Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1890 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Alex. Borens, near Bed ford, killed a full 'grown deer on bjs farm. A wild beast supposed to be a panther,is L playing havoc with stock in Sugar Creek [—township, Vigo countyr" — 1 ' —~ The. towfi of Alamo, Montgomery county is being scourged by diptheria. Many deaths have occurred. : I Dudley, Michener. Daniel MeCauly, Bruce Carr and H. M, LaFollette have asi ißuiuicives in a uusmess enters what, is not stated, \ * The Alliance of Miami county, held ase--cret meeting at Pern, Saturday. It is believed they propose exclusvie dealing jwith certain firms after the Granger plan The Navy Department has approved the ■contract secured by-the Madison ship yard for building thirteen government barges. The same yard recently completed a contract for- thirty barges. The contest over the auditorship of Decatur county has been settled in favor of John J. Puttman, the Democratic candidate, whom the board of canvassers declared elected by four majority. A number of persons in Harrison county has been summoned to appear before the federal grand jury at Indianapolis, and i is supposed to have reference to recent violations of the election law. Patents were granted Hoosier inventors as follows: James Spivklemire, Avon, grain drill; Robert Watts, Shelhyville devise for hanging maps or curtains; John Caven, Indianapolis, domestic water purifier.

The Farmers 1 Alliance and seven hundred merchants held a meeting at Terre Haute, on the 13th, and concluded to bov~ cott Chicago dressed beef. The farmers declare that since dressed beef has come to that city the local market has been de~ stroyed. Martin Prezezizionkowsky, of South Bend, says his name is not hard to pro nounce. He explains that names of this class have many silent letters, and when they are eliminated the pronunciation is within the reach of all. He calls himself “Scuzz-ghin-koff-sky. • Mrs. William Melton, of Muncie, who had been an invalid for several years, was conveyed to the church where Mrs Woodworth is preaching, that she might be benefited, and after much prayer she a-ose from her couch and walked home. She claims a complete and permanent cure. Committees representing the Central Labor Union of Terre Haute and the Farmers’ Alliance of Vigo county held a meeting to propose plans of consolidation, but an obstruction presented itself in the clause permitting the union to bold: its meetings on Sunday, and nothing was affected. The statement is published at Terre Haute that Miss Hallie Voorhecs, the only daughter of-Senator Voorhees, has embraced the Catholic faith, and that she was baptized several daj a ago by Right Rev. Father Chappelle, of Washington, D. C. Previous to her change of faith she was an Episcopalian. Bee Eubanks, of Mitchell, has been indicted for the murder of his sister, Mary Eubanks, and a similar indictment rests; against his aged father, their trial being set for the 24th inst. The same grand jury also indicted John W. Feltner as the murderer of James Huron, and he will be called for trial on the 22d inst. That hotly-contested sl2 hog case, which has been the bone of contention in Montgomery county for over a [ year, and which has cost all the parties concerned over $500,, has been appealed to the supreme court. The petitioner for a new trial filed fifteen exceptions to the case, but the judge overruled them all, henoß the appeal. In answer to an inquiry by the State Superintendent, Attorney General Smith Thursday, gave an opinion that children of school age who are inmates of the State Reformatory and benevolent institutions can not be legally included in the enumeration which furnishes the basis for the apportionment of the school fund. These children are given especial educationalopportunities in the institution which they occupy • t 1 The sixteen-year-old son of John Segstetter, living near Wabash, was horribly bitten by a large and ferocious boar. The boy had entered the pen where the animal was confined, and before he could make his escape the boar was upon him. Before assistance arrived he was one mass of wounds from head to feet, the most severe wounds being about the knees. It is possible that one or both legs will have to be amputated to save his life.

