Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1892 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

There is talk of establishing tin-plate works at Warren. The trade nnions of Shclbyvillo will observe Labor Day. . Muncle reports five chickens hatched by the heat of tho sun. A logrolling down bill caught and fatally crushed Daniel Warman, of Clark county. James Barrett, a "farmer near Chesterton, Porter county, was trampled to death I by a colt. ' , , | patrolman of South Bend, while asleep on his post, was robbed of Lis club and Gold watch. An emery wheel flew to pieces at CpFum. r bus, and a fragment was imbedded in | Gbarles Uanson’askull. - , - - ! 1 The court house at Lebanon xva9 gut- ; tqfl by fire Sunday. Tbe loss is placed at 111:0,000. Tfae.records were saved. Miss Anna Mueller, of Muncic, dropped ! a lighted match in a gas stove, and it was | blown to pieces, while she was severely j bprned.'/ a.:. j O. H. Doming, a contractor, of Valpara- ! iso, is being prosecuted by an employe for I violating the l&wv providing that eight I hour shall constitute a day’s work, j Duck Nesbilt, with a wagon load of intoxicants, appeared at Somerset, and opened up a bar. Soujerset is a “dry” town, and after warning Nesbit without avail, there a call to arms and he was hustled out in short order. William A. Lynn, of Randolph county, forged his wife’s name to a check for $l5O, and countersigned the check with his own name, and the bank honored it. Afterwards he was arrested, but it was held that he could not be prosecuted for forgery because of his own signature, and he was turned loose. Sharp' Hagerty has discovered a twoacre bed of clay upon his farm east of Marion, from which tho silica, when subjected to tho t.est9, has proven to be tho finest quality of fire clay. One specimen lay for seventeen days in the pot furnace of one of the window glass houses, and was found te withstand tho intense heat perfectly. A company will be organized for its development. •.Patsy Sears, presumably the oldest inhabitant of tho Hoosier States died at 3 o’clock on tho 17th. at .the bopie of'her son-in law, John Wolf,in Howard county. She was 108 years of ago, and of English descent. She 'was born in Culpepper county, Va., in 1784, her maiden name being Patsy Humphrey, and is of a family noted for longevity, her father living to round: out a century, and her motber attaining the remarkablo age of 106 t liTlßoo she married Fielden Humphrey,who died in 1828. Two of hey children are veterans of the Mexican war. Fprty years ago site married Robert Sears, who died at the age of one hundred, while f pn a visit with a daughter in Illinois. John Disbsfrt, an inmate of tho Daviesscouiity asylum, claims to be the oldest living inhabitant in tbe Hoosiefr State. He places his age at'lo3. Ho emigrated with his parents from in Virginia, atid lie a fnetnber of the Lewis-Clark exploring party, which penetrated the wilds of tho great northwest. He settled In Daviess eoupty at an early date, atid for many years manufactured the "Dishaft” wagon, which was known far ana near. When seventy three years old he married Miss Lizzie Tranton, who was fifty-four years his junior. Their wedded life lasted but a few months, when they separated. Mr. Disliart reports jha he was never sick in his life, that hjs eyesight is still good, and that he continues a good judge of tobacco and liquor. He does not showjris great age in his physical appearance, and he bids fair to .live several years. 6 Some time ago. when Choulot sshow and mcnagorie passed through Crawford cotiti ty, a boa-conStrictor of medium size escap" tetefrons. its cage aud spread consternation among the natives. As time wore away* tho iueidcut was forgotten or looked upon as a“fake,” Early Wednesday the matter was suddenly sprung afresh, near Doolittle’s mills, at when J. D. entered his 1 barn and saw the monster luJiay-loft. Doolittle had lost a calf and several shoats, of which ho could find no clow. Their disappearance was explained by the presence of the snake. Seeing tho reptile. Mr. Doolittle beat a hasty retreat, and after releasing his. horses fron the harn, and without attempt, ing to take out his wagon, buggy, and -other property, be applied a matcli and burned the structure aud ground. TEeTBow r was"^tuTTor new stay» After the fire had spent its force, the ribs of the reptile were found in the ashes, aud they were nearly as largo as the ribs of a two-hundred-pound hog. Mr. Doolittle says that ho feels worse from tho effect which the snake's vicious eyes had upon ! him than ho docs over the loss of his barn j and contents* The eyes still haunt hitn ! The contents of the barn were the principallos as the structure was an old one and was soon tq be replaced. Mr Doolittle is tho proprietor of a largo flouring mill at Eckerty. " c