Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1885 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—The body of an unknown man, badly decomposed, was found in the, river at Andrews. . —Capt. A. W. Henry, river man, has been appointed Deputy Clark of Jefferson County. Rufus Magee, of Indiana, the newly appointed Minister to Sweden and Norway, has qualified. He sails from New York on May 30. P —A group of ten large ice-houses were stinek by lightning at Indianapolis and consumed. Loss. $20,000. At Bristol, sixteen buildings were destroyed by fire. Loss, $40,000. —The Oliver Chilled Plow Company, of South Bend, has restored the wages of employes to the rates paid before last November’s reduction. This action was voluntary by the company. —Mrs. Kate Harley, of Logansport, who disappeared from that city on the 18th of March, while laboring under a temporary mental aberration, is still missing and unheard from. She is thin in face, weighs one hundred pounds, is five feet two inches high, and nearly 35 years old. Her front teeth are clear white, with gold fillings, showing near the gams. One Hundred and Twelve Yean O 1 . Mrs. Mary Breneman, who claims to have been born at Lewiston, De!., March 14, 1773, and who would consequently be 112 years old. is a resident of Lafayette. In 1806, with her first husband, she moved to Circleville, Ohio. Her first husband dying, she married John Breneman, who soon after also died. Her youngest son is still living. He is 81 years ok), and resides at Rensselar, in Jasper County. Mfs. Breneman was a Miss Mary Perry, and. claims that she is a sister of that famous naval hero, Oliver Hazard Perry. The latter she remembers very little about, as he was dway at sea a great deal, and was supposed to have been wrecked. It was not, until after that he had immortalized himself that she knew he had been saved at the time his vessel was reported wrecked. She remembers Gen. Washington, saying that her father, Capt. Christopher R. Perry, and Washington were warm personal friends, and the latter was a visitor at their house, everybody coming out to see him. She recalls the bombardment of Lewiston by the red-coats, saying the ships sailed up one day, shelled the town, and caused great devastation. During the night the patriots succeeded in firing one of the vessels of the fleet, and the balance withdrew. She is very deaf, and it is difficult to converse with her.

The Doctors’ Bill. Following is the full text of what is known as the Shively bill, regulating the practice of medicine: Section 1. That it thall be unlawful for any person to practice me-i cine, surgery, or obstetrics in this ttate, without first obtaining a lie. use so to do, as hereinafter prov.dcd. Sec. 2. Any person desiring to practice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics in this State stall procure troin the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county wherein be or she desires to practice, a license so to do, which license shall te issued to Such person only When he or she shall have complied with the following conditions, to wit: When such applicant shall file with the clerk his or her affidavit stating that such applicant has regularly graduated in some reputable medical college, and shall exhibit to such clerk the diploma held by such applicant; or, when such applicant shall file with such clerk his or her affidavit, with two witnesses, slating that he or she has resided and practiced medicine, surgery, and obstetrics in this State continuously for ten years immediately preceding the date of the taking effect of this act; or, when such applicant shall file with such clerk bls or her affidavit, with two witnesses stating that he or she has redded and practiced medicine, surgery, and obstetrics in this State, continuously, ior three years immediately preceding the date of the taking effe< t of this act, and had prior to said date attended one full course of lectures in some reputable medical college. Such applicant shall pay to such clerk, for such licmse, the sum of $1.50, and such clerk shall record such license together with the name of the college in which such applicant graduated, and the date of bis or herdipl'o ■ a, in a book to be kept for such purpose, and which shaH be a public record. Sec. 3. Any clerk who shall issue a license to practice medicine,’sur ety, or obstetrics to any person who has not complied with the requirements ot section 2 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $25 nor more than SIOO, and such license, or one procured by any false affidavit, shall be deemed and held to be void. Sec. 4. Any person who shall practice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics in this iitate without first having procured from the clerk of the Circuit Court of ths county wherein be or she shall so practice, a license, as provided in this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined In any sum not less than 810 nor more than $200: Provided, that this act shall not be deemed to prohibit women from practicing obstetrics, and such midwives are hereby expressly exempted from its provisions. Sec. 5. No cause of action shall He in favor of any person for services as physician, surgeon, or obstetrician who had not, prior to the rendition of such services, procured » license to practice, as herein provided for. and any person who shall . pay any sum of money or deliver any property, for any services,to any person who is not so licenced, may recover tbe same or the value thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction in this Siate. . Sec. 8. The following shall bo tbe form of license under this act Tbe clerks of circuit courts shall appropriately fill up blanks and issue tbe same under tbe sale of their respective courts, to wit: “The State of Indiana. Con nt r, ss: “1, , clerk of the Circu it Court of County, in said Siate. do hereby certify that has complied with the laws of the State of Ind ana relating to the practice of medicine, sur.-ery, and obstetrics, and 4s hereby authorized to j ractice medicine. surgery, and obstetrics in sa d county. “ Witness my band and seal of said court, [u 8.1 this day of ,18 — .Clerk.” Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the Ist day of September, 1885. 4 —Great interest was taken in Arbor day at Martinville. A. H. Hadley, Secretary of the School Board, read an interesting paper on "Forests of the United States." Ona" hundred and fifty-two trees were pl&nted by the school children. 1 : 1 —Charles Shilling, of Lafayette, received from some unknown person in Chicago by express a pine box containing the skeleton of a woman packed in sawdust. A moderate estimate provides America with 50,000 skating rinks.