Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1893 — INDIANA STATE SEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE SEWS.

'‘Lumpy jaw” is said to be breaking out among the cattle at Albion, this State. In a church row near Waynetown, Sunday night, the organ was broken to pieces. The Ohio Falls car works company has ordered a reduction in wages of 10 per cent. Said that Kendallville maidens have formed a society for darning young men’s socks. The levee at, Lawrenceburg has been completed and the town is at last safe from floods. Several Delaware county farmers report that they have recently been swindled by fruit tree peddlers. There Is another tangle in local police affairs at Terre Haute, growing out of the war on gambler?. A six-year-old son of William Sanfords, of Clarksville, was instantly killed, Tuesday, by a large log roiling on him. “Aunty” Baldy, the oldest woman In Indiana, celebrated her 101 th birthday anniversary at Terre Haute, Tuesday. 6 David Corbin, Toronto, en route to the World's Fair, was buncoed out of S4O at South Bend, Wednesday, bys confidence men. -> David Corbin, a prosperous resident of Toronto, en route to the World’s Fair, was done out of S4O by confidence men at South Bend. “Old Puss,” a mule and a war relic of *63, has just passed away at Leavenworth amid the lamentations of a bereaved community. Jackson county’s new gravel road bonds have been sold Seymour citizens bought over $30,000 worth and a Toledo firm about SBO,OOO. 4 John Biwecker was struck by a train while crossing the Monon track at Rossville. Both of his horses were killed and he was fatally injured. Some excitement was caused at Muncie, Monday, when three new cases of smallpox were reported. There have now been 143 cases and twenty deaths from the disease. Paoli citizens were treated to a novel sight, Monday, when Anderson Apple drove a flock of 1,203 geese through the public square of that place. They raised a big quack. Leopold Costanatal met with a peculiar accident iu a mine near Brazil, Wednesday. Blasting was going on, and, although 200 feet away, a piece of coal struck him, snapping off his leg.

>Tbe two confessions of James E. Stone, at the Jeffersonville prison, concerning the Wratten mnrders, are not credited at Washington, the scene of the crime. Stone is believed to be a liar. The gold medals offered for the Indiana dairy exhibit at the World’s Fair have been awarded to Mrs. James Riley, of Thorntown, for dairy, and John Mingle, of Centerville, for creamery butter. The Sullivan Democrat says that so many barns have been burned, recently, in that county, that the insurance companies are refusing to take any further risks without including the dwelling with the barn. Henry Reimen, a freight handler at the Big Four freight depot at Indianapolis, was frightfully injured by theexplosion of a barrel of catsup, Thursday. His lower jaw was mangled in a frightful manner, bat it is behoved he will recover - . Bent Jones, who had served eighteen years of a life sentence in the prison south, and was recently pardoned, by Gov. Matthews, was welcomed to his home at Mitchell, Monday, as he was at one time a very influential citizen. An unknown miscreant at Muncie revenged himself upon City Marshal John Woods, of Celina, O„ by mailing to him a letter in which smallpox scabs were Inclosed. The grievance against the marshal lay in the enforcement of quarantine laws. A bad boy at Laporte has made it a practice to stone horses as they are driven along the street. The other day he stoned a horse and the man in the buggy whipped him with a buggy whip. The man was tided *5 and costs for doing something that ho ought to have been paid for. At Mariah Hill, on the Air line,Sunday, the Catholic church, built entirely of stone, was dedicated. The services were very elaborate and Bishop Chatard, with thirty-five Catholic priests, was in attendance. A large number of Catholics from New Albany and Evansville were in attendance. There Is much excitement in Harrison county over a report that a representative of the white-caps who were beaten off by the Conrad brothers, leaving several of their number dead on the ground, has gone to Hart county, Kentucky, with the avowed purpose of assassinating the boys Morgan and Brown counties have suffered a relapse of the gold fever that prevailed in that part of the State some time ago. Brown is especially enthusiastic over the outlook. Claimed that a dozen farms have changed hands in Jackson township alone on account of the flattering prospect. W. H. Bennett and James McCannon, brakemen on the Monon railway, whilo at Bloomington, attempted to rid a caboose of bed, bugs by the application of gasoline. While applying the fluid there Aias an explosion of flame, in which both men were severely burned. Advices fail to state the effect on the bugs. A prize-fight between Chas. Johnson and Wiley Evans took place at Fisher’s Station at sa. m. Wednesday. Evans was bad.ly whipped. A "‘tough” crowd flom Indianapolis was in attendance. Owing to the vigilance of the sheriff of Hamilton county, the “mill” had a great deal of difficulty in finding a place to go “round.” The Ohio Fails iron- works, at New Albany, have partially resumed operations, two furnaces being fired. Owing to the low price of iron it is claimed that it Is impossible to operate the mill without loss. The company will, therefore, do away with puddlers and use scrap iron instead of muck ore, as in the past. The guide and bar mills are running. Patents were issued Tuesday to Indiana inventors as follows: J. E. Dunlevy, Memphis, safety hinge switch frog; R. Malin, Portland, curtain fixture; A. Nell and T. J. Corcoran, Peru, gato latch; J. J. Wood, Ft. Wayne, armature for dynamos; J, J. Wood, Ft. Wayne, hanger board for electric arc lamps; J. J. Wood, Ft Wayne, commutator brush holder; J. J. Wood. Ft Wayne, resistance coil. Will® Clara Vanlue, daughter of a prosperous farmer of Howard county, eager to attend the World's Fair, to which her

- —, father would not consent, abstracted $65 from his purse, and after successfully eluding the constabulary of Greentown and the police of Kokomo, She purchased a round-trip ticket and sailed away in great glee. The Chicago police were notified to head her off at Englewood. A mortgege calling for $289,000 has been filed at New Albany by the DePauw Plate Glass Company, covering all Its property and interests, including the W. C. DePauw Company, besides other property in Indiana and Kentucky. The mortgage is for the security of creditors. The assets of the company are $2,000,00. and the liabilities $480,000, but on account of business depression the money is not available. The Michigan City News, speaking of Pettit’s prison life’says that he never referred to his case, and he displayed anxiety only for a flew' trial, in which he was confident his innocence would be established. He seemed devoted to the memory of his wife, of whose murder he was accused, and greatly wrapped up in his only child, a girl twelve years old. who resides with his mother at Oswego, N. Y. At Rochester in the circuit court a question was decided of wide interest to Indiana people. An action was brought to restrain the auditor from placing on the duplicate for taxation what is knoym as paid up stock in building and loan associations, and the court held that such stock is exempt from taxation under the statute. The result of this decision, if upheld by the Supreme Gourt, will be farreaching, as there are millions of dollars invested in such stock. 3 A terrible accident occurred near Brooklyn, Tuesday, resulting in the death of one man and the serious injury of four others. The Canton Bridge company was erecting a bridge over White river two miles from Brooklyn, when the center section fell with a crash that was heard for miles. John V. Boele, of Brooklyn, was instantly killed; W. K. Pitsom, of Daleville, was badly bruised; Mation Spane. Thomas Scraggins and Albert Harvey also sustained severe injuries. Land in Benton county advanced in price a year ago to from SSO to $75 per acre. It was thought at that time that such high prices could not long be maintained, and when tho country was swept by the pahie of 1893 real estate agents were of the opinion that these high prices must come down. But not so. The price* stay right there, and although but few farms have changed hands lately, excellent prices were paid in every instance. It seems evident that people at length begin to realize that no better farm land can be found than in this county, and an investment in any part of Benton is a safe one. Evidently good prices have come to stay.— Benton Review.