Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1890 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The Muncie plasterers have organized a union. Rockport will be lighted with electricity June 10. ‘■■v' Mishawaka wants direct railway cons nection with Indianapolis. A new telephone line will be constructed between Anderson*and Indianapolis. The little daughter of Frank Moore, of Montpelier, drank creosote and will die. Another gas well has been struck at Marion, with a daily capacity of 10,000,000 feet. Wilson T. Culver, of Manson, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. * By reason of the strike of carpenters at Fort Wayne a great amount of building is tied up. The Farmers’ Alliance is trying to establish a butter and cheese factory at Lafqyetbe. Ed. Scott, aged fourteen, of Jefferson-' ville, attempted to board a moving train and was killed. Captain W. R. Mayers of Anderson, announces that he will be a candidate for Governor in ’92. Miss Laura Neff, of Peru, while destroying rubbish, caught her clothing on fire and was terribly burned. Anderson saloon keepers are proposing to enter into a voluntary agreement to respect the 11 o’clock law. Hiram Stanfield, convicted of vote-buy-ing, who escaped from the Dubois county jail, has been recaptured.

i Willis R. Shoemaker, of Geneva, sold out his interests, abandoned a young bride and left numerous creditors. Indiana is the only State which shows this year an increase in the oats acreage. All the other States report a decrease. M. F. Lee lost control of red hot wire he was handling in the Anderson rod mill, and it passed completely through his wrist John Woods, who [fell from the Court House at Bluffton on Saturday, died in a few hours. He was married two weeks ago. Hamilton Harris, a carpenter of South Bend, fell from a scaffold, breaking three ribs and the crescent of the right hip bone. The Montgomery county Prohib Itionists have placed a full ticket in the field, neade<T Dy J ohn W. Kendall for representative. Greencastle undertook to colleet taxes on $3,830 in greenbacks held by H. C. Rudisell, and has been, beaten in the courts. > .«,• Evansville will pass an ordinance com* polling teamsters to place tires on their vehicles in propotion to the weight carried.

Black diphtheria has made its appearance among the children in Clay township, St. Joe county, and several deaths are reported. The problem of reducing old steel rails is thought to have been successfully solved by the Steam Forge Works of New Albany. Sixteen carpenters in the Terre Haute car works struck for an advance, and fifty carpenters were compelled to quit work in consequence. The chief signal officer is making arrangements to open an observatory at South Bend, with Prof. A. A. Stoneburner in charge. The Republican Congressional convention of the Fifth District, called to meet fit Martinsville June 11, has been postponed until August. The new administration of police affairs at Terre Haute has ordered the closing of gaming resorts, and on the 19th the order was enforced. Thomas Rhodes, of Covington, has been convicted at Lafayette of criminal malpractice, and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

Breman, a Chicago groceryman, being unable to collect a grocery bill from a widow, kidnapped her child and held it as security. He’ll go to jail. Donald D. Blanchard, deputy oil inspect tor, of New Albany, has been removed by the State inspector, and he will appeal to the Governor for an investigation. The flow of sulphur water at Shoals continuing unabated, a compaD j has been organized to erect handsome buildings and compete with other watering places. Emanuel Caves, near Montpelier, working with a buzz saw, and forgetting that it was in motion, sat down upon ,cthe table The saw ripped open his thigh to the bone The corner-stone of the new St Patrick’s Church, at Fort Wayne, was laid Sunday with elaborate ceremonies, all the Catholic societies in the city participating. Fort Wayne jealously charges that Evansville is absorbing all the suburban territory within its corporate limits in order to make a big showing in the next census returns. Mrs. Margaret Huddelson, of Knights town, celebrated her ninetieth birthday on the 30th. She is the widow of the late William Huddelson, who recently died, aged ninety-four. Colonel Josiah W. Hambleton, of South Bend, had been ill of bilious fever, but was recovering. On the 19th he chatted gayly with friends, then called for a drink of water and died. The Kokomo Natural Gas Company ha struck another monstrous gas well. So powerful was the pressure that 600 feet of ij-on casing was forced out, and was twisted and coiled in all shapes. Advices from Danville show that Hon. L. A. Campbell has been stricken with a relapse, and that hope is no longer entertained of his recovery. He was first seized of la grippe several months ago. Samuel Montgomery, of Knigtatsville, a miner and valued citizen, was fatally injured by falHng slate in the Peanut mine Wednesday, dying in a short time. This is the second dangerous accident in this mine within a week. Secy. Heron has sent more than four thousand six-ounce packages of beet seed over the State. They have been well distributed, and if beets can be raised successfully a sugar refinery will be estabisbed in the gas belt ‘ The proprietors of the Review, Argus. News and Journal, of Crawfordsville, have been arrested, charged with publishing a watch lottery advertisement, and CX L.

