Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1879 — INDIANA STATE ITEMS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE ITEMS

A hen at Anderson habitually lays double-yolked eggs The poultry men and dog fanciers of Madison county have organized a poultry and dog breeders association. W. C. DePauw, of New AI baby, has made his tenth annual donation of SI,OOO to the Preacher’s Aid Society of the Indiana conference. The Studebaker Bros, of South Bend have purchased the right to manufacture Rev. “Adirondack” Murray’s buck-board wagons, paying $20,000 therefor, it is stated. All the shipyards around the falls of the Ohio are full of orders, and it is now proposed to establish another and extensive yard in New Albany, peniminary steps for which have already been taken.. The other night while James Siples, of Milton, was hunting medicine for his sick child, the oil lamp he was carrying exploded, setting the house on Are and burning it to the ground, only saving part of his goods. It was covered by insurance. The shelving of M. D. Powell’ grocery store, at Hartford City, gave away the other night, damaging goods to the amount of S2OO. Several boxes of matches caught fire near some cans of powder, but luckily the fire was extinguished without any explosion. The Boyd family reunion held near Jacksonsburg, Wayne county, recently, was a notable affair. Jt took place on the farm of Martin Worl, the old home farm, entered by Samuel Boyd in 1810. The family embraces a relationship of near four hundred persons, of whiebnumber about two hundred reside in Wayne county. Four masked men with revolvers confronted James Steffy, of the firm of Roberts, Emison, A Steffy, leading merchants of Brucevllle, Ind., the other night, as he was Closing the store, and compelled him to open the safe. Fortunately a large sum of money had been deposited in the bank that day, and there was only $25 in the safe. The prospects for a large and successful State Fair in Indiana, this year, are reported ti be very flattering. The applictftions for space for live stock are unusually numerous, and additional sheds are being built to accommodate the demand.

It is said that there is a cemetery near Rochester in which ground-hogs are so numerous that the pesky varmints tunnel into the graves and disturb the remains of the occupants. It is no uncommon sight to see skulls and other human remains lying about i the cemetery, brought to the surface by the ghoulish ground hogs. Wabash Plain Dealer: Further particulars of the burning of the barn of Mrs. Scott, in Liberty township, indicate that the loss was a severe one, estimated at $1,500, with no insyrance. Two horses, several head of hogs, hay, Ac., were burned. Ms. John Brady had some five acres of flax, recently harvested, in the barn, which was also consumed. Peru Republican : A beautiful life size crayon drawing by Miss Bertie Shirk,of this city attracted much attention at Indianapolis during the Art Bchool exhibition there last month. It is,though unfinished, said to be a work of considerable merit. It is six feet long by three and a half feet wide,and is entitled “Pyramis and Thisbe.” The figures are a youth lying upon the ground in the throes of death, while a beautiful girl bends distractedly over him. Miss Shirk is now engaged In executing a number of portraits o some of our prominent men in which branch of art she excels.