Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1887 — INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA.

Condensed Reports of the Latest News from AH Parts of the State. —W. H. Rucker has been appointed superintendent of the public schools of Lawrenceburg. '■—Several fine horses were stolen in the vicinity of Muncie by a band of horse-thieves the other night. —William Roch, an old resident of Switzhrald county, and a Veteran of the Mexican War, was found dead Sunday. ■ —ln Shelbyville lately Charles Colee, who burned a church, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. —Rev. L. G. Adkinson, who has just resigned the presidency of Moore’s Hill college, contemplates going either to the south or west to re-enter the Methodist itineracy. —At South Bend 162 out of 208 telephone subscribers have signed a paper declining to submit to the toll system. Some of the forty-six who have not yet signed will come in. —Gas well No. 5 drilled into the Trenton rock at Marion is procuring a large flow of gas, estimated at 2,000,000 feet a day. The well is eighteen feet in Trenton- rock, and will be drilled deeper. . —Judge Woods, of the Federal Courts, recently ordered the sale of the stallions seized for being smuggled into northern Indiana, the sale to be held at Indianapolis July 13 by the United States marshal. There are eleven head, valued at $20,000. —J. S. Gamble, Fayette county superintendent, upon formal demand, has refused to turn over the office to F. G. Hornung, who claims the office by virtue of the recent election. Hornung was one of the township trustees, and was elected by voting for hims.elf, hence the present contest. —At Richmond, Thomas Gray, a farmhand, aged 30, made three attempts at suicide, but was discovered in time to frustrate his, efforts. After being locked up in the station house an inquest of lunacy proved him sane, and he was set at liberty, declaring he had enough of such foolishness. —The tailoring establishment of Hays & Cannon in Greencastle was entered by burglars and SBOO stolen. In closing the store the proprietors had either neglected to lock the vault or else the robbers knew the combination, as the vault door was not forced. There is no clue to the perpetrators. — ■ —At Fort Wayne, the remains of a farmer supposed to be David Fisher, of Kendallville, was found in the Nickle Plate yards between a couple of tracks. It is supposed that he was killed and robbed and placed on the railroad track. His pockets had been rifled of all money and other valuables. ——Qn Monday evening, the 20th inst., at Birdseye, near Huntingburg, James and Thomas Kendall, brothers, were stricken down by lightning and instantly killed. They were seated under a tree during a severe thunder storm. Their aged mother, who was standing near, was stricken senseless, and few hopes are entertained for her recovery. —A singular accident is reported from the Indian land, in the southern part of Wabash county. During the big storm of Monday evening Lafayette Cox was in his cabin in attendance upon his sick wife. A large tree standing near the cabin was caught by the wind and broken off near the groundThe trunk fell over on the house, crushing entirely through the frail structure, narrowly missing Mr. and Mrs. Cox. —lt is not,the purpose of the Buffalo syndicate who purchased the Fairmount Jumbo gas-well to pipe the gas to Chicago, nor outside of Indiana as has been reported. Leonard H. Best, who bought the well, said that it was the intention of his company to establish a pipe-line to supply northern Indiana towns that are outside of the gas belt. The company has leased a large amount of land in this county, and will sink a number of wells on its own account. , --Thomas Conner, one of the Indianapolis striking street-car drivers who has been noisy and aggressive in the matter, assaulted George McCrea, a new driver, on an empty car. They both fell over the front platform, and McCrea's scalp was nearly torn off by a bolt underneath the car, while Conner’s left hand was crushed under a wheel. McCrea’s injuries' are said to be dangerous. Conner once before attacked a new driver named Grose and beat him badly. —Judge Allen E. Paige, of Frankfort, decided that a mandamus should be issued against the auditor , of Clintion county, compelling him to approve Bailey’s bond as trustee of Perry township! Upon the resignation of Griffith, the former trustee, the commissioners, being in session, appointed Tighlman Bailey, democrat, to the vacancy. Auditor Cooper at the same time appointed William Clift, a republican. Judge Paige has decided that Bailey is the trustee of Perry township, as the commissioners (and not the auditor) while in session have the power to fill vacancies in township trustees. ed to down the Salvation Army as a nuisance in two trials under existing Jaws, the City Council met to pass an ordinance to cover their case. -It puts an estoppal on. all music and assemblages in the streets without the consent of the Mayor. This ordinance makes it unlawful to play a drum, gong, tambourine, hand organ, horn, or other instruments on any street, or to participate in any assembly within a block of Main street, for the purpose of delivering any address, speech, lecture.bf sefffion without the consent.oj the Mayor, and provides a $25 tine.

—At Peru, Miami county, a Republican School Superintendent was recently elected.' There are seven Dem - ocratic and seven Republican trustees in the county. The Democratic nominee for Superintendent was A. J. Dipboye, the present incumbent, while the Republicans supported W. A. Woodring. There was'a tie vote, and the Auditor cast the deciding vote, as the law directs. The election of Woodring was certified by the Auditor and his bond approved. Dipboye refused to give up his office and has brought suit to compel Woodring to show by what authority he claims to hold the office. —John Hickerman and wife were arrested at Greensburg, to answer an indictment of criminal assault upon the daughter of Morgan A. Dewey, a respectable citizen of Rensselaer, the girl being but 12 years of age. The offense was committed in March last, but was kept quiet until after the removal of Hickerman and wife to Greensburg, when the victim made known her trouble. It is reported that Hickerman bribed his wife with the promise of a new dress and a pair of shoes to assist him, and it was through her the girl was made unconscious by drinking whisky, alter which she fell an easy victim to Hickerman. There is considerable toeing against Hickerman and wife imwasper county. Frank Fowler was arrested at Rich Valley, hear Wabash. He went there a few 'days ago and hired as a laborer to Timothy Craft, a farmer. Fowler claimed to be from Fort Wayne. He was evidently unused to farm work, but was a willing hand, and good workman. A United States detective appeared at Rich Valley and informed Craft that Fowler was wanted in Tennessee for the forgery of checks on Gov. Bates thirteen months ago for $37,000. Fowler is one of the most expert forgers in the country. The officer said he had been tracing Fowler for months all over the Western States. On the way to the railroad station the prisoner made a desperate effort to escape, knocking the officer down. The latter managed to recapture his man, whom he covered with a revolver. The two left for the South.