Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1894 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

There are one hundred empty dwellings at Brazil. The Indianapolis workhouse has 22a prisoners. ■ . - The fish law is said to be constantly and flagrantly violated in the vicinity of Clay City. A Shelbyville opponent of corsets says their use by women is worse than man’s drinking rum. An Irvington family of seven persons have been prostrated with trichinosis from eating bologna sausage. The new reservoir Ft. at Wayne, which cost 845,000. was damaged 81,000 the past week by the yielding of a wall. George Tucker, of Pike county, has made a vow to smoke no more cigars until a Republican President is elected. Pittsburg and Chicago capitalists are organizing a company to establish a steel manufacturing plant at Frankton. Con O’Brien, ex-postmaster of Lagro, has been arrested, charged with embezzling nearly 8700 of postoilice funds. There are 707 men in the prison south. Every cell is occupied and new arrivalsare provided with cots in the hospital. Gov. Matthews and several members of his staff were in Washington, Monday, and attended the Pollard-Breckenridge trial. The case of John W. Paris, growing out of the failure of the Greentown bank, will be called at Frankfort on the 17th of April. The Parker House at Plymouth was totally destroyed by fire, Wednesday morning. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Greenfield had a destructive fire. Wednesday. A livery stable and the large frame hotel known as the Indiana House, were destroyed. A company with an alleged capital ,of 82C0.000 has been organized to buy land and develop the gold and silver finds in Jay county. Mrs. Elizabeth Addington, an inmate of the Delaware county infirmary, addicted to the use of morphine,' died upon being deprived of the drug. Judge David S. Gooding, of Greenfield, who became temporarily embarassed some, months ago, has made satisfactory settlement with ids creditors. 4 John Osborn, manager of the Evansville cotton mill, was fined 8500 at Evansville, Tuesday, for working children under fourteen years of age over eight hours. The Hotel Bucklen at Elkhart, the finest hostelry in Northern Indiana, was badly wrecked by fire, Monday night. It will be immediately rebuilt on a grander scale. 6 William Bennett, of Delaware county, reports that he has made a careful examination. and he finds the buds on apple, cherry, pear and peach trees all killed. On petition of Russell B. Harrison, Judge Woods of the United States Court, Monday evening, appointed a receiver for the Queen City Electric Railway Company of Marion. County treasurer’s office at Hartford City was robbed of 820, Saturday. The treasurer, when he went to dinner, took SGCp taxes, that had been paid in the forenoon. with him.

The impression in northern Indiana is that Albert Tooker, who killed the two watchmen at Tolleston park, near Hammond, will not be punished. Public sympathy is with him, The family of A. E. Steele, of Marion, were prostrated by eating corned beef purchased of a firm which had used crystalline muriate of ammonia in curing, it having been substituted by a -Chicago firm for sal tpetrer--It is understood that the bituminous coal operators of Clay county will notify their miners during the coming month that they canTiot operate their mines undess a similar reduction to that in Vermillion and Parke counties is made, Lafayette has made extensive preparations for the State encampment G. A. R., which meets in that city April 4 and 5. The two principal candidates for Department Commander are Capt. A. O. Marsh, of Winchester, and H. M. Caylor, of Noblesville. *" , 6 A young man died at Suman Station, ~ Porter county, Thursday, from the effects of a beating received on St. Patrick’s'day. He accidentally tore a ball while playing and received the injuries from the infuriated players bceanso he would not buy a new ball. The Soldiers’ Monument Commission, Wednesday, awarded the contract for the monument of George Rogers Clark to John Mahoney, of Indianapolis. Themonument is to be completed within a year, and will cost $4,000, The statue will be of bronze and eight feet high. The Democracy of Hammond nominated Patrick Reilly as a .candidate for mayor, although it had been given out that Congressman Hammond desired the honor, in order that he might gracefully retire from the congressional field. It is now surmised that Mr. Hammond will stand for renomination as Congressman. James Madden, an Indianapolis juror, became intoxicated while serving on a case, and appeared in the jury box in that condition. Mr. Madden was requested to stand up by Jndge Cox, and then was fined $25 for contempt and sentenced to the work-house for forty-eight hours. The case was continued and will be retried. William Parker, aged 94 years, of Martinsville, died, Monday. His wife survives him and is 92 years old. They were the parents of twenty-seyen children,of whom twenty-four are living. Mr. Parker had requested that there should be no funeral services and that his body should betaken to the cemetery in an ordinary farm wagon. His wish was gratified. Louis Hahn, deputy sheriff of Knox county, upon entering the jail at Vincennes, Monday, was struck down with a club in the hands of the prisoners, who had organized to escape. The deputy sheriff fell against the door, closing and locking it, and this prevented the escape. Hahn was unconscious when relieved,and his condition is serious. The books of Vigo county are being examined by Cincinnati experts in the hope of finding records that may load to the identity of the four smooth Hoosiers who obtained $509,000 from London capitalists with the supposed intention of building a railroad between Terre Haute and Columbus. A mortgage was filed in Terre Hautb in 1881 for $1,5C0,009 by the four mon, but that was the last heard of them. During the past winter more old soldiers

have been accommodated at the Maria home than the appropriation* warranted and unless 83,000 is appropriated inthi bill now pending in Congress, 140 of-thi inmates will have to leave the institutioi so that the funds may hold outforthi fiscal year. Monday a telegram was re ceived from Senator Voorhees saying ths he would give his personal attention ti an amendment giving the necessary relief ’Squire Habich, of in , suit brought by Herman Ackelow, propri tor of the Circle House, for trespas against Patrolman Kerins, fined the po liceman 825. The Justice held that thi law does not give policemen power to ae as spies or to intrude upon private prop erty except in the pursuit of their legiti mate duties in preserving the peace. Thi case was appealed to the Superior Court It is proposed to erect a monument a Bedford commenrmorating the gallan record of Lawrence county in the war so the Union, and it is suggested that itshal be built of a single piece of Bedford limo< stone sixty-one feet in height, surmountei byastatueof a private soldier in bronze of heroic dimensions. On the sides will bi* carved the name of every soldier dying ii battle.

