Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1881 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

Winawac is to have a new hotel with all the modern conveniences. D. F. Wheaton, of South Bend, yielded three fingers to the insatiate buzz saw. The railroads centering at New Albany wi 1 build a union depot at Main and Vincennes streets. The residence of George Ball, one mile northeast of Madison, was burned with meet oi its conente. A. Marmor, a prominent butcher of Evansville, is missing, leaving about $5,000 due various creditors unpaid. Competitive examinations of candidates for the West Point eadetahip, will take place at Marion on the 11th. It is now said that there is but one case of small pox at Milford, but at Syracuse, Leesburg and New Paris, it is still prevalent. Randolph Foist©, living three miles south of Scipio, while out hunting, shot his right hand nearly off. It will have to be amputated. Remeny’s little sky terrier, his pet and his pride, showed signs of hydrophobia at Evansville, and was killed with its owner’s consent. George Schmidt, of Evansville, two years old, died of hydrophobia, after thirty hours delirium and suffering. He was bitten March 7th. Henry A. Peed has taken hold of ills daily paper at South Bend. He calls it the Times. It is a businesslooking five column sheet.

The appointment of a new superintendent of the orphan’s home and feeble minded institute, near Knightstown, has been postponed until the 15th. A pack of vicious dogs are creating considerable exoitement at East Oakland, Wayne county, and a party of men have turned out to hunt them down. Mrs. Lydia Hatch, of Newcastle, who is somewhat deaf, was struck by a Pan-Handle freight engine while walking on the track and dangerously hurt. Dr. John Moffett, professor of theory and practice in Central college of physicians and surgeons at Indianapolis, is quite ill at his residence in Rushville. Rev. B. F. Owens, the pastor of the M. E. Church at Bro'wnstown last year, has just died at Minneapolis, Minn., where he went for failing health last fall. Col. M. C. Garber, the well-known journalist and postmaster of Madison, was stricken with apoplexy, and is in a critical condition. One side Is completely paralyzed. The Miller brothers who were shot at a disreputable house at Evansville, died of their wounds next day. John Knapke, who did the shooting, and John Lang are in jail. Theodore Wenn, an old citizen of Michigan City, and sexton of Greenwood cemetery at that place, committed suicide without know n cause, by hanging himself in his tool house. John A. Moses has sold the Rushville Republican to Hon. U. D. Cole, of ludianapolis. Mr. Cole was a partner of Mr. Moses in publishing the Huntington Herald a few years ago. A prizefight took place at Jeffersonville, between two moulders named Robert Farrell and Lewis School, in which the latter was whipped after ten rounds had been fought, aud he was terribly punished. The union agricultural society of Rush, Henry and Hancock counties, 'held a session at Knightstown and organized a stock company, cash .capital $2,000, shares $lO. New grounds west of town will be leased. J. V. Richardson, •of Evansvilie, accomplice of Coleman in the attempt to swindle a life insurance company, has been awarded two years in the penitentiary and slooflue. Coleman’s case goes over to the next term. The commissioners of Kosciusko county have closed the contract for the new court house. Captain Hiram Iddings, of Noble county, was the lowest bidder, securing tne contract for erecting the building complete for the sum of $167,500. While hunting near Evansville, Harry Kelley in crossing's fence,’ *ll, and his gun was discharged, shooting his companion, Jesse Galloway, in the back, inflicting a wound which proved fatal in eight hours. He leaves a wife and three children. Ira Miller, who killed Seth McKinney, at Gilman a week ago, went to Anderson wtth his attorney, Judge Buckles, of Monde, and gave himself up to tne authorities. He had his Ereliminary trial and was bound over > court, his father going on his bond for $3,000. When Miss Lina Shivley, of Henry county, to whom Mlijer, the murderer of McKinney, of Gilman, was paying his addresses, got news of the tragedy, together with a false report of his suicide, she faihted and fell, sustaining injuries which may prove fatal. An idiotic girl named Tish Cable bus just died at Brooklyn, leaving a newly born infant, which she swears is the child of her grandfather, William Breedlove, aged seventy, who is now under arrest. The feeling in the neighborhood is very strong against him. Ely Snyder, a colored boy sixteen years of age, employed in Blount’s {flow factory, at Evansville, while polshing a plow point on a grindstone making lour hundred revolutions a minute, sustained* fatal injuries by the flying to pieces of the stone. Thp skull of the boy was crushed in ana instantaneous death followed.