Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1895 — INDIANA NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA NEWS.

Told, in Briof by Di3patch33 from Various Localities. Died budilenly. Angola. Ind., Dec. 3. —A. L. Hubbard, of this city, fell oh the sidewalk- at State and Jack-son streets in Chicagoeand was carried into the Palmer house, drugstore, where he died a few minutes laterDeath, it —is thought, resulted from heart disease. Mr. Hubbard and his daughter went to Chicago three dais ago, and were visit ing his sister-in-law, Mrs. James "Burton. He was 41 yearsrof ~

Will Fash the Ship Canal. —Ten-e Haute, Im!., Dec. 3. Col. Mccommissioner, of penrS’ions, who as state senator secured the, passage by the legislature of a joint resolution calling on congress lo authofTze a commission so investigate the feasibility of a ship canal from Lake -Michigan to tlie Waliash rfver, will go to Washington in a few days to press -tli&mat tel';—“-7:P - - TFree !tlail Delivery. Wabash, Ind., Dec. 3. —Beginningwith January 1, 1896. Wabash will be -provided with free mail delivery. Inspector Ldathorman last night completed all arrangements for the free service. There will lie four carriers and a substitute and four daily deliveries in the business and two in the residence parts of the city.

Fall Heir to 5'50.000. El wood, Ind?, Dec. 3. —I’obcrt Herzog, a butcher, who at one time was cm-i-ilnyed Tipijp, lui't VvKn kn■ r«noj3t.i.Li: -faattnr 7 -working at jAlekandria, has received word from Gerniany that his mother is dead and that lie has fallen heir to over $60,( 00. He left for HeiTm,Where the estate is located, and will probably, “makej.haJ place his-fnturehome. - I —- Pan tl indie Train Wrecked. , (CTy .„ T ..- r | n f -| EZT bound Pan Handle freight was wrecked—af North Judson by a rail having been placed across the track. The engine Vyfis derailed and the cars hardly shaken lip, but no one was seriously injured, '['be wrecking of . the fast jtassenger train, due in a few moments, was nai - - 1 'rowdy averted. U is a millet 111 Ilia llnin. j, Mimcie, Did., Dec. 3. --The case of JohiuAY. f’ittei’ger. who attempted suieidc. is imz/diug the physicians, lie fired . a bullet ufto hisYhrain {'aturdhy mornin’g and another one at his heart. _NOitl: or brlLcan. be -extrarfifih :11 was rijinairlf either shot ’ivas enough to cause, instant. deitMi, but he is still living;

“Doc” 3i»i\vktMH I* irdonerl. Jeffersonville, Ind.. Dee. 3.—“ Doc” Hawkins, a convict, confined in tlie ' fti'ison, sou t li, .was pardoned by Gov. Matthews. Hawkins was sent, from *Tell City to Serve four years for criminal assault. Tie is hopelessly ill, of consumption and Ills pardon was granted 1 lint lie may go home todies Leaves Ills <’ir«l llehind. Vincennes, Ind., Dec. 3 creditors and the help at the Grand hotel fount 1 tiie landlord. Harvey D. Truax, had disappeared, leaving - several hundred dollars unpaid. The hotel was to go into ..new hands. On the door was a card which read: “Gone, but not forgotten. A reward for the creditor who gets his pay.” A Fatal Fall. Jeffersonville,. Ind., Dec. 3. —At it show Melvin Bennett, a circus performer, fell from a double trapeze to the stage, a tlistanep'hf 30 feet, and received injuries from which it is said he cannot recover. Bemnettls mother witnessed the accident. Robs a Post Office. East Chicago. Ind.. Dec. 3.--Thieves broke into the post office here and. by the use of giant powder, blew off the doors of a heavy safe, securing stamps and currency to the amount of SSOO, be- 1 sides numerous blank money orders.

Gamblers Raided. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 3. —Chief of Police Cobum raided all of the gamblingdens in the city, and besides placing all gamblers under arrest he confiscated the furniture and will burn it as pre-scribcd-bv state laws. Seriously 111. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 3 —Mrs; Colby Lin her, who ascended to the presidency of the Indiana spiritualists by the death of President Westerfiekl ihree months ago, lias been stricken with paralysis, and is in a critical condition. Football Player Dying. Muncic, Ind., Dec. 3. —James Beardsinore, a member of the Muncle Union .trtol lm l l teapi, is dying at hts ltomef rentthe effects if injuries received Thanksgiving day during a game yvitfiChc Caledonia eleven of Indianapolis.

Death of Abraham Given. Frankfort, Ind., Dye. 3.—Abraham Given, for years a prominent banker of ■ Frankfort, died at his home here, aged 70 years. He was born in Pennsylvania in 182 ft, and came here in 1800. Exhibits for South Africa. La Porte, Ind., Dec. 3. —Prominent manufacturers in Indiana wifi send large exhibits to a national exposition to be held at, Johannesburg, Sotith i 'Africa, beginning -May 1,1896. 'To Vernpp u Pardon. Jeffersonville, Ind.. Dec. 3.- —Thomas Dolan, an agejj convict paroled by the governor, has gone borne to secure evidence of innocence to be lined to secure a pardon. Arm Torn OJT. Muncie, Ind., Dee. 3. —David Curea, aged 17', had hTsleft 7 ifr’m torn xrff nt t !ie elbow by the aecukmtal disehaEgb of a gun, and twill'd: •. * .■)<>/etl\ by I Ire. . Vincennes, Iml.. Dee. “• ’ \Binv, JauW" D ' i L\ fire.' 1 <ivs