Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1880 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

Conkling will make several speeches b Indiana next month. Andenon b peetered to death by a dar. ing gang of burgian. The Miami Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Oeurch will meet at Richmond on the 25th of August, and remain in see* sion until the following Monday. Lizzie Lewis, daughter of Henry Lewis, of Delaware county, attempted suicide by hanging, bat was prevented. Betrayed at the hands of Charles Hamilton, son of a wealthy farmer, was the motive. F. J. Bryan, of the Evansville Tribune, has been expelled from the Masonic fraternity for not believing in a personal God, and for publishing the proceedings against Mr. Chaiuey in Red Lodge. A sad accident occurred at Ligonier on the 14th inat The four year-old sen of Wjdow Bourie, during his mother’s absence, was playing with a pistol, which was aeetdentally discharged, killing the little fellow instantly. Rattlemakes are large, bold and plenty in Lagrange county. A little boy oy the name of Frankie Lilly was bitten by one, from the effects ot which he died in a short time. A Newfoundland dog was also a victim ot their spleen. Jonathan McCarty, living a few miles south of Belmajgot in a wagon to ride home with Al. Fx>rd, Marie Williams and Abe Whaley. Since then he has got out warrants for the arrest of the whole trio for assaulting him in a dark woods on the road and robbing him of $47.

A man by the name of Hanns went to sleep while sitting in the window over Locke’s paper store on the south side of Public Square, at Terre Haute, Ind., this morning, and while asleep fell out upon the walk. He is badly injured internally, but the doctors say that he will recover. Geo. 0. Day, of Terre Haute, has been appointed receiver of the Wabash 4 Erie Canal. The position is an important one and was held for a number of yean by Judge B. B. Gookins. His recent death caused the vacincy. The receiver h&a in charge large amounts ot land belonging to the old canal company. Frank Goff, of Evansville, a tinner by trade, working for Ed. Speer, left home for a few days ago, stating that he would return on the evening train. He bad about SIOO with him, and up to this time he has not been heard of. His wife sent a telegram to Indianapolis, asking for information concerning him, bathe had not been seen.

Parvin Wright and wife, who have held the positions of Superintendent and Matron, at the Earlham College, at Richmond, for many years, have resigned, and will return to Plainfield to live. George N. Hartley, late of the Friends* boarding house at Newgarden, North Carolina, will succeed Mr. Wright, and Mrs. Woodruff, of Newport, will become matron. Two men, named James Ragan and Michael Hoover, killed a blue racer, at South Bend, on the Bulla farm, which measured fifteen feet in length. Hoover was sitting under a tree resting when the snake dropped down and wound itself around Lis body. He fought it, and called for Ragan, yr ho was mowing a lit tie distance off, and together they killed it. Diphtheria, in its most malignant form has been raging as an epidemic in Wayne, town, Montgomery county. Over fifteen deaths have occurred in the village alone, and a number not reported in the vicinity. The disease is spreading to adjoining towns, two cases being reported in Crawfordsville. Up to date, the attacks in a majority of cases, have been fatal, and the victims comprise both children and adults. Mr. Freeman Tinkham, who lives on the outskirts of the city ot Lafayette,on get ting up a few mornings ago found a readheadea boy baby in a clothes-basket on his front step. Mr. Tinkham is not overly pleased with this addition to his family, having six little ones of his own, and is now very anxious for the owner to come forward, prove property and take it away. There is no clue yet as to the parentage of the little one. •

*Bweetser 4 Turner’s grain warehouse, at Marion, was entered a few nights ago by burglars, and the outside door of their safe blown off by powder. Attempts were made to drill through the inside doors, but failed. When the workmen opened up in the morning, they found the windows of the effice darkened with gunny-sacks, and a luge piece of canvas was spread on the floor to receive and deaden the fall of the door of the safe. There was no money in the safe. The following is a list of patents granted by the United States to the citizens of this state, for the week ending, August 10,1880, furnished foY the Courier from the law and patent office of J. Me. C. Perkins, 209 L. Street, Washington, D. C; 8. 8. Cole, Aurora, hitching device; J. R. Cook, Indianapolis, rotary motor; R. M. Cosby, Indianapolis, car truck; J. Fenton, Indianapolis, shoe brash; B. W. Smith, Nineveh, stalk cutter; E. V. Wingard, Vincennes, drier. The body of a boy, apparently about seventeen years of age, was found on the Pan-Handle track about a mile and a half west of here this morning. The head was completely severed from the body. The body was horribly mangled up. From his outfit it appears he was a bootblack- Papers on his person show him to be Jimmy Carrol, of 888 West North street, Indianapolis. It is thought he was stealing a ride on a train and fell off. The coroner will forward the remains to his mother, by her request. Governor Williams has pardoned John D. Kornmann, who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Dearborn Circuit Court, for arson. The pardon was granted more to give Kornmann a social standing lhan anything else, as by crediting him with good time, his term would have expired m a few days. His offense consisted in the burning of some property that belonged to a divorced wife, and as he is supposed to have been insane at the time, the officers who convicted him and who had him in custody, were unanimoqs in their belief that he was worthy of executive clemency.