Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1880 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

Spencer county reports asplendid wh< at harvest. The Vincennes democrats ratified their state ticket. Ferdinand, Dubois county, will celebrate I the 4th on the Sth. ; 7 The blackberry crop in southern Indiana will simply ne immense. > Washington will celebrate the 4th ct I July on the 3rd, with horse racing. H. L. Shepherd hah been appointed superintendent of the Air Line railway. Mias Celia Butler, of Vevay, , commit * J suicide with arsenic the other day. No cause is given. The puddlere’ strike at New Albany is still on and apparently further than ever from adjustment. Some of the farmers say that they never saw the wheat ripen more rapidly than at the present season. The citizens of Francisco are going to celebrate the 4th of 7uly on Saturday, tho Brd, with a basket picnic and dance. Some of the Spencer county farmers f"' taking down their outside fences wish the intention to enforce the stock law. Lewis McGill, who shot Cathar h e Housel, in a fit of jealousy, a- few dava ago, about five miles from Rockport, hm not been arrested. Samuel Allen committed suicide eitiM. miles north-west of Bainbridge, a few d: vs MMhrough f amily trouble. He had b < n married but a year or two. It is salff that Rev. T. C. Smith has re- - signed the presidency of Union Christ i.in College at Merom. Rev. N. Summerb II is spoken of as his successor.

The Washington Gasstts comes to us in a new dress printed on a Cottrell & Babcock power press, and altogether great’y improved in its general appearance. Rockport Gawfte: Mrs. Turner, wife nt the Presiding Elder, is still in a very pr carious condition. Her many friends pray and hope former, speedy recovery. A little grandson of Mr. John V. Siqiih, the proprietor of the Bedford Journal, had three of the fingers ot his right band cut off by the cog wheel of a Gordon job press. Jasper Times: Wheat growers begin to wonder what they are going to get for their immense crops this season. Thev’d be willing to engage it at , a dollar a bushel. Petersburg Press: The government snng boat Richard Ford. B. Conners overseer, arrived at the landing recently, ready to commence the work of clearing the river of snags-.

The boiler of Americus Benedict’s raw mill at Markland exploded a few days ago while the hands were at breakfast. No lives were lost, but the mill was badly wrecked. . J Jas. Skelton, who killed the boy Casey with a hatchet at Spring Station fur years ago, is pardoned, and has returned to his home in Spencer county, near tho above mentioned place. ■ 7 Rockport Gazette: Plenty of snakes in the country. Mrs. R. 8. Hicks killed one in her door yard with a broom the other day. It was a villainous looklrg serpent, about four feet long. "-< Mr. Georg Steffy, of Dublin, while kicking chenies, fell from the ladder, stnkinh‘B’id® “K*® a timber Md breaking two of his ribs. Feart are entertained that he he has sustained severe internal injuries;

Petersburg Democrat: The amount of gambling done in this town is astounding. The attention of the next wand iiirv “hould be called to the should be no letting up until the offends rs are ferreted eut and brought to justice. PollJ son, who dropped dead at the chart h door without a momenta warning. miil “ Eifhart, °attompt< d d* IS subdue. Physicians think he oannot «e°w. The lady to whom he has paid bead. to one Miss Busan Bussell, of Bpiceland to . well known woman who format Ll? ba* felt it her duty to raise Md care for orphans and poor children. Some weekl agothe commusionera ofHenry hired her to take care of the children m the county poor-house. She has fixed nn a hron® at Spiceland for them in good •JX e r^ ere . “V 181,1 bare the advantage of a good school at no greater cw to the county than before. co* to the

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