Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1882 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

Madison is having a spiritualistic revival. Kendallville has a ten months old pig that milks a cow as perfectly as a calf could. In every county where the proposition to buy the toil roads was voted upon it was defeated. Lafayette is soon to have an extensive match factory if pending negotiations do not fall through. Mr. Edward Harbesoq, of Jeffersonville, by the death of a relative in Louisville, has fallen heir to $13,000. Lewis Butch, a saloon-keeper at South Bend, was killed yesterday morning by being run over by the cars. Hermann Bahr, a mechanic in the Barnet iron works at Lafayette had an eye whipped out by a flying piece of steel on Saturday. The Indianpolis Central Bank has closed. This is caused by a loss of $30,000 through the dishonesty of the late teller, Arthur Mueller. Mrs. Ellen Walton, charged with the murder of her husband, was released on bail at Greensburg on Saturday, the bond being SIO,OOO. L. K. Hill, a citizen of Centerville, was frightfully injur, d yesterday afternoon by his team running away. He had his arms and three ribs broken. The Madison Courier, of Thursday, contains a touching sketch of the home-life of the late Colonel Garber, written by his son Michael, the present managing editor. The experts employed to investigate the books of ex-County Treasurer Gibson, of Delaware county, have filed their report, showing a shortage of $14,000 and over. Gibson has not yet been arrested. “Four Columbus faro banks were busted the other day, and one could hardly get a calm answer from any citizen in the town. Every one argued that it was the beginning of another financial crisis.” On Thursday morning, at New Albany, Charles Chapman, a street-car driver, was shot by Lee A.. Beckham, Assistant Superintendent of the street-car company. The shooting was iu self defense. Chapman may recover. The Supreme Court has decided that Mrs. Ellen V. of being a party to the murder of her husband should be let tc bail. It is said that the citizens of Greensburg are greaCjr incensed over this decision. A stock sompany, with a large c ipital, is now being organized to construct an opera bouso and hotel at New Castle. It is designed to commence operations at an early day, and push the enterprise with all the speed money can command, and have the premises ready for occupation by fall. A man named John Lawson was run over, early this morning, near Chesterton, by a Lake Shore train, and instantly killed. He had been in that place last night drinking and showing a considerable sum of money, from which a suspicion arises that he was murdered and robbed, and placed upon the track to conceal the crime. The Coroner is holding an inquest. The Greenfield Democrat says: “Some days ago, at the funeral of his father, a son wanted the silver plate, marked “Our Father,” removed from the casket, saying that he did not want that mqch silver buried. This same son, when asked for two silver half dollars to be placed over his father’s eyes to close them, said that if he let them go he wanted some one to be responsible for them. He marked the money, so he could identify it. - A few weeks since, a man representing himself to be George E. Strong, and a member of Mercer Masonic Lodge, St. Mary’s Ohio, applied to the Martinsville Lodge for relief, which was granted, his evidence of good standing seeming go id. Inquiry afterward developed the fact that he was an imposter, and he was arrested, fov nd guilty of obtaining money Under false pretenses, and sentenced to Jeffersonville for four years. One day last week, says the Atica Ledger, a woman living a few miles south of town, whose name we could not learn, went to a neighbor’s leaving her six months’ babe sitting on the floor with a piece of dried beef in in its hands. The house cat took posession of the beef, and the smell *on the babe’s fingers caused it to commence eating them. The two first fingers were badly lacerated, and the cat was Btill at work when the mother returned. The child is not serious--ly iujured. Indianapolis Journal: There is some speculation, together with a great deal of complaint, as to when the Revised Statutes will be issued and ready for distribution. A Journal reporter who, yesterday, took the trouble to look into the matter, was authoritively Informed that it was highly probable that the work would not be completed before some time in May. It was claimed that the prolonged delay was to be attributed to the slow manner in which the printers were working, together with the immense amount of work being put upon the index of to the volume. The work will be quite volumnious, numbering fully 1,800 pages. It has been in preparation for several months, and the impression is prevalent that there has been a great deal of needless delay in its publication. The State officials are receiv ng complaints in larger numbers, and It seems that the admonition of patience In the matter has almost ceased to be tolerable.