Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1894 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

‘ Kokomo wants metropolitan police. 4 Frankfort is overrun with tramps and thieves. Richmond has fifty candidates for humane inspector. ( The Elwood steel forge works will begin operations, September 8. Hon. W.D. Owen opened the Republican campaign at Peru, Thursday. The apple butter and cider harvest will be a failure at Oakland City, this year. It is said''that there is an elaborate counterfeiting plant in operation in Elkhart. Valuable pearls have recently been fonnd tin the Maumee river near Fort Wayne. » Among those attending the old settlers’ reunion at Decatur was John Bell, who is ninety-eight years old. A monstrosity was recently born at Hamlet, Starke county, with a head resembling that of a scraped hog. A mad heifer at Hope collided with Rufus Roopc Starks, fourteen years old, breaking his leg, after which the animal rteii oead: ■ ■

As the Rev. O. C. Haskell, of Greencastle, was in the act of closing his sermon in theM. E, church at Pleasant Valley, he was stricken with paralysis. A sensation was created at Brazil, Tuesday, by Mrs. Susan Hawkins, the poetess suing for divorce from her husband whom, she alleges, abandoned her. The Democrats of the Ninth Congressional District met at Frank fort, Tuesday, and nominated the Hon. Alonzo G. Burkhart, of Tipton county, for Congress, The Standard Wheel Company will soon begin buying stock with a view of starting the factories at Ft. Wayne and other points which have been idle for the past two years. Major Doxev, of Anderson, has disposed of his interests in the Connersville gas pipe line. It is claimed that Mr. Doxey has cleared $1,500,010 by his gas ventures., Gas City is taking on metropolitan airs. Main street has been paved a mile in length, with block brick, at a cost of $35,DOO. The electric line connecting Gas City with Jonesboro and Marion is now in operation. The Hon. Freeman Kelley, of Waterloo, known to the Indiana Legislature as “Fog-horn” Kelly, was nominated for Congress in the Twelfth district by the Populists at Kendallville, Thursday. The village of Burdick, Porter county, was nearly destroyed by fire, Wednesday. Sackman’s general store, residence, grantry and three other residences and barns were destroyed. Loss, about $15,0C0, with small insurance. The Burton family held their annual reunion in a grove near Mitchell. Thursday. This large family, noted for their morality, integrity and-hearty hospitality, number 150,000 in the United States and 1,t03 in the vicinity of Mitchell. At a revival in Monticcllo, recently, all those who paid their debts were asked to rise. The rising was general. Then these who did not were asked to stand up. One Iniiyidual arose and explained that he could hot because all the rest of the congregation Were owing him. Gottlieb Fricke, of Ft. Wayne, with a party of friends, started on a hunting expedition, taking along ab old army-mus-ket. As Fricke "was in the act of leaving the wagon the weapon was accidentally discharged and he was killed, the greater portion of his skull being blown away. ..The Ohio and Indiana Pipe Line, Company has completed"Ws pTpn line, and is putting in pumping machinery to supply Springfield, Or, and other points. It is eslirnsi|ed that the company will drain fifty mfitfon cubic feet of gas every twentyfour hours from the Indiana field.

