Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1887 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Wild deer still run in the wilds of Jennings'county. Occasionally one is killed. J. L. Richter was badly burned jn a natural gas explosion at Hagerstown, Friday. Explorers for gas one mile from Jeffersonville, Friday, struck a twenty foot : vein of coal. . Dr. R. C Mcßride, of Jeffersonville, fell off the doorsteps of his residence, Friday, and was instantly killed. John G. Blake, of Indianapolis, has been elected 'Superintendent of the Institution for Feeble-minded Children. The grand jury of Crawford county, took no notice of the “White Cap*” outrages, although fully apprised .of the facts. A taloring firm at Crawfordsville advertises that a marriage license .will be given every young man whQ .yv.ill buy his wedding suit of them. 8. G. Whittaker, of Crawfordsville, has beat the worlds bicycling record, covering 323 miles in twenty-four hours. The previous best record is 305 miles. The report is current at Corydon that John E. Fung and a man named Bowers were whipped by the White Caps near Milltown, Crawford county, a few nights ago. The saloon of Peter Camp, at Russiaville. was blown up by dynamite, Friday morning. The building and contents, as well as a livery stable adjoining, were completely wrecked. Thenity council of Fort Wayne, at its meeting Tuesday night, instructed the proper committee io advertise for plans for a new city hall, to be erected in the spring at a cost of $60,000. Hog cholera is raging near Pine Village, Warren county. Mr. Rhodes, a farmer living near that place, bad one hundred fine shoats, and ninety-five of them have d ; ed;' another farmer lost thirty-six, leaving him not one for his winter’s pork. Warder Hamilton, a wealthy farmer living near Greencastle, drilled a gas well to heat his large residence, and Friday the drillers sluck “Trenton limestone” at a depth es 902 feet, the result of which was a strong flow of gas, showing a greater capacity than any other well at the place. Sid Conger, of Flat Rock, Shelby county, made a raid on the Atlanta chicken showand captured over 100 premiums, although 6,800 prize birds were there from Pennsylvania, New York and many other States. Mr. Conger devotes only a portion of his attention to chickens but he has a confirmed habit of taking premiums. Three months ago a fast Pan-Handle train killed Joseph E. Rich, his baby and his wife’s mother, named Newcom, at, the western city limits of Richmond. His wife was also badly hurt and his fine pair of horses were killed. Attempts were made in vain to compromise the. several big damage suits brought, and Thursday one came to trial, whereupon the Newcom case were compromised for $7,000'

Friday night, near New Burlington eight miles South of Muncie, Ped. Shockley shot James Carrey twice, inflicting wounds from which he died in a few hours. Shockley then placed the revolver to his own head and fired, killing himself instantly. Carrey was father-in-law of Shockley, and the tragedy was the result of an old grudge between the two men. McDonald & Butler, attorneys for the State <>f Indiana, have brought suit in the United States Supreme Court for the of Green River island, which has been long a subject of dispute between this State and Kentucky. One of the main facts on which Indiana’s claim is based is that in times of low water the island is connected with the northern shore of the Ohio by land. At present the disputed spot is under the jurisdiction of Kentucky. The report of the State Board of Health for the year ending October 31, 1886, shows that Superintendent Galbraith, of the Insane Hospital, is not a graduate of a medical college, but is allowed to practice under the ten year clause of the law. Dr. Galbraith, however, says that he graduated at the Ohio Medical College in 1866, and has a diploma to show for it. He also says he spent three years in Bellevue Hospital, New York, and afterward traveled abroad, spending some months in the hospitals oi Europe. Captain J. B. Patten, Warden of the Southern Prison, says the aflairs of the prison at present are all satisfactory There are 530 convicts there, of. whom only about 440 are available for steady work. At the present time the earnings of the institution are about $220 a day, which makes it practically self-support-ing. Last week the earnings of each man daily averaged about 42 cents,while the cost of maintenance per capita is 40 cents. The prison has thus far kept within its appropriation this year, the total amount of which was SBO,OOO and of it $29,700 was drawn by ex-Warden Howard during the first four months. Ex-Deputy Warden Craig,against whom a suit by the State was pending, died last week. Peter McCartney, the most dangerous counterfeiter who ever troubled the authorities in this part of the country, was released from . the Michigan City prison, Saturday, alter having served out a fifteen year sentence. He was iming in his possession $3,000 in counter-

feir money—oyefeighteen years ago—in Southern Illinois—with the intention of passing it. McCartney went into the prison a robust,healthy man, and copies out broken down in health and spirits. He is 67 } < ars old. and during his imprisonment designing people have secured neatly all his proper y. He will be ta-ren to 'Springfield, 111., o receive another sentence, but its enforcement ! will be conditioned- upQn his future good conduct. He is very bitter toward his wife, who, he says,has robbed him of ail his property. Major Robinson, an old army officer and a life long Democrat, has been ordered to quit his post at Boston and go to Jeffersonville at once to as dst Gen. Saxton. He will take immediate charge of the employes at the Jeffersonville Quartermaster’s Department. He will outrank Captain Addison Barrett, who is now next in authority to Gen. Saxton,' and will r-lieve the latter of a great part of his duties. Major Robinson will make his residence in Jeffersonville. A special from the villageof Mill Grove. Ind., says tha'John Snyder, the man who walks because he can’t stop, after an incessant tramp night ami day for. nearly tjiree years, is dying. He has aged wonderfully in the last six months and although he still goes on walking in the well beaten path about his house, it is with tottering steps, and face which gives evidence of great suffering. It is believed that he cannot possibly live many days, and he, himself, now thinks he is near the end of his journey. His strange affliction, which no physician has yet been able to understand, has proved to be both a curse and a bl A sing to him and his family. Prior to it there was a constant struggle to keep the wolf from the door, but since, along with the train of his sorro w and woespt has brough t him fame and fortune, and he is now said to be well off in this world’s goods.