Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1869 — INDIANA MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA MATTERS.

The A lira rns trial is in progress at Indianapolis. The grain trade is getting quite brisk at Kcntland. ; J/Ots of huckleberries at Michigan City at four cents a quart. A destructive tire occurred in Evansville last Friday afternoon. Peaches fr-ort St. Josoplp arc selling at one dollar a bushel in La Porte. Indianapolis finds it difficult to secure German teachers for her common schools. Michigan City and Indianapolis experienced a frost week ago last Vuesday night. Colonel Thomas C. Slaughter has been appointed State Agent, by Governor Baker. lieinster, the Covington murderer, lias been convicted ol murder in the second degree The Northwestern Indiana Conference ot the Methodist Church meets at Lafayette on the Bth inst. A family in Milton, Wayne county, have had four weddings, three births ami two deaths within the last nine months. The South Bend Register says that K. J. Cbeßtnutwood, of that city, has been appointed United States Revenue Collector lor this district, vice Col. N- Eddy. General Walter Q. Gresham, State Agent, has been appointed by President Grant to the United States District Judgeship, made vacant by the death of Judge McDonald. The 17th annual State Fair w ill be held at Indianapolis, commencing Monday, September 27th continuing during the week. Hie premiums amount to 12.000,- and no per cent, or entry fee is charged.

Considerable excitement exists in the cast part of this county by the prevalence of milk sickness. Miss Nelson, mecc of James Cole, of Sheffield township, died ot the disease a few days ago, and Mr. Noah Steele, a brother of Basil Steel, is lying very low, w ith scarcely any hope of his recovery. —Lafaytte Weekly Courier. Mr. R. P. Benjamin, of Rensselaer, will open a select school in the school house in Monticello, on Monday, September 20. * * * Mr. Benjamin brings a fine recommendation from the citizen* ot Rensselaer as a teacher and a gentleman, and from Prof Rice, of the Battle Ground Institute, as a student and scholar. —Monticello Herald We find the following going the rounds of our exchanges: “John Snclling, of Jasper county, who has been ‘deaf as an adder’ for nearly twenty years, was suddenly cured, the other day, by un accidental fall of twenty feet from a haymow, lie broke an arm, but found Ins hearing as good as the best, and is satisfied w itlt the result.” Don’t know him; do you? A son of Mr. Crowell, living about three miles south ol Idavtile, met with a severe accident last week. 11c was riding on a load of oats, from winch he fell under the wagon w heel. The wheel running over his head, broke a couple inches of his scull bone on the right Hide. Dr. Robinson, who dressed the wound, informs us that a small quantity of the brain was taken out. Strange as it may seem, the patient has so far recovered as to he able to walk around. lLe was about thirteen years ol age. —Monticello Herald.

The trial of Frank Remster, for the killing of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones at Covington, in June last, closed on Friday. After retiring for an hour and a half the jury returned a virdict of murder in the first degree, which will imprison him for ninety-nine years. lie was ably defended during the trial, and many witnesses gave strong testimony tending to show his insanity. We learn from a citizen of Covington, that the feeling against Remster is intense, and onr informant gives it as his opinion that Remster will be hung before he reaches the State prison. We trust that for the sake of law and order, (not Remster) that wiser counsels will prevail, and that the law will be executed. While the people of Covington feel that he has forfeited his life, we do not believe that they will assume the responsibility of hanging him by mob law. — Lafayette Meekly Courier. Last Friday, Hampton, son of Thomas Wilson, Esq., residing a mile or two southeast of town, shot himself with an Austrian rifle, which was loaded as a shot gun. It appears that, young Wilson had been out hunting, and, returning, when near home, encountered some friends with whom he fell into conversation. While talking, he was leaning on the gnn, the muzzle of which rested in his right armpit.— One leg was drawn up across the oilier, aud, on being lowered to the (Tfou'nd, his pantaloou leg caught the hai'troer of the gun, pulling it back sunjciently to explode the charge when let go- The whole load passed through the arm and came out at the point of thq shoulder. The wouud is beceved to bo necessarily' fatal. Amputation cannot be resorted to, and, although at the present writing the youth is still alive, wc expect to hear of his death at any moment. * The above is another warning against the careless handling of fire-arms. Such accidents arc very frequent in the hunting season, but they blight all be avoided by the exercise of proper caution.— Rochester Union. Spy.