Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1892 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Shelbyville will have electric cars. A new Swindle has appeared at Muncie. A real estate boom is on in Clinton lounty. A new gusher has been developed at I Atlanta. A gas stove fire at Greenfield, Tuesday, mused a loss of $15,000. Susan McCormack, aged ninety-six lied at Shoals, Tuesday. ’ Mrs. Hannah Evans, of Greencastle, is lead, aged eighty-seven. Everybody at Ft. Wayne 18 talking sbout a new city charter. George Zion la mysteriously minting Irom his home at Sheridan. Ten Welsh operators at the Elwood tinplate works have stopped work. Miss Camelia Castle, of Elkhart, drank jarbolic acid and died in graat agony.— Judge Leonard J. Hackney,of the John-lou-Sbelby Circuit Court, has resigned. Engineer Kemper, of New Albany, was Killed In a collision at Huntingburg, Tueslay. A new Christian church was dedicated it New Mt. Pleasant, Jay county. Sonlay. "“Bate” Hawkins has again appeared Shelbyville, and is prosecuting saloon mon ivho sold him whisky. The watchman at Roann Was entertained by a stranger while a confederate robbed a hardware store. The Presbyterian church at Pleasant Hill, Clark county, was burned, Monday. Loss $1,500; no insurance. Ex-Congressman Jo-eph B. Cheadle was harried to Miss America Moore, at Kirklin, Clinton county, Tuesday, Claude Wolfe, a prosperous business man of Brazil, suicided with a shot guu Wednesday, from causes unknown. Governor Chase has issued a parole to John Campbell, of Crawfordsville, and a pardon to Join* 'd. Miller, of Evansville. The proposition to make Grant and Huntington counties separate judicial circuit is favored by the bars those bailwicks. John Brandt, a merchant of Evansville was killed by an electric car, Tuesday. The moterman and conductor were arrested. Many Terre Haute people have been victimized by a smooth-talking young man who took orders for clothing, and collected in advance. __ ■ Obadiah Dunham, a resident of Valpa raiso for forty-eight yeirs, died in that city Wednesday. He had been au Odd Fellow forty-three years. Mrs. Ophelia Fowter-Duhmc,of Cincinnati, has given $5,000 to Wabash College. Mrs. Duhme is a daughter of the late Moses Fowler, or Lafayette. G. W. Baird, president of tho First National Bank of Lebanon, was dangerously injured by a fall. Owing to his advanced ago his recovery is doubtful.

Jonathan Foltz, living near Bridgeport, ihot himself with a rifle. Tuesday, after deliberate preparation for the act. His mind had been unbalanced for some time. Elder Samuel Miller, of Laporte, has been notified that he is about to receive back pay and pension money, amounting to some $6,C30, for services in the Black Hawk war. Dr. Charles Tuttle, of Amherst College “has been ejected to the chair of political economy at Wabash. Dr. Cunningham, sf Crawfordsville, has been chosen college pastor aud also elected to the chair of logic. Charles Fort was convicted of manslaughter at Marion, Tuesday, for killing Michael Halpin, an inmate of the Soldiers Home, at Jonesboro, last J uly, and sen. toned to twenty-ono years in the penL tentiary. I Warrants have been issued at Indianap. oils for the arrest of F. D. Somerby et al., prominent Iron Hallers, for embezzement, and requisitions will.be secured, for tb ft men on the various States where they may be found. An Indianapolis Journal staff correspondent surnames the prosperity of Muncie as follows: Increase of wealth In Delaware county in five years, $7,000,000: increase of Muncie’s population from 6,000 ten years ago to 22,00 In 1892; $5,009,000 outside capital brought in; 8,000 workmen employed; monthly wages paid in factories. (350,000. Patents were on Tuesday granted Indiana inventors as follows: Johnston U. Frank, Eden, picket wiring fence machine; David Shi veil, Arlington, bu<gy top; _M. Smelsor, Richmond, sash balance; Nelson Therien, Hammond, ceiling ornament; Horace W. Tingley, Michigan City, assignor to Automatic Turning Co. t Chicago, rotary lathe. ' ■ - _ The Society for Pyschiial Research will enjoy a story which comes from Avon. William Watt, of that town, took a loud of hogs to Indianapolis and sold them He went about among tho bazars at tho capital and "soon found that ho had been robbed. The night before tho excursion and hog sale ho droamod that two men bad robbed him. River men at Jeffersonville say that there Is a decided revival in the steamboat business, and the ship-yards at that place are rushed w|th business. Steel vessels are rapidly coming Into use on tho rivers, and it is claimed that by March 1,1893, when new concerns now under way wll 1 be in operation, that Indiana will be the largest ship-building State in the UnionMuch intcr«st has been aroused among the agriccltural societies of the State in the election ot now members of the State Board of Agriculture, which takes placo at Indianapolis January 4. At that time tho tonus of eight members will expire. Those members whose terms expire are candidates for re-election, and there are several other candidates from nearly every district. Tho members are elected by delegates from the agricultural societies o f tlie SutsTh prospective saloon at’Greenwodd has called forth no little discussion, and the Bov. J. J. Koi th, pastor of tho Baptls l church in that city, has denounced tbe undertaking from tho pulpit inlvery strong terms. To retaliate, the projectors of the enterprise, with thofr allies, visited the minister's premises after dark and mutilated his pioperty and com ml tod other depredations of au unlawful cbarzator.

The vandals will be severely dealt with by the better element. ' On Jan. 5, the U. S. district eourt will take up the trial of criminal cases. -Tuesday the trial jury was drawn as fhllows: John C. Alexander. Greenfield; ElMottß. Barr. Goodland; Benjamin P. Brown, Franklinr, Aaron T. Cotton, Bluffton; Alpheus Dillon. Brazil; James Goodwin. Fairland; Mathias S. Herbst, New Albany; J Howard, Livonia; Weedc-n Hume, Pleasantville; Francisco Lord, West Liberty; Charles Myler, West Fork James Massey, Hebron; John 8. McCor kle, Evansville; Eugene Mocrow, Bluffton; Norman Markleham, South Bend; DavidS. Morris, Union City; P, J. Naylor, Sharpsville; William F. Pratt,Greenfield; John Rohrer, South Bend; Elia 9 Scott, Jacksonborough; George Scearce, Danville; William Trueblood, Kokomo; David Warner. South Bend; Henry Willi ams, - ——