Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Gas in considerable quantities has been found at Union City. Fully 17,000 people attended the Howard county fair, Thursday. The corner stone of a new M. E. •ehurch was laid at Elwood, Friday. Mrs. Will Wright, of New Castle, gave premature birth to four children, Saturday. Thirty thousand dollars worth of sidewalks have been put down in Muncie this year. The first load of new corn was taken to Indianapolis Monday, and sold at 40 cents per bushel. Joseph Ballinger, of Huntington, has been convicted of attempted rape on an old lady and sentenced to ten years itnprisonment. All the coal miners in and around Evansville are on a strike. Cause: Want higher wages. Probably 10,000 men arff involved. Wabash Canton P. M., I. O. O. F. and and a Rock River U. R , K. of P. held a competitive drili at the Wabash fair, Thursday'. The Canton look first money. Mrs. Sarford Talmage, of Marion, has eloped with a fellow calling himself J. W. Blanton, a machinist. The woman took one of her children—a girl—with her, deserting the others. The L., N. A. & C. R. R. round house and. shops -at. Michigan City burned to the ground early Sunday morning. Twq engines w T ere in the building and _were destroyed, . The loss exceeds $25,000. In October, 1882, George Taylor was injured in a Monon w;reck near Cedar Lake. He accepted $75 in settlement for his injuries. Later he brought suit for SIO,OOO, and has got a verdict for $5,000. Sheriff Samuel S. McCiun, of Knox county, died Monday last of flux. He was a republican carried into the office on the tidal wave of last fall and had served ten months. Auditor Dick,"of the same county, is on bi 6 death bed from consumption.' Mr. and Mrs. Walker Kerr, of New Lawrenceburg, celebrated, on Tuesday evening, the sixty sixth Anniversary of their "marriage. During the whole of this period they have resided in Dearborn county and are believed to be the oldest married couple in the State. Charles Ferry, son of James Ferry,the deputy revenue collector at Evansville, and employed in his fa'her’s office, is a defaulter to the amount of $4,800. Gen. Manson says he will make the amount good to the government immediately. Ferry was appointed by Hanlon. Deputy Revenue Collector James Ferry, of Evansville, whose son defaulte4 and then fled, on Friday night, reoffice Monday, a ruined man financially, and Frank Garin, of Terre Haute, was appointed to succeed him. Young Ferry has not been apprehended. The Chicago Farmers’ Review gives the following condensed summary of crop reports in this Sta f e: Reports from fourteen counties show corn condition, 50i per ceDt. Oats, average yield per acre. 30 bushels; potatoes 25j bushels. Two counties report potatoes a failure. Per cent of old corn on hand, 5.9. The information has been, generally desseminated, particularly through the Southern part* of the State, and by means of Washington specials,that Con-' gressman Bynum had determined to try

i ' j hia chances for the Democratic noinina-•-tion for Governor, and is training for ’ the race. Friday Mr Bynum gave this 1 !an unequivocal denial, saying that he was not and w ould not be a candidate. 4- • •• •- ; V 81 ate Treasurer Lenicke, at the rej quest of Governor Gray,, has prepared a | statement showing the condition of the ! State Treasury. He reports a present | balance of $409,80450. Of this but ! $184,170.56 is in the general fund, and j of it SIBB 733 51 is held lor, the specific (purpose of paying interest on the public ! debt, 1 >aving a Very small W.ance in | the general fund for ordinary, expenses. '■ The new State House fund i 55126,418 42,, ! and the balances in the other funds are j small, the largest being on the sales of J land account, which is $22,182 42.' ■ The Board of Commissioners of Cass ! county refused to allow the fifteen-hun-i dred-dollar claim tiled by Deputv, Shcr-. -iffij, B. Stanley for serviccs iirthe cap-" j ture of Amor Green, abductor and rmirl.derer of Luella Mabbit, and his brother, | Wm. Green, murderer of Enos Brumbaugh. Cass county has already, paid, out. $3,800 for the capture of these notorious outlaws. A similar claim ( of $2,500 is pending before the commissioners of Corroll county, and they refuse to make the allowance. They will unquestionably be compelled to resort to legal proceedings to ob-ain custody of Amor Green. There was no reward offered by either county. Charles Plank, aged 19, son of W. H. Plank, a prominent citizen, and Jerrv McCarthy, aged *2, son of John McCarthy, were both killed by David Hallatn at Logansport, Thursday. The boys were out riding and stopped at the saloon of Hallarn, where they were Soon engaged in a quarrel with him. The boys retreated and threw stones through the window, striking Hallarn on the head with one of them. He was also struck with a club and with the butt of a revolver. Hallarn secured a 42-caliber self acting bull dog pistol and pursued the young men into the street, where they, had succeeded in entering their buggy. Another hand-to-hand combat occurred, during which Hallatn fired two shots, both with deadly effect. One struck Plank one inch above the left eye and lodged at the base of the brain; the other lodged in th« left side oj ' McCarty’s neck. Plank died at fr gm. Hallarn is locked up. The Indiana Republican Editorial' Association?held its annual meeting at Warsaw, Sept. 14th. The attendance was not large. Tire papers 'read were non-partisan, but very inter- sting. The programme included, “What I know about country newspapers,” by W. H, Smith, correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette; “Country journalism,” by C. W. Stivers, of the Liberty Herald; “The cartoon in politics,” by Ben. R. Hyman, of the Indianapolis Herald; “The advertising department,” by Major W. J. Richards, of the Indianapolis Ne.ws; a poem, by Mrs. D. M. Jordan, of Richmond, and much free discussion of interest to journalists. But it was not alone the. programme exercises that made the occasion enjoyable.Warsaw is situated on the banks of three beautiful lakes, which are becoming noted for their cooling breezes during the warm months of summer. f > n Monday evening citizens conveyed thevisitors over the city in carriages! Tuesday morning they enjoyed a ride on Pike Lake in the pleasure steamer “Estelle.”. The Warsaw Summer Resort Association provided them a most elegant dinner on the lake banks. In the evening they were the guests of Byers Brothers, at their Spring .Fountain Park, at Eagle Lake. Here they visited the carp ponds, the springs, partook of lunch on board steamer, and in other ways enjoyed themselves. The editors and their ladies Jook the citizens of Warsaw at their word, and city,wood and lake contributed to the enjoymentof the visit. The C., W. & M. raiiroad, through Mr. G. A. Cartwright, General Passenger Agent, extended the courtesies and comforts of the road to the excursionists.