Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1886 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—A short time since, Peter Beagle, James Tnmer, and George Parks, alias Ed McCluren, held at Warsaw for burglary and larceny, overpowered the Sheriff and escaped from jail. He had entered the large cell where the prisoners were confined for the purpose of replenishing the fire. In stooping to pick np the coal-scuttle, he waa suddenly seized by Seagle and held until Turner and Parks secured the jatf keys, unlocked the door and escaped, when. Seagle threw the Sheriff to the floor and rushed out, knocking down the Sheriffs wife in liiß flight. The Sheriff recovered himself in time to draw his revolver and prevent the escape of tho other prisoners confined in jail. No trace has been found, as yet, of the escaped thieves, although a vigorous seiirch has been instituted, and a reward of S3OO offered for their capture and return. Seagle is a Chicago man, and was arrested abont two months ago for complicity in the burglary of the store of 8. L. Ketring, at Syracuse. Turner and Parka hail from Fort Wayne, and were held for burglary of the Pennsylvania depot at Etna Green. —Leonard Mills, an employe at Clift, Williams Sc Co.’s planing mill, at Terre Haute, was whirled around a pulley shaft and killed. He was trying to tie a loose belt to a nail when some of the Gllack caught in a pulley. It caught his arm, and instantly he was being thrown around with tho fast-revolving pulley, the body flying at full length. After a half-dozen revolutions the arm was pulled from its sock'et, and the then lifeless mnn thrown to the floor. The body was badly mangled and the arm ground to pieces in the belt and pulley.*

—A man, aged 75 years, living in, the northern edge of Monroe County, committed suicide recently by hanging. Ten days prior to the hanging he made a contract for his future wants, by deeding hiß land, some eighty acres, to the man with whom he was living at the time he committed the act. Some time since, he had disposed of part of his land, taking in payment therefor notes to the amount of SI,OOO, on which he could not realize anything, and which is—supposed to have caused him to thus take his life. —The farmers of Benton County are greatly discouraged because hog cholera of a most malignant type has made its appearance among their herds. Owing to the immense com crop they expected to ...realize handsomely this year by feeding for the market, bnt the disease has made such inroads upon their droves that few will be left for shipment. In some instances herds of eighty lo 100 have been attacked by it and every one died. —A distressing and fatal accident occurred at Austin, Scott County; by which a teamster lost his life in descending a steep hill with a wagon heavily loaded with lumber. The horses became unmanageable, and he was thrown violently to the ground, the wheels of the wagon passing ' over his left shoulder and breast. They crushed him into a shapeless He -lingered in terrible agony for two hours, when death ended his sufferings. —Near Columbus, on Thursday, four bridge carpenters were carrying a heavy timber on a trestle-work, which was under water, when one of their number stepped on a half-inch spike, which passed entirely through his foot. To loose his hold would have been death to all of them, and for fifteen minutes he stood with the spike penetrating his foot, at the same time lifting his share of the timber! His condition is precarious. —As a passenger train was nearing 'Orleans recently, a farmer’s team of two horses and a heavy wagon took fright and started across the track. The engineer man’aged to stop within ten feet of them, when they started straight np the track over cross-ties and over two cattle-guards, running a distance of two miles, receiving only a few scratches, and the driver was but slightly hurt. —Some time ago the Cumberland Telephone Company brought suit against the Evansville City Council for maliciously destroying their wires and poles. The Council waived an examination, and thns threw the matter into the hands of the grand jury, and that body has ignored the charges, thus putting a stop to criminal proceedings. —An old man who has a wife and five children was this week sent to the Montgomery. County jail for ten days, and disfranchised for two years for stealing half The theft was committed on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning at 9.30 o’clock he received his sentence. —Three burglars entered the church at Notre DamO and stole two gold and silver crowns, set with jewels, which they broke to pieces, with the intention- of carrying them to a Chicago “fence.” When they/ reached South Bend officers captured one of the burglars, and secured the booty. ’ —A productive vein of gas was struck on v farm, near Oxford, Bentou County, by parties prospecting for a Chicago company. The company has since leased fifteen hundred acres of land surrounding the well, ahd are already preparing to mak the discovery a source of profit. —The Odd Fellows’ Hall, at Mauckport, Harrison County, was destroyed by lire, entailing a loss of $3,000 on the building and the stock of goods owned by Mr. Rosenbnrg, who occupied the first floor. The insurance amounted to SI,OOO, S6OO of which was ou the building. the body of an unknown man was found floating in the St. Mary’s River, just we9t of Fort Wayne. There were no papers on the body by which it could be identified. Foul play is suspected. —On a farm near Fort Wayne a lad, aged 15 years, was engaged in feeding sugarcane into a mill, when his hands were caught by the steel rollers and were drawn into the mill, followed by both arms and a portion of his body, causing almost instant death! _ —At Fort Wayne, a man employed in building, while engaged in placing a large oven in place, it turned and fell on him, crushing him so badly that death jresulted. —Firiß at Columbus, totally destroyed a tenement-house, the occupants narrowly escaping with their lives!'