Patents were issued to Indianians on the 9th as follows: G. H. Brower, Roann, evaporator; Tobias Herig, Jasper, tongue support; C. R. Jenne, Port Wayne, animal trap; A. S. Kitelman, Ridgeville, fence post; C. Kornrumpf, Huntingburg, watch case bezel; J. McKim, Thorntown. paint; W. McKerson, Worthington, gripper perforator; W. Tennisou, Mount Vernon, mosquito net frame and sham pillow holder; R. E. Vansant, lock; F. G. Wlselogel, Indianapolis, bleaching hair and apparatus for treating garbage. About 7 o’clock on the evening of Saturday, the 13th fire was discovered in the Wakefield livery stable at Washington Ind. The building was filled with hay, and the flames spread so rapidly as to defy control by the fire department, reaching out to other buildings. Ingersoll’s saloon, Hyatt’s dry goods store, Sam Smith’s hardware store, O. H. Brann’s grocery and several other stores were completely wiped out. The losses will reach $65,000, with $47,000 insurance. Several firemen were badly injured by an explosion of oil barrels, and George Howard, a bystander, was killed bv a horse. It was Washington’s biggest fire. The following is a last of the principal cities of Indiana, with their population by the last census, so far as heard from: Anderson, 10,759; Brazil, 5.902; Columous, 6.705; Crawfordsville, 6,036; Evansvillo, 50,007; Fort Wayne, 35,349; Frankfort, 6,918; Franklin, 3,7337 Goshen, 0,027; Greeusburg, 3,581; Huntington, 7,300; Indianapolis, 107,445: Jeffersonville, 11,274; Kokomo, 8,224; LaPorte, 7,122; Lawrenceburg, 4,280; Logansport, 13,798; Madison, 3523: Michigan City, 10,704: Misha, waka, 3,369; Mount Vernon, 4,710; New Albany, 21.000: Peru, 6,731; Plymouth,

2,723; Princeton, 6,494: Richmond, 16.849: South Bend, 21,786; Valparaiso, 5,(te2: Wabash, 5,196; Washington, 9,052; Warsaw,'3,ss9. aM; About 10 o’clock on the morning of the 1 , 10th, Herbert, the live year old son of Al-fred-Burton, was Boariydecaprtatcdbythv careless handling of a gun by his uncle, Harry Hubbard. Theiittle boy was at the home of his grandmother at Shedtown, a suburb to Muncie, when Hubbard got his shotgun and commenced cleaning it, during j remark: “Uncle Harry, shoot me with that.” Mr. Hubbard, to please and amuse the boy, put aeap on one barrel of the gun and let the hammer down with the muzzle pointed at the boy. In an instant a toad ol No. 8 shot had almost torn the heaa from the boy's body, scattering his brains over the walls and of the room. Th e young man is almost crazed grief. A GROWING STATE DEBT.

The report of State Auditor has been prepared and will soon be submitted to the Governor. The report contains some in. teresting facts and estimates in regard to the State, debt and its rapid increase in the future. Unless the general fund ia raised by legislative action a constantly increasing State debt will soon be a perplexing problem for the financiers. The total receipts from all sources past fiscal year amounted to $1,448,154.45, while the expenses as reckoned for the ensuing year will not fall far short of $3,, OCO.OOO. To this sum add the $205,232.33 of unpaid appropriations and the total is $3,205,232.33. If any special appropriations remade by the legislature that must be made additional to that amount. Tho expenses for 1892 are estimated a $1,873,096, and of 1893 at $1,998,096 Now the deficits-at the end of each of these years respectively would be $757,080.88, $424,139 and $549,939. To these sums of course must be adeed the specific appropriations, if any occur in this period. Thus a conservative estimate, based upon reliable data, makes the average increase of the debt for the next three years at something beyond $500,000 annually. The State debt is now -8,540,015.12. Of this indebtedness, that portion outside the State is $8,056,615.12, while the domestic debt is $484,000, The annual interest on these sums aggregates $273,835. In the next five years an enormous sum will fall due of this: April 1, 1895, $585,000 is due; $600,000 due March 1, 1895: $500,000 due May 1, 1895; $376,000 due April ,!, 1894; $346,000 due April 1,1593, while the prompt payment of $340,000 in 3 per cent, bonds will have to be met April 1, 1892. In view of these facts the report suggests that some specific efforts be made by this legislature to increase the general fund. It is also suggested that the assessment of corporations receive the attention of the leg Mature. The total expenses of maintain ingthe State government during the past year were $2,315,098.99.