Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1888 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Parke county has only eighty-four names upon her delinquent tax list this year. —— On Friday night, late, at Mudsock, Madison county, ’Squire Adam Gesse was called to his door and shot dead by some unknown person. < This fish story comes from “The Lakes,” five miles west of Montpelier: Muskrats have perforated the peatv soil in all directions, forming chambers in which lake bass have congregated in large numbers and are easily taken, one hole yielding over a hundred fine fish. Joseph Reibel, a hotel proprietor of New Albany, was robbed,Tuesday night, of over $25,000 in bonds, notes, checks and other valuable papers. His house was entered from a rear window. Wednesdays young negro named Grant Walker, was arrested, and the entire lot of stolen Government bonds, etc., re-

covered. The Portor county Central Committee on Prohibition have organized for active work in every township in the county. They have, like other central county committees throughout the United States, 'decided that all third party voters must support the National Prohibition ticket, while State and local offices are to be left optional. The probability is, ho«ever, that nominations will be made, even to road officers. The first ton shipment of silver bullion from Haysville, Dubois county, created quite a sensation. Over 5,000 people witnessed it. The last three week’s run of the Hartsfeld smelter poured out 1,500 pounds of bullion per day, and 800 tons of ore now at the smelting works averages, according to the United Btates mint reports, fiftyeight ounces oi silver and four and onetenth ounces in gold per ton, with 5,000 tons of ore in sight. Henry Shunway, A 1 Oaston, Otis Bozzel, George Hil» and Scot Bedgood, of Jonesville, Bartholomew county, have been arrested for outraging the person of Mrs. Samuel Tilford. Each waß held in a bond of $5,000 for his appearance. They do not -deny their visit to her house, but claim consent. She is a comely young woman, has been married only three months, and has borne a good reputation. The Tilfords have commenced a civil suit claiming $lO,000 damages. Some of the accused belong to highly respectable families. Patents have been issued to' * James Collins, Crawfordsville, wood joint;Wallace H. Dodge and R. D. Smith, Mishawaka, manufacturer of woolen boots; Isaac N. Elliott and P. A. Reid, Richmond, fence machine; Daniel C. Ganter, Indianapolis, device for steaming and cooking purposed; Henry A. Goetz, New Alhany, seed tester; Arfoos E. Kundred, Corunna, animal trap: Hugh S. Null and J. B. Bussard. Huntington, plow attachment; Herman Nye, Corydon, liquid measuring faucet; Henry B. Pitner, assignor of one-hali to J. F. Croft,* Laporte, carriage top; Joshua Sandago, South Bend, drop hammer; Joseph E. Schooley, Kyle, band cutter. The Hon. Oscar B. Hord, exAttorney General, whose affliction with paralysis was noted in these columns two weeas ago, died at bis home in Indianapolis, on the 15th, aged 58 years. He was born in Kentuckv and came to Greensburg, Indiana in 1849. He was a personal friend of the Vice-Presilent, Hendricks and supported him in all his ambitions. Mr Hord was an ardeut Democrat and was prominent in all the councils of the party. Asa member of the law firm of Baker, Hord & Hendricks, he was also recognized as one of the most profound lawyers in the State. There were many Occidents in Indiana, Monday. Mrs. Annie Lyons, of Ft. Wayne, aged 89, fell down stairs, fatally injured. Unknown man killed by a train at South Whitley. Two-year-old son of Joseph Bonhomme, near Vincennes,’fatally burned. John R. Meredith, hrakeman, had both legs and an arm taken off near Terre Haute. J. W. Jackson, of Ft. Wayne, fell from his wagon and fatally fractured his Skull. This is the fifth fatal accident at Ft. Wayne within a week. Six men injured by the falling of a scaffold at the Studebaker Wagon Works at South Bend. One will hardly recover.

Early on the morning of the 14th Indianapolis was visited by one of the most destructive conflagrations in the history of the city, flames broke out in the wholesale dry goods house of D. P. Irwin & Co. on South Meridian St., and Hpread to adjoining buildings and across the street. Ail" the stocks destroyed were of wholesalers, and included Geo. W. Stout’s, grocer. Tanner &, Sullivan, tinner’s supplies, 0. B. Cone, Son & Co, overall factory, McKee A Branham, boots and shoes, and Pearson A Wetzel, queensware, and several other buildings were damaged more or less. The loss will reach $1,000,000 with nearly as much insurance. The flames raged for several hours notwithstanding the efforts of the entire fire department. John Deaver, who, with his wife, was taken into the Firet Methodist Church of Richmond on probation, two or three weeks ago, soon developed as “not wanted.” They were so noisy as to sadly interfere with the progress of every meeting they attended, and it was few, if any, they missed. Admonition, even

from the police, had no effect. So Sunday afternoon, Deaver was refused admittance to the church, and when he expostulated, on the outside with the

same pitch of voice with which he had exhorted inside, he was arrested. He was released on his own recognizance, and when he and his wife presented themselves before the Mayor, Monday, to explain matters, Deaver promised to desist in his going to the First Methodist Chuich and was allowed to go and sin no more.

On Saturday evening Allen Fuller, a batcher at Moscow, twelve miles east of Bhelbyville, shot and killed Lafayette Barlow, a brother of McClellan Barlow, whom Fuller had shot and killed in that place on the 12th day of last December in a dispute over ten cents’ worth of meat purchased by Barlow of him. The grand jury refused to indict Fuller for the killing of McClellan Barlow, the evidence showing that he acted in selfdefense. Lafayette Barlow, the brother of Fuller’s victim, has made threats that he would take Fuller’s life, Meeting Fuller on the street he began to throw stones at him and fired several shots from his revolver. He finally chased Fuller into a store, where the latter picked up a &un, and, as Barlow came in the door, discharged the gun in his face, killing him instantly. Some few months ago Mr. Archibald Hamilton, bachelor, aged about fifty-Bix years, and one of the best known and wealthiest citisen in Delaware county, unknown to almost every one, was married to Miss Hattie Fleming, a highly respected lady of Muncie. Mr. Hamilton had for a number of yearn occasionally kept company with Miss Julia Gilbert, daughter of O. J. Gilbert, of Mount Pleasant township, and one of the sub-, stantial citizens of the county. Since Mr. Hamilton s marriage to Miss Fleming, Miss Gilbert brought suit against him for breach of promise, claiming $12,000. Without any legal proceedings whatever, Mr. Hamilton paid her the amount without allowing the case to go into court. Without a doubt, this is the largest breach of promise suit ever settled outside the courts in that county, and has been a topic of much conversation.

At Wesley Chapel, three miles from •Westport, the most remarkable revival ever known in that section is in progress. It started about two weeks ago, and has daily increased in interest, whicn is so great now that long before day the church is surrounded by crowds eager to get inside. The first service is much the same as that of other revivals. The pastor preaches, then a hymn is sung, and then is inaugurated one of the wildest scenes imaginable.. Men dance, women fall in a faint, and children five and six years of age shout themselves hoarse and fall in trances, which last for hours. Almost every night Eva Myers, a seven : year-old daughter of A well to do farmer, in astonishingly eloquent language,preaches for fifteen and twenty rmnutes. exhorting the people to repent of their sins. Scores of people have fallen to the floor in a dead faint while she was preaching. Some of the most reckless men in the neighborhood have professed conversion, and a new order of things has been ushered in. Some of the children relate wonderful stories of what they saw in their trances. Many people believe little Eva is inspired and almost worship her. Over 300 people have professed eonversion, and sight seers come for miles to see and hear.