Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1880 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

Lafayette averages a fire a day. ITie Lafayette Jsvnud has put in a stereotyping apparatus. Richmond is to have a free delivery system established there. Incendiaries are doing considerable damage at Logansport, ana threaten more. The passenger travel on the New Albany and Chicago railroad is picking up. L. Goodman3he popular clothing merchant of Terre Haute, died very suddenly a few days ago. The Terre Haute car works are so crowded with orders that the employes work until midnight. The county clerk at Indianapolis presented the delegates to the butter and egg convention with 5,000 cigars. The Decatur rifles of Greanstmtg have been sworn in under the state law. The company numbers forty-five persons. Rjv. Edmund Bwem, of Greensburg, has received the appointment of chaplain in the State at Plainfield. The Angola firemen are soliciting funds to defray the expenses of a tri-statetourna-meat, to be held at that place about June IS.

Articles of association of the Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan railroad com. pany have been filled with the secretary of state. Nelson Gifford, the boss miller of Greencastle, who has frequently attempted to commit suicide, the last time by cutting his throat, is dead. An Indianapolis lady recently attempted to cowhide a minister, and he is represented to have escaped over a fence, without stopping to climb it. Goshen is wild with excitement. A genuine case of small-pox has been discovered there. ’Tina woman from Chicago who has the disease. A 10-year-old son of Peter Carpenter, of Butlerville, while wandering in a grave ate some buds and new leaves of poison ivy, from which ho died in about two hours. The Cass county medical association expelled Dr. G. N. Fitch for unprofessional conduct, but the doctor is forming a new society which threatens to rival the old one.

' Mr. Mat I. Huette, clerk of the Prison south, has submitted the following report to the auditor of state from February 29 to March 81: Receipts, $14,914; expend!tores, $5,657,57. John W. Foster, wife, two children and mother were poisoned at Lafayette recently by eating pokeroot for horseradish. It will probably be fatal in the case of Foster_ and his mother. Two attempts to abduct Lucy daughter of a highly respected citizen of Enterprise, and a young lady of good character and high connections, have excited the community to fever heat. Thomas H. Stevenson, late deputy collector under Hon. Will Oumback, was, on retiring from that position, presented by the local officers of Greensburg with an elegant bound set of Froude’s history of England in twelve volumes.

It appears that Long, who shot and killed Henriott, in Justice Boston’s court, in Harrison county, was not killed by the mob, but escaped to Corydon, where he now remains in a critical condition. Further trouble is apprehended. Suit was begun at New Albany against the Pennsylvania railroad to recover SIOO,OOO for the injury done Anna Hoffman by being run over on the 12th of April by a train running at a high rate of speed. Both arms of the girl were cut off. The enumeration of Indianapolis for school purposes for the year 1880 has been completed. It shows the number of children within the corporation limits to be 26,522; transferred from outside 267; total 26,786. The figures last year were: Residing in the city 26,089; transfers 208; total 26,247. Harvey P. Ferguson, of Edinburg, a man about thirty years ot age, was bitten in the hand six weeks ago by a rat. The wound soonhea'ed, and nothing more was thought of it until about two weeks ago, when it broke out again, spreading all over his body. He is now suffering from lock-jaw, and will hardly recover. Mr Samuel Swezy died at Oiifty, Decatur county recently from trichinous disease, caused by eating diseated pmk. He had been sick ten weeks. He was taken sick at St. Paul, in that county, and removed to his home a few days since. His wife is convalescent from the same trouble. A post mortem was made and the diagnosis confirmed. Other cases near BL Paul died from the same cause.

There is intense excitment among the farmers along the creek between Washington, Wayne county, and Jacksonburg, over the reported discovery by a farmer named Joel Brooks, ot the exact location of a chest containing SIOO,OOO in gold and silver which, according to an old tradition, was buried in mat neighborhood more than a half century ago, by a band of Indians flyinj before the government troops. - Indianapolis Nnu: The work on the state house is now so well advanced that after a few weeks more the cornerstone can be laid at any time that will be most suitable for a holiday demonstration. The Fourth of July would fit all the conditions perfectly if it didn’t come on Sunday- That spoils the day itself and either day that can be substituted, if a state display is to be made. Bunday will be awkward for going home after a Saturday performance, and as bad a day to come on for a Monday performance. But either may be better than any other day with no holiday associations at all. There is no purpose to restrict the ceremony in any to impair its gousal interest and significance. It will De made, as far as rami an affair can, representative of the whole state, and all classes ot people. This is the unanimous opinion of the commissioners, and ft unquestionably reflects Che opinion at the people. The suit of Messrs. Wm. Struthers A Sons against the qity of Philadelphia, to recover on four warrants drawn on the city treasurer by the president of the publie building commission, came ns before Judge Hare, inthecoustrf common pleas No. 2, in a “case stated.” There was no argument in the matter, and Judge Hare entered judgment |n favor of Messrs. Struthers & Sons. The amount of the warrants, with interest, is over $855,000. v