Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1881 — THE STATE. [ARTICLE]

THE STATE.

During a heavy wind and rain storm which prevailed at. Crawfordsville Friday Light,the front or west wall of the First Presbyterian church fell in. damaging the structure to the extent of over SSOO. The wall was sixty-five feet high. Cn Saturday James Brown, of New Albany,aged sixteen,robbed his grandfather, The mas O’Brien, of s3so,and in company with a lad of his own age named John Burke, left town, going, as is thought, either to Cincinnati or Indianapolis. About two weeks since, Mr. Charles Gordon disappeared from Madison, and though every effort has been made, nothing has been heard of him. Ou the day of his disappearance he had about S4OO in his possession, and foul play is feared. The Jeffersonville glass works company is not running its works on full time on account of the scarcity of coal. Enough rough plate has been on hand for some ' time to keep the smoothers and polishers going, but the the furnaces are idle. The board of trustees of the state uni-

versity adjourned, after examining the affairs of the university.and providing for the needs of the ensuing year. Everything was found in a satisfactory condition, and appropriations aggregating f 33,055 were made. The revival meetings at Evansville, conducted by Rev. Dr. Earle, during the past three weeks, have been very successful. At a meeting at Trinitv church Thursday night, more than a hundred persons declared themselves ready to become Christians. Harry Ay Is worth, Ed Fisher and some other boys of Attica, have just completed a little steamer, whiph they have launched on the Wabash. Everything except the engine and boiler was built by the boys, and they will soon start on a journey down the rumr, expecting to take a trip up the Arffknsas. While William Wiegand was walking about the fair grounds, at Fort Wayne, he found a plush bag containing gold pens, opera-glasses and JCwelry amountingin value to over S4OO. The articles found proved to be those stolen from the safe of Bechal <fc Co., at Defiance, 0., on Saturday night, and for which a reward was offered.

The Patoka Valley coal corppany, composed of officers of the Louisville, New Albany and Bt. Louis railway, have laid out a town in the center of P<ke county,thirty miles east of Princeton, and have selected as a name for the new town, Goldthwalt. It covers 209 acres of ground. Several mines have been opened, and it is the purpose of the company to erect 100 houses for miners. A « Several years ago a woman named Rebecca Dick applied for admission to the Wabash County Infirmary, she having neither friends nor means of support. Recently she died, and soon after a young man claiming to tie her nteji-son ap|*«*ared and asked for drcumentary proof of her death. This was furnished. It has since transpired that he had Insured the old woman,a life in in Ohio grave yard company forsl,ooo mid has doubtless already secured the money.

Saturday evening about 5 o’clock, Frank He ner, a boot black, aged 14, f dally stabbed IxmnieC. Marietta, son of Charles Marietta, of Shelbyville. Ixrnnieand young Bert Mathers were having n game of marb'es, and became engaged in a quarrel over the game. Little Marrietta started to run when Mathers caught and held him At this period Frank Herner, who stood on the opposite corner, ran acron to the boys, and. drawing his pocket knife, stabbed Marietta on the right side of the back, the blade entering the right lung Young Herner. who did the cutting, is aeon of Peter Herner, of Shelbyville,

but has not lived at home for some time. He is a boot black and a very bad character, and was drank at tte time of the cutting. He will at one e be sent to the house of refuge. e