Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1881 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

New Albany starts its censtisj report' far 1880 with ten pairs of t wins.. . '■ The Item? is the hfifoe of a'sprightly little daily jusP vstabUslied 4n Rlchx n*o»d. ♦ Dr. Peek, of Indianapolis, accidentally stepped Into of hot water. He may (lie. Scarlet fever is likely to become epidemic in Greenfield. The schools will probably be closed. Wheat ip, the north part of the State’; where there has been till lately very little snow, is said to be nearly ruined. Jacob Troutman broke a leg, and William Bratt in was injured internally by falling an the ice at Crawfordsville. A young man named David Crease was badly, if. not fatally injured, by striking nis breast against a post while coasting at Madison, Mrs. John Cross, of Jeffersonville, who has been deaf for several years, woke up the other morning with her hearing perfectly restored. A child of Wm. Ashley and a child of Ogden Harrod, near Zanesvile, Harrison county, were so badly burned that their recovery is doubtful: , While Isaac Troulam was at Marion church some youth stole his team, and one horse was driven till it dropped dead.

Mrs. Marshall, of Rushville, an old lady of eighty, fell on the sidewalk, and was probably fatally, breaking her thigh and threejips. Miss Katie of,Madisoft, was severely injured while coasting the other day. Her right leg was fracture' ed, mid she was otherwise injured.* J. W. Pate, ‘tlie cleffclof Riplfey'CO; Who was taken to the -asylum a few days ago, became insane 'through the excessive use liquor. The commissioners of Hancock county compromised with the.eleyeq soldiers claiming bounty from tlie county tty payingthem |loß:so'hpleee. Governor Albert G- Porter has beefl chosen to deliver the Popular address before the literary societies of Hanover Coll el ge at the uegt, commence, inent. ' * : r *■ is« •.. *a4 J, George Hines killed apitii in Newcastle about tweryears ago by disemboweling him. He escaped tnen, but Was discovered in Marion,Trid?, and was arrested •. i » - y Il6n'. Booker, of Pleasantville, •'ha* ■just opened a coal of which, though Jess tlupi.u Jwinlred foet below the sur/ape, t h nearly six feet in thickness. ' ' ' i<"l James Van yalkeuburg. of Plymouth, has just completed'nis.ona nundreth year/ JTehas Seven liVifcg chip dren, aged respeciivelyr77/FB,-fi9> 62 ami ;>6 r and ojie has just died <3 * He wit Downs.a farmer living near Greensburg, went to place a week ago, and lias sincC beeh mysterio'uslV missing. He Wad bitt Asmalfahiount of money with him, «and no cause for his disappearance-is. known, ,

Old Mr. Livdly, of Bloomington went into his stable to feed, when onq of his horses kicked him uijihe bowels, producing internal injuries which are likely to prove fatal. He has beets Vomiting blood' • fit • Intervals ever since. u. i -. ... - • A Very dangerous accident- happen? ed to, Mr, John Marts, proprietor of th? bub and spoke factory of Shellyville. A circular. saw threw off a piece of lumber, strikfng'hlm -violently in the breast. He soy unconscious fora long time. Joel Tanner, living near Bloomington, was returning •to hii home on horseback, when the horse slipped and fell with him dislocating'his shoulder. His foot caught in the stirrup and he, was badly bruised before he could.extricate himself. His injuries ar? severe if not fatal. . James Knight, a'young man from Sharp’s station, White coutaty, attempted to kill himself -by shooting himself through the chest, J list above theheart. He was working,for.Willem Kenton, of Hanging Grove township. When asked why he did it'hesaia: “Tell mother it is on account of trouble.” Was-wtiH living at the last ad vkws. . A little girl, six years of age, and daughter, of Harman Hackman of Seymour, retired in the evening, comSlainiug some little of sore thfoat. lot little attention -was paid to ft until next monring, when the family arose and found the daughter dead in bed. It is supposed she #ss attacked by.dlptheria and her throat swelled so rapidly that she couM not call foe-as-sistance. -a, ~ At the United Brethren church at Bee Camp, Jefferson county, a revival has been, in progress for some time past. Among the converts' has been a beautiful young girl aged fifteen, named Florence Neal, who has now been in « trance for week, refusing all food, and returning to all. consciousness for only a few moments at a time, and • a * long intervals. ? In her conscious moments she speaks of having been in hsaveq and .eg seeing her mother. , s : Reuben Justus, an old and prominent citizen of Worthington, Greene

O 2^ u s r » • shallow stream near Bwit« City: He started to walk to Worthington on theWllriiad, It is tBWIgKTRFwfe sTddping to drink ifrmfi seiitch, fell with hMh&fli fn the walpr, «ud luting intoxicated, had hot eu. When found, on Saturday night, he was froiten in a kmvlihg |S»siffon, with his bead in six indies of water, and frosen fast iu the ice. , f -,„>■