People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

At Jeffersonville, the other after* Boon Wm. Smothers buried his son. At the funeral and when Smothers was kneeling at his son's bier, George Hall edged against him, deliberately picked his pockets and stole therefrom a gold watch and chain. Smothers did not miss his watch until he was about to enter his carriage, when he gave the alarm. Suspicion pointed to Hall, and after a lively chase he was overtaken and the time piece found on his person. No time was lost in placing Hall in jail. I. 11. Lieiwhutz & Sox, clothiers at Vincennes, made an assignment the other day. The aasets nnd the liabilities will each l>e over 120,000. A telegram was received from Controller Eckels the other afternoon notifying Mr. Edward nawkins that he has been appointed receiver of the Indianapolis national bank. The dispatch was forwarded to Mr. Hawkins, who is summering with his family at Beaton Harbor, Mich.

Emanuei. Rothbchit.d, the proprietor of the Golden Rule store, at Bedford, whose stock of goods was set on fire, was arrested and given preliminary trial. Some very strong testimony being against, he was bound over to court under $5,000 bond. The goods were all lost, but were insured in several companies.

A statement of the affairs of the Exchange bank of Buck &■ Toan, of Plymouth, by the assignee, shows liabilities at $43,716, of which $37,110 are deposits, against $51,849 available assets. The ladies of the churches of Greentown have wrecked the one saloon in town with axes, clubs and other feminine weapons of warfare. They first met at the saloon and held prayer to get the proprietor to stop, but failing to melt him, they adjourned to take more decided action. Church bells were rung, and then the work of destruction began. Ted Irvine, the author of several sensational tales under the nora do plume of “Frederic S. Butte,” was married at Logansport, the other day, to his divorced wife, nee Artie Learner. When they wore parted last spring the court ordered that neither re-marry within three years, but they succeeded in securing a modification of this decree. Sixty tramps boarded a freight on the Pittsburgh road, and fought while the train was in motion, near Liverpool An unknown white man was 6hot and fatally wounded by a Negro. Seven tramps were arrested. In the State Demorest contest, at Mitchell, Miss Lizzie Crim, of that place, took the gold medal over eight Bontestants from other parts of the itate. This is the third medal she has taken. George Dodson, a Brown county farmer, subject to epilepsy, was righting up a burning log heap on his farm when ho was taken with a fit and fell into the fire. A small boy standing by was unable to drag him from the flame* and ran for help. When rescued from his perilous position he was seriously burned.

Young & Thatcher, implement und music dealers, Tipton, have failed. Their liabilities are placed at 111,000, with assets amounting 1 to 17,600. Mrs. Lizzie Storms is the woman implicated in the murder of Kent Browne at Winchester. The Citizens’ national bank, one of the oldest and soundest banks in Muncie, suspended business the other morning. Withdrawals of deposits and inability to realize on paper is the cause. President Kerwood claims that the assets are as two to one. Will Jeffiuks, 14, colored, was smothered to death at his home near Churubusco. His folks left him to take care of the house, and while lying on the bed he had a fit and was smothered ia the bedclothes. A desperate attempt was made by seven prisoners to break the Clark county jaiL They were only prevented from accomplishing their designs by the timely arrival of Mollie Donovan, sister of the sheriff.

It turns out that Eleanor Mullen, a young woman of Indianapolis, was kept a prisoner at the state reformatory for three years, when her sentence was for but thirty days. .Mrs. Sarah T. Bolton, known for half a century as “the Indiana poetess," died at Indianapolis, the other night* She was born in Newport, Kv., in 1811. Mrs Bolton’s poems were published ia book form. For many years she stood foremost among the writers of Indiana. Among her poetic effusions probably the best know are “Paddle Your Owa Canoe,” and “The Union Forever.” John Jeffries, a stock-dealer near Carmel, had $550 stolen from his house. Tracks show that three men went through a corn-field near by.

A Connersville machinist named! Morgan has invented a unicyele. The vehicle consists of a wheel eight feet in diameter, and the operator sits inside this monster cycle to propel it. As the model of the machine is not completed a full description can not be given. He daims that it will revolutionize modern wheeling and that it can be easily and successfully operated. Tim Bank of Commerce, of Indianapolis? has collected $10,500 of outstanding debts since the bank suspended* and most of the- notes held by the bank will be due in. a few weeks. The vice president reports that it is th« intention of the bank management to. be able to pay all claimants in full and resume business on October 1. Got. Matthews has pardoned W» Hudson, convicted of bigamy. Mrs. W. W. Ritchie, of Noblesville, swallowed a pin and needle about six years ago. The pin passed from her directly after the accident, but the needle has just come out of her flesh iy the side. She has suffered no pai* whatever. Att’y-Gen. Green Smith has sna* Lined tjov. Matthews in regard to the latter's stand on the Roby prize ring matter. The attorney general holds .that the offenses committed at Roby are simply misdemeanors o\er whicn Lake county justice of the per.<» Vm jurisdiction.