Rost, who wss running the enterprise, suffered similar treatment. The authorities of Clinton county became cognizant of a plot by Jasper, Charles and Bert Hill to plunder a farmer named Durbin., and a trap was set, into which the brothers pi anged. They have been placed under bonds to await trial. The ex-soldiers of Fountain county held a mass-meeting and passed resofutiens calling for a repeal of the arrearages of the | pension act, and an equalization of. bounties. They also opposed a dopondont pension bill, preferring to wait for more favorable legislation. James Hasler, of Greene county, undeterred by the bitter opposition evoked against other applicants, Is making an effort to establish a saloon at Odon, and the populace is in arms. David Simpkins once undertook a similar venture, but- the ladies ofthe town mobbed his place. Thad Butler, editor of the Huntington Herald, who recently resigned the position of postmaster because the office interfered with his newspaper work, is suing the Wabash Plaindealer, claiming SIO,OOO damages for libel, because the Plaindealer charged that he had been removed for incompetency. An unknown man watched a ball game at Fort Wayne for some time, and whether influenced by the poor playing or what, he suddenly placed a pistol at his head and blew out Mb brains. The body was first identified as George H. Short, an exsoldier, but Mr. Short afterward reported in good health.

Charles Cannon, colored, tried at Canmelton the past week for complicity In the Bryant murder, which occurred seven years ago, was found guilty and sentenced for life. Allen H. Groves, a white man, jointly indicted, secured a change of veDue to Spencer county, and was released on SIO,OOO bonds. William Armstrong of Montgomery county has been paroled by Gov. Hovey. He was sent to the northern penitentiary forassault and battflfry for a term of four years, and has served all of his sentence but three months. The parole was issued on condition that Armstrong abstain from the use of liquor. Stock to the amount of $15,000 has been subscribed to establish a sorghum cane syrup, canning and preserve factory at Mooresvillc, with a capacity of 1,000 per day. It will be one of the largest sorghum factories in the country, and will be known as the Lei tzmau Sorghum, Syrup and Canning Co. Mr. Leitzman is the present President of the Indiana Cane Growers’ Association.

Twenty years ago Mrs. Otto Hyden, of Rosedale, accidently run a small sewing needle in her thumb, and a physician told her the only way to recover the needle was to amputate that member. This she relused. For a time she suffered consids erable pain, but finally this ceased, and in the course of years the presence of the needle was entirely forgotten. Recently she experienced a stinging sensation in her bresst, and investigation revealed the needle, and it was extricated. It had turned black during the twenty years it had been traversing her system, but the point was as keen as ever. Henry Winklebleck, the sawmill operator and lumber dealer, of Cass county, is believed to be in Canada, and be is also a criminal as well as a fugitive. Forged paper amounting to 110,000 has boon diss covered. Ex-Attorney-General Baldwin bolds $3,000, H. S. Murdock SI,OOO, the National Bank over $4,000, while there are more fraudulent notes afloat. Besides, there is good paper, aggregating $6,000. Before Winklebleck fled he threatened to commit suicide, and he told a friend that if he knew how to die easily he would try it. His family is left in destitute circumstances. Winklebleck formerly was engaged in tbe timber business in Southern Indiana, and he did a large business. Patents issued to Indiana inventors: C C Alexander, Hartford City, sliding and swinging gate; C Anderson, South Bend, sulky-plow; C Campbell and J Cox, Winchester, crate; S E Harsh, Wabash, overdraw loop and buckle; W T Hill, Indianapolis, sporting trap; A L H Messmer, Hammond, metallic wheel hub and vehicle wheel; Wm Moore, Kokomo, apparatus for separating liquids from natural gas; C B Nelson, Crawfordsville, cresting for roofs; Wm T Parks, Lagrange, shock compressor and binder; G M D Pomeroy, Lebanon, potato digger; H T Poor, Indianapolis, saw; J O Steele,Portland, harness bucfele; G E Sterling and S T Camden, dust collector for threshing machines and separators.

