Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

, *Argos has diphtheria bad. Suicide Is epidemic at Ind ia n n pelfs. The smallpox scare at Dunkirk is dying out “ ~: A large otter was recently captured near Vincennes. * The Republican State committee trill reorganize Jan. 10. Columbus’ new business college was opened Monday night. The merchants of Goshen will hold a merchants’ carnival Nov. 23. A receiver has been appointed for the Wells M’fg Co., of Greenfield. Shelby cotnity is being worked by lightning rod thieves and swindlers. , Franklin Knights of Pythias are preparing to biilld a fine castle hall. The new <15,000 G. A. R. hall at Valparaiso will be dedicated Nov. 37. The Columbus marshal says hereafter he will not permit any gambling in that place. Secretary Carlisle has appointed George G. Tanner surveyor of customs at Indianapolis. «A typographical tourist has been “doing” up Greensburg parties with forged -cheeks; Alexandria has decided to put in a complete water works system as soon as possible. Elwood has opened a skating rink and _the young people are in a fever of excitement. , There is a row among the Muncie doctors growing out of the recent smallpox epidemic. The warden of the Prison South raised 2,000 bushels of onions this yeay on the prison farm. Frank Bowers, another member of the so-called Goodman gang, of Summitville, has been captured. The murderers of Noah King, Marcins■ville, are still at large. Bloodhounds w ill bo put on their trail. Only the polishing department of the Diamond plate-glass works at Elwood has resumed operations. The saloonkeepers of Crawfordsville have organized and will tost the validity of the screen-ordinance. The road between Jonesboro and Fairmont is acquiring a reputation as a dangerous one to travel over after dark. The Cathedral Glass Company, of Anderson, has purchased the plant of the American Glass Company, of Gas City. The Muncie city council has created a new office, that of a cat killer. It is his duty to send all stray eats to their seventh heaven.

A tramp who had been beaten unconscious by his associates was found nearly dead in a cornfield, near South Bend, Tuesday. The Dulaney Clock Company, of Valparaiso. is in trouble. Conspiracy to defraud and defalcation on the part of the officers are alleged. Smallpox has again broken out near Dunkirk. There are four new cases in the family of George Maltlen, two and onehalf miles from that place. Lewis Black, of North Madison, sold all his household furniture while his wife and daughter were at the World’s Fair and left for the Indian Territory. Jimmie McDonald, near Logansport, whose clothes wore saturated with coal oil and then ignited by drunken brutes. Is recovering from the serious burns. Messrs. Rodlfer & Hoffman, whose win-dow-glass plant at Elwood was recently destroyed by fire, have decided to rebuild. The new structure will be fire-proof. The farmers of Randolph county are blessed with an excellent corn crop, and 20 per cent, of our subscribers could pay up if they desired to do so.—Winchester Herald.

John Kissinger has sold 18,101 worth of fat hogs since August, and has a good supply for next year. This is what may be called successful farming.—Cambridge City Tribune. The miners employed by the Parke County Coal Company at Rosedale are on strike, claiming that the operators have lowered the screen, in violation of the contract of May last. fl Two applications for saloon licenses have been filed at Farmland. The good people say that they have not tolerated a saloon for twenty years and will not allow one to enter now. 6There was a collision between a passenger and a freight train on the Clover Leaf railway, near Marlon, duetoan intense fog. and engineer Gteorge Gilpin was painfully injured by jumping against a wire fence. Gustav Vanderbush, of Kokomo, treasures as a priceless relic the gun borne by his great-grandfather under Napoleon at Waterloo. It is of antique construction, and one of the earliest patterns of a breech-loading weapon. A sensation was created in Brazil, Tuesday. by the announcement that Sheriff Ringo had visited the prisoners in jail there and advised them to empljy a certain Democratic lawyer to defend their cases, as this lawyer had a “pull” with the judge. Mrs. J. A. Taylor, of Second street, this city, has a sheet of money scrip of the denomination of 6%, 12%, 25 and 50 cents, js. ued by her father over fifty years ago. Of course its value was based on the integrity and financial responsibility of the Issuer.—Eikhart Review. Fortville reports that Jack Connelly and a negro named Williams, of Indianapolis, fought near that village for a purse of 15.75, which was made up at the ring side. The negro was besting Connelly until the referee dealt him a blow on the head which knocked him out. A party of girls who were out “Hallowe’ ening” at Monticello, threw a stone through a window of a house occupied by D. B. Stafford and family, striking a child. Stafford fired into the crowd with * shot gun, hitting three or four of the fair serenade™. The next morning the doctors were busy picking out shot. During the financial stringency Adam Pence, a weathy man of Laporte county, who had money deposited in several banks, drew out the entire amount, being afraid of the solidity of the banks. This week he attempted to redeposit, but the banks refused to reopen an account with him. After twelve months' litigation and not <a few exeitlog experiences, Luther Morris has triumphed In his application to retail intoxicants at Fairmount, acting Judge Simmons, of Bluffton, granting the application. Threats are freely made at Fairmount that the saloon will not be tolerated. The big marshes bordering the Kanka*

