Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1881 — THE STATE. [ARTICLE]

THE STATE.

The oommittoe awarded the first band pries, at the soldier’s reunion at Lafayette, to the iJarmonta band ot Tiffin, Q. t ; • Thad. Withers, a Biroekrille mi fiery’ was looking 1&6 the dufct box at his , mUI ’ ***** hi* fio* iD g r*beard, smf held <m uuiil , every hair Mayor Warder, of Jiffereonvilie, has UKued orders tq the ppUoe to afoot down all drunken hoodlums who resist wbll « In the

Itobft j book man, who o*in« from Germany .to Larry Thsfen, or Whalen, pat in the Jail hospital at Lafojetto for safe keeping, being insane. died a few days ago. H» trained to he MmH Cincinnati, and aaid he had befen thrown from a train ofcsrs. Be hart an Ugly eat on the A revolver in the hands of Eli Wanner, living hear Pyrmont, Carroll oonnty, wa* sbcidentaiiy discharged last Sunday, tending a ballet through his left hand andluto the left thigh ol his with, who wea sitting fay him at the tithe. f s Rason Hhlnbarger, superintendent of public iustruotion of Porter county, baa been convicted hi the .ooittmlasloners coart &f improper. intimacy wiki some; of.pl* l*ay teachers and dismissed from h|s office. ‘He took an tfppea! te ibe circuit oourt. ■ The temperance people of Muneie, aided or led by the pastors, have made a vigorous fight against the saloon keepers. They have succeeded in de featlng five applications for license, and as a result, as many, saloons have been closed. , ...

Mr. Boemer, aged over sixty, a citizen tor thirty yearn of Highland township, Franklin county, was hunting eggs in his haymow, when he accidentally fell through a hatchway and was instantly killed. * Hiram Clinton's residence, tour miles southwest of StileeVilfo, Was burglarsed of between sfcOO and jftOO in money, noteß of cttual vjMuc, a gold watch, and otbfei articles of Value, during the absentee of the mefobers of the family on Monday. i Work has been 'commenced on tbe pier of the bridge that is to span the Ohio river between. Ntw Albany and L mlsville. The piers will be nine in number, and will be‘llo feet in heigh gbove low water mark Work began on the Indlaih side.

Little Iva Boone, of Seymour, drank some oil of tansy the other evening, wnicn Wki given. her by her little brother who found it in tbe baok yard, and she was thrown into violent spasms It was only by severe exertions that the little girl’s life was spared. Bhe is yet in a critical condition. • On Monday, the wife of John Ros» sell, a plasterer, of GrtensbuHh While holding hfcr yfeat bill child lb he! ai-oafe, nSHpi tw6 ugly, hut not sevefe wopuds. , ~v , Frank yfadp, of New v .Carllaie> Joseph eounly, apd & .companion athusing themselves in the former’s,room, a revolver in the hands of inffumfift ft fatal wound. Frank was standing on nis bead when shot. Court E Wbitsett, of Madison, has a big lawsuit on his hand* to hold possession of his Trimble county peach orchard, containing about 50,000 trees. The owner of the orchard qlaims that Whitsett’s lease expired last October, while the latter claims it has three years to run.

The saloon ocoupled by Heffner A Walker, at Palestine, was bloWn up with dynamite dr powder Saturday night-. The building Was entirely db* molished, throwing pieces in all dlrebr tlona. Persons living near tbe Saloon Wete shakeb ofit 6t bed, add others thought the World had dome to bn end. The wi'6 of Fphiram Drake, df-Hen-cKibkstownship, Shelby obunty, was found drowned Saturday morning In the riVeir ear her rerddenoe. She was dressed bnly in her night clothes. She bbjd beeb sotbewhat arranged for several days, and had eluded thq vigilance of her friends during the night. John Wall, a farmer near Laporte, had a desperate enoounter with a couple of horse thieves. They had harnessed three of hi* best horses, when, hearing a noise at the barn, he arose and went out armed with a double-barreled shot gun. He was saluted with a volley irom their revolvers, and returned the fire, finally succeeding in driving them away without the horses.

One day last week a tramp, giving his name os Sickles, obtained work as a painter, at a farm bouse about five miles north of Shoais. He worked from that time until Saturday evening doing good work. On that evening he climbed into a chesnut tree in quest of nuts, when he fell to the ground, a distance of forty feet, and was instantly killed. The whereabouts of his liome and friends is not known. Robert Mcßride, a respectable man, aged sixty-seven, living one mile irom Union City, was dragged to the door of his bouse the other night, and struck on the head with a heavy stone, by a young rough named John Branch. The blow caused a fracture at the base of the skull, and he is In a precarious condition. Branch escaped. Thomas Freidline, of Decatur, went to New Haven and sold his horse. Receiving SIOO as the purchase money, be divided it into two parcels and put it Into separate pockets. He was compelled to walk home, and shortly after dark, being yet some miles from his residence, ne was waylaid by two men who knocked him down and extracted one package of money from his pocket, but failed to find the other.

The d wellinghouse of Mr. Singleton Pin nick, of Northwest township, Orange oounty.was struck by lightning the other night and burned to the ground. The family "barely escaped with their lives, losiftgeverytbingeise. Mr. Pin nick had the mtefortune to lnee his eight, a few years ago, and the lose or his property has awakened the sympathy of his neighbors, who are oontiibuting to assist hiin to rebuild his bouse. Al- Hunt, a farmer residing a short distance southeast ’of Richmond, met with an accident that iLJa feared will fatal. He wan engaged in driving cattle near the Relief mills on Elknorn, and white chasing a calf the animal stopped suddenly and his horse fell over it and on him.': He was unconscious when picked up and carried to the mill, and at last accounts lie was still that condition. It is thought that fao can not survive. 'V‘T‘