People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1897 — INDIANA BRIEFLETS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BRIEFLETS.

RECORD OF MINOR DOINGS OF THE WEEK. Seven Days* Happenings Condensed —Social, Religious, Polltlrul, Criminal, Obituary and Miscellaneous Events from Every Section of the State. Counterfeit nickels are circulating at Richmond. It is proposed to erect a fish ladder at Riverdale, on White River. The gas well recently drilled at Saratoga has changed to an oiler. The Sefton Manufacturing Company of Chicago will remove its plant to Anderson. Excitement continues at Marion over the Crums-Evans oase, and all kinds of rumors are afloat. During the thunder-storn in Madison C*unty lightning struck the Clem Church, burning it to the ground. The Foland-Doxey damage suit at Anderson has again been postponed because of the illness of Major Doxey. Elmer E. Campbell of Anderson demands SIO,OOO damages from Wardson Barnes, alleging alienation of his wife’s affections.

The annual meeting of the State Travelers’ Protective Association will be held at Marion on the first Saturday in May. David Bartmess, an old resident of Elkhart County, living near Goshen, died while in an outhouse, and his body was not found for some time. He was 66 years old. The burial of the remains of J. M. Sankey, of the state board of agriculture, will occur at Terre Haute tomorrow afternoon, conducted by the Knights Templars. Alfred Isaacs, confined in the Marion jail, narrowly escaped bleeding to death by the rupture of an artery in his temple. He was found bathed in blood and too weak to call for assistance.

The would-be candidates for postmaster at Oreensburg are still clamorlqg for a popular election, although Sena-tor-elect Fairbanks has announced his Intention of recommending James E. Caskey. The prison north management find it difficult to place the convicts on contracts, especially first-termers, as contractors are unwilling to break in men who will shortly be removed to Jeffersonville. Charles Pinkerton, near Mishawka, who fatally stabbed his nephew, 'of similar name, claiming self-defense, findß arrayed against him his son and daughter, who assert the crime was premeditated. William Snyder, head sawyer in a mill at Bourbon, while bending over his saw, caught his clothing. He managed to stop the saw with a file until releasing himself, but not until he was terribly lacerated. The South Bend Morning Reporter, after struggling for 115 days to find a field, has died for want of nourishment. During the last week of its life the employes attempted to run It on the cooperative plan, but the project failed. Marshal Oleason, near Galena, was fatally injured by sheep -on his stock farm. A ram butted him down and a number of sheep trampled on him as they rushed through a narrow opening, so that he died. He was 86 years old. Nearly eight thousand acres of land in Porter County, owned by Thomas C. and John C. Burke of Chicago, has been levied upon by the George Adams & Burke Company, a commission firm of Chicago, to recover on a claim for $25,000. |

While Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brooks were crossing the bridge spanning Richland Creek, near Sifcsbury, the horses became alarmed and backed off into the torrent. Mv. Brooks was drowned, his wife escaping. He was formerly county commissioner. .j Natural gas patrons at Greensburg have rebelled against the demands of the natural gas companies to either buy the gas meter outright or pay $3 per annum for use of same, besides full cost of gas supplied. The patrons also headed off a combination between the artificial and natural gas companies, looking to preventing the use of natural gas for illuminant purposes. Will Trueblood is postmaster at Emporia, in Adams township, Madison County, but the office is managed by Will Mauzy, deputy postmaster, in whose accounts Inspector Fletcher has found a shortage of SIOO. The deputy made no attempt to conceal the situation, saying that he had used the money |with' the expectation of refunding it when called upon by the government, i There is an attempt at Marion to connect John W. Crum, the convicted “green goods” swindler, with the robbery of Noah WJlhelm of Upland, who claims to have been despoiled of $2,000 near Dennison, O. It is known that Wilhelm was paid sixteen one hundred dollar bills at Pittsburg, Pa., nine of which were new. Night before last Crum gave a deputy Bheriff two one hundred dollar bills, which he wanted transferred to Mrs. Crum. These bills were new, issued by Pennsylvania banks. Crum recently had much money in his possession, at one time displaying a roll which he boasted contained $20,000. Richmond is moving with commendable speed in arranging for the G. A. R. encampment in May, and on Saturday evening last the various committees met with the department commander and the president of the reliel corps, to perfect details. The presence of ten thousand visitors is anticipated. One of the country press rapidly coming to the front as a lively publication is the Clinton Republican. It gives mush attention to local affairs, which are served with much spite, besides which the editor has a frank way of expression which attracts attention. „