kM river are on fire and an immense sea Of flame is carrying destruction in its patch. The fire threatens to swebp over the tracks wf the Lake Erie & Western road and burn over a large contiguous territory. Several hundred menare'iattling the flames. “ ; Mrs Louis JMiller, of Stewartsville, has brought her thirtieth year’s supply of mittens to Fretageot’s store. She is now in her eighty-first year, has knitted to date 2.283 pairs of mittens, and Is still knitting. Her husband, Louis Miller, is living in good health at the age of ninety years.—New Harmony Register. We had the pleasure of taking a strol» through the Acme distillery, Monday afternoon. Mr. John Stitzel, the distiller, is a clever gentleman from Louisville, who took pleasure in showing us through and setting up a “growler” of apple jack. The brandy made by the Acme, of which we have a sample, is of the best quality.— Tell City Journal. Daniel Caylor, of Hamilton county, while passing from his house to the barn at 6 a. m., was fired upon by an unknown party. Four shots missed him, but ono bullet took effect in his thigh, makifig un ugly wound. Charles Boden, an adjoining farmer was arrested as the assailant. He will have a hearing on the 20th Inst. Mr. Boden stoutly protests hjs innocence Fire at Claypool destroyed the drygoods store owned by Charles Thomas, the Kinzie hardware store, C. M. Saber’s drug store, a frame residence and two unoccupied business rooms. Some rolling stock and other property belonging to the Nickel-Plate Railway Company also burned. The total lossed exceeded <22,000, with moderate insurance. A. R. Hopkins was severely Injured by the falling walls of 1 the drug store, an explosion of dynamite wrecking the building. The handsome new Masonic hall at Lawrenceburg has been dedicated with appropriate ceremonies, conducted by exSpeaker Mason J. Niblack, of Vincennes. The Aurora commandery assisted and there were visiting brethren from many of the adjoining cities. The Lawrenceburg lodge is one of the oldest in the State. It was organized under the Kentucky jurisdiction In 1813 and was reorganized under the jurisdiction of Indiana in 1817. The oldest living member is Capt. James Shepard, who became a Mason in 1843. fol elec news

W. Downs, of Fairmount, who was injured by a natural gas explosion in his house, died of his hurts. He was operating a quart shop under Government license, and the saloon men allege that the natural gas pipes leading into his house were tampered with by the anti-saloon element. The feeling is very bitter at Fairmount because of the war upon saloons, and threats are freely made by both factions. Recently one of the ministers at Fairmount, who has been vigorous in fighting the whisky faction, found a dynamite charge on his porch, to which a partially burned fuse was attached. Had the dynamite exploded the house would have been torn to pieces. Fear is now openly expressed that the bitterness will lead to incendiarism, and that much destruction of property will result. Mrs. Emily J. Herron, wife of Solomon Herron, of Branchville, left her husband, and Mr. Herron posted a notice, reading: “be it none to oil persons that I Shall Not be Responsibel for enny debts contracted by emily Jane Herron, because She has left my bed and board without cause.” Thereupon Mrs. Herron also posted a notice, in effect that her husband had never furnished her with bed or board) and that she had even sold the bed given her by her mother on her wedding day to provide herself with sustenance. She added: “He never had a bed for me to leave, nor have I one at present. Furthermore, he has bestowed upon me nothing since our marriage, nearly three years ago, so freely as abuses and curses—all he has, and indeed he would not have the latter but for inheritance, and they would not have been kept for me could he swap them for bad whisky. I hereby warn all people to give him a wide berth and no credit. I will honor none of his debts nor contracts.”

Patents were granted Indiana inventors, Tuesday, as follows: T. H. Anderson, Spencer, combined pipe wreqph and cutter; C. H. Cool, assignor of one-half to. J. B. Kinney, Ridgeville, tire upsetter; C. W. Claybourne, Indianapolis, cleaning device for hydrocarbon burners: A. C.Davis, Koxomo, plant protector; F. W. Flanner, Indianapolis, fluid fuel burner; C. J. Greenstreet, Indianapolis, nitrogenous fertilizer and making same; W. B. Harris and C. W. Claybourne, Indianapolis, gas i>r off "burner: J. C. Hassey, Indianapolis, adjustable bicycle support; W.O.Higgins, Kingwood, rock drill; J. Heaghes, Waynetown, gate; J. C. Hunsinger and W. Ensminger. Laurel, car brake; J. E. Mustard, Glen Hall, assignor of two-thirds to G. A. Harrison, Lafayette, and T M. Andrews, West Point, safety switch; J. F.Prinbow, Indianapolis, saw gauge: O. Stetchhan, Indianapolis, trunk; E. B. Stone, Narrows, car coupling.