Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

—An American-Belgian Horse Association, comprising many of the leading importers of horses in vnr ions parts of tho country, has been formed at Wabash. The object of the association is to encourage the breeding and importation of heavy draft horses, more particularly those of Belgian blood. Tile officers for the first year ore: President, Harman Wolf, Wabash; Vice-President, Dr. A. G.Van Hoosebelse, Monmouth, lib; Secretary, J, D. Conner, jr., Wabash; Treasurer, U. M. Englemau, Ilich Valley, lud. Directors, JF. W. Wilcox, Pern, Ind.; R. A. Moss, Palmyra, Mo.; W. L. Kcster, North Manchester, Ind.; W. K. Kennedy, Tilman, Ind.; Charles Shillinger, Itoann,’ Ind.; Reuben Lancaster, Virginia, 111. Executive Committee, D: C. Storoman, Denver, Ind.; David Kercher, Gilead, Ind. —There is considerable excitment among tho inhabitants of the northern part of Jasper County over tho discovery of what is supposed to be an underground river. About two years since several head of cattle were lost in a current that ran underground townrd the Kankakee, and now the same current is lowering the waters in the adjoining swamps, which are known to hunters and trappers to be nothing more than wido areas of floating sod. A trapper reports that the water on the Kankakee marsh has raised several feet, the result of tho flow from the region about McKune’s settlement, near which the msbiDg waters make a loud noise.. Many are preparing to leave for higher ground. —Mr. Noah Hall, an old resident of Aluncie, was standing on the track of the Lake Erie and Western Railway, looking at one of the big gas wells, and was so absorbed in the sight that he did not notice a train which was rapidly approaching. engineer saw the man on the track, and whistled loudly to give him warning, bnt he did not seem to hear it, for he stood on the track until the train came along and ground him under the wheels, mashing his left leg and right arm terribly. He was taken to his home and surgeons summoned, but they could do nothing bnt relieve the sufferings of the unfortnnate man, and he soon died. He leaves a widow and daughter. —The boiler of the Litchfield shaft recently exploded near Carbon. The boilerhouse was completely demolished and the boiler thrown nearly three hundred yards. Willie Phillips, a boy about 15 years old, who was standing near the boiler, was killed; William M. Boling, engineer, and Frank Cunningham, were severely injured. Boling has both arms broken, bnt it is thought his injuries are not fatal. William Hopkins was near by at the time, bnt was not hurt. As there were bnt few men at work, and they were not hoisting coal, a much more serious accident was avoided. The works will, in all probability, not be rebuilt. * —Henry Kenner, a farmer residing near Alt. Vernon, in Posey County, accidentally shot and killed himself. He was handling a double-barrel shotgun, and in endeavoring to find out it it was loaded pnt the gun to his mouth to blow in the barrels, at the same time holding the hammers back with his foot. His foot slipped, the hammers discharged the gun, and the top of Kenner’s head was blown off. The deceased was 34 years of age and leaves a widow and two children.

—Recently several fatal cases of lock-jaw have occurred near Brazil. Otis Blair, aged 18 years, got his hand mashed between car-bumpers, but neglected to have' it amputated in time. L. 0. Rector, aged 15 “years, suffered the loss of a foot under the cars some days ago. He died from lockjaw. James H. Benton some days ago ruptured an internal organ while drilling for coal. He lived four days in much ag«iy and died. —Recently there was bom to William and Anna Armstrong, of Coal City, near the Clay County line of Owen County, a daughter, perfect in all other physical respects, but eyeless. The external parts of the eye, the cilia, and the eyelids are perfect, but the eye-ball is entirely wanting. The eyelids are closed normally, never opening voluntarily, but they may be separated with apparently little effort ——- " —The Thirteenth Indiana Veterans’ Association will hold its fourth annual reunion at New Haven, Allen County, on April 7, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle of Shiloh. All letters on business pertaining to the reunion should be addressed to Jasper N. Ohlwine, Cromwell, Noble County. —The members of the Mancie Board of Trade have selected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Mr. Joseph Goddard was chosen President; Will M. Marsh, Treasurer, and S. A. Wilson, T. F. Rose and John R. McMahon, first, second, and third Vice Presidents, respectively. —The quarry company at Salem is running a full force of hands. Many improvements have been made. The traveler trestle is now 400 feet long. New buildings ’for the planer and cutting machinery are going up. Three hundred men will be.employed this year. —Richard Tankergley, a young man living a few miles east of Colfax, went to Clark's Hill, and while boarding the train to come home, slipped and fell, the wheels passing over one leg just below the knee, necessitating the amputation of that joint. —At Hartford City, Blackford County, natural gas has been struck at a depth of nine hundred feet. The volume of gas is equal to that of any well drilled in the State, the pressure being about three hundred pounds. —Joshua Whittaker, of Morgantown, Morgan .County, a prominent citizen, dropped dead of heart disease. —Emory Copeland, residing near Spiceland, crippled and captured a bald eagle that had carried off a lamb from his father’s flock. The bird measures eight feet from tip to (ip of his wings, and is a fine specimen. It is but slightly injured, and will recover. ~ —Two freight trains on the Lake Shore road collided near Rolling Prairie, ditching fourteen cars and entailing a loss to the company of about SIO,OOO. No one was insured. —Henry Miller, farmer at Fort Wayne, suicided with “rough on rats."