Several weeks ago the radical and liberal factions of the United Brethren church, at Daleville, engaged in a fight in the church building, in which Ned Beck used a poker on the head of Aaron Rinker, fracturing his skull. Rinker had Ned Beck, Chav. Yates, Clinton Good posture, A. Maziot Huffman, Silas Guerin, and Ulysses Thorp arrested for assault and battery, and bonds of $5,000 were required. The trial has been going on all this week, attended by hundreds from the town and vicinity. Last evening the jury went out and brought a verdict in this morning acquitting all but Beck and Yates. The former was fined sls, and Yates $5. Tho people interested are the best citizens in that vicinity, and it is expected more trouble will follow, as other charges will be preferred.

ODD-FE LI.OW SHIP. Tbe Daughters of Robekah. L O. O, F., met on the 19th. The committee' on the state of the order recommended that the Sovereign Grand Lodge ba petitioned to make sisters of Odd-Fellows in good standing eligible to membershiplhetein; for the adoption of a grip; to confer the privileges of delegates to conventions upon past officers; for a separate grand lodge, and for a uniform plan of floor work. The report also recommended that the subject of the home for aged and indigent Odd-Fellows be referred to the various lodges of the State for consideration. The recommendations were all approved, and the report adopted. The convention then elected officers, as follows: President—Mrs Anna Henderson, South Bend. \ Vice-president—Mrs Harriet G Case, Mancie. , '■ J ' ■

Secretary -Mrs Sallie C Jackson, Jeffersonville. _ - Sadie £ Carter, Cams ’dem. Warden—Mrs A J Clark, Union City. Chaplain—Mrs Miry Rock, Knightstown. Guardian—Mrs Frances Mayer, Thorntown. Delegates to National Convention —Miss AliceMcQuiddy, Indianapolis; Mrs A J Lefever, Union City; Mrs Sarah Knight, Aurora; Mrs Carrie M Hoagiand, Riley. The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows assembled Wednesday morning. Representatives from all parts of the State Were in attendance, and among the grand Officers present from outside the city are C C Binkley, Richmond; U Z Wiley, Fowler; L J Noftzger, LaGrange; James M Hurley, Greencastle; William A Abshire, Newburg; J B Williams, North Manchester. C C Binkley, Grand Master, congratulated the order on its prosperity and the good luck it has had in escaping any seriouscalamities. The report of B F Foster, grand secretary, showed an increase in. membership of 634 for the term, making a total increase of 1,673 for 1889. The total membership was now 32,689; number of lodges effective, 563. Four new lodges and ten Rebekah lodges had been instituted. The resources of all lodges were placed at $1,806,880.41; receipts of lodges, $162,396.45; total expenses, including relief) given, $121,209.23; 1,924 brothers and 152, widowed families had been relieved; $39,s 029.37 had been paid for the relief-of brothers; $2,481.02, for the relief of widowed families; $517.95 for the education of! orphans; $10,142.20f0r burying the dead,' and $3,043.90 for other charitable purposesJ making a total amount of benefits paid of 1 $55,214.44. The entire amount of relief for the year 1889 was $115,564.81. The number < of accessions to the Rebekah lodges was 2,503; net gain, 1,617; total, 10,743; receipts $8,000; total assets, $9,389.01. The grand treasurer, T. P. reported the amount of cash on hand to be $13,552.96. The Grand Lodge at the May meeting nominates officers to be elected at the November communication. The following nominations were made on the 22d: Grand Master—W H Leedy, Indianapolis. Deputy Grand Master—U Z Wiley, Fowler. Grand Warden—George Ford, South Bend; H L Williamson, Fort Wayne; L A’ Beeks, Russiaville; M A Chipman, Anderson; \V H Talbott, Orleans; P J Slocum, Jeffersonville; J C Livesly, New Castle;Robert J Loveland, Peru; William Whitson, Austin; J F Mann, Decatur; M L, Paluss, Greenfield; James Byran, Fulton; William Fowler, Laporte; R H Vancleave, Farmersburg; J M LaFollette, Portland. Grand Secretary—B F Foster, Indianapolis. Grand Treasurer—Theodore P HaughdjyJ Indianapolis. Representative to the S G L—C C Brinkley, Richmond. Trustees of Grand Lodge Hall—William Wallace, J A Furgason, John W McQuiddy,; Indianapolis and R L Harding, of Fort' Wayne. Some of the nominations, it is seen, are equivalent to elections since but one candidate is named in several instances. The lodge adjourned on the evening ofthe 22d. '