Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1881 — THE STATE. [ARTICLE]

THE STATE.

r * i : n \ ;| •» *;»•; '•< l *♦<• At Indianapolis two brothers were killed'by a strfeet car driver in self defense.' ■ A- -ii O' iixj ‘ V‘ ’ f There are’hii Jeflei'sowviilA fiftypersons, corporations and qompkuie* paying tax on an assessment ojfiJID.OOO or over. . T- .' fru> Work intWship yard at Madiso*i if unusually lively. Last Week five re paired.vessels Were lannched frrttn the way, and three boats were tnken>-*<lulJ for repairs. ” \ Tuesday night’ the sfht-e rtf Is. M. Campbell, at Lexington, ten miles south : of Deputy, wiaS- f reWred by burglars, who blew open his- carrying away SBO6 la money and SI,<JOO in. notes.;.Ho eldw/ j/nff n-u . 7 ; Mr. W„C.,DeP«tiw; of. Hew Albany, wJU leaye fy;., Jplwpjtfin *4? ff days toremain a couple oryears. .He will, visit all the Eufopek'h countries, and wUI 'make a particular inspection of Palestine and tlf? Hpfy , u Extensive preparations ‘.are -being made fbr the* at Lafayette owtbe'Kd afad is# of Septemher. General 8 erman, Hayes, Sheridan, Belknap, Logan, and others have signified their "intention io be present. ; on r>i«?r George end Charley Hunter, brothers, .of Montpcliep. £ave been arrested by United" Statue t)epuly Marshal Haydeti.' of Eon W*j4e, and &United State* detective, for passing counterfeit silver eqln of dollar, and bast dblfer denominations. ” The crtintafestonera tt# count#; 'have fautde a contract with- JJiA.Vrydrawnew plans and specifications for a new court house. Vrydattfth' will receive five pet cent., leas SI,OOO, fpr his ootnmlflaion, the court bouse to be built within the prescribed limit of smooo • ■ EF TE v,“

An attempt was made to blow m> City, by exploding a dynamite cartridge in the cellar. The building was tjrifltejJ and racked, but no one jpEinarwl. wWlng and lathrfftm TOWgMW oßdedwsuckers and Ikss ars strewn along the banks of the Whitewater between Richmond and Abington, six miles below. It is supposed that they have been poisoned by the sewage Irom the factories and shops that empties into the river above the national bridge. George McElfresh, of Muncfe, went to the house of his long-divorced wife,

kicked down the door, seized her and threatened to brain her with a huge stone. Her sister; Mary Lee, fired at him and inflicted a dangerous and perhaps fatal wound in-the abdomen. Mrs, Mansdoefier, wife of a wellknown farmer, residing ten milps from Ft. Wayne,>ud Just across- the Whitley q .unty line, while preparing a meal fbr her ! family Saturday was bhrued to-death by her clothes taking fire frqmthe stove. ,i * Buiglars entered the residence of David Grubb, at Waldron height miles south of Shelbyville, about 10 6* clock' Sunday night, and took S2OO in nfoney* which M*. Grubb had placet! in his bed but »' short time'before. Mrs. Grubb and blr daughter had retired to bed, but were so badly frightened that they dared not give any alarm. While Hebry Hanna* of Fort Wayne, was crossins Clinton .street bridge over tfr# Bt. Mary/s river,’the bridge fell, carrying Mr. Hanna, his horse and buggy into the river. The horse was drowned, £nd Mm Hanna was rescued much exhausted, after being in the water jeyeral hours. About a dozen resident of Richinond make a living by hunting ginseng inn Henry county. Some say they average over se veto* pounds' of the root, but three or four pounds is nearer the average. It looses about half its weight in drying, and sella to the druggist for exportation to China, at. per pbund. It sells ih Pekin for $5 per. -pound.’ ’li ’ . i t Mr. W. H. Smith, es Jduncie, to Lafayette, and met in. the street & ggntlemapW the naipe of Willis Wells; who*had' ran 'aWay Wittr hiS wife aoruq weeks before. . Ha greeted him warmly. marched him back. |to the hotel wherelie had beefc stayihg with Mrs.S., took him into the backyard and administered a severe whaling. Smith tnen took his wife and returned home. Well*declares he acted only as. ft good Samaritan in (he case,but Ueg »t treated mere like the other fellow, A little' - soft Of Marion Junes of Rains vllle was.nlimbing-a fence vfith a pjtohfork tfhen he heard spake rattle and looking down saw a huge rattle bnake in tSe< act of springing. With great courage ftnd .presence of- mind* the little fellow attacked hiija with the pitchfork sticking one of the prongs in ; ihis mouth and.,pinning-him to tWe ground. He held him there for half an honr until help arrived, and killed the mopfeterviwbich Was eight f6t*t four inches long and had sixteen rattles. Dilrlrigthe storm near Connersyille last week, a terrific bolt of lightning struck a largelocust tree in the yard of WV H. BrotsldHs. ' The tree stood not 1 ! more thap ,tmenty-4lye feet from the sleeping apartments of the family, yet ndUfeof them was seriously shocked.; The,family W** instantly aroused to firiq their rooms brilliantly illuminated and, hooking out, balls of fire were seen roiling over-the ygrd for several minutes.-. Pemons a mile distant -Were, w«at odt to see ir tnelr own buildings, .were not struck. Annie, the ten-year-old daughter of Jojin Brahmes, of Fort Wayne, died June 2, and. was buried very quietly And dridCr Suspicious circumstances. On Saturday Coroner Gaffney exhumed the body and found it qqvered with one mass of braises from head to foot, the back of the head showing bruises Sufficient to nave caused, death aloneSuriday Mrs. Brahmes was arrested. Charged with mordering her child by severe whippings, but an examination showed ' that she was insane, and she will be sent* to the asylum. Sb has five otb er children which have' beeri sent to the Gathotfc orphan’s home.'; . * I. . • *

The State Bureau of Statistics received last,year, and is again collecting for its report of 1880, returns .from' tb several Jcofantles showing the number of acres of taewiy clearedland, and-also ( of arable idle or unused The returns of lastyedr, Which ‘.’by the way were omitted from the printed reporter the lqqk of space, show that the nirgttet quantity of unused land the following cnuutiee. -namely; Har •risen 20,671, Lawrence 18,903, and Washington 28.500; Wild Stark, with With 894-acres bad thosmallest amount of any county jp the State.- Four counties wfere shown'to have cleared morethan 5.-000 acres of -new. land for qj-op?( in 1880 -Koeqiq/sko, Lake, Jackson and Bartholomew,'Whil6' Floyd cleared th'fe smallest/ amount —l7 ft, acres. Ilt-is, noticeable,from the statistics* that the iand'Tn tire‘ southern counties 1 ’fllieds morfe frequent rata from' or6p-raising thap that pf the,other - sections of the