Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1882 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

Tne Hew directory of Evansville contains 15,839 names, against 14,039 last year. In the list of cities which circulate the moat daily papers in pro portion 4o their imputation, Indianapolis stands David Cramer, in attempting to get off a moving train at Belden, Wabash county, fell and fractured his skull. He will probably die. Probably the oldest Sunday schoo. in Indiana is the Methodist Episcopal, pf Corydon. It has been m operation for sixty-five years. The shipment of strawberries from New Albany now averages 6,000 gallons daily, and will reach 10.000 in a lew days. The crop is immense and the fruit very line. Wilson Fleming, while putting up an awning at Shelbyville, fell from the ladder upon which he was standing, dislocating his ankle and otherwise bruising himself up considerably. Jacob Baltz, of Spencerville, DeKalb county, assaulted Dr. Houghton, of that place, and beat him so terribly that he can not recover. The trouble grew out of u joke which offended Mrs. Beitz. The annual quarrel over the election of city school trustees, at Greensburg, is on again, and will only terminate with a strongly-contested lawsuit. The mam question now seems to be as to which baud shall control the school funds. The coming military encampment at Indianapolis, in July, has had the effect of arousing martial ardor among the young: men of that city and vicinity. Applications for admission into militia companies that design taking part in the encampment are numerous. The wool clip of Southern Indiana is larger and the wool better this Spring than of any previous year. Prices range at 18 to 20 cents per pound for the commonest; 20 to 22 cents for second class; 24 to 25 cents for fine fiber, and 28 to 33 cents for tine and tub-washed.

A German saloon-keeper at Indiauapolis was summoned before the grand-jury the other day, and told at the door that he must wait a few mo ments until they had examined another witness. He said: ‘‘Better I go my home back den. I dond was got der dime for dese foolishness.” He remained, all the same. John Ryan, who was badly beaten recently by Michael Grogan, at Vincennes, is lying at his home in a cnt- > ical condition, his injuries being much worse than at first believed. His jawbone was literally crushed to splinters, and the inflammation is so great that his physicians are really apprehensive of fatal results. A four year old boy who'6 parent reside in Brown county, is wonderfully precocious. He can give the number of States and Territo ies, name their capitals, give the number of counties and township* in each, the names of the principal cities in the world, and other feits of m-mory equally surprising. The parents, of course, are very prou l of their infant prodigy, and take gre.it pride in txhibiting his knowledge to others. The bond of Mrs. B. F. Batch 1 ler, indicted for fornication, was declared forfeited the other day in the criminal court at Indianapolis. The defendant is the woman arrested at the Hotel Brunswick some weeks ago, upon complaint of Mr. French, of Cnicago. ThS latteralso tried to include Dr. Batchslder at the same time, but he eluded the constables and escaped. Mr. French was present to prosecute had the accused appeared. A west bound passenger train was thrown from the track near Brown - stown by the removal of a rail on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. The cars went down an enbankment fifteen feet into Hough Creek. Chas. Rogers, a tramp from Boston stealing a ride on the front part of the train was instantly killed. E. E. Recker express messenger, had an arm broken and was bruised. No passengers were hurt. It is thouglu. the motive of the persons who removed the rail robbery, but none was attempted.

Thomas Lamb, of Madison, who worked in the cooper shops of Chest* A Wymond, at Louisville, met with a peculiar and fatal accident. He was walking across the “soak trough.” upon which narrow planks were laid, like ties in a railroad bed, when one of them broke under him, letting him fall upon the sharp end of one of the stakes set up in tne trough to separate the bundles of poles belonging to the different workmen. The end of the stake penetrated Lis abdomen several inches. He drew it out, crawled back to bis birth and fainted. He was taken to his boarding house and •urgical aid summoned, but it was impossible to do anything for him. He died on Sunday. On the day after the news was re«eived of Hancock,B defeat for Presilent a wealthy citizen of Jeffersonville, named Harry Anderson.jumped from his seat, placed $4,000 in his ooots and disappeared, from home in a demented state of mind, hothing was heard of his whereabouts uutil I’ueeday last, when he was arrested at Chattanooga by officers for laice ny, and $1,700 found on his person. Mrs* Kate Wallace, of Jeffersonville, arrived there on Wednesday and took charge of him. They left that night for his home. He had been wandering over the country ever since Hancock’s defeat. He was a strong Democrat, and it is supposed the result of the election caused his derangement.