Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1892 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Westport waate a bank ~. Sbeiby vilJe has a diphtheria epidemic. Recent frosts have damaged lata planted corn. ■.' ' T;. Hatband desertion is epidemic at An. derson. v, Ft. Wayne has aa athletic dab backed by f 5,000. Tbe Loyal Orderof Moose has reached Frankfort “ £ ——— Mrs. Jedrzejewskl-Pianowski Uvea at ffininrt*‘ r ~ A ' -.---.-r-.-- • —l__. DOUID OODU. ~ -*r" 11 —WUKWIJI Wi IJ'SO A gang of counterfeiters is quartered hear,Cowan. T~“ Barn-burning by incendiaries continues at Edinburg. Brazil was raided by a gang of burglars Mondav night. Fayette count*-!*, rapidly freeing itsol of the toll road. “ - A case of grave-robbing has been discovered at Cowan. ' A large bicycle manufactory will by located at Richmond, --V --p-p- - Atlanta is promised a tin plate factory by the first of the new year. A new bank, with $25,000 capital, will'* soon be established at Converce. Alexander Burk was found guilty of an The Terre Haute races attracted another large and enthusiastic crowd. A lamp exploded and burnod down the home of Edmond Graves of Wabash. The Philander block, at WiDamac. wa* burned Tuesday. Loss about $3 030. Mascot made the first heat In the free for-ail pace at Torre Haute Thursday in 2:of. Dlcnhart & Sons’tannery of Lafayette burned, with a loss of SIO,OOO and no insurance. A man supposed to be James Johnson Grizzel of Cedar Mills, Tex., died suddenly near Muncie. Many sections of tho State complain that grub-worms are seriously damaging the timothy meadows. • An nnsympathizing court at Evansville fined Mrs. Anna Beverly 825 aud costs for whipping a constable. In the free-for-all' trot at Evansville Martha Wilkes broke the world’s rocord by trotting a mile in 2:03#. Miss Kosa Wight was horribiy burned at Mnncie, Tuesday, by coming in too close contact with a gas stove. The editor of the Milford Mail lias been presented with a red rooster, a rattlesnake aud a muskmelon as “delicacies of tbeseason.” The citizens of Monroeville, are congratulating themselves on the discovery of a fine deposit of solt coal in their neighborhood. One man killed and three seriously injured was the result of tho falling of a derrick used In repairing a railroad bridge near Anderson, Friday, Nancy Banks smashed all the world's records at Terre Haute, Wednesday, by trotting a mile on the regulation track io tho wonderful time of 3:ot. A small riot was precipitated ia Roaclidale Tuesday night, by a gang of toughs from the country. A dozen or more shots were fired before the mob was dispersed. Rice M. Brown, over sixty years of age. a survivor of tho Mexican war, died at bis home at Mitchell. Wednesday, of paralysis. He was one of the oldest citizens of Mitchell. 4An eight-foot fly-wheel in Crosby’s paper mills at North Marion burst, and ono piece weighing two hundred pounds went through the roof and landed two hundred feet away. Tha third annual reunion of the voter ans of the Fifty second Indiana infantry was held at Rushvllie, Wednesday. Their next meeting will bo held at their annual encampment at Indianapolis next year.

While a hack-load of people were en route from Knightstown to Shelbyvtlle the vehicle was overturned and several were severely injured. Henry Frederick had an arm broken and J. M. Barrett's nose was fractured, t John Seltzer, of South Bend, has a silver dollar which he bos carried in his pocket for forty-five years. It came into his possession when he was seven years old. The coin Is half worn away, and is as smooth as a poker chip. John P. Foster, living a few miles from Mitchell, met with a frightful. death t Wednesday, the result of his skull being fractured He was thrown from his wagon by a runaway team. His wife was with him, but escaped serious injury. Evangelic*, bay mare, sired by Director. he by Direct (2:03), owned by Mr. Moore, of the Cloverdale Farm, Calmer, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, broke her hip and died in her stall at the Driving Club grounds, Columbus, Tuesdeay. Her owner bought her as a two year old for (13,000, and had refused (20,000 for her. Evangeline had a record of 2:11%. made at St. Joseph, Mo •’ J. H. Barnum, claiming his home as Knox, Clark county, was arrested Wednesday and placed in jail at Martinsville on a charge of attempting a criminal assault upon Eva Sllinpson, the ten-year-old daughter of E. F. Stlmpson, near MahalasviUe. Barnum Is about twentyfive years old and Is traveling about the country with a magic lantern show. A clover forger Is traveling from town to town la Indiana, defrauding business men by ibe use of certificates of deposit. His plan Is to enter a town and deposit Ic bank (10 or (13 and gets a certificate of deposit He raises the certificate to (10) or (150 and after the Dank Is closed he Visits a store, purchases some article and has the deposit The officers arc hot on bis track, but he has so far aluded them.