Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1892 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

It is said that the Noblesville * as wells are losing pressure, . NjtarShall county farmers report a great harvest of maple sugar. It fs proposed tor connect Xenia and Marion with an electric line. The at Windfall was plunderdd by burglars with little loss. In sounding the depth of the mud in th e streets of LUporte, “no bottom” is reported. - ; ' Two employes ofj the Salamonie Pipe "Company were badly injured by an explosion id the gas house Mill Groye, in Jay county. In the marriage of Edward Brubaker and Clara Stewart, at HjmtingtOnj McM -Mary Strickland, who IS- an accredited" minister of the gospel, officiated. Isaac B. Johnson, of the firm of Howland & Johnson, agricultural implement dealers, of Indianapolis, committed suicide Friday, presumably on account of domestic trouble.

A bill of divorce was Saturday granted to the wife of Sid Conger, at Shelbyville Mrs. Conger charged in her petition, cruel treatment. Bv the mutual agreement of ThepafflSsMrs:Gongeris to have $16,000 alimony. - - - A double tragedy occurred at Indianapolis Friday, in which Oscar Abbott shot Miss Celia Bass and then himself. Both are colored.-Abbdtt died almost instantly, and'ttre lady may not recover. Love and jealousy prompted the crime. Over a year ago an eleven-year-old son of Dr. De Cauz Tilney, of Crawfordsville, was bitten by a garter snake while wading a branch. The bite was in the instep, and began to pain him. His leg began to dwindle, and was soon useless, until if will have to be amputated. Tho Carroll county soldiers’ monument will be located on the court-house square at Delphi. It will be fifty-six feet high, of granite quarried at Barre, Vt., and on the four sides of the shaft will be bronze badges of the & A. R., Sons of Veterans, W. R. C., and the State coat-of-arms. Patents were Tuesday to Indiana inventors as follows: E. Chipman, Goshen, springs for beds, cushions and chairs; C. M. Dyer, Clovordale, telegraph relav; 11. Herzog, Mishawaka, foot rail for counters; B. F. Osborn, Nora, truss rail fence; J. Pittigan, Goodland, washboard; C. L. Ratliff, Marion, index. D. Wiser, Plymouth, drive well Alton In the northern part of Bartholomew county, in an old Baptist church that has not been used for twenty years, a young man has begun preaching, and now the building will not hold all who desire to hear. Services are held each night, and people are said to begin to arrive as early as 4 o’clock in the afternoon, in Order to get seats. A sensation was created at Muncie, Friday, when 300 Odd Fellows had gathered to attend the funeral of Rev. M. S. Metts, a member of that order. They were to hold their ceremonies in the church after the religious exercises. When the tim e came, however, the Presiding Elder, B. A. Kemp, who was in charge of the religious ceremonies, closed them and refused the Odd Fellows permission to conduct theirs. They did so at the grave, however, in the cold. Much indignation is felt. Miss Hattie Flanigan, a young saleswoman at the dry-goods establishment of Block & Thalman, was killed by the cars at Kokomo, Friday morning, whileVoing from home to her work. She attempted to cross tho Pan Handle track as the komo & Richmond special was backing into the yards, and her foot caught in the switch, which threw her in the middle of the track and held her fast. Her head was crushed to a jelly. She was ah orphan, nineteen years old. B. F. Wad kins, of GoodVlew, six miles southwest of Farmland, has invented a machine for the manufacture,,*)! bindelTwTne but of straw or prairie grass. Mr. Wadkins has been experimenting with this machine for several years, and thinks ho has completed an apparatus that will save farmers thousands of dollars. He says when Jffis machine is once in operation the “twine trust” won’t be “in it.” He has had hundreds ot offers from Eastern capitalists wanting to take stockStops will be taken to organize at"stock company and have the plant located at Farmlaud.

The divorce suit of Mrs. Alice Spencer against Dr. William Spencer, of Monticello, has been .on Jjial for several days at Mwiiti’ceUo, and little else has received attention at that place. Dr. Spencer is one of the wealthiest men in that part of the State, and the startling allegations of cruel aud inhuman treatment made by his wife had tho effect of filling the court room at every session of the tidal. Chas. R. Pollard, of Delphi, sat as special Judge in the caso, [and ;Friday evening rendered.a decision granting the plaintiff a divqree, with SIO,OOO alimony, SSOO attorney fees, tho custody of her child, and S2OO a year for its maintenance for the period of four years. When the Judge rendered his decision,' the audience broke loose; cheering and yelling their approbation, and the court could only restore order by thfeateuingto have the court room cleared. It is not likely the defendant will appeal from the decision. The reports of the Valuable discovery of zinc in Carroll county are verified. Mr. C. 11. Stevens, of Logansport, was interested In some Missouri mines, and had a number of pieces of oro on exhibition at hiStplace of business. E. McKinnum, of Rock Creek township, Carroll county, saw them, and insisted that some of that“stone coal,” as Tie called it, was to he found in his locality. He brought in a cigar box full to prove it. It was shipped to Missouri for analysis, whic„h showed thatllt was equal to the best Missouri ore. Mr. Stevens took A. R: Shroyer, of Logaasporf, in with him, and prospecting was begun and leases* made. Investigation shows that the veins on tho Rock creole bottom are struck at four feet from the bed of the creek, and One vein of four feet, and one of six feet of solid ore have been found. The bluff along tho creek is about seventy-five feet high, so that most of the ore lies at a depth of eighty feet from the level. The Missouri vein is struck »*• ninety feet, while this

can be mined from the creek bottom. Prospecting along the bottom land showed that the vein extended along the creek three and a half miles. The supply is almost inexhaustible and as the Missouri output is $75,000 worth Of ore per week, there is na reason why the Indiana field should fall short of that. Four men are at work now sinkingmlpes and twenty-five will beat wbrk by Monday next. The ore lies in Rock Greek township, Carroll county, on the line of the Wabash railroad, and fourteen miles west of this city. Several prospectors from abroad have arrived and are leasing land. 'JH2 : -t-

BTATE ORATOBT. The Indiana oratorical contest, involving Eranklin y Wabash and Hanover colleges and the Butler, Indiana and DePauw universi ties, occurred at Plymouth Church, Indianapolis, Friday evening, before a large audience. The subjects and contestants were as follows: “The Puritan,” Elbaßranigir, of Franklin. “Savanarola, the the Italian Martyr, Statesman and Hero,” Edgar H, Evans, of Wabash. “Ethics of American Politics,” Reed Carr, of But,lex. j _ I_2 “The American -Wage-worker. T. P Drayer, of Hanover. r " " i “” “The Higher Selfishness,” C. M. Hubbard, of Indiana University. “Industrial Freedom,” Miss E. Jean NelsoD, of DePauw. The judges on delivery were Lewis H. Jones, Smiley N. Chambers and Albert G. Porter; on composition they were G. W. Grubbs, W. O. Thompson and W. W. Parsons. XVhen the committee had counted the votes DePauw (Miss Nelson) stood first. Wabash second, Franklin third, Hanover fourth, Butler fifth, and the State University sixth. The students of DePauw went wild when the decision was announced. Miss Nelson is a native of Putnam county and is nineteen years of age. THE INDIANAPOLIS STREET CAB STRIKE. It is believed the Street Gar in Indianapolis has been permanently settled. Immediately after the resumption of the management to succeed the receiver, PresidentFrenzel received from the Brotherhood eight demands which it made of him. These demands included the reinstatement of five discharged members’ rides at all times, and increased wages. Mr. Frenzel and the Brotherhood committee reached a compromise Friday, which was ratified by the Brotherhood Saturday morning, and it is believed a continuation of the strike has been averted. The agreement between the parties has not been made public exce p that the company agreed to the re-em-ployment of the discharged men. It is known also that the badges will not be given to the men, nor is it probable that the wages were increased. The brotherhood claim that six of their eight demands were granted. This does not seem to be the case. Great relief is felt at Indianapolis over the settlement of the trouble.