Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1880 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

The entire profits of the Fort Wayne lair will foot up nearly *4,000. ’ Chas. W. Eastham, clerk of^ VinIt is recalled that the successful areki lect Of the old state house ot Indiana, ~ erected in 1831, was -paid *l5O for hu ; plan. The body of a woman" buried near Indianapolis, thirty years ago, and recently exhumed for removal, was found to be petrified. Preliminary surveys for a ship canal from Toledo to Fort Wayne are now being made under an'appropriation of *15,000 by congress. A vouug man named Clasper Crise, liv ing North of Goshen, was bitten by a rat tleanake and died in great agony irom the effects of the poison. John Armstrong is digging an ice pond ot about twenty acres just west of North Indianapolis, to be fitted from the canal. Thia is the largest pond about Indiana p blis. . • '.’>»< f -i ' .

The Jasper county fair closed with an excellent exhibition of horses, cattle and al! kinds of- stock and poultry. The weather was favorable, and the attendance large- j . On Thursday there will be a reunion, at La Porte, of all regiments raised jn northern Indiana. Gen. N. Gleason and Jasper Packard, have been appointed marshals of the day.' At Colfax the' residence of Mrs. Lucy Apgar, gpoor widow woman redding in •the north part of town, was oonsnuihd by fire. The loss will fall heavy upon her, as nothing was saved. Peter Ryan, an embloye of the Indiana CaczOomDapy, at Cambridge his hand caught in a rip-saw, taking his thumb entirely off and tearing all fduFtz his fingers from his hand. At Madison Jane Gray and John Steik, grand larcenists, were sentenced, by Judge Allison, the former to two years in the woman’s reformatory kfad the - latter to four years in the states’ prison. Old Simon Cameron, wh» his lately been on a visit in Indiana, called oil. Dr, J, G. Kennedy, In Acton, near Indianapolis, a companion of his youth, but whom he had Dot met for sixty-two years. .A Mr. Wugent; of Vevay, got too near two negroes who were having a fight, and got a pistol balk in his side. The pistol was in the pocket of one of the men, and the otter hit it with a club, causing its discharge. •» / i A little west of. Sullivan, a boy'named Barroighs waa engaged in harrowing, and, going before the horses to drivte off some flies, the horses became frightened Mtid ‘ dragged the harrow over him, cutting'ind ifajunng him seriously. The Danville normal school authorities hate decided to take no action looking to the expulsion of Miss Johnson, the colored student, and allow the. fastidious students from Kentucky and Missouri to withdraw if they choose. ,

The corner stone of the new state house was laid by the board of coniiffftriohers. There was no procession or other display. Ex-Gov. Hendricks delivered an oration, Mrs. Sarah T. Bal ton read a poem, and Gov. Williams set the stone. While returning from the Catholic cemetevy in Crawfordsville, the other evening, the horse attaobed to a buggy in which' were Mrs. Albert Muhleisen 'and Mrs. Jap Porter became unmanageable and ran away, throwing both ladies outand faulty injuring Mrs. Muhleiseu. Frank Williams, late roadmaster of the third division of the Pabhamlic, died at the residence of EzraNye.on South Front street He hsd been sick for more than a year with, some mysterious disease, whose exact nattfre will not be known until after the post-mortem examination. At Logansport thieves gained an entrance into John Roush’s residence, in the east end of the city, and got notes to -the ' value of *4,080. As the paper is all signed • by pedple living there, and they have been notified of the theft, Mr. Roush wil I lose nothing, nor the thieves grin any. thing by the burglary! ■ e .» The boy Gerke, of Port Wayne, Who was struck in the stomach by a glancing stone, thrown by Lou Bourie, jr.. and filed ; soon after, proven to have been affleied with gall-stones, and ft Is the opinion of the' doctors that he would have died within a i. few days ofnatural causes. Twot stones abou t the stee of pigeon eggs wer# found in the peritonitical cavity. A notorious gang of thieves and enfifi?" dence men attended the DemMratic'ratty at Danville. Asa.Wirite of that county, waa fleeced out of two hundred dollars, cash, and George Owens, of Greencastle, ’ had his pocket picked of a silver -watch worth sixty dollars. Several parties from the county report losses of pocket-books containing small amounts. At Noblesville the directors and stock- ' holders met ae the court bouse and elected officers for the Anderson, Lebanon St. Louis railroad, as follows: John Lee, president; T. A. Messick, vite-nresident; K.P. Slater, secretary; J. 0., Miller, Irtas-• urer. They accepted a contract fromjm eastern firm to complete the road, which will be commenced at once. “ IG ‘ At Richmond, a eolpred man named Lewis who-liVes p* North Ftafrkl m street old pistol. The buffet struck bkn behinfi the ear and glancing up.tn the top of his head where it lodged under bis scrip; He went to A office afterward and had the wound dressed. , At Lafayette Matthew Rennet, a switch- ; man in the Lake Erie and Western yards, while coupling car* was caught between the bumpets. and was so badly oushed about the stomach that his bowels protruded. He was taken to his home, and medical aid summoned, wT6 TTfiT what they could to case the pain. Mr.- Bennet died at 'seven o’clock nest Droning. Tiie way to weaUh Wks plain as the way to market. It dependhehiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is ime nor 7 non °y, but make tlwbest use of both. Without industry Wid fragahty nothing will with them, everything. # pearte droning off a broken string; but a,word ofkmdneas is seldom spoken H ain '~3 t J ß ? Bee d which, even when dropped by chance, springs npas a flower. .We do riot know from what evils wd have been preserved ; for dazzling prospects do not always bring the cheer and comfort we expect, and promise.of future good often results m disappointment nnd sorrow, t-There are blessings and privileged in every! life; let us be thankful for all thoecjwhich fall to our tot.- ' -