Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

l —Charles D. Hilderbrandt, one of the most noted criminals of modem times, who claimed to have been reformed, died at Evansville recently. He was taken with pneumonia, and although he received the best medical attention and nursing, his shattered constitution conld not withstand the disease, and after ffiucb suffering he passed qnietly away. Hilderbrandt began his careqr of crime when a mere child, receiving a thorough schooling at the hands of a gang of thieves. He wae a member of the famons Qnantrell guerrilla band. He was also a member of the outlaw band of James boys. Out of forty-nine years of his life, twenty or more were spent in various prisons in this country. —A shocking accident occurred six miles south of Warsaw, by which Will Walton, a young farmer living just outside the city limits, lost his life. Walton and Fred Moon, a young grocer, were duck-shooting at Muskalonge Lake. While walking through the marsh surrounding the lake, a duck flew over them, and both raised their guns to 6hoot. Waltou slipped and fell backward, bringing his head directly in the range of Moon’s gun at the moment the latter fired. The load took effect in the back of the head and neck, and death was instantaneous. The men were tho best of friends, and have hunted together for years. —Circulars are to be sent to the county health officers by Secretary Metcalf, of the State Board of Health, calling attention to the requirements of Section 2151 of the Revised Statutes, relative to the enforcement of tho fire-escape law. It is also the purpose of the Board to see that the hotels and places of amusements here are provided with suitable means of saving life in case of fire. No epidemic diseases have been reported to the Board from any point in the State.

—At Milroy, Rush County, Wesley Martin, Methodist class-leader, ejected A. L. Jenner, a young man, from church for disorderly conduct, and he sought to get even with him by securing his conviction for assault and battery. The trial took place in the Town Hall, before a jury of twelve men. The defense claimed that Martin did rightln preserving order at the church, and asked his acquittal on that ground, and the jury returned a vedict of not guilty. —On April 21 a Sunday-school convention will be held at Liberty Church, near New Richmond, Montgomery County. Addresses Will be made by Rev. Thos. Birch, of Crawfordsville; Rev. S. Garrigus, of Lindon; Rev. J. F. Foster, of Crawfordsville; Rev. Aaron Wood, D. D., of Yountsville, and W. H. Orr, W. M. White, Eva M. Miller, Jessie B. Freeman, Rev. Maxwell, Fred Sbanklin, Betty Thompson, D. S. Morris, Maggie Jones and others. —A distressing accident occurred at Seymour, which resulted in the death of Mrs. Sarah Cooley, an estimable lady, the wife of Matt Cooley, am old resident. Mrs. ! Cooley was a devoted member of the M, E. Church. She attended.services at church, and upon her return home she took a portion of what she supposed was quinine, but which proved to be strychnine. The poison caused her death within an hour. —Wheat in Nbrlhem Indiana is still in an unusually advanced state, and as the season is so far along it is probable that growing crops will not suffer from any suddeu change of the weather. The outlook for both grain and fraits is still excellent. There is a prospect for a larger crop of peaches this year than for several years, as the trees are known not to have been damaged by. the last winter. —The second spring meeting of the Indiana Academy of Sciences will be held on May 19 and 20 at the “Shades of Death,’* near Wavelapd, Mongomery County. The committee on arrangements —C. R. Barnes and B. W- Everman, of Brookville —request that members who expect to be present notify them by postal card at the earliest pot-si hie moment.,—,. —The Lafayette City Council has ordered the claim of Dr. Isaac 0, Walker, of Indianapolis, against Latayette for infringement of certain patents used by tho Fire Department, paid. Dr. Walker asked SI,BOO damages, bnb accepted $1,500 in payment. Other cities in the State are involved in similar claims. —Patents have been issued to the following inventors in Indiana: J as. K. Triname, Indianapolis, chimney; Jacob L. Paynter, assignor of one-half to J. P. Kyle, Salem, pulverizing cultivator; John P. Brown, assignor to M. E. Brown, Rising Snn, fence machine; Henry J. Banta, Logansport, brake for vehicles.

—The ticketoffiee ak the Wabash depot, at LaPorte was burglarized, and several dollars were taken from the money-drawer. Some four or fire holes were drilled in the safe, but an entrance was not effected. The thieves were probably frightened away, as their tools were left in the office. —Levi Kemper, a prominent farmer of Tipton County, was run over by a Wabash engine, attached to the pay-car at Atlanta City, a small station south of Kokomo, and was instantly killed. . Kemper was attempting to eross the track with a team. Both horses were also killed. —Col. B. P. De Hart, Prosecuting At-' toraey, is making a vigorous crusade against Lafayette liquor dealers for selling to minors. About thirty convictions have resulted, with heavy fines in each case. His energetic work is commended by the lawabiding citizens. —The result of the competitive examination held at Marion by Congressman Steele, to elect a naval cadet toAnnnpolis, was announced. The lucky boy is Clement C. Gober, of Grant County. There were seventeen competitors for the honor. —Oil of the same quality as that at Findlay, Ohio, has been found at Peru. —The Governor has appointed Judge Milton S. Mafhty, of Paoli. as Prosecuting' Attorney for the judicial circuit of Monroe, Orange, and Lawrence counties, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Abraham Noblett. —William Miller, a lad oMhirtoen years, riding on the tender of »■ locomotive on the Wabash Railway at Fort Waynes fell off, struck his head on a rail and cracked his skull, causing fatal injury. —Capitalists from Cincinnati and other cities are investing in laud In and about Portland, lad. Natural gas is the magnet.