Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1895 — AROUND A BIG STATE. [ARTICLE]

AROUND A BIG STATE.

BRIEF COMPILATION OF INDU ANA NE.VS. What Oar XHflhbon Are Doing-Metier* pt Generaf end Loral Interest—Marriage* and Deaths— Aceldent* and Crimes— Per- - tonal Pointers About India titans. Minor State Hew*. “Utrr-worms are after the corn near Newport. Squirrels are very aimndant around Seymour. '• —Charmsv Reed-of Mancie, was given. _ ten years for horse stealing. Fire destroyed 15 acres of fine timber in Porter county. Loss, $6,000. Richmond is to have a monthly comic paper called “Yours Truly.” Farmers near Rockville report Ibat a blackbug is destroying crops. Grower Landox. aged 4, was accidentally drowned at Dupont. Fred C. Geeekix, 17, was drowned in the Maumee River at Fort Wayne. Whitewater River in Wayne County has been stocked with 1,200,000 fish. Joseph Todd, carpenter, fell from a ladderat Rockville, and was fatally injured. George Lewis, a wealthy Pern lumberman, was struck by a plank in his saw mill, and killed. ——-—— Paul Cook, 3, Montpelier, tried to climb on a wagon. Fell under the wheels and was crashed to death. Martin Madden was caught in the Wayne, and fatally injured. SnicLHYVii.LE capitalists have a selieme on foot to build an electric railway from Osgood to Brookville, 15 miles. Several Marion citizens want the residents to subscribe $140,090 to a new railroad that it is proposed to build. The village of Southwest, near Goshen, has no postmaster and Uncle Bam can't find anybody w ho’ll take the job. Tlk.nry Eiiekiiart. near South Bend, accidentally shot and killed himselt while climbing over a fence w ith a shotgun. Owing to the smallpox scare—which was nothing more than chickenpox—at Valparaiso, nearly 8,000 were vaccinated. The Richmond hospital for the insane is now’ over-crowed, and it is claimed that over 100 patients are awaiting admission. Tiie crown sheet of a Panhandle freight engine blew off near Winainae. Brakeman Long and Fireman Kinnor were seriously scalded. An Anderson man cut small pieces of iron into the size of pennies and worked slot machines for about SIOO worth of chocolate candy, etc. Loo an sport council passed an ordinance taxing transient stores, bankrupt sales, etc., but the court says the ordinance is unconstitutional. William Notin'* team ran away near Anderson, fatally injuring him, Joseph Holmes’team also took fright and he was probably fatally injured. A Madison firm lias received an order from Germany for 25,000 pounds of burdock root, and it is said to l>e the largest sale of the kind'ever made by a single firm in this country. J. B. Axoell, proprietor of the Western Hofei," Madison. - quarreled with- Harry King over a common enr dog. Both mer. were under the influence of liquor. King pulled a gun and shot Angell, instantly killing him. The report of the school enumerators for Vigo County shows a falling off in the school population from last year of 1 461, of which 1,157 is in Terre Haute. The total for the county is 18.985, about equally divided between the city and the township. While at play on a swing Josie Leathcrinan, 4-year-old daughter of IlenryLeatherman of Wakarusa, became entangled in the rope in such a manner as to get it twisted about her neck. Death-resulted from strangulation in a few moments. The body was found a short time after by her brothers and sisters with wliom she had been playing. A fixe field of wheat on the farm of Yancy Breedlove, near Plainfield, is being devasted by a small insect that is working on the stalk. So far no one who has examined the field is able to name the insect. The farmers are fearful lest the pest will get into other fields and cut short what a few days ago promised to lx; the best crop in years of this cereal. A max named Davis met hi* divorced wife on tiie highway near Rockville, and fired three shots at her, two taking effect in her arm and one in the iiead. He then went home, took morphine and shot himftelf. The town marshal prevented William Chestwright, brother of the woman, from shooting Davis. Mr*. Davis will die, but Davis may recover. ‘ Many horses In the vicinity of Plainfield are afflicted with a disease that is puzzling our best posted horsemen. The animal first show's symptoms of the disease by a swelling in the throat. In a few days pus begins to discharge from the nose, accompanied with a cough. This i* followed by a weakness of such a character that the animal is unable to get up without help after lying down for a rest. Louis Schmidt of Lajiorte. has just found his brother Charles Schmidt, whi m he had mourned as dead for forty-two years. The brothers came from Germany and separated at Buffalo, N. Y. Repeated efforts on the part of I-oui* to locate his brother failed until recently, when his wherealxmts were ascertained through tho Buffalo officials. The result will lie a joyous reunion in a day or two at Buffalo. For several weeks fire bugs have been setting fire to buildings in Terre Haute, but, fortunately, the losses have been confined to haras, the fires in other structures being discovered in time to prevent serious damage. The night of .the firemen’s annual ball the building where the ball was being held was fired three time*. After J>Ol Ir, ALTr.K, iv, fiiuru nci sister’s life at Frackfort by risking her own. A vicious dog attacked the child. Louie grabbed the beast and, although being bitten herself, kept it from attacking the child. She held the dog until assistance arrived. Richard Padgett was instantly killed in the yards of the Big Four, Andeison, near the Union glass work. Padgett, who was a brakeman on the local freight of the southern division, was caught while making a coupling, thrown under a car and two of the trucks passed over his body. Tiie trainmen who went to his rescue found him dead.