Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1886 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

’ , ~, 71 . • - ■ ; —A large and enthusiastic meeting of representative bnsineas men of Evansville was held recently to protest against Senate bill MM7 and Senate bill 1718, now pending hefdre Co tigress, to allow either the Chicago, Rt. Louis and New Orleans or the Illinois Central Railway to build a bridge over the Ohio River at or near Cairo, Illinois. The resolution is of some length, and ends thus: “We, as citizens of Indiana, request Senators Voorhees and Harrison, and Hon J. J. Kleiner, and all members of Congress, to use their utmost endeavors to defeat the legislation so attempted and proposed.’’ ~- -A mnn, aged about 40 years, and a reeldent of Hnntingbnrg. was run over and killed in the yards there recently. He wae unloading lumber from A car, when a switch engine with several cars approached, striking the car on which he was standing with such force as to throw him to the ground. He fell on his back and the front wheels passed over his body, throwing the car from the track. There being a caboose between the engine and the car on which he was working, the train men were unable to see him. He leaves a widow and one child, who were dependent npon.him far support. —Three men started together from Parker to Mancie recently to attend the congressional convention. They started home on a freight train at night, and when a short distance epst of Selma one of them fell from the car and wsb ran over and horribly mangled. His dead body was discovered by paOsers-by, picked up and cared for. His comrades assert that they know nothing as to hbw the accident occurred. This has led to suspicion of foal play. The man leaves a widow and two children in destitute circumstances. —Capt.- Henry Scott, of Evansville, an old citizen and steamboat man, and late local inspector of boilers at that port, left his home recently. His actions of late have been snch as to make his family feel apprehensive for his safety, he having given evidence that his mind was deranged. The police and a number of friends started in search of him, and found him wandering. about aimlessly, nearly eight miles above the city. He was brought home and placed tinder guard. Capt. Scott is 81 years of age. —Louis Anderson, of Seymour, a contractor for brick work, fell dead in his yard recently. Mr. Anderson was ..an enterprising citizen and highly esteemed. He was a member of the K. of P. order, and was engaged in the management of the 6tb of Jane celebration to be held at Seymonr by that order. He had contracts for the building of Blishe’s large flooring mill, a new fire engine-house, and Brunnig’s Concert Hall. —Two local toughs were jailed at Logansport, recently, for assaulting a wellknown citizen in the street. They were not locked in cells, and were no sooner put behind the bars than they made a murderous assault on a helpless prisoner. Before he could be rescued, his face was beaten to a jelly. The Sheriff swore out papers, charging them with assault and battery, with intent to commit murder. —The will of Mrs. Ezra Smith, of Richmond, who died some time since, provides that her property be placed in the hands of the trustees, for the maintenance of a widows’ home. The beqnest will amount to .$30,000. The provisions of the will are that, if the city or county will pnt up the building, the property of which she died possessed was to constitute a trust to maintain the home. —One hundred and thirty-seven persons who, during the past winter, united with the United Brethren Church, were baptized at Middletown recently. A revival was held there last winter, which continued through the greater part of January and February, and in all about 150 persons were added to the church. One hundred and thirty-seven had never been baptized. —At Lafayette, as a 15-year-old boy was on liis way to school, another boy, apparently 17 years old, ran oat of' an alley and stabbed him four times in the breast. The knife was evidently a dull one, and the wounds are not serious. Several school triends were with the boy at the time, bnt no one recognized his assailant, who escaped. —A lady of Terre Haute met with an accident that may .pxoye fatel. While Jn an onthouse the ground floor gave way and she was precipitated below. No one being al home, it was half an honr before her cries for help were heard. From her waist down she is paralyzed. ——A well-known German citizen of Osgood has recently received a lei ter from his brother in Germany to the effect that he has fallen heir to an estate of $41,000. He is quite jubilant over the good tidings, and intends leaving for Germany very Soon. —Mnncie is making great inducements toget the Dueber Watch Company, of Newpoit, Kentucky, to locate at that place. If successful this will add nearly 3,000 to its population, os the company employs 800 ben, with a pay-roll of $300,000 a year. —A lady of Edwardsport was found dead in her bed recently and an empty phial near her pillow. The phial had contained carbolic acid, of which she drank during the night. She was not in want, but a morbid fear of the poor-house drove herto snicide. —David Carroll, 14 years old, a deaf mate at New Albany, who was in the habit of jumping upon railroad trains in motion, was ran over by a train and killed. Gas has been struck at a depth of 700 feet at the Portland Gas Company’s well. The weir has been visited by thousands. It will be drilled deeper. —Recently a large bam of a farmer in Anderson Township, Rash Comity, was destroyed by fire, together with the grain and nearly all the farming implements and five head of horses. The Rush County Farmers’ Insurance Company loses S7OO. —Near Lafayette, while leaning oyer the dashboard of a buggy to give a friend a chew of tobacco, the young horse ha was driving kicked a man over Ibo bridge of tho nose, crashing in the; frontal hone; ” ~ —At East Ccnnersville, the honso of James Thompson and its eutire contents were burned recently.