Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1894 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Columbia City will invest SIO,OOO in boring for gas. Chicken thieves are raiding the roosts "dLMaplewpbdr - ■ / .■. J* " - A farmer near Wakarusa made 45,000 gallons of cider this season. Michigan City claims to be the only Democratic town in the country now. 1 The new sheriff of, Clay county celebrated his election by getting married. The Big Four will extend the Michigan division from North Vernon to Louisville. The New Albany Woolen Mills, the largest of its kind in the West, long idle, will soon resume operations. A majority of the election inspectors in Madison county claimed pay for six days’ work. They were cut one-half by the commissioners. Congressman Bynum has announced that he will return to Indianapolis and “go to work” at the expiration of his official term, next March, There was a heavy snowfall in Laporte county on Saturday, the snow being eighteen inches deep in many places. Trains were badly delayed. Wesly Crow was fatally Injured by a natural gas explosion at Fort Wayne, Wednesday, while trying to light ids kitchen fire. The room was badly wrecked.

Detectives in New York recovered $2,453 in stamps which were stolen from the New Albany post-office. This makes a total of $3,723 recovered, leaving $1,072 still to be found. Chairman Gowdy, of the Republican State committee, lias announced his opposition to jollification meetings. There will be no such demonstration made at Indianapolis. Mrs. Jane McMichael, living alone near South Bend, was visited by four tramps. Saturday. They made her prepare breakfast and then bound her to a chair and stole her horse and buggy. Terre Haute business men are unanimously in favor of adopting a new city charter. One of the strongest reasons urged for the'changc is the uprooting of the metropolitan police law. James D.Beard,a prominent farmer oL Boone county, is accused of burning the barn belonging to Thomas Whistler, and also three stacks of wheat. The barn was burned one year ago and the wheat last August. An exceedingly heavy snowfall is reported at Kouts, which during the night turned to sleet. One hundred head of cattle perished, and an ice house, with eight hundred tons of ice, fell to the ground. Tom Taggart l chairman of the Indiana Democratic Committee, visiting at Springfield, 0., in an Interview at that place, Friday, predicted the inevitable renornination of Harrison as the Republican candidate in 1896.

Simeon Coy, the Indianapolis politician, is now poor and probably dangerously sick at his home in that city. His wife died a few weeks ago, and financial difficulties and bad health have made sad havoc with the once popular and powerful “Sim.” Preliminary work, looking to a right of way"and a vote by the townships interested in the proposed Franklin, Greenwood and Indianapolis electric line, was begun at Franklin, Tuesday. Chicago capital is said to be backing the enterprise. Fire, Wednesday afternoon, destroyed the oldest house in Lawrenceburg. Henry Ward Beecher began keeping house in the building, which was erected more than seventy-five years ago. The structure was noteworthy, and had been the scene of many remarkable events. Near Leesburg is a thirty-acre tract of black walnut timber for which the owner has been offered 150,000 by John H. Lesli & Co., of Goshen. The offer was refused, the owner proposing to retain possession as a legacy for his grand-children. He is continually planting more trees. Ulysses Garver purchased a lunch counter at Terre Haute and established Plumas, his brother, in charge. Failing to get his proportion of receipts, the firstnamed dismissed his brother. The latter then assaulted Ulysses with a knife, dangerously cutting him In several places, s Mi's. Thomas Williams, living in Knox county, about nine miles from Petersburg, was burned to death, Wednesday. She was subject to fits, and while placing wood on the fire fell in and hen head was burned to a cinder. There was no one in the house with her at the time of the accident. $ The citizens of Mt. Ayr, Jasper county, held the most novel ratification at the campaign, Wednesday night. One hundred roosters were made into soup, and from 700 to 800 Republicans partook of the broth in the light of an immense torch thirty feet high that oast a weird light over the scene.