Pat Kennedy, while digging in thi streets of Evansville, in the vicinity o the court house, unearthed a skeleton tt which a part of the clothing still adhered In the fragment of a pocket a clay pip was fouhd, and hence Kennedy is confl dent that one of his nationality was buria there. It is recalled by one of tjje pionea * residents of Evansville that the site o the court house was formerly a cemetery Much bitterness continues to be showi in the court house removal wrangle ii Crawford county. Recently the Englisl faction, which is known as the “removalists,” applied for a change of venue fron Judge Zenor, and Judge Voyles was so lected. Last week the case was called only to find the “removalists” ready witl another affidavit asking for a changi of venue from Crawford, claiming tha they could not get justice because of tht dominating influence of Leavenworth. A. Weinberg, of Boone Grove, who i merchant and postmaster in the littli village, discovered four burglars in th» act of plundering his establishment. Hl opened fire with a shotgun, bringing om of the watchersto the ground. The rob bers fired upon him, driving him back U his home, and then escaped. They car rled away their wounded companion, i pool of blood marked where he fell, an< the postmaster recovered a bundle d ’ goods which had been packed up ready t, carry off. and also the hat of the woundef thief. It was found that a hole had beet ( drilled in the safe.

Three express companies—the American the Adams and the United States— havi brought suit in the Circuit Court against the treasurer of Marion county and thi treasurers of fifty-six other counties it which the companies do business. Thi plaintiffs ask lor an order restraining thi treasurers from levying on the plaintiffs property to satisfy a demand for delinquent taxes. The suit is similar to pro ccedings already brought to test the constitutionality of the statutes relating t< the taxation of telegraph, express, sleep ing car companies, etc.. Ths greatest snake -story comes fron Hartford City. While a mason was dressing a stone for the new courthouse hi split off a large fragment, in the center o! which was a snake fourteen inches is length, of a milk white color. To all appearances it had-becn dead for a thousand years and more, but after being -placed in the warm sun it showed sign! life, while its color changed to brown. P was placed in a glass jar and kept allvi by occasional applications of warm water .C. E. Roseker, contractor, and W. B. Fort ner, county treasurer, are given as thi witnesses vouching for the truth of thil snake story.

Citizens of South Bend are agitated ovet a gigantic system of mail robbing whicl has been in operation since last July, ani which has netted the thieves several thorn sand dollars. The agitation is intensified by the fact that the most searching investigation on the part of the postoflici inspectors has failed to discover the pilferers. The doctors and patent medicim dealers of South Bend have been the principal victims. Inspector Salmon and i half dozen detectives from Cincinnati ( have been investigating for some time, but have discovered nothing except thai good dollar bills were continually beinj abstracted from the doctors’ letters, bundles of which are constantly produced minus their cash enclosures. Farmers Fowler and Mittank are neighbors in Fall Creek township, Madisos county. A few months ago a boy in Mlttank’s employ, while riding a young colt, ran into Farmer Fowler’s fence ants knocked a panel of it down. Fowler the» wanted Mittank to pay for It or repair it Mittank refused to do so and Fowler sued him for damages. The case was tried before’Squire Fort, and the jury failed ts agree. It was afterward tried before another justice and ho found for the plaintiff. Mittank appealed the case to ths Circuit Court and it is now on trial. Th< amount involved is $1.50. The lawyers' "Tees and costs up to date amount to S6OO Patents were granted. Tuesday, to tht following citizens of Indiana: B. Bidwell Philadelphia, assignor of one-half to Q F. Bidwell, Indianapolis, electrical railway; W. A. Blank, Lal’orte, windmill; W. R. Dunn, Alton, felly planer; H. A Goetz, New Albany, anchor box; F. E' Herdman, Winnetka, 111., assignor t< Premier Steel Company of Indiana, elec- • trie elator (reissue); F. E. Herdman, Winy netka, 111, assignor to Premier Steel Company of Indiana, electrical operator elevator (reissue); J. W. Lambert, Unios City, carburetor; W. L. Lightford, Indianapolis, photographic camera shutten N. H. Long, assignor of one-half to D. W. Stewart, Muncie, fruit jar fastener; Osca» L. Neisler, assignor to Kfmberlaln Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, cultivator; Joseph W. Netherly. assignor to Indiana Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, pneumatic straw stacker; C. W Patton, Ohio Falls, car coupling; H. R Pomeroy, assignor of one-half to A. V Kopp, Indianapolis, hydrogen gas ma chine; O. H. Woodworth, Columbia City;, compound tri-llquld barometer; G. Q Wright, assignor of three-fourths to N. S. Byram. Indianapolis, wire for fencing An Insane man brought from Dallas to Lewell, Tex., Monday, while being takes from the train broke away from his keepers and ran into a crowd, on the statioa platform and attempted to kill all whom he could assault. A girl twelve years old had her leg broken and received injuries from which she died.