Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1894 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Seymour is kicking for a fire alarm system. GreenCastie has opened a roller skating risk. South Bend claims a dog that can whistle. Sheibyvil e will have a new canning factory. The M. E. chnrch at Bedford reports 150 conversions. The Hammond nail works resumed operation,Monday. 2 Rochester has ordered a new school house, to cost SIB,OOO. The Union Fiber Company of Kokomo is enlarging its plant. The Pennsylvania glass-works of Anderson has started up. The lakes in the vicinity of South Bend will be stocked with trout. There is an alleged discovery of gold in the vicinity of Hagerstown. A joint stock company has been organized at Elwood for the erection of a $20,000 hotel. A canning factory and agricultural implement factory were located at Muncie, last week. The hulk of the Timothy Leghorn, moored to the wharf at Vevay, is alleged to be haunted. A second case of fatal hiccoughing is reported at Evansville, the last victim being Adolph Bierbodt. Mrs. Hattie Taylor, who led the mob at Lebanon in tho recent attempted lynching, has been abandoned by her husband. Herman Tormell, of Shelbyville, has a leg the estimated weight of which is eighty pounds, due to an injury received in childhood. A gambling den at Elkhart was raided, Sunday night, and sixteen prominent business men were arrested. They had to pay fines of $26.15 each. Lieut. Graydon, formerly of Indianapo lis, ha.- formed a company that will build a wheel 3>o leet in height at London, on the plan of the Ferris revolver. 4 August Keel, ex-treasurer of Bartholomew county, who was making a canvass for renomination to that office, contracted pneumonia through exposure and '(died. Thompson Arnold, against whom twen-ty-seven indictments have been returned, growing out of the failure of the bank at South Whiteley, has beeu released on SIO,OOO surety. Connersville society is excited because two. young people, bantering each, other,, were married in fun. It turns out that the marriage is legal and steps have been taken to have it annulled. .

A number of glass manufacturers in the gas belt, headed by Halleck Johnson, of Dunkirk, have gone to Washington to confer with the Senate tariff committee, looking to the retention of the present duty on window glass. “Kid” Girard, in jail at Terre Haute, for robbing a pensioner, kicked a btfe through the thin sheet-iron roof and made his escape, using his bed-eord for a rope. This makes the sixth escape from the Vigo county jail in six months. The unique spectacle was presented at Shelbyville of two rival undertakers, with hearse and carriages, quarreling over the remains of the late George P. Hawkins, who recently died in the Central Insane Hospital. Both claimed the privilege of burying the body, but finally a compromise was reached. Jas. Johnson was arrested in the M. E, church at Westfield, Monday night, charged with having picked the pocket of a Mr. Blanton, during the afternoon service, of SSO. Revival services have been in progress at tho church and Johnson has taken a leading part. In default of bail he was jailed at Noblesville. D. J. Mackey, the Evansville railway magnate, has become so seriously embarassed as to have to abandon all of his business enterprises and his property will be sold underexeeutkHii- It Js sakt that he has done more for Evansville than any man ever did and his failure is deplored by all who knew him. Mr. Mackey’s wife still owns valuable property and it is hoped that this may be the means of again putting him on his feet in the business world. For months there has been systematic stealing at Osgood, and W. A. Carter, of Seymour, was instructed to bring his celebrated bloodhounds to trail down the thieves. The dogs arrived Sunday evening, and speedily tracked their way to the residence of three families, tho heads of whom were under suspicion, but as the men had fled, there were no arrests. Monday morning Carter left his hounds in care of bystanders while he ate breakfast. During his absence, Lucy, the most valued of the lot, was poisoned under the very nose of the watchers. Highwaymen at Indianapolis, Wednesday night attempted to “hold up” Dr. F. M. Abbett. Instead of complying the Doctor fled and when tho robbers began firing he returned the compliment. In the fusilade that ensued the Doctor was slighly wounded and ono of the footpads was fatally injured. Officers hurried to the scene and carried tho wounded robber to the police station where ho soon died after giving what fs believed to be the fictitious name of John J anes. The other robber escaped. Abbott's wound is not serious.

Thomas Farrelly, an old and eccentric bachelor, whose death recently occurred at tho home of his brother near St. Croix, for the past twenty years lived almost entirely alone. Although possessed of a good farm of his own ho allowed the buildings to go to wreck while at the same time he carod for the farm of his sister, adjoining. He was known to havo considerable 'money but no one knew the place of concealment, and when asked concerning it shortly before he died he remarked: “If my money bothered you as little as it does me you would talk loss.” Whatever money ho may have had the hiding place is still unknown. Mr. Farrelly came to this country in 1818 from Ireland. He was well known to the politicians of Crawford and Posey counties. The twelfth annual report of the State Board of Health Is completed and ready to be submitted to the Governorl The report has been delayed on account of tho tardiness of county health returns. The board says the people of the State are becoming more interested in sanitation and the prevention and spread of epidemics and contagious diseases. The sanitary condition of the State is better than it ever was before. The Improvement is due toa threatened visit of Asiatic cholera, which induced the people to take extra

precautions in regard to municipal cleanliness and the removal of causes of disease. During the year eighty-four town and village health boards were organized and the total number now in existence it 254. Including county boards the nnm her is 346. Patents were granted to Indiana invent ors, Tuesday, as follows: W. S. Baugh, Farmers’ Institute, hay loader; John J. Becker, assignor to Wayne Oil Tank Company, Fort Wayne, barrel truck; J. L. Burton, Martinsville, ! boat; J, B. Carter. Kokomo, fiber disintegrating machine; W. Coppage, assignor of one-haif to W. H. Larimer, Terre Haute, cord holder for grain binders; I. J. Davis, Greenfield, stamping block; J. C. Gooding, Covington, book holder; A. B. Hall, Indianapolis, triturating and powdering machine; F. S. Hunting, Fort Wayne, transformer; E. Klink, Salem, mole trap; J. G. Lightford, assignor of one-half to H. Stacey, Indianapolis, combined steam and gas motor; F. M. McCarty, Shelbyville, dental engine mallet; A. H. Nordyke, Indianapolis, sack case for packing machines; R. L. Patterson, Muncie, fastening for jars; T. L Piers, Jeffersonville, steam actuated valve; J. F. Pribnow, Indianapolis, device for Shaping swaged saw teeth; J. U. Teotor, Hagerstown, grain measuring register and sacking machine; J. W. Vaughan, Taylorsville, grinding mill.