Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Soo H i Bend is long on stray dogs. Raspberries are a drug at New Albany. Jackson county is proud of . its melon ■ ' “7 ' Batesville has depopulation of 1,500—a1l white. TWf-iaL ■. », Wabash county is suffering from the drought. “ Michigan City has fifty-two licensed saloons. The Vigo county poor house is uncomfortably full. The toll road is a thing of the past in Wayne county. Watermelons are a drug on the, Lagrange market. The Terre Haute car works made an assignment, Tuesday. Kokomq papers report two thousand men out of employment. Work is being pushed on the Jeffersonville and Louisville bridge. Grasshoppers arc doing much damage in the vicifiity of Mishawaka. Dangerous counterfeit silver dollars are in circulation at Indianapolis. There are sixty-one horses in training on the Floyd county race track. * The new M. E. church at Greentown will be dedicated on the 23d inst. Andrews is greatly excited over alleged realistic spiritualistic manifestations. Traces of gold are found in the excavations at Whiteley, a suburb of Muncie. Mpncie is overrun with shell workers and gamblers of varied accomplishments. John D. Black, near Kendallville, lost twenty acres of finely growing corn by frost. The corner-stone of a new Presbyterian church at Mt. Tabor has been laid, With appropriate services. ? Many acres of growing corn between Ft. Wayne and Columbia City were ruined by the recent frost. -- ; . „ Two prize fights occurred at the Roby arena, Monday night. Corbett and other distinguished sports were present. A burglar giving the name of John. Sims was captured by R. T. Overman, at Knightstown, after a hard struggle. Gov. Matthews, Tuesday, appointed Hon; Joseph 8, Dailey to the Supreme Bench to succeed Judge Olds, resigned. The transcript of the McDonald will case, containing 585,000 words, has been completed at Noblesville, at a cost of S7OO. : The third international convention of the Baptist Young Peojjle’s Union of America convened at Indianapolis on Wednesday. The transportation committee has secured a one-cent-per-mile railroad rate for the coming G. 4- R- encampment at Indianapolis. ’6The wooden bridge across White river at Martinsville, destroyed in March by a cyclone, has been replaced by a $14,603 iron structure. Mayor Sullivan was renominated by the Democratic city convention at Indianapolis, Tuesday night. He is now serving his second term in that office. Preparations for the State Fair at Indianapolis are in progress. The Board claims that the display will be better than last year in most of the departments. 11. B. Strawn, of Orinoco, is experimenting with wheat of a new variety, which is called poll. Forty stalks sprang from one grain, showing its wonderful prolific qualities. In the northern part of Huntington county is a fourteen acre field of corn that is entirely dead. It was killed clear to the ground by frost on the morning of the Fourth. Trustee Spann, of Anderson, reports that notwithstanding the trouble with the normal school students at Terre Haute, the outlook for the coming year is very favorable. The hunt for gold along the banks of Greasy creek, in Brown county, continues, Several nuggets have been found, averaging $1 and $2 each, and pay dirt has been struck yielding $1.50 per ton. Benjamin Mast, near Nappenee, threw fresh lime on new hay in his mow to sweeten it. It is supposed that the dampness caused the lime to slack, setting fire to the hay and consuming the barn. Ira Sparklin, of Elkhart, a locomotive engineer, while bowling along near Delta, ran into a swarm of bees, which filled the cab. The bees were too badly stunned to sting,and they were sweptout before they recovered. George Kessi. near Winamac, was bitten by a rattlesnake on the finger while piculng huckleberries. He was given whisky and his hand was placed inside a freshly-slaughtered chicken. The two combined saved him. The Hon, Andrew Humphreys, of Linton. is thought to be the only surviving member of the Indiana Legislature of 1849-50. Next year the Democracy of that district propose to nominate and send him to the State Senate. Princeton was visited by a destructive fire, Wednesday. The loss is estimated at $250,000 with insurance amounting to $150,000. An unknown man was killed, i Many were overcome by the heat and ; other fatalities may follow. Judge Gillette, of Valparaiso, Tuesday, j in the case of the State oflndiana against j the Tolleston Club, of Chicago.for the pos- ; session of 40,000 acres of laud in Lake county, decided in favor of the club. The case will go to the Supreme Court. TheM. E. church at Crawfordsville has been newly painted, and the other evening services were held liefora the paint was dry. Scores of dresses were ruined, and there is authority for saying that a madder group of women was never seen in I Indiana. A spring of strong sulphur water was tapped by the New Albany Ornamental Brick Company. It flows freely at the rate of several barrels per minute,and it is claimed that tequality it equals the famous springs at French Lick and West Baden. ' \ Two men. one unknown, the other an Italian laborer named Antonio Emprehehe, were killed by railroad trains at Richmond. Thursday nfght. The accidents occurred at different places, the unknown man losing his life at the State line curve. “ ‘ . ~ i Lon Henderson, who confessed to the murder qf Johp TaYpev, at HaughvUie. some weeks since, has filed his claim wWi the Ha ugh viilc towp board for the S9OO -reward offered by that body for the capture of the murderer. He assigns hl# claim to his mother. The Monon Route has adopted a one* fare round trip rate from all stations to' 'OUMgo to .continue until Um close of ttte 1 .

