People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Ntii Crswfordsville, Mrs. Moreland Binford and baby, and Mrs. Ramey were out driving, and the horse taking fright at a dog, ran away. .Mrs. Binford was driving, and Mrs. Ramey took the baby by the dress, and reaching over the aide of the buggy let the baby drop to the ground. The buggy was afterwards dashed to pieces, and both ladies badly injured. The babe was found lying in the street, and had suffered but little injury. Indiana G. A. R. are working for exGor. Ira B. Chase for next commander-in-chief.

Geo. Sharp, a well-known young man at Peru, was caught by a caving sand bank and imbedded up to the eyes for nearly two houra He will die. Joun Higgins, a farmer residing five miles south of Muncie, attempted to commit suicide while out horseback riding. He took off his suspenders, tied one end to a limb, the other to his neck, and then whipped the horse from under him. His daughter Baw and rescued him. While the people were returning from the reunion of the Watermelon brigade near Noblesville, a runaway occurred in which eleven persons were thrown out and somewhat injured. It was only by a miracle that the injuries were not more widespread. John Roberts’ two-year-old daughter found a can of concentrated lyo and drank a large quantity of the lyo. The babe’s mouth, lips and throat were horribly burned while the awful drug slowly ate its life away. It died at an early hour the other morning in terrible agony. The stables at the Connersville driv» ing park were totally destroyed by fire. Nine horses perished and the total loss is estimated at $7,000, with insurance of $1,500. The stables will be rebuilt ayd the races will come off September 12, as originally intended. Moses Conway, aged 60 years, a farmer and stock dealer, fell from a second-story window at Richmond, the Other night, and broke his neck. A black beetle has made its appearance in Wayne county. It is of about the same tfhape but far more destructive than the Colorado potato bug, from the fact that it attacks almost eyery species of vegetation. The O’Brien Wagon works, of Lafayette, have gone under. Liabilities, SIOO,OOO. Five more insurance companies have been blacklisted at Iv’idianapolis for not complying with the law. Fire the other day destroyed all the buildings at the Wabash fair grounds. Albert SriCKMAN, aged fifteen, wns kicked to death by a stallion at Tell City. Eleanor Mullen, alias Katie,Fay, sent to the state reformatory by the Indianapolis police court for non-pay-ment of fine and detained many months without color of law, has been ordered released by the criminal court. The mother of the giiil will sue for heavy damages. Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch, of Muncie, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the Delaware county poor-house a few days ago. They are each aged over 90 years, and Superintendent Watson had prepared for them a special spread. They have been inmates of the infirmary for nearly forty years. D. O. Jackson, a prominent odd fellow and city clerk died at his home in Decatur the other, evening, after a long and painful illness. A large stable, with five mules, at Fairview mine, near Brazil, was destroyed by fire. Incendiary. A company of Chicago and New York capitalists is being organized by Lieut-Gov. Mortimer Nye to build a railroad from Laporte to Chicago via Westville and Valparaiso. Gov. Nye says the road is assured. While bathing in Spring creek, four miles west of Columbia City, Stephens Paign, aged 15, was drowned. He could not swim and got beyond his depth. There is a litter of seven pigs on the farm of Thos. Hornbeck, near St. Croix, four of which have six legs each, while one has feet like a dog. Mike Shea, Pat and Reddy Duffy, fought over a package of cigarettes, at Muncie. The scrap ended in Pat shooting Shea through the breast. The shooter escaped. Frank Veerkamp stole away from a happy picnic party, at Milhausen, went swimming and was drowned. The Tipton barn burners now threaten to turn their attention to residences. The ice houses of the Schmidt brewery at Indianapolis burned a few days ago. Gov. Matthews has issued a proclamation ' designating August 22 as the date for holding a general hoosier convention under the name of “Indiana day” at the World’s fair. Gov. Matthews says it is expected that there will be a very large attendance at the convention, which will not be held in the Indiana building, as might be supposed, but in some hall not yet designated. The speakers for the occasion will be ex-I'resident Harrison, Gen. Lew Wallace, James Whitcomb Riley and numerous other distinguished Hoosiers.

Sam Knight, colored, who was shot to pieces on the C. & B. railroad, just north of Mitchell, the other evening, is dead. He had fired a shpt into a gang of colored workmen, so infuriating them that they turned upon him and shot him full of holes. The state board of tax commissioners met a few days ago in annual session, all the members being present The first fifteen days of the session will be given to the railroads and corporations, the second fifteen to appeals, and the remaining ten days to general business. Auditor of State Henderson reports that seventy-four railroad cases have been filed with the board. Flora, the pretty young wife of Clarence Minor, of Muncie, attempted suicide with three ounces of laudanum. Dr. Jaokson saved her. At Valparaiso, Henry Myers, aTarmer, was ten ibly beaten by tramps, who also robbed him of f 100,