Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

~ Diphtherfaln a malignan t form fs epidemic at-Thoratown. -i,...... ■' - r The Hon. Charles K. Lord died at Madison, aged < igh ty-four. . A large furniture manufactory will be established at Seymour. Several persons wcreinjurodtoa.freigliL collision near Richmond. B. F. Sourbeer was elected postmaster at Germantown Saturday. The force at the Clover-Leaf shops at Frankfort struck for non-payment of wages. The First National Bank of Noblesville has been organized w ; ith a capital stock of $50,000. Lightning rod swindlers are preying upon the unsuspecting farmers of Carroll county. Ex-Auditor John M. Ball, of Boone county .committed suicide near Lebanon by shoot i ng. A Cincinnati syndicate will build asanitarium at Gas City, and will expend $75,000 in the enterprise. Tramps burned Charles White's barn, in Morgan township, Owen county, and six horses were cremated. The Sam Jones revival mootings are in progress at Kokomo, in the tabernacle especially erected for that purpose. High water in the. Mississinewa river eirried away the dam at Fisher's mill, near Somerset, rn -alling heavy loss. William Broekmier was killed in the collapse of an old building in process of demolition at Indianapolis, Thursday. Hugh McHatton, of Patriot, returned homo, at night intoxicated and fell asleep on an old-fashioned hearthstone, where he roasted to death before discovery by the family. Julia Atkins, a slxtecn-year-old girl, of Sellersburg, after three attempts, was finally successful in committing suicide with poison. The only cause known was parental restraint. Ulysses Brunson,whose residence,in Anderson, was recently wrecked by an explosion, his wife dying from injuries sustained, and the children seriously hurt, has brought suit for SIO,OOO damages. The Governor appointed two trustees to the State Reform School at Plainfield; Thursday. J. J. Hilllgoss, of Muncie, was given the four years' term, and Geo. F. McGinnis, of Indianapolis, the two years' term. There seems little doubt that the proposed Cincinnati,. Un|on City Chicago railway will be built. The road is to run from Union City to Huntington, a distance of eighty miles, and is to form a connecting link for existing lines. The Washington Investment Company, said to be identical with the Washington Park Racing Association of Chicago, has filed articles of Incorporation at Crown Point, looking to the purchaseof the Roby race-track grounds and appurtenances. The Law and Order League at Columbus caused several parties who gamble to pay fines. The gamblers have retaliated by bringing information before the grand jury against progressive euchre players, and several prominent society people have been hanlpd up. Timothy Nicholson, of Richmond, and John R. Elder, of Indianapolis, were, appointed members of the State Board of Charities by the Governor. Wednesday. Miss-Laura Ream, of Indianapolis, was re-appointed to the Board of Trustees of the. female reformatory. Hon. John B. Cockrum, Assistant U.S. attorney for Indiana, has accepted thd'.te°: sistant counsellorship of the Lake Erie & Western railway system, with headquarters at Indianapolis, He will vacate his present position just as soon as his successor can be appointed. While au agent of an Eastern syndicate was dickering with the Lebanon City Council to secure modifications of the franchise granted the natural gas company, Major Doxey. of Anderson, slipped in and assimilated all the stock at 01 cents on the dollar. The syndicate had negotiated at 00 cents. TheTtfaniCoaTCbmpariy has purchased

a track of land at Grant station. The company is backed by (350,000 capital, and is headed by W. H. Smith, a Pennsylvania coal operator, with Pennsylvania and Chicago money interested in the deal. The erection of new houses for miners lias already begun, and four new shafts will be sunk. Charles Mitchell, a sight-seer at Wallace’s headquarters, Peru, attempted to stroke a sleeping tiger on the head, and the animal thrust a paw through the bars of his cell, striking Mitchell on the breast and tearing away his coat, vest and undershirt. With the other paw the animal caught Mitchell’s overcoat, which was hanging on his arm. and it was also torn to shreds. Mitchell escaped without a scratch. Patents wore issued, Tuesday, to Indiana inventor, as follows: G. W. Baugher, Milford, thill coupling; A. C. Content, Ft. Wayne, undried brick protector; J. M. Fendor, Liberty, spring device for grain drills; A. Jack, Evansville, heater; J. J. Kenlman, Petersburg, clothesline holding and operating device; E. Kuhn, New Albany. pattern for molding dovetails; J. M. Richardson. Indianapolis, farm gate; F. J. Wendell, Ft. Wayne, stereotype casting apparatus; W. A. Young, Indianapolis, hay press; W. C. Young, Ft. Wayne, measuring and registering apparatus. The Grand City Coal Company controlled by Chicago capitalists, have purchased coal lands six miles distant from Terra Haute, on which Grand City will be located. The Chicago company has organized under the name of the Grand City & Terre Haute Railway Company, and they will build a branch railway to connect with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois

at Clinton, and with the Vandalia at Nelson. The branch will be sixteen miles long. Frank Meriweather, of Ft. Wayne, who inherited considerable property and who was transferred to the sanitarium at Ox ford, 0.. for treatment as an insane person. after three years effort ha* finally effected his legal release. Mr. ’ Merriweather speaks very determinedly concerning his confinement, and he will bring suit against the retreat, claiming 110.000 for false imprisonment, and against other persons concerned in his incarceration. Ottongressman Conn has sued E. N. Brooks, editor of the Plymouth Republican, for SIO,OOO damages, alleging criminal libel. The trouble grew out of a publication by Brooks after the election. In speaking of Conn.used the following wools: “The thief got In his work.” lite plaintiff says ho will push the suit to the bitter end.

Luther M. Smith, a fanner, living near Vincennes, was shot down by John Kirk, his brother-in-law, in his own house, before the eyds of his wife and child, Friday. Mrs. Smith was suing for divorce, and there had been previous trouble between the men. Kirk had called to see his mother who resided with the Smiths, and was met at the door by his brother-in-law. who opposed his entrance with a shotgun, when Kirk shot Smith as stated and he expired without a groan. Thomas Godsey, gambler and saloonkeeper, of Terre Haute, has professed repentance, joined the Christian church, and will abandon the liquor aud gambling business. Godsey traveled around the country, taking in the county fairs and races with gaming devices, principally hieronymous, and he was looked upon as one of the highest “rollers” in the profession. As a result of his winnings, coupled with his saloon profits, he owns a fine farm of three hundred acres near Terre Haute, valuable city property and has a respectable balance in bank. Mr Godsey has two sons living, who are rapidly going from bad to worse. This preyed upon his mind nntil he became convinced that the duty of a lifetime is something more than a struggle for dollars.