World's Fair. Thesehalf-fare tickets are first class and entitfe the passenger to sleeping car and other privileges. All other routes will adopt the same rate. Judge Cox, in the Marion County Criminal Court, Wednesday, denied the motion for a new trial in the case of Parker and McAfee, colored, convicted of the murder of Druggist Eyster, and they will hang Nov. 3, if the rilling is not reversed bv the Supreme Court, to w Rich the case will lw appealed. Vandals entered two school-houses near Anderson, tearing the school furniture and other appointments to pieces.. A fine organ in one of the houses used by a Sun-day-school was broken into fragments, and all the Sunday-school boohs, as well as the school furniture, edbinets, etc., were ruined; .lohn l’ieree,-a.JaruJer of Allen., county, fell under his reaper while harvesring. where he was held firmly until the knives had cut off his clothing. His body was slashed and gashed in every direction, and it required one hundred stitches to close cuts, besides numerous strips of courtplaster. Ono leg was broken. ‘ There was a fatal collission on the J. M. & I. railway at Henryville, Clark county, Thursday night. A special freight train ran into a regular freight. George Shirley and Brook Bang, engineer and brakeman, were fatally hurt. A carload, of horses from the race course at Columbus, among them Paulina, were mangled in the wreck. The attendants of Bengalwood and Douglas Wilkes are missing. A man named Rayurn, of New Albany, in charge of another car of horses, was killed. Patents were issued to Indianians, Tues day, as follows: A. L Bernardin, assignor to Bernardiu Metallic Cork Company, Evansville, bottle auncapping tool; J. E. Burke. Anderson, oyster sack; JS. Cam eron, assigner of one-half to W, Erkshiro, Evansville, bran packer; C. W. Clark, ’Mishawaka, boot tree: C. H. Lieber, Indianapolis, supporting standard for pictures; F. L. McGahan, Indianapolis, oil burner; F. L. McGahan, Indianapolis, oil stove and burner; W. 11. Pierce, Anderson, steam or gas regulator; B. Roberts, Indianapolis, fluid fuel atomizing and burning apparatus. A Clover-Leaf freight train went through Greentown at a moderate rate of speed. It was a long train. Toward the rear was a flat-car loaded with lumber, which jumped the main track and landed on a side-track without breaking the coupling, and without accident save that the lumber was spilled. The cars in the rear followed suit. Reaching the end of the side-track the cars again mounted the rails of the main track and the train proceeded without break. This queer accident is vouched for by scores of witnesses, and it is regarded as one of the strangest railroad freaks on record. Thousands of dead fish, including bass, pike, carp and other kinds, have been accumulating in the Mississinewa river at Marion and for five miles up the river to lias City until the stench has become unbearable and the health department has been driven to prompt measures for relief. A few days ago a paper mill at Gas City set in operation a new pulp reducing process. and the destruction of fish is attributed to the alkalies turned into the river by that. An appeal has been made to the State Fish Commissioner, who is expected immediately to apply the law, which in this State fixes a severe penalty for polluting the streams with poison. Treasurer J. K. Armstrong, of Tipton county, Thursday, was discovered to be a defaulter in a sum estimated at from $20,000 to $30,000. His bondsmen demanded a showing, which was refused by the treasurer, who assured them that everything was all right. This was not considered satisfactory, and the sureties caused the arrest of Deputy Treasurer Cal Armstrong, a son of the treasurer, on a charge of embezzlement. He was held in the sum of $20,000, and. failing to give bond, was lodged in jail. The shortage has been suspected for some time, because of Armstrong’s refusal to pay warrants. The reckless course of Deputy Cal Armstrong has been known, and great blame is attached to the senior Armstrong for his over confidence in his son in the face of his manner of doing business. Treasurer Armstrong’s term expires August 17. There are twenty-four bondsmen, twenty of whom are responsible,