People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1894 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Air attachment for 8500.000 has been issued against property in New York of the Fort Wayne Electric Co., in favor of the General Electric Co. r for money advanced between May L 1892, and May 1, 1894. The north part of Madison county is flooded with spurious coin. It is thought that there are six in the gang, and the men spotted are of high social standing. Horace Greei.y Douglas, formerly postmaster at Plainfield, Hendricks tounty, was found dead at his home, 31 Camp street, Indianapolis, the other morning. His head was beaten in. The coroner has not yet determined w Lether in is suicide or murder. For the past eight months mysterious and wholesale stealing has been going on in various parts of Peru. The other day the home of Jake Schumacher 1 was searched and resulted in the finding of most of the articles taken. They consisted of chairs, lawn seats, grindstones, ladders and hundreds of ars ticles that have been identified by the owners. Schumacher has left for parts unknown, leaving his young wife to bear the brunt of the blame. Four hundred different articles were found. It is denied that Mr. A. M. Beach, of Rush county, has sold a half interest in his gas generator to Eastern capitalists. Mr. Beach’s invention has not yet been perfected. Lindsey Farris is suing his uncle, James H. Farris, for SIO,OOO damages. The plaintiff alleges the defendant accused him of stealing grain. The parties live at Sanborn, Knox county. A jury in the Porter circuit court awarded Frank G. Stephens, of Hammond, $2,500 against the Monon railroad. He brought suit for SIO,OOO damages, as a result of being struck by a train on their road and crippled for life. At Columbus bread is flow selling at 2 cents a loaf, owing to the bread war, and it will probably go down to 1 cent. At Goshen a cat has adopted a rat that nurses with the kittens. The count at the Northern prison is 936, the largest in the history of the institution. The citizens of Wabash are talking electric street railway again. Many sheep have been killed by dogs near Crothersville. The latest swindling scheme out is being worked on the farmers of Indiana. Men representing themselves as officers are calling on the unsuspecting. They represent that the state law requires vaccination, and that they are sent out by the county. They vaccinate their victims, charge fifty cents and skip out. The vaccine virus quills left at several places have been examined and the matter, supposed to be virus, is nothing more than worthless paste. The scheme is a winner and the men working it are taking everything before them. Jas. C. Young, a farmer from Sugar creek township, Shelby county, shot himself with a double-barreled shotgun, seriously, and it is not known whether it was accidental or not. The populists of the Tenth congressional district nominated Rev. S. M. Hathorn, of Burlington, for congress. Mrs. D. L. Ennis and babe were killed by cars at Laporte. A lodge of the daughters of Rebekah was organized at Vincennes, the other night, with thirty-six charter members. The Sullivan team did the work. The name given to the new lodge is “Pride of the Wabash.” At Richmond Herod Johnson, the smallpox patient, died the other morning and was buried soon afterward. His case was most malignant, and it is believed that he contracted it while unloading a car of lumber which came from the north, and in which he found a pair of trousers and a vest. There is now no more cases in the city, but there have been other exposures. Dr. J. A. Riner, residing three miles west of Lebanon, has for the last six months partaken of but one meal per day. This single meal is comprised of Graham bread and vegetables. Eight miles southeast of Gas City an oil well has been developed which promises to be a bonanza. It is said that one-hundred-dollar sha res of stock i ■ire selling at five hundred. The operators believe they ' have struck a rich field, and more wells will be suuk at once.

A barn belonging to John Tomlin- ' son, east of Elwood, was totally de- ' stroyed by fire, together with several hundred dollars’ worth of grain, hay and farm implements. A valuable horse was also burned. Wm. A. Thomas, banker and capitalist, and one of Goshen’s earliest and most prominent citizens, is dead. I One of the largest deals of the state • has just come to light, in which a Mr. H. Morton Beach, of Raleigh, is concerned. It has been known for some time that Mr. Beach had invented a hydrocarbonate gas generator, but un- | til lately nothing has been known of it. I It is now learned that Mr. Beach sold , one-half interest to eastern men for I SIOO,OOO. Mr. Beach is a bright but ' poor ypung man, not more than 30 ; yeafFold, and one of Rush county’s ! promising men. He has spent most of his life on a farm and teaching school. Jesse Lee, a young farmer, was arrested and placed in jail at Peru charged with being implicated in the death of a fifteen-year-old girl at Denver, Miami county, of a criminal operation. Alster Means, a young farmer of Moral township, Shelby county, was instantly killed the other afternoon, while attempting to climb a fence with a loaded Winchester. ! The following fourth-class postmasters were commissioned a few days ago: I S. D. Mills, Chelsea, Jefferson county; j Henry Edwards, Little Point, Morgan ' county. At a meeting of the Marion county bar association the report of a special commtitee appointed to devise a plan for the election of a nonpartisan superior bench was read and approved. Addison C. Harris was chairman of the 1 committee.