Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1891 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A gang of female shop-lifters has been detected in Anderson. The union .revival services which are beingconducted at Martinsville so far have .resulted in 896 Three hundred carpenters In the Pennsylvania shops at Fort Wayne made a demand for au increase in wages Thursday, and it was granted. The Diamond plate glass factory at Kokomo turned out a plate last week measuring 154x216 inches, the largest ever made in this country. Oliver O’Neil, of Greencastle, convicted of attempting to kill his little »tep-child ) was granted a new trial. Then he was fined *1 and costs for plain assanlt. Dr. HenrjrW. Shively, of Shoals: Dr. T. C. Dollins, of Trinity Springs, and Dr. A. W. Porter, of Logoteo, compose the recently established, with headquartfirs at Shoals, John Bencher’s general store at Valentine, was destroyed by fire on the 18th Loss *7,000. The establishment was patronized exclusively by Patrons of Industry on the ten per-cent, profit system. Twelve hundred citizens of Kokomo have agreed to take natural gas from the American gas company of Chicago. The same company will probably influence the citizens of other cities of the gas belt to do likewise. Mrs. Dr. M. C. Thayer, of Indian apolis was called to Seymour to see Jesse Streit, the sleeping boy, and after a careful examination she gave it as her opinion that he was wholly tmaer divine influence and no human agency could do anything for him. John L. Bolden (colored), of Madison, became insane by reason of religious excitement, and on the 17th he gave notice that the Lord had commanded him to destroy all the women and children in the neighborhood. This led to his enforced restraint. George Shearer, of Huntington, proprietor of an elevator, has discovered, after nearly twenty years, that he has been daily pouring oil into an opening that had no connection whatever with the journal, •and for all the good it did it might as well been thrown in an alley. While impanelling a jury in a murder case, at Logansport, a man was found who lived within six miles of the scene of the tragedy, but beard oTIE‘“He“ was also neither a subscriber to nor a reader of any paper. Notwithstanding his apparent fitness for an average juror, he was peremptorily excused. When D. H. Fennimore was arrested at Summitville for passing counterfeit money, over one hundred dollars of spurious stuff is reported to have been found in his possession, and he was also armed with a bowie knife, revolver and slung shot, none of which he had the courage to use when confronted by the officer. From a special census bulletin just issued at the Census Office relating to con* viots in penitentiaries it is ascertained that the total number of convicts in the Michigan City penitentiary is 756, of whom 456 are natives, 68 foreign-born, 76 negroes, and 24 mixed. At the Jeffersonville prison there are 590, of whom 376 are natives, 24 foreign-born, 4 negroes and 80 mixed The following is a list of patents granted Tuesday: E. Brentney, Indianapolis,dust collector; M. W. Brouse, Billingsville, watering trough; T. Crakes, Mishawaka cultivating fruit trees; W. E. Good now Columbus, pipe-wrench; M. C. Henlay, Richmond, pulley-lathe; B. Kunkle, Fort Wayne, safely-valve; J. S. Roberts, Indianapolis, furnace; C. J. Swart, Goshen, umbrella or parasol; S. Swope, Terre Haute, rake; C. L. Wheeler, Marion, car seal.

Jesse Hobson, the veteran caponizer, of Russiaville, reports that the industry has greatly increased during the past year,and the crop of grown capons will be doubled. Mr. Hobson his under bis supervision the shipment of 8,500 grown capons, and there will be about forty-five hundred handled by other operators; Premiums are again offered for the best average in lots of fifty and some have been received aggregating 4;0 pounds, which, at 12X cents per pound, will bring SCO. ; . The effort making at Union City to have a new boundary line established between Indiana and Ohio will some to naught. Years ago there was a similar dispute between Massachusetts and Rhode Island; and the matter was decided in the United States Courts (Fourth Howard), wherein it was held lhat, while the line between the two States might be wrong, it had been acquiesced in for years and must B tand. Republicans claim that If the change was made as desired by the Union City people it would make a difference in their favor of 5,000 votes. James Hagar, a well-to-do teamster of Washington, having a good home, a good team, and as prosperous and happy as th. general run of mankind, the other day suddenly concluded he would work no more So ne transferred his possessions to his wife, save the clothing which he wore, and applied for permanent quarters in the Soldiers’Home at Dayton, 0., where beta now housed. His wife and daughter continue to occupy the home which he abandoned, and bis pension will keep them from want.

Young ladies es various churches at' Evansville have organized what they call, 1 •The Old Maids’ Safely-Society.” Secret! meetings are held. The main mission is' to keep tab on young men belonging to their set, and whenever misdemeanors are discovered the fellow is black marked. When a specified number sos black marks are recorded, then the unfortunate wight is black listed, and the members of the so ciety are forbidden to associate with him. A general row the other night nearly broke up the association, when it became necessary to black list a sweetheart of one of the members, but stern duty eventually won and the young man was shelved. A very peculiar case has developed at Terre Haute by the filing of the suit of Anthony Fuller vs. Alevia J. Fuller for divorce. The affair came about in this way: In 1865 Fuller brought suit in the Clark county (Illinois) courts for divorce from his wife Alevia. For some reason the case was dismissed from court, but Fuller’s lawyer told him Ihsttbo divorce had

(been granted aad collected fee. Falta mamed * few years later and is now father of several children by his second wife. As soon as he discovered his pre- * dicament he at once instituted divorce proceedings against his first wife, who now turns up as a defiant disturber of the -'pefich. - ....... ,'L . -,. 5 " Mrs. Margaret Scheller, widow, of Evansville, whose husband, a minister, died four years ago, has gone insane through spiritualism. Twelve months ago a medium (Mrs. Elsperman) visited Mrs. Scheller and told her that the spirit of her deceased husband, as wall si of an Infant child, were cons aatly— hes (Mrs. Elspermah’») seahc«i, and were expressing a desire to communicate with Mrs. Scheller. The lady placed little credence in the statement, but she finally yielded to the importunities of Mrs. Elsperman. and at the first seance she was put in communication with what Mrs. Elsperman claimed to be the spirit of Mr. Scheller. Other seances were attended until Mrs. Scheller became a convert to spiritualism, and eventually it absorbed her thoughts, and she is now a raving maniac on that subject. The pretensions of Mrs Elsperman were exposed some weeks sgo.but this did not shake Mrs, Scheller’s confidence in her. One of the most atrocious murders in the history of Randolph county occurred near Barton la about 2 o’clock Thursday moming. James Bass, with his wife and fiv e children, reside in a desolate looking log cabin of one room, destitute of furniture with the exception of a bed and a cook stove. Mr. Bass is absent in Ohio on business, and Anderson Rozel], a colored ruffian, was keeping company with Mrs. Bass during the absence of her husband. About 2 o’cloi k Thursday a neighbor was aroused by the screaming of Mrs. Bass, and hastening to the house he found her lying upon the floor,; rostrate from a wound in the neck. He assisted her to an upright position and went away to summon help. While he was gone Rozell, • who was in hiding close at hand, returned and completed his desperate deed, cutting her throat from ear to ear and stabbing her in the breast. He then fled from the scene. Roze 1 recently forged a note and Mrs, Bass was supposed to be acquainted some of the circumstance, and she ha i been summoned to appear before the grand jury. It is the supposition that Ro, zell killed her because she was going to testify against him. Others made damaging charges against the character of the dead woman, and believe that the trouble arose from general causes. The scene of the murder is a ghastly one; the littli children being huddled together in bed. while on the floor lay the dead body of their mother covered with her own gore.