Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—At Hartford City the jury in the trial of Mrs. Mary Sipple vs. The Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Narrow-gunge Railroad returned a verdiat for the plaintiff allowing her demagog in the sum of' 86,500. John Sipple, the husband of the plaintiff, was an engineer on this road, and on the 30th of Jnly Inst while dousing the Wabash ltiver at Blnffton the bridge gave way and precipitated his engine and several cars into the river. Mr. . Sipple received injuries which resulted in his death. The. suit for damages was instituted on the ground Of criminal enretessness on the part of the company in allowing the bridge to remain in a dangerous and unsafe condition. —C. B. Shead, a fanner residing twelve miles south of Columbus, has a powderhorn in his possession bearing the inscription: “Aanns Green, His Horn, Camp at Crown Point, N. Y., August 14, 1759,” It was carried by Mr. Green through the French nnd Indian wars, then by his son through the Iteyolntionary war. The horn is highly finished and in a fine state of preservation fpr the service it has seen, and is very highly prized as an heirloom by its present owner, who is a greatgrandson of Mr. Green. —The plant of the Fontanet Co-operative Mining Company, at Fontanet, has just been sold by the Sheriff to the Coal Bluff Mining Company-, the consideration being $2,775. The co-operative company was organized abont two years ago, with a capital stock of SIO,OOO, equally divided between about one hundred miners. Quarrels sprang up as the resnlt of alleged bad management, and finally a suit on a purchase note was instituted, with the finale as given.

—The eleventh annual exhibition of the Northern Indiana Poultry Association will be held in the city of Fort Wayne February 1,2, 3,4, and 5. It is believed that this will prove to be ono of the most successful exhibitions of the season, as a very large number of entries of fine birds have already been mode. Farmers and fanciers will find this an excellent means of gaining information on a subject of rapidlyincreasing importance. —A sensation has been created at Vincennes by the announcement that exCounty Treasurer Hollingsworth will surrender , himself to the Sheriff. Hollingsworth is charged with embezzlipg SBO,OOO of the county funds during his term of office. Last summer he was released from jail on bond, and lost no time in joining the army of defaulters in Canada. He is expected at Vincennes immediately. —A farmer named Strauss, living a few miles south of Corydon, killed’ a catamount which measured three feet and eleven inches in length. Strauss was awakened early in the morning by the barking of his dogs, and, going to the orchard, found that they had the catamount “treed” up an apple tree. He went back to the house, got his rifle, returned to the orchaid and shot the beast.

—Lewis Hopkins, the 17-year-old son of Ezekiel Hopkins, a farmer of Barr. Township, Daviess Cirnuty, died suddenly from injuries received \v hile wrestling, at school, the day before, but frqm which he experienced no trouble at the time. The rupture of a blood-vessel caused his death. —While Mr. Jnrnes Mull was at work in the wood department of the car-works, at Jeffersonville, a hf.tehet fell off the top of a car, striking him on the head, inflicting injuries that may prove fatal. He was conveyed to his home, where he lies in a precarious condition. —At the annual meeting of the Wabash County Agricultural Society the following officers were elected: President, John W. Harper; Vice President, H. H. Millican; Secretary, John B. Rose; Treasurer, John B. Latchem; Marshal, Enos V. Powell. —The Kokomo and South Kokomo natural gas companies have consolidated, and will be known as the Kokomo Natural Gas and Oil Company. About two miles of pipe lines have been laid, and the company is now supplying gas for fuel. —William Schmidt, a tramp, aged 55, stepped in front of a freight train while it was passing through Mentone and was run over and injured so badly that death ensued a short time afterward. It is thought that the act was with suicidal purpose. • —Willie, 3-year-old child of William Divine, of Bridgeton, Parke County, was burned to a crisp. His clothing cangbt fire from a grate while his mother was out after a hod of coal. The skin fell off in several places on his body. —The White Caps, of Crawford County, have been again indulging in their whippings, recently, having invaded Orange County and whipped several persons against whom they had some real or imaginary wrongs. —At a meeting of the Harrison County Agricultural Society the following officers were elected: President, John W. Marshall; Vice President, James A. Harbison: Secretary, B. F. Hurst; Treasurer, Charles Martin.

—The Knights of Labor at North Manchester, a comparatively strong lodge, have, after a struggle of nearly a year, surrendered their charter. An attempt will be made toward reorganization. —Terre Haute detectives who were engaged in the Long Point case and railroad officials do not pnt much faith in the story of Murray, the Ohio convict, who says he was implicated in the crime. —A 15-year-old lad named Anderson, while cutting wood on Joseph Francis’ farm, in Galena Township, LaPorte County, was instantly killed by a tree falling on him. —The revival meetings of the M. E. Church, at Noblesville, are of a very interesting character and promise good results. —Rev. A. Kummer, of the Methodist Church at CrawfordaviUe. has a book of poems entitled, “The Sling of David, and Other Poems,” in the press of Hurst <fe Co., of New York. —Robert M. Kelly, of Lawrence County, who was reported as short in his Accounts as Treasurer, has made up every cent of the deficiency and his bondsmen have been discharged. —At Lafayette, the chief of police has withdrawn the police protection heretofore extended to the Salvation Army, and the Army will, henceforward, preserve order.