Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1881 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

r A young man named Wm. Mills ■ was drowned in the Wabash at Hun- > tington, Friday night. | Elder Miller, of the colored Baptist church, of Jeffersonville, on Sunday immersed,among others, Anna Miller, a negress, whom he said was over 100 years old. The dental rooms of Dr. J. H. Beeson, of Pendleton, were burglarized, Saturday night, and a valuable kit of forceps and extracting instruments were stolen, worth $25. Charles Mobly, an Indian, was severely wounded id the arm in Spitsnagio’s saloon at Peru, by Spltznagle, who was carelessly handling a pistol. It was purely accidental. The poisoning of the Harrison fiunily at Owensvllle, from which one child died, it is said will be investigated by the offloers. of the law. The mother refused to allow a post mortem examination of the child. Sunday night burglars entered the residence of Mrs. McDaniel, a milliner of Bainbridge, and took S2OO from under her pillow while she was asleep. The back doors of both Ritter’s and Manning’s grocery stores were found open. Charles O’Keefe, aged fourteen '■ years, was fatally injured at Howards shipyard. Jeffersonville. The boy had been working on the deck of-one of the new steamers, when ho lost balance and fell to the ground, a distance. of fifteen feet, fracturing his skull.

Sunday afternoon a couple of tramps called for something to eat at Pressnal’g. four miles west of New Castle. The old lady was alone at home, After eating they assaulted her, aud she was found this evening unconscious. The whple country is looking for those tramps. The fourth anniversary of the Seymour Reform Club, popularly termed the “Big Sixth,” will be celebrated on the 6th prox. Eminent speakers will discuss the present phases of the temperance question, and a grand band tournament will add to the interest and enjoyment of the day. The United States snag-boat K. W. Lind, arrived at Terre Haute, Sunday for the purpose of commencing improvements on the Wabash river. All obstructions between that city and the mouth of the river will be removed at once, and it is hoped to make the Wabash navigable for boats the year round. - A bloody row occurred the other day on the border of Orange county, near Stewart postoffice between two brothers named Austin. They had been on a spree and got to quarreling. One of them shot the other in the mouth, who in return planted a in the assailant’s stomach. Both were seriously hurt. Very early the other morning, Beba Olmstead and Tom Holland, of Laporte, had some misunderstanding over a game of cards, which led to blows, Holland drew a knife * and Olmstead shot twice, which missed. Holland then cut Olmstead from the ear over the right cheek into the neck. His iujuries are not fatal. Holland was arrested.

An extraordinary elopement occurred in Northwest township, Orange county, ten miles southwest of Mitchel. George Aules took James McCracken’s wife and left for parts upknown. Abies left a wife (who is McCracken’s sister) and five children. Mrs. McCracken left her husband and six children. They were quiet farm jeople, and the affair is a great sensation among the, rural people. L Last December, W. F. George, of Laporte, was arrested by Special Agent Beares, for using the mails purposes. He was put under bond to appear before the United States grand jury for the May term. As no evidence of fraud or attempt to defraud was found, the case was dismissed, Attorney Holstein stating that the charge was utterly ignored when presented to the Jury. Some months ago Mathias Bennett, of Lafayette, while acting as switchman on the Lake Erie and Western railway, was caught between the ears in the yards and the life squeezed out administrator alleged that the accident was caused through no fault of Bennet, and brought suit. The case was takeD to Cartoncounty, where a verdict was awarded the widow in the sum of $4,720.

On Saturday night a number of roughs got drunk, and Almo-t took dosesslon of the town of Greensbure causing some of the saloons and other business houses to close their doors for their own protection, the policeman being powerless to overcome the “- Hiller, night watchman on the C., L., St. L. and C, railroad wa * B** upon, but got away. .i 1 ! 1 * 1 xgxlu, When he defended himself by shooting George Sherwood in the shoulder, K When Dr. Kersey, the coroner of Richmond, woke up one morning recen ly, he found a gang of* workmen busily engaged in tearing the roof off his housed He commanded them to stop, and when they refused to do so, he shot at the one nearest to him wltli a revolver, and struck him in the hand. The fellow replied with* volt ley of bncks, and the air was full of bullets and broken bricks for a few minutes when an officer arrived and tratastop to it. The house belong! to Charles E. Potts,a Cincinnati drug! gist, who had been trying to obtain V°****}on to bu Id a business block on the lot Failing to do so, be ordered his men to commence demolishing the building without regard to oocupants. Dr Kersey will vacate the premises, but will bring suit tor damages.

Th* Burglar Wasn’t There Too mush presence of mind is a rare surplus in man or woman. It may EE paling to retire for the night, thought "the eve of a fulfrength tSStrait of Washington wink. She bad heard of burglars being hid behind pictures, but she did not scream and *xlut She took off her diamonds, and opening a drawer as if to put thein fr it took out a revolver and 9lx Bhote into the ’ j 1?? oervants rushed in and found there was no burglar there, picture WM Soiled for nothing. Presence of mind • and coolness don’t want to be a accmpanied by too much imagination. - “Beauty’s Home Killamey” has betussenthe Royal marines and a party of patriot*, in which the latter were wonted. *** The manufacture of oleomargarine and other oleaginous substitutes to* butter has been iwmfo illegal br m a fine of not lean "O' WOO belVtE