Muncie. Brakeman Charles Osborn, of the Big Four, was sent ahead to flag a passenger, near Crawfordsville. He obeyed orders and stopped the train but it cost him his life. The passenger being late he sat on the ties to rest and fell asleep only to be wakened by the jar of the engine, and as he arose the cylinder head struck him, crushing his skull like an egg shell. John Kessler, aged but 10 years, is under arrest at Laporte, for arson. He is charged with barn-burning. He was caught in the act of firing uie barn of Henry Herold, near Westville, He has a mania for destroying barns, and those acquainted with the youthful fire bug are disposed to attribute this madness to a peculiar condition of the mind. Henry, the 12-year-old son of Chas, i Thompson, of Goshen, sustained in- • juries in a runaway, from which he died. Mitchell’s bank, at Martinsville, a part of the late S. M. Mitchell’s estate, will go into voluntary liquidation on October 1. After settling up its business it will be succeeded by a stock company bank composed mostly of his heirs. The new bank expects to begin business January 1. The present bank is in prime condition and has experienced no stringency. Burglars chloroformed Mrs. Alex Moore, near Wabash, and she was barely saved by her husband coming to her rescue from an adjoining room. The Chicago & Central Indiana Electric road will begin elevating their tracks seven or eight miles out from Indianapolis, and maintain the elevation into the city. A five-year-old daughter of G. W. Fisher, proprietor of the Hartford City laundry, was run over by a wagon loaded with straw and fatally injured. The Odd Fellows of Randolph, Dela- | ware and Jay counties will hold their ! first annual celebration at Lake Mills, i near Farmland, August 10. A fine past , grand’s collar will be awarded to the oldest Odd Fellow in attendance.

The fourth annual session of the In diana State Chautauqua Assembly opened with the brightest of prospects at Eagle lake, the other day. Rev. A E. Malin, of Fort Wayne, gave the firs’ lecture of the season. Wm. Hildebrand, a prominent farmei living south of Logansport, has a hors< which is in many respects equal to the trick donkey of the circuses. The horse is apparently a deep student' as far an observation and imitation go, and han learned, among other things, to open gates, let himself in and out of the stable, untie halters and even to pump ; water. He seizes the pump handle bei tween his teeth and works away, measI uring the water as it accumulates iu ! the trough with one eyd while with the | other he watches away the stock that may attempt to interfere. In the event of any interference he quits pumping long enough to drive the intruders away by a liberal use of his heels. Two hundred editors from Indiana were in attendance at the World’s fair the other day. There are four press organizations in Indiana: The Republican Editorial association, the Democratic Editorial association, and j the Northern and Southern Indiana i Editorial associations. The four united in a general outing at the World’s fair. Some years ago these organizations were united as one, and at a meeting held at the Mecca hotel, the plan of organizing a state association was discussed. Very little was effected in this direction because of the opposition manifested by the party organizations through fear that a state club would disorganize the others. Having become thoroughly acquainted with each other, the editors, with their wives and children, left the hotel shortly after 11 o’clock for the Van Buren street pier. They embarked on the steamer Chris- | topher Columbus at 2 o’clock. A geni eral reception was held at the Indiana I state building, where an address of ■ welcome was delivered by B. F. Havens, I executive commissioner of the state, ■ and responses were made by the president of the association and others. A woman burglar has been operating extensively in Valparaiso. The state geologist of Indiana says 100,000 feet of natural gas are wasted daily in that state. The annual parade of the Indiana militia occurred at Terre Haute, the other night, when two thousand or i more of the militiamen who are in , camp near Terre Haute marched in review before Gov. Matthews. There were about fifty companies in line, composed of four regiments of infantry and one of artillery, and the marching of the men was excellent. Al Fow’s barn, at Mitchell, was burned, together with a valuable horse. Loss, SI,OOO. Fire bugs did the work, and they will be run down by bloodhounds. At Elliott Mrs. Irwin Lang awoke tc find her young son dead by her side.