Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1890 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Five prisoners escaped from the Lebanon jail on the 11th, The second gas well at Oakland on wa struck on the 9th, with a 2,000,000 flow. The Methodist church at Crawfordsvilie has contracted fora $2,800 pipe or gan. John Eberly, of Pine Village, was struck by lightning on Tuesday night, tearing out both eyes. 7 Charles Drake, of" Argos, was instant killed Tuesday, being caught h? the tree Which he chopped down. In a collision between freight trains near Huhtin’gton, on the Bth, William Cox, engineer, was fatally injured. A thief opened the safe in the office of the Hotel Windsor, at South' Bend, took S9O and left SSOO in plain view. A Swine Breeders’ Association has been organized by the Montgomery county farmers, headed by Tillman Easley of New Market. Enoch Jenkins, employed in Pike’s saw mill, near Marion, attempted to adjust the. belt on the fly-wheel, and was caught and whirled to death. The Clay County Assembly of the F. M. B. A. met at Saline City, and F. J. S. Robinson succeeded to the presidency. Thirt eight Lodges were represented, claiming 1,050 membership. The town cow and the rooting porker are in dire straits at Shelbyville, the City Council having instructed the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance looking to their extermination.

David Cottrell, of Fortville, a section hand, while attempting to alight from a moving train,was thrown violently against a cross tic, fracturing his skull and crushing his face to a shapeless mass. Simon Fields and Silas Bell, of Elkhart county, brothers-in-law, quarreled "over property interests, and in tho fight Bell was fatally stabbed, dying a few hours later. His murderer was arrested. The bam belonging to Budd Seals, in Barr township, Daviess county, was destroyed by incendiarism, Monday night, and sik horses and thirteen cattle were included in the destruction. Loss, $4,000. John R. Morgan and Marion Powers, of Lexington, exchanged shots m a quarrel over horses running at large, contrary to the stock law, and Michael Storen, a stander, received a bullet through his nose.

Mrs. John Ihrig, wife of a baker at Mun cie, was assaulted on the street in that city, Thursday night, by an unknown man, who severely choked her. Her screams brought passers by to the rescue, and her assailant fled. The barn on the farm of Aaron Blunk, in Morgan county, was destroyed by incendiarism, Tuesday night, and Mr. Blunk was seriously burned about the face and neck while saving his live stock. Loss $2.C00, with no insurance. Five workmen engaged in putting up a building for the artificial ice company, at Shelbyville, were thrown tr the ground on the Bth by the breaking of a beam. All were hurt, and Eastham Daniels and David McCabe were dangerously injured. L-N. Grandstaff, of Root Township Adams county,owns a calf which is covered with a thick coating of seat brown wool, three inches in length, with no hair visible on its whole body. The tail is nude and slender, somewhat resembling that of a rat.

J. G. Swain, of Martinsville, sunk a driven well in his yard Wednesday to a depth of fifty feet; The water arose in the pipe and began flowing out of its own accord and has been doing so since. It is of an excellent quality. There ate no mineral qualities about it. Miss Lina Frank, aged seventeen, daughter of Anthony Frank, near Spottsviile, because her parents objected to her approaching marriage, cut her throat from ear to ear, but missed the carotid arteries and jugular vein, although severing her windpipe. She may recovor. The Thirteenth Indiana Regiment survivors held an annual reunion at Athlon, and adopted resolutions protesting against passage of the “dependent pension bill.” and calling upon Congress to repeal the “arrears of pension bill,” and the enactment of a per diem or service bill. The storm in Cass county Tuesday night was the severest for many years. A heavy hail fell breaking windows and causing other damage. The hail was as large as walnuts. It continued blowing all night. Tho wind uprooted trees, and fences in many parts of the county were blown down. Michael DeCamp, of Sullivan, twice at tempted to cut his throat, but failed to inflict a mortal hurt. Last week he secured a paper of carpet tacks and swallowed a goodly portion of them. A number lodged in his mouth and throat, and were removed, but others reached his stomach and a fatal termination is antici pated.

The Sheriff has arrested Ned Beck, Charles Yates, Clinton Gooapasture, A. W. Huffman, Silas Sverin and Ulysses Thorpe as participants in the United Brethren Church fight at Dalcville on Saturday, in which one member was dangerously injured. Bond was furnished. All the accused are reputable citizens, and plead not guilty. Tho Daviess county assembly of P. M. B. A., after a session of two days in Washington, decided to put a full county ticket in the field, and the nominating convention *as ordered to be held on the second Sat urday iu June. This movement wholly upsets the calculations of the old party managers. In that county the Alliance olaims a membership of 2,500. Samuel Bash and family, of Roanoke moved into a house where there had been scarlet fever cases over a year before, and, while renovating the premises, tore off the old wall paper and replaced it with new. In this way it is supposed disease germs vvcredislodged, scarlet fever again made its appearance, and caused the death of Miss Belle Bash, aged twenty years, while other members are also stricken down. The State Oratorical Contest took place at Indianapolis on the 11th. The first prizo was awarded to William H. Wise, of De Pauw, subject, “Race Problem.” A. CJL Bradshaw, of Franklin, came in a good second with the subject, “Philosophy of

Reform." Other speakers wrs Robert Collins, of Butler, subject, "Shall tb» Right of Suffrage be Restricted t” W. G. Shover, of Wabash, and T. C. Moffatt, of Hanover. A bloody battle of vicious stock took placs in the western part of Bartholomew county, Friday. A heifer with a young calf was set upon by hogs and both devoured. A drove of fat cattle in an enclosure near by became infuriated at the odor from the slain cow and calf, broke through the inclosure, charged on the hogs in the bloody work and gored them so viciously that ten were killed and many others badly hurt. The Democratic board of directors, to succeed the present commissioners in the management of the Eastern Insane Hospital, have organized by electing George W. Koontz, of Indianapolis, presideDt; John S. Martin, of Brookville, vice-president and M. C, Benham, of Indianapolis, treasurer. They also appointed Dr. Edward F. Wells, of Shelby county, medical direC tor. and Alonzo D. Riggs, of Marion county, steward and book keeper. Tuesday night at a latolfdur, while Mrs. Henry Wysor, wife of one of the old and wealthy citizens of Muncie, was trying to persuade her insane son, William, to come iu out of the driving storm, he struck her with a heavy earthen vessel, knocking her unconscious,and fora time it was supposed she had received fatal injury, William disappeared from home two weeks ago and was found at Tipton. He is, wholly unaccountable for his actions and usually is under guard. A cyclone struck Prophetstown about 7 o’clock Monday evening, blowing the depot from its foundation, blowing off half the roof and breaking tho windows. The elevator was blown down and rests on the side track. A string of fourteen corsblew out from the siding into the main track about three miles from Prophetstown with brakes set. Quite a number of buildings were blown down in the village and anumber of persons hurt. With tho exception of one stock train delayed, all otners are on time.

Isaac White, ex-soldier, living on a farm near Leavenworth, whose reputation is thatof a'iHan 'atteuding strictly to his crops and never meddling with affairs of his neighbors, on Monday night was outrageously assaulted by “Whits Caps,”who surrounded his home, seized him as he appeared at the door iiTanswer to summons, and hurried him to the woods near by, where he was tied to a tree and lashed with switches until his back streamed with blood, and he was unconscious. After the mob left his family cut him down, and dressed his injuries, but ho i-* lying in a critical condition and may not recover No cause is known for the outrage. White is amember of the G. A. R.,and the organization has taken hold of the ease and wil make an effort to ferret out and prosecute his assailants. All of the mob wore white marks, and were otherwise disguised.