Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1890 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Vincennes has two large ice factories. Wabash county has thirty-four students in the State Normal School. A child of John Burton, near Greens burg, was found dead in bed. The wheat crop in fee vicinity of Mishar waka, is unnsually promising. The Fort Wayne M. college is to be token off fee hands of the college. The Jeffersonville L O. O. F. will build a new-hall, costing in excess of $15,000. The Christian church revival at Craw* fordsville has closed, wife 104 accessions. Eastern capitalists ore trying to gdt control of fee flouring mill ;industry of Evansville. „ ‘ George, Alonzo and Colfax Footer, brothers, are under arrest at Mitchell as horse thieves. Joseph W. Ridgeway and wife, of Wa» bash, were bora in 1805 and were married sixty two years ago. Henry Davidson, of Whitesville, claims possession of a cat which is rearing three kittens and two rabbits. Carl Tiedermann, of Goshen, a wealthy merchant, was unmercifully clubbed by unknown parties Monday niglii A. Teager, of Woleottville, by ibe bufftr. ing of machinery, had a chisel driven into his hand, causing fatal injury. Dennis Barrett,. of Terre Haute, was kicked in the face by a hbrsd, fracturing his nose and disloging several teeth. Bethlehem Township, Clark county, c’aims a log school house still in active use, which was built one hundred years ago. , The New Albany fruit growers expect to begin marketing strawberries by the 20th inst., and an unusually large crop is reported. James H. Henry, of Martinsville, is the latest addition to the ranks of Republicans wanting to be Superintendent of Public Instruction. Phillip Vassen, a plumber, of Fort Wayne, was blinded in both eyes by the accidental upsetting of a pot filled with molten metal. The son of Franklin Pierce, of Goshen, was thrown by his horse, and; his foot catching in fee stirrup, he was dragged half a mile and fatally injured. Dangerous counterfeit dollars are circulating freely in Terre Haute. The meta has the ring of the genuine, and can only be detected as a rule by weight. There have been five arrests of Demo* crats in Taylor township, Howard county, for alleged bribery growing out of the recent township election, and others are to follow. There is an assessor in Knox county who barks like a dog when he enters a yard, and this brings a reply from every dog whioh the family may have concealed to avoid taxation. Mias Lulu Fry, of New Albany, employed in the hosiery mills at that point while in a stooping position on the Ist, caught her hair in a knitting machine, and fee top of her head was scalped. More strawberry and raspberry plants are being setoot on the hills in Jefferson county than ever known before, and it is believed the shipment of small fruits this season will double that of last year. Joan Nelson, of Geneva, troubled wife corns, used remedies secured from a quack doctor. The remedy proved worse than the original complaint, gangrene sqt in, and his leg required amputation near the knee. ? Seven hundred carpenters went out on a strike on the Ist, at' Fort Wayne, demanding nine hours and twenty-five cents per hour. Some few contractors granted the terms demanded, even 'to discharging non-union men. The greatest expectations have been exceeded in the matter of the collection of a fund for the relief of injured Indianapolis firemen and the families of those killed in the Bowen Merrill wreck, Treasurer Haughey has now reoei ved sso,.iiil. Sflt. .. . . .. The suit brought by. LAlKamHanley against Francis M. Fergusoti,’ fbr collection of $7,000 on note, which wis tried the -pastweek at Bedford, terminated ill favor of defendant. A breach of promise suit is:still pending, calling for $20,000 damages. When Bennett Macum, of Terre Haute, applied at tbe residence of Mrs. Rosa Finney to negotiate the sale of an organ, she met his request with a kettle of bailing wuter, and he was terribly scalded. Mrs. Finney Was fined $25 and costs by the authorities. It costs Elkhart $9,975 for water rents per annum, which is a tax of nearly ones half of one per cent. The plant is owned by a foreign corporation. Goshen’s water plant, owned bjr the city,’ is self sustaining besides which the patrons are served at low rates. Sunday the four-year-old daughter of Carl Hnffer, near Muncie, wandered to the barn yard, wliere a .horse was standing, and commenced playing with its tail. The animal kicked tbe child on the head and splitting the left ear and inflicting dangerous injuries. - ’ ; ”. • The Kokomo Window Glass Company’s factory burned to the ground Tuesday morning. The fire was caused by a bursting pot, and consumed the entire Duildiag. The pot room, warehouse and office buildings were saved. Loss, $30,000; insured for $16,509. \ Sheriff Thornton, of Floyd county, has levied upon one of the finest and largest locomotives owned by the Monon Railway Company to satisfy a judgment obtained by tho administrator of fed estate of David Vs\iv> w&a'jiVdefi near English about one year ago Mary McMahan, an aged lady neap North Union, on the Ist. fainted and fell among hogs x apdjEMi&lyingAa-a- helpless condition tho animals tore fee flesh from one of her arms and lower limbs. She was saved from immediate d eath by time !y discovery, but she cannot recover. Mias Lucy Wilkes, of Crawfordsville, who had hgen betrayed by P. V. King, prosecuted him, and he was fined SSOO and -ent to jail for six months. Friday he was pardoned, and the following evening l.is agod mother called at the jail and was so overjoyed at his release that she fell dead. On the 6th of last January Jackson I .amb, of For twill o, was bitten by a mad deg, and at once he proceeded to Terre

