Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1886 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—Beverly Patterson, a wealthy farmer living about ten miles southwest of Jonesboro, was driving his cattle to pasture, when a vicious young bgll furiously attached him from behind, and, as is supposed, turned him a somersault with his horns, Patterson alightmg on his head and shoulders, producing concussion of the i brain. The pressure upon the spinal column was so severe as to produce complete paralysis of the entire body, except the head and neck. Medical aid was summoned immediately, and rendered all possible aid, hut without avail. Mr. Patterson was well and favorably known. He leaves a widow and four grown sons. —The gas, gold, and oil excitement at Lexington continues to he the main topic in that vicinity. A Madisonian was at Hastings and Gedding’s farm, on the ; boundary between Jefferson and Scott CountiCs, and found many gold-hunters prospecting for gold, which they found, , but whether in paying quantities or not he wns unable to say. Mr. W. O. Lewis has quite a collection of quartz rock found nesr Lexington, which contains gold and silver and other metnls. —A sad accident occurred at Dana which resulted in the death of two boys, 6 yegrs of age, one the child of H. Wells, Indianapolis, Decalnr and Springfield agent at that place, and the other the child of J.L. Heer, a prominent merchant. The children were playing in a bin of shelled corn in Ralph <fc Folger’s elevator, and were caught in the vortex of sinking com as it was being turned into a car, and smothered. They had been dead some hours when found.

—Benjamin Zthner, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Muncie, met with a horrible death while hiving a swarm of bees. The bees covered his head, and within five minutes he was dead. Zehner was a flour manufacturer, and his name is known to every business man in Eastern Indiana. He was worth SIOO,OOO, and ranked with the leading millers throughout Indiana. —The Commissioner of Pensions has established a board of examining surgeons at Delphi, composed of the followingnamed medical gentlemen; Dr. James L. Morrow, late 6nrgeon of the Seventysecond Regiment Indiana Volunteers; Dr. Charles E. Scholl, ex-Representative of Carroll County, and Dr. John L. Kennard. —Near Deputy, Rufe Robbins fired two shots at Bud Robbins, both bullets taking effect and inflicting serious wounds. At the report of the pistol Bud Robbins fell, and Rufe supposed he had killed him. He then fired at Bud's wife, who was near by, but she escaped by running into the house. Jealous) is said to he the cause. —A small child of Joel Miller, living near Elkhart, met its death in a peculiar way. A large kettle was kept under the pump spout, filled with water. The child was found evenly balanced on the edge of the kettle and with its head drooped just low enough to put it under the water, and had drowned in that position. —The Commissioners of Cass County have appropriated SIO,OOO for a soldiers’ monument. Some lime ago the members of the G. A. R. took the matter in hand and succeeded in securing a majority of all the votes in the county. The monument will be placed on the soldiers’ lot in Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport. —Hiram Zuick, a Washingtoif County Commissioner, was seriously hurt in attempting to jump from a mule. The animal became frightened and plunged forward. Mr. Zuick fell backward and received quite serious injuries about the neck and shoulders. He is not thought to be fatally hurt. —Ollie Wiles, aged 14, residing near Economy, was leading a horse along the pike with the halter-strap around his arm, when the horse scared, and twißted the strap around the boy’s neck, throwing him down. In his fall he tripped the horse, which fell on him, inflicting fatal internal injuries. —The court-house at Salem was sold at public auction for $285. Alfred Shrum was the purchaser. It was built in 1828, and was in its day one of the finest buildings of the kind in the State. It has shown signs, of late, of giving way. Mr. Shrum has commenced to remove it. —A can containing a quantity of dynamite was discovered under the New Harmony Church, near Leota, Scott County, and was taken by some boys to a safe distance and exploded. Several attempts have been made before to destroy the building. —A thief entered the boot and shoe store of J. L. Wolf, at Elkhart, and stole about $l5O in cash from the safe, which he succeeded in opening. It is supposed that the thief b&d, by Some means, secured the combination and duplicate Keys. —Preston Beek, one of the oldest inhabitants of Darlingtpn, died of old age. Mr. Beck was born m Louden County, Virginia, August 27, 1795, and served in Capt. Veal’s ConJphny of Virginia Militia in the war of 1812. —Oil indications have been found in a well recently dug at Muncie, at a depth of * twenty-five feet. There is much excitement, and people thereabouts are threatening to bore for gas, oil, or whatever can be brought to light. —At Bloomington, the boiler in Rice’s saw-mill blew np.instantally killing Charles Gross, one of the mill handß. The accident occurred just after dinner, before the other men had gone to work. —lt is thought that Charles H. Brown, the Daviess County Township Trustee who, with R. B. Pollard, defrauded his township of $15,000, has returned, and is in hiding near New Albany. —The Citizens’ Nnturnl Gas Company, the third formed at Connersviile; has begun taking subscriptions, no one person being allowed more than two shares. —At Boon Grove, Louis Merriman, while taking a gun from behind a bed, was accidentally shot. The ball penetrated his, head, causing instant death. —Prof. J. H. Martin has been re-elected Superintendent of the Madison city schools, Prof. J. A. Carnagey and Prof. Geo. C. Hubbard principals. —Edwin Beall, 60 years old, is mysteriously missing from Milan.