Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1880 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

The State Fair realized $4,000 over all expenses. The J.M. $L railroadcampanyis going to erect a new depot at Roahville. Henry Wilson, another of the men in fared in the explosion at the Terre Hautedistillery last week, died Oct. 25. The Van Am burg & Co. circus and menagrie will winter at Conner*, ville, occupying the fair grounds. Bcarlet fever ia prevailing to an alarming extent among the children at Plymouth. The disease is of a malignant type. Epizootic has appeared in New Albany, and nearly all the horses and males are affected by it The epidemic is of a mild type. James H. Johnson and Charles Little, demociats, were arrested at Jeffenonvile reoentiy, charged with illegal voting at the October election. John W. Kane, of Jeffersonville, a prominent citizen of that place, was kicked by ahorse a few days since, the force of the blow breaking his leg. A railroad employe by the name of Ryan, while oonpllng care at the Wabash depot in Fort Wayne, was canght between the bumpers and fatally injured. Vagus, who killed his father in Kokomo last June, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the 21st instant, and was sentenced to imprisonment In the penitentiary for life. Frederick Wells, a resident of Garrett City, Ind., while walking on the track near Harrison, Clare County, Mich last Saturday night was struck by a locomotive and instantly killed. Sylvester McCarter, while working about Resaw’s planing mill at Rochester, was struck in the abdomen by a flying board and received injuries which it is feared will result faulty. The Democrats of Jennings county are badly torn up over the discovery that Mr. Verberg, iust elected Sheriff by them, a native of Germany, has never taken out naturalization papers, and consequently cannot hold the office.

A small child of Fred Shaenholz’s died at Cooncrtville a few days ago from the effects of a drug, supposed to be quinine administered the night before. Tho prescription clerk claims to have given quinine, but the suppoeition is he gave some poison by mistake. John H. Stacker, on trial at Madison for murder in the first degree, having killed John Law in August last tor the seduction of his (Stacker’s) wife, has been acquitted of the charge. The verc ict waa not unexpected, and was greeted by his friends and spectetore with great applause. Now that all the expenses of the state, fair have been computed, it is found that the balance ot receipts over expenditures will be $4,000, about the same amount as last year, although the receipts were but $14,000, as against SIB,OOO in 1879. The expenses this year were materially decreased. Recently a number of boys at the Mull school hoase, in Jackson township, Rush county, were felling on old tree, and when it stinted to fall,a little boy by tho name of WiHiam Mull, son of Fred Mull, Jr., ran under it and was instantly killed. This was an only child, tnd Mrs. Mull is now tying at the point of death on account oi this sad accident. James Vogus, the man who murdered his father at Kokomo, last June, entered a plea of guilty. The case was submitted to the; Judge, who returned a verdict of murder in the second degree, and sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment in the Northern penitentiary lor life. His father, before dying, requested that his son should not be hung. On Wednesday afternoon in Jefferson township, Whitley county, while David Gieger, a farmer, and an employe named Lewis Withrow, were engaged in sawing a log, a large limb fell from a tree, near by and struck Withrow on the head, causing instant death. He waß a young man, eighteen years old, formerly from Dayton, Ohio, where bis father resides.

General Garfield has sent his portrait and autograph to little Georgie Vnnankin, the nine year-old boy at Misawnka, who was shot for hurrahing lor Garueid. Goerge was after the cows,and iv. ro a three hundred and twenty-nine badge. Three other boys, the oldest sixteen, met him and ordered him to take off the badge. He refused and ran away, and the oldest boy seized a gun and commanded George to bnrrah for Hancock. He said he was a Republican, and hurrahed for Garfield, and the boy shot him; forty-two shot entered his body, and it was feared he was fatally injured. The mlnets’ strike at Brazil, has been happily adjusted, by all the operators giving the ten cents advance on tlie price of mining coal, making the present price one dollar per ton. All the works haye resumed operations. The utmost good feeling exists between the operators and miners, and there is little likelihood of the present prosperity of the trade belng interrupted by any difficulty. A larger amount of coal is beieg mined at present than at any lime since its development in the district, and prices are such as to make it possible for the operators to pay a handsome price to the miners and make fair profits themselves. Last Sunday Mr. James Layton waa struck by an engine on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Bt. Louis and Chicago Rail, road at Greensberg and dangerously, perhaps fatality, injured. In company with his little son he was walking oa the railroad brack when a train suddenly rounded a curve and bore down upon them. The son, becoming frightened, ran down the middle of the track, followed by the father, who was fearful he would not have presence of mind enough to get out of the way. He suddenly jumped off and got ent of the way just as the engine reached him. Mr. Layton, however, was struck by the pilot about the head and thrown' several feet upon the bank. He was carried home 4n an unconscious condition.