Haote and had a madstoee applied, whicl adhered for thirteen hoars. All indication' were apparently satisfactory, though th< thoughts of the dread disease were eon stontly in his mind. A few days ago h< was taken sick and had symptoms of fever, which rapidly developed into an acute attack of rabies. Death came to his rel ief, Sunday. Last winter,, during the overflow of fee White river bottoms, Jerry Givans flgurea in a sensational snake story, which was extensively copied by the press. It caught fee eye of a wealthy uncle, Henry C. Givans, of California, correspondence followed, and the senior having no heir, will detail Jerry for that important office. David Tumbleson, of Marshfield, near Scottsburg, was called out* by “White Gaps,” Sunday night and severely whipped* and he was also ordered to leave the country under penalty of tar and feathers. Tumbleson went south Monday, but not until he had filed a number of warrants for the arrest of parties concerned in the assault. George Brown,of Grange Hall,in Orange county, sold his earthly possessions, and left for Louisville, Ky., ostensibly to purchase goods. After reaching that city he wrote to his wife that he “had bought a ,ticket for tall timber,” and she would never see hitn again. He had been married but a few months, and was supposed to be happily situated. George Zimmer , near Maysville. wh attempting to cure vermin-infected cattlei saturated their hides with kerosene* and afterwards he undertook to brand them. The first animal to whom the hot iron was applied was instantly enveloped in flame, fire was communicated to the rest of the herd, and also to a hay stack, and the do struction of property was large. The late advancement of the price of crude oil has caused great excitement at Montpelier. The speculators and leasers are crowding the hotels, .and. Are readily taking all leases offered. Two wells are now being drilled, and fee prospects are favorable for a big oil field in this vicinity, as there have been several wells drilled heretofore that produced fifty barrels per day, and were locked in on account of the low mai-ket. The U. S. Supreme Court Monday rendered an opinion adverse to the constitutionality of State laws providing for the seizure of liquors brought into fee State in original packages. Such laws, the Court holds; are an interference with the interstate commerce. After the liquor becomes the property of fee importer, the State may under its policy powers regulate or prohibit sale; but It has no power, ip fee absense of express congressional au feority, to prohibit the transportation of the article from another State and its delivery to the importer. One of the wealthiest farmers in Bartholomew county called at the Moore’s Viheyard postoffice, Tuesday, to buy a quantity of postage stamps at a l educed price. He offered one and a half cents for two cent stamps and one-half cent for a one cent stamp. The offer was refused and he became enraged,and was restrained by friends from an assault on fee postmaster. The stamps were not for the farmer’s use, But were sent for by a young lady stopping at his house. The farmer hoped to turn an honest penny by making a per cent, on his investment. The Second Annual Indianapolis May Musical Festival will be given at Tomlinson Hall May 13, 14,15 and. 16—six concerts mail. The grand chorus will consist of. 600 voices and the orchestra of 50 pieces. The soloists are Mile. Clementina DeVere, Mme. Theresa Herbert Foerster, Mrs. Zelda Seguin-Wallace, Jules Perotti, Emil Fischer, Chas. Holman-Black, Chas. Knorr, Reduced railroad rates of one and one-third fare for round trip. Season tickets, six concerts, with reserved seats, $6; single seats, evening concerts, $1.50; single seats, afternoon concerts, $1; general admission, evening; $1; general admission, afternoon, 75 cents. The general sale of season tickets is now open at 1 East Washington street.^.. A remarkableleap from a moving train was made, , Monday, by Vince Story, an escaped convict, who had been recaptured in Georgia, and, having been extradited* was being taken to the South Carolina penitentiary. They were on the fast passenger train, and the hands of the convict were tied wife a rope When passing through Eftgefield county, the home of Story, fee guard left his side a moment to get a drink of water. The window by fee convict had been left open to admit air, and tho guard had hardly turned his back when Story, wife hands tied behind him and the train making over forty miles an hour, sprang head first through the window. The tram was stopped anc backed up, but nothing could be found of the daring convict. The guard remained behind to continue the search.

Dr. Repland T. Brown, a man well known throughout tho state, died at Indianapolis on the evening of May 2d. He was born in Lewis county, Kentucky, in 1807. With hi 3 parents he removed to Clermont county, Ohio, in 1808. In the spring of 1821 be came to Indiana with his parents, locating in Rush county. He studied medicine fee Ohio Medical College and in 1832 entered the practice ot his profession in Connersville, Ind. In connection with the practice of his profession he made an earnest study of the physical sciences especially chemistry ana geology. In 1844! he moved to Crawfordsville, and in ISSO‘ received the degree of Master of Arts from Wabash College. In 1858 he was tendered' the chair ot Natural Science in the North > WBBtora Christian University lis, and removed to this city. He held the position until 1871, and during the last two years of that period filled fee Chair of -Chemistry- in the Indiana Medical College. For a year beginning n 1879, ho was chemist-in-chief of the Agricultural Department at Washington. He is the author of a work on physiology which was used in fee Indianapolis schools mid elf ewhere for several years. He was for many year* Processor of Pbys siology In the Indiana Medical College. Dr. Brown has been a life long advocate of j temperance, and during fee last few years an active member of the Prohibition partyHe is a man of extraordinary vitality* Until one year ago he never had a siok day in his life and the present is his second ilness. . ; 4