D. E. Wilson, trustee-elect to the township in Grant county, in which Marion is located, make a demand on Trustee Weils, Thursday, for the office, and was refused, the incumbent claiming that under tbe decision of the Attorney-General he would remain In office until August next. Mr. Wilson will bring suit. Postmaster Salim, of Indianapolis, has received notice from the National Civil Service Commission that there are only three unclassified positions remaining in that office as a result of the recent order extending the civil service rules. The order affects fourteen employes, and they are naturally much pleased, There was a shooting affray in Zionsville, Tuesday night, Joseph Conrad using his revolver with fatal effect on John Marez, The quarrel was over a young lady to whom both were attentive. Conrad attempted to escape, going in the direction of Indiauapolis. but he was pursued by the town marshal and arrested. ’Coonio Ogden, of Je ffersonville, a telegraph operator, some months ago invented a car coupler. The invention has been given a practical and successful test by a New York firm. Wednesday morning Ogden received an offer from the firm of •75.00) with as much capital stock and 10 per cent, royalty as an incentive to manufacture the patent. He will accept Col. J. B. Maynard has been appointed Clerk of the Board of Printing and Binding, to succeed the latß Chris Stein. The Board consists of the Governor and tbe Secretary and Auditor, of State. As the present Secretary and Auditor will be succeeded by Republican officials—Messrs.

Owen and Daily—in a short time, Col Maynard’s term of office la likely to end about Feb. 1. A big turkey gobbler roosted for tbs night on the roof of a two-story residence at Anderson, and in the morning, upog attempting to fly to the ground, ft teat control of its passage through the ai> and plumped through the big plate glaaf window of the Hotel Anderson, leaving a hole just thesize of its body. The glass was one-third of an inch thick, but Um bird was not injured. The following patents were issued,Tue* day, to residents of Indiana: F. R. Bischoff, assignor to S. C. Bone and J. D O’Conner, Morris,magazine tack hammer; W. M. Bullock, Lakeville, tube J. B. Cleveland, Indianapolis, wire bra kt Ing machine; L. L. Cutler, assignor o< one-fourth to S. A. Royster, Goodland fluid pressure governor; 8. P. Essex, as signor of one-half to J. O. Hurst, Zionsville, gasburner; O. N. Guldlin. Fort Wayne, water gas apparatus; R. E. Lea Boswell, inhaling cabinet; A. W. Meyer Terre Haute, register gauge for faucets A well which is made to do duty as • barometer is reported on the Flint farm near Knox, in Starke county. It wa» sunk to a depth of forty feet in search ot water- Instead of water strong current! of air came through the hole. The opening was then covered with a large flat stone, through which a hole was bored and a whistle fitted in. The whistle bat two tones, one marking the drawing of tin air into the well, and the other when th< air Is expelled. It is claimed that witbla forty-eight hours after the out-going ai> starts the whistle to blowing that a storm invariably follows. When the tone of the whistle is changed by the In-going current, it means fair weather. , Truman F. Palmer, Republican, wa» elected Judgo in the Carroll-White circuit by a majority of over 800 over Judg« Reynolds, the incumbent, leading Owen, for Secaetary of State, by about 000 votes, that number of Democrats having beea alienated from their nominee because of his methods in connection with the demolition of the old court-house al Monticello. Judge Reynolds’ action wai also disapproved by the Supreme Court last summer. The new court-house at Monticello, at last ordered by the county commissioners as a result of the protracted imbroglio, is now approaching completion. Joseph Conrad, oUrZionsville, who shot and badly wounded John Martz, a shot merchant, who was committed to jail al Lebanon pending grand jury action, wat removed Wednesday night to Frankfort, the friends of Martz threatening to lynch him. Conrad is reputed to be a desperad* who killed a man in North Carolina, and since settling in Boone county has participated in several affrays. Of recent months he has been paying attention U Mrs. Martha White, a widow, Martz sold a house to Mrs White and among tb* conditions was one that he should have a share of the garden truck. Twice he called at her houseon business and this aroused the jealous ire of Conrad and is supposed to have led to the shooting. Mrs. Whits reports that she was betrothed to Conrad, but she had refused to marry him because of his dissipated habits.