Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1892 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Colombia City reports fifty cases of diphtheria. The public sehool building at Ridgeyillo burned on the 25th. Loss. 115,000, Alien Spinks, of Hamilton eonnty, is dead. He claimed to be 1)4 years old. 4 David Shook, near Windfall, va* damaged $1,30) by the burning of bis barn »"<< contents. John Doctor, of Anderson, sprinkled a tramp with shot, who was stealing his chickens. ' The enrly closing«tdoTemeut at Evansville, after si* mouths’ trial, has hem abandoned. Mrs. Mary Hammers, of -Iguncie, died nnder the surgeon’s knife while undergoing the removal oT a tumor. A ten-year-old son of Frank Knapp, of Chesterton, bitten by n mad dog one month ago. is dead of dydrophobia. “The new city directory of South Bend contains nearly 11,000 names. This indicates a population in oxcess of 27,000.

The oil well on the. Ninde farm, near Portland, is flowing eight hundred barrels per day. It is the largest In the State. Eli Moore, a hotel porter, of Petersburg, made Insulting reference (o Miss Jennie Bingham, and the young lady administered * cow hiding.. One half the Indiana Bicycle Co.'s plant at Indianapolis was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. Doss, $85,(0). It employes 250 hands. •?'. f \ The leading physicians of Evansville are proposing a projective association, the object being to warn each other against non payment patron: Columbus Miller, known as “Sonny” Millar, of Petersbnrgh, was killed by an out going train, and fragments of his body wero found strewn along the tracks on the following morning. R. A. Vaudyue, of Wabash, charged with criminally assaulting his nioce, a half wittgd girl, and who took a change of venue to Peru, has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. s Mayor Krueger, of Michigan City,ls trying to suppress the Salvation Army demonstrations In that city. He has found enough law to suppress the-street parades, and is nowhunting for something which will tone down the meetings. The twelve year old son of John Fahner and J. F. Dick, of Marlon, fought a duel with stones at loug range, then the Fahrner boy brought a rifle into play, and on the fifth shot dropped the Dick boy to tho ground with a ballet in his leg.. The Associated Press report that diphtheria is raging in an epidemic form at Columbia City is pronounced an outrage, ous canard by the health officer of that place, Who reports that there is but ou* case in the cityt Asahei Thornburg, of Randolph county* is dead. He lacked less than two mouths «f beta gees hundred years eld. Th deceased was the father of seven childigi, forty-eight grandchildren, 111 greatgrandchildren and eighteen great-great' grand-children. 6 Two freight trains collided on the Big Four bridge across the Wabash river at Terre Haute, on the 28th. The loico of the collision was so great that the bridge gave way and both engines wero precipitated one hundred feet to the water below. One of the engineers was carried down aud killed. The destruction of John S tad tier’s residence and saloon, at Congervllle, was one of the boldest acts of incendiarism on record. The front was saturated with coal oil, which was also thrown on tho roof and the incendiary was seen in the act of applying the torch. But for timely alarm Stud tier and his family would hare been cremated.

Mrs. Ivy A. Carey, of Marion, has brought suit against her husband William, claiming *5,000 damages. Sl.e alleges that William abandoned her within ninety days after .Choir marriage, and made false reports affecting her reputation as a chaste woman. She also brings suit against Elias Carey, claiming an equal iug her reputation. __ ; William H. Kelley, a prominent citizen of Frankfort, died Friday evening. For several years Mr. Kelley had stomach trouble,and It was the desire of the family that au autopsy be held. The operation revealod a cancerous mass in the stomach which con tained a metallic substance that proved to be a portion of a shoemakers awl fully an Inch In length. The awl is supposed to have been In his stomach ever since Mr. Kelley worked on the bench as a shoemtikea, over thirty years ago. A mass meeting of Iran and steel workers was held at Anderson, which was addressed by John Gallaher. of Philadelphia, Pa., assistant organizer and vice president of the Eighth district. The object was to raise funds for thej>enefit of the Homcsteud stricken. Mrs. Gallagher reported that there were now 3,00 b idle -men, raqnirlng.naarly ten thousand dollars’ Weekly expenditure; besides which Jthe Amalgamated Association had sgcome surety for the indicted parties, aggregating nearly one million dollars. While Charles Hentboru, fireman on the Baltimore <& Ohio root), was underneath a wreck near Otis, with his legs tightiy pinned called for a pencil and paper and wrote a few words to his wifeThe blood was streaming from his many injuries at the time. After the letter was completed be calmly awaited while his legs were amputated with an ordinary bandsaw, An arm wasnlso broken. ----- Patents were Issued to tkefollowlng Indiaulans Tuesday: O. W. Anderson. Ladoga, expanding device for use in making wash-boilers; G. D. Bailey, Spiceland, body warmer; J, B. Carter, Kokomo, apparatus for producing pulp; L. Gutman, Fort Wayne r electrie converter; D. Hainley, Amboy, teed table; L. Hinkle, India natiolls, bed bottom: IL J. Newman, Fort Wayne, hat box; J. L. O’Koy, Indianapolis, sash hoidor; T. J. Beamy,Auburn, intermittent grip device for machinery; G. P, Register, Salem, wagon brake lover; W. 11. Wilson, Indianapolis, incrustation, preventer: I. Wolfe, Goshen, nut lock. Miss Nancy Marvlu, of Monrovia, Is 99 years old. She was born in England in 1789 and landed In New York in 1793. She still has a most tender remembrance of her “boy lover,’’ to whom she was engaged to be married in 1810, but be sickened and died. Aunty Baldy, of Terre Haute, who was HO year* old lest September. is the ouly lady in the Bute besides Miss Marvin who has attained such an advanced age. James Culver, living Crawfordlvtlli, have bo far resulted Id oncovering twenty-live tketetons of hrob-

ha mewl nuLKßin jurt «; * * , . «ha»a<l «>.|t | fc Ilf * th figure was that of a giant. The bones of the fare were perfect la every sen*-*, and $ there was a full set o! teeth, with the enamel as beautiful as polished marble. Most of the bones represent the framework of men extinct for centuries.