Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1894 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Floyd county reports a great potato crop. Muncie has a suburb called “Minnetrista.” Marion is al) tore up with a case oi "scan, mag.” Greenwood is to have a telephone system with fifty subscribers. ... - Elwood bakers have organized and the price of bread will advance. Rockville has a brand new artillery company with fifty-two members. James H. Mills, of North Manchester, has been declared insane, due to excessive cigarette smoking. A 4G pound catfish was caught in the pumping machine of the Washington water works company. Miss Edna Jackson, seventeen, Shelbyville, is dying of bloood poison caused by having her ears pierced for ear rings. While Ed Maynard, traveling man, was bathing In Sand creek, Greensburg, Saturday, some one stole his grip on the bank, containing SI,OOO. The only toll-road left in Hendricks county is a strip extending five miles west of Plainfield and two miles east. It is a part of the old National road. 4 Fred Brown, eighteen years old, and Pearl Williams, thirteen, while riding a horse in deep water at West Franklin, were thrown off and drowned. 6 Many of the canning factories in the gas belt are unable to get cans because of the strike, and have closed down. This is working much harm to farmers. A new law and order society has been organized at Crown Point. Its object is to make every drunkard cease his drunkenness or he gets one hundred lashes. Jud Thompson and George Leonard, at West Baden Springs, became Involved in a quarrel which led to the shooting of Leonard by Thompson. Leonard was fatally wounded. A mean Richmond man told his wife that he was going to Lake Ausangwatousogainagwanontsngiwaiss to spend a week and then asked his friends not to tell her where the lake is. Luther Drake, thirteen years old, purchased carbolic acid at Middletown, to bo used in caring for chickens. While carrying the acid there was an explosion, in which he was so badly burned that he died. George Unger, thirteen years old. of Columbus, found a dynamite cartridge, the nature of which he did not understand, and he attempted to pick it open. An explosion followed, which carried away five fingers. Mui cie has a dog that is an habitual church iroer. The canine is a Scotch terrier, and he is a regular attendant at the First Presbyterian church in that city. The dog’s accustomed place is on the carpet near the pulpit. There is a man in Liberty township who always pays for his paper in advance. He never has been sick a day in his life, never had any corns or the toothache, his potatoes never rot, the weevil never eat his wheat, the frost never kills his corns or beans, liis babies never cry in the night, and his wife never scolds.—Shelbyvile Democrat. G Alexander Reddinger, twenty-two years old, of Seymour, In company with other young men, attempted to beat his way to Bedford to attend a picnic. He had been drinking freely, and en route he lost his balance and fell under the wheels. The body was torn to pieces. Ono leg was caught by the brake-beam and carried to Washington, where It was found by the -car inspector. ——— Will Robinson, employed in Robinson <fc Co.’s shops at Richmond, ran a piece of sharp tin into the back of his hand, causing him tocry out in pain. Wld Yeo, carrying a heavy piece of timber, dropped his load on hearing the cry, and the middle linger of his right hand was crushed. Ilarrv Barnes, working at a buzz-saw bench, saw both accidents, and while watching results two of his fingers were nipped off by the saw. A painter standing on a barrel, .seeing Barnes’s mangled, fingers, fell off the barrel, breaking hia chin. Sheriff Frcderichs, of Lake county, was called to Whiting, and he asked G. C. Brunswick, City Marsha) of Hammond, to accompany him. While in transit between the two cities Marshal Brunswick stood on the rear platform of the motor, which had a trailer attached, while in the rear was another motor, en route tor the shops. While passing through East Chicago the motor and trailer suddenly stopped, owing to a misplaced trolley, and the motor in the rear camo in collision with the trailer. The force of the shock threw Mr. Brunswick backward, and he fell between the platforms, his body acting as a buffer. The pressure was fatal, as he died immediately after being released. No other passengers were injured. Wm. H. Jones, an ex-convict, of Michigan City, disappeared on the sth of last month, and Tuesday the authorities wormed a confession out of James Stambaugh, which developed that Jones was killed by James Graybeal, also an exconvlct, after which Graybeal compelled Stambaugh to assist him In sinking the body in Lake Michigan. The remains were found In the harbor, held down by scrap iron. Stambaugh’s story in effect is that he and a woman with whom Graybeal is living, after making the rounds of tiie town, returned to Graybeal's house after nightfall and were fired upon by Graybeal, the shot missing them and killing Jones. Graybeal then disposed of tho body as Indicaud, and by intimidation prevented Stairibugh from reporting to the authorities. Graybeal has been committed for grand jury action. The accused is a well known criminal. Some years •go he was convicted of forgetry at Lafayette and after serving his time he settle at Michigan City. Jones served two terms in prison from Cass county for larceny and burglary. Mrs Jane McCarty, a pioneer, diedin Brookville, Tuesday night She was ninety-two years old. Her father, John Templeton, and Benjamin McCarty, were the first white settlers in the Whitewater valley, coming from Sonth Carolina. The deceased was born in New Haven, 0., in 1802. She lived in Indiana over ninety years. Her life was contemporaneous with the development of the State, and few knew more ot its political history. Her husband, Abner McCarty, had a land office at Indianapolis. She saw Tecumseh and she met Lafayette and Kossuth. She was known to every prominent man in the early history of Indiana. She saw the first steamboat launched on th» Ohio river.