Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1882 — THE STATE. [ARTICLE]

THE STATE.

The wife of William Sea, of Waveland, fell dead while dressing. James Hendrickson, an influential farmer of NobJe township, Shelby county, has become violently insane. The growing wheat of Indiana, according to reports from various parts of the State, never looked better or gave promise ol a more luxuriant crop. At Terre Haute, two thieves managed to steal $1,500 from Shannon’s Bank. One of them, who hails from Chicago, was arrested,but the one with the cash escaped. Dave Holler, who lived about thirty miles soutli of Carthage, who had goneto look after some traps he had set, was found dead m the woods. He is supposed to have died of epilepsy. Samuel Sunderland, of Delaware county, has given a farm to each of his eight children. He has a splendid home farm of 190 acres left, where he will reside and labor. Dr. O. H. Thomas, a leading dentist of Pendleton, has disappeared suddenly under suspicion of being too intimate with a young servant girl named Carrie Collins. The girl attempted suicide a short time ago. A four-months old child of Frank and Laura Clements, of Crawfords vibe, died Monday morning of strangulation, caused by a erving fit. The child was in unusual good health until the moment of its death. Irwin Miller, a teacher in the public schools of Middletown, Henry county, was arrested on the charge of cruelly whipping a little girl, one of his scholars. He pleaded guilty in. the circuit court and was fined heavily. John Black, w r ho was shot by Robinson, in Brown county on Monday, for traducing the character of Robinson’s sister, died on Tuesday. Robinson is still ai liberty, the sympathy of the community being with’bim. Dr. J. C. Comstock, of Marietta Shelby county, called from his house recently aud severely whipped by J. X. P. Shaw, Oscar Crawford and George Hunter, has brought suit for $2,009 damages against them on account of injuries received. John P. Cravens, son of Hon. John R. Cravens, of Madison, died from an overdose of morphine taken tc allay nervou-Htss. Mr. Cravens was thirtyeight years of age, served with distinction throughout the late war. He leaves a wife and one child. Some friends of the prisoners in the Warsaw calaboose threw coal oil into it and set it oil lira Sunday,for the purpose of freeing the inmates. The plan did not work, however, for the prisoners, under a strong guard, were removed to a place of safety, but the jail was burned. A daughter of Joseph Saberton, of Evansville, who has given her parents a good deal of trouble, having been in jail for stealing, and other mbdemeanors, attempted to put an end to the chronic state of bobber* by mixing poison in the biscuit. fshe made her parents deathly sick, but they were pumped out and she escaped. A wonderful religious revival is in progress at New Albany. It has been going on for the past six weeks, and

j sinners are being gathered in by scores I every night. At the Centenary M. E. church about IfiO have neen converted • at Wesley cuapel over sixty nave pro-’ fessed; at the German M. E. church over fifty; at ’he Third Presbyterian church about s vtnry- Ive. The interest is on the increase, ami promises to extend to all the churches. ' Twelve or fifteeu years ago an old man named Burke, who lived in Bhelby county, near the Bartholomew line, went hunting, carrying with him a fine silver trimmed title—a weapon that was famous in thatregion. Bnice then he has-never been heard from. Recently the rifle was discovered in the possession of a man named Jackson, it has passed through several hauds before coming into Mr. Jackson’s possession, and efforts are beiug made to trace its history, with a view to clearing up the mystery of Burke’s disappearance. In oue of the "German Lutheran churches of Harrison qounty there is an aggravated case of scandal. The pastor of this churen last summer took a trip to Germany, leaving his wife and family at home while he made the visit. But it has leaked out that he took another woman with him, whom he passed off as his wife. The church members are indignant over the I ‘social outrage,” and have invited the preacher to resign, which he will do, and travel westward. He had previously stood very high with his congregation, and the church is greatlv torn up over his moral Jderilietiom, Jake Painter had his own way in Brown county, lor a number of years, and a bad way it was. His wife got a divorce aud married again; but lie drove away her husband and compelled her to return to him, frighteniug her so thoroughly that she remmued. A neighbor offended him, and he retailated by poisoning cattle, until the family moved away tc avoid his persecution. He shot three men wno at various times opposed him, and escaped punishment through the cowardice of the witnesses. A few days ago he went to Thomas Robinson’i house,near by, and demanded that Mrs. Robinson be given to him. It is not stated whether the woman regarded the proposed transfer favorably; but Robinson certainly did not. and, when Painter threatened him with death for refusing, shot the bully dead.

It is said that the State Board of Health is preparing to establish a vaccine farm near Evansville. An encampment“of the State militia will be held at Indianapolis sometime between June 20th and July Ist. Adjutant General Carnahan {§ counting the cost on a proposition to hold an encampment of the State militia in Indianapolis next June. The Directors of the Northern Prison, assisted by Governor Porter, have recently been investigating charges and complaints against Warden Murdock, to the efiect that he was enriching himself upon contracts and perquisits at the expense of the people of the State. The investigation disclosed abuses of long standing, which fully sustained the charges and complaints, and the result was the annulment of contracts and cutting off of perquisites which will divert from $7,000 to SB,OOO a year from the pockets of the the prison warden into the treasury of the State. Reform was necessary. The State Bureau of Statistics has compiled a- statement showing the total expenditures in each county of the State for the years 1880 - 1851. A sum • mingupofthe statement of the B. of S. shows that the total expenditures of all the counties for 1881 were made as follows: For the payment of county officers out of the county treasury, $483,327; for grand aud petti t juries aud bailiffs, S2BO 253, coroners’ inquests, $19,197; enumerating and assessing, $242,908; road viewing and surveying, $40,978; county superintendents aud institutes, $52,711; criminals and prisoners, $90,440; poor, SOOI,313; State benevolent and reformatory institutions, $20,288; new public buildings $205,577; repairing public buildings, $88,991; interest on county bonds, $l7B 256; interest ou gravel road bonds, $20,794; county orders, $36,977; books and stationary, $128,623; printing and advertising, $92 397; new bridges, $312,296; repairs ou bridges, $41,322; redemption of county bonds, $280,206, and all other expenditures, $504 327; total, $4,070,589: