Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1885 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

r —*— ? ..* ’ ' —The new workhouse at Indianapolis is built to hold 60 women and men. Capt Andrew J. Bates, tie tallest man in Indiana, 6 feet 10 inches, died last week, at Warsaw. , —Two prominent business men of Logan sport were swindled last week by Chicago shaTpers by means of a gold brick. — At Marion a family quarrel resulted in the death of Andrew Owiogs. One of the sons accuses his brother Ira, aged 19, of the murder. —John Shntler, aged 54, went to the grave of his wife at Bloomington and there took a fatal dose of poison. He said he longed to meet his spouse, who died a year a g°- < r —Mrs. Ditz, who lives in Madison County, claims to have been cured by faith and Mrs. Woodworth's prayers, and will join that ladj in her revival work as a living example. —lt costs fifty cents in Indianapolis to have a barrel of flour taken from the mill to the dwelling of a citizen. Thirty-five cents more would land it on the wharf at LiverpooL —lndiana should see to it . that all the mails from Canada should be thoroughly fumigated. As she will likely have a largo correspondence from over the border, the thing is important— lnter Ocean. —John Webster, telegraph-line repairer of Vincennes, met with a horrible death at Fort Ritner, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, by being crushed between the platform of th© depot and a running train. He was literally smashed to a jelly. He carried an accident policy of $2,0C0 in the Equitable Life-Insurance Company of Cincinnati. He leaves a wife and two children. —The lady acting as Sheriff of Greene County has, according to the Bloomfield Nexta, posted the following notice: “No admittance to see prisoners. There is too much responsibility attached to theirwafekeeping to permit indiscriminate visiting. I have my household work to do, and have no time to stand guard when parties come to see prisoners. And they do not care to be seen. Please do not intrude. Aurilla C. Quillen.”

—The old woman who was so neat that she whitewashed every stick of wood that she burned does not appear at all mythical in the light of the rage for whitewashing rocks, which has recently sprung up in onr city. In one yard—“which no names being mentioned no offense can be took” —the rocks in the fountain, and even a large stump of former picturesqueness, have been offered at the altar of the god of kalsomine. Ahem! —lndianapolis Journal. —A special from Huntingburg 6ays: Three young boys, sons of Postmaster Fisher, Capt. Lemmon, and Alex. Barrowman, of the coal mines of this place, ran' away from home last night. They did r.ot want to attend school, which began last Monday, and together matured their plans to go West and fight Indians. The Lemmon boy took with him over one hundred dollars. Th 9 others had no money at all. They boarded,the midnight train for Kansas City. The oldest boy was not 14 years of age. Some time ago a yonng woman named Mary Baymond died at the residence of a family named Bobinson, in Indianapolis, jand as there has been considerable talk about the matter the Coroner is investigating it, and has come to the conclusion that the cause was morphine poisoning, but whether the drug was taken with suicidal intent or an overdose he is as yet unable to determine. Mrs. Bobinson says that the dead woman’s ghost comes back every night and worries her, and she is afraid that it will eventually choke her to death. —George Bell who was fatally wounded at New Albany by his insane brother, had his share of trouble. He has three deaf-and-dumb children. A little over a year ago his house and all its contents were destroyed by fire. Within a year he has lost one of his eyes bv accident. His wife is now a terrible sufferer from cancer of the mouth, which must soon prove fatal. His calamities culminated in the bloody tragedy mentioned. The telegrams sent out from New Providence that Elias Bell’s attack on his brother was the result of jealousy are wholly untrue. The insanity of Elias led to the fatal blows he gave his brother. The insane brother has been taken into custody and will be sent to the State Insane Asylum. —An Indianapolis attorney has received a letter from the southern part of the State saying that Walter Hodman, Trustee of Monroe Township, Washington County, had been missing for several days, and was supposed to have gone to Canada. The same gentleman also stated that before going to Canada, Grisley, one of the absconding Trustees of Daviess County, had spent several days at the Occidental Hotel with Pollard, and that his entire time while there was devoted to signing these orders, which the Pollards promptly shipped to all parts of the country. If they were really issued in such a wholesale way as this, there is good reason to believe the statement made by a gentleman who is investigating the matier. He said; “From wjiat I have been able to learn I am fully convinced that more than $1,000,000 of these orders are now in circulation, and when the facts are all known you will find that this is uot an exaggerated estimate. ” —The Xenia Bank, owned by Jason Wilson wealthy brokers of Monon, Ban gone into voluntary liquidation, business having proven unprofitable during the past two years. Every claim is being paid on demand. ■ —Tabitha Means, a young girl, living near Shelbyville, committed suicide. Trouble with a stepmother was the cause. Her father is very wealthy. —James King, 73 years old and insan<, hanged himself at Shelbyville.