The joint reunion of the Fourteenth, Forty-third, Seventy-first and One HunIred and Twenty-third Indiana regiments was held at Greencastle Aug. 29. At night i campliro was held at which speeches were made by Gov. Matthews, Gen. Manion. Hon. J. T. Johnson and pthers. Shrewd counterfeiters made a general tour of New Albany business houses, unloading counterfeit coin. The bogus Ituff was dangerous, being a sac simile of the standard silver dollar in feeling and ippearance, although a little short in weight. The ring was perfect. The iounterfeit bears date of 1891. The Big Four officials are preparing to Jrop the charge against Ed Holloway, charged with wrecking a Big Four train »t Fontanct during the labor troubles. The Terre Haute Express says that Holloway would be set at liberty, but his friends are demanding a trial. After his release Holloway will sue for damages. While laborers near Kingwood were stripping dirt from a ledge of stone in Grinstead’s quarry the bank caved in. burying Oral Johnson until only his head was exposed. He begged bis comrades to release him, as he knew he was badiy hurt. It developed that a spade he was handling was turned by the dirt and forced into his bowels. He only lived ten "minutes; " rT ~r— 1 , At Bedford, Wednesday night, Samuel Preserved Smith escaped from the county jail through a ten-inch opeaing of the sewer. He went to his home and it is supjwsed went north on a midnight passenger train for Chicago. Sheriff Holmes knew nothing about the affair until morning. Smith is charged with larceny and he was awaiting trial at the next term of court. A serious fire occurred at Columbus, Wednesday afternoon. The flames were first discovered in the large two-story brick livery stable of Shea «fc Graham, in the central part of the city, and by the time the department reached th# building it was enveloped in flames. In this building were thirty head of horses. All were cut loose, but ten perished. Fifty carriages and, buggies were burned. The St. Denis Hotel adjoining took lire and was badly wrecked. The total loss foots up *55,000. t Jacob .1. Noel, of Elkhart, a “lifer” in the prison north, who was pardoned by Governor Matthews one year aao.committed suicide. Aug. 29, In Chicago. Noel was convicted of the murder of Abraham Paulus In 1879. John W. Nusbaum.of Elkhart, who aided In securing his pardon, two weeks ngo obtained judgment against Noel for *2OO, and Noel thereupon closed his notion store und went to Chicago. Twice he attompted suicide before success crowned his effort. A crack in the banks of the St. Joseph river at Elkhart Is exciting much speculation, If not genuine alarm. It was notice-

able several days ago. Starting from the edge of the bank, It began running'backward, until, at last reports, it was three feet in width, four hundred feet long and fully fifty in depth, and constantly in--creasing Its proportions. A portion df the foundation of the Stone bottling works has sunk, and other property in the vicinity is endangered. Willie Derwent, of Leavenworth, sixteen years old, and an eider brother, undertook to play “wild hog in the corn,” and Willie essayed the role pf the wild hog, while, his brother went gunning with an old army musket, which he supposed to be unloaded. The first shot caught Willie in the shoulders and body, lodging forty shot and upward in his person. Willie will recover. William White, of Franklin township. Floyd county, while sinking a well on his farm, uncovered gold-bearing quartz, in which the deposits were distinctly marked, the gold vein being of a rich quality. Investigation will be made to determine if the find will repay working. Some years ago a company was organized at Louisville to mine sos gold in both Franklin and Georgetown townships, but the precious metal was not found in sufficient quantity to justify the purchase of costly machinery. James Gregory, forty-five years old, who made his home with Airs. James Loomis, a widow, On a fine farm west of Kokomo, “was"assassinated, Thursday night, by some unknown person. Mrs. Loomis-w-as ill and Gregory .was In attendance at her bedside about midnight. He had hrisen to give her medicine, when a shot was fired through an open window, killing him instantly. Airs. Loomis has a son living near by, who has three times been an inmate of an asylum for the insane, and suspicion is directed toward him. o The State Board of Tax Commissioners has submitted its report on the assessment of Indiana railroads. Of the eighty-.three railroads in the State, changes in the assessment of 1893 were only made in the case of twenty-three roads. Small reductions in the assessments of some of the railroads were made, but on account of the increased mileage and new road, the total assessment of railroad property will vary but little from that of last year. The assessment of tho Ohio A Mississippi, which was during the year absorbed by the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, is not changed, tho assessment per mile of main track being S23,(KX), Of the new roads built since last year, the Bedford Belt is assessed at $4.0.':0 per mile; its sidetrack at SI,OOO, and its rolling stock at $1,500. The Chicago & South Bend is another new road. The main track is assessed at S2S,(XX) per mile and tho rolling stock at SIO,OOO. Still another new road Is the Elkhart & Western, whose main track is assessed at $6,000 per mile: side track at $2,000 and rolling stock at $">00. Quite a number of reductions were made iu the assessments of old lines.