Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1875 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Loc. axspoht puts in a claim to 15,000 souls now. ... i-j " . ' G keen-castle is to have a stone-front and three-stories-high opera-house. • There are no houses for rent in Vincennes, and a spirit of general improvemenf prevails. ■ '' A $2,500 horse snagged its foot and died from the injury, a few days ago, in Miami County. The Wabash Mediqil Association will meet in Vincennes June 8. A large attendance is anticipated. The total value of real estate transferred in Steuben County during the month of April was about SIOO,OOO. The Clsy County miner.;’ strike had entered on its thirteenth week on the 16th, and there \yere no signs of yielding. J. llarnes A Son’s mill, at Farmland, Randolph County, was recently destroyed by lire. Loss $5,000; no insurance. The number ot schOol’rhildren in Vigo County has increased 325 during the past year. Jhe total number is now 13.710. A fire started in a Knightsville saloon the other day which was not extinguished uni il SIO,OOO worth of property was burned. —•—-• —- It is estimated that 150 head of sheep have been killed by dogs in Hanover township, Jefferson County, during the past Winter.

J enny llall, of North Manchester, has sued J. H. Shively of the same place for breach of marriage contract. She thinks she has suffered $25,000 worth. The barn of Eli Thorp, at New Pittsburgh, Randolph County, was struck by lightning a few nights since, and consumed, w ith all its contents. The Lebanon Pioneer says; “ The cherry crop is not all killed; there will be a great many cherries yet. Also the late apples are showing signs of life.” An old man lately died in Bloomington, Monroe County, within one month of being 117 years old. A centenar-Vti indeed! He lirst saw light in Guilford County, N. C., in the year 1758. The spring fair of the Middle Fork Union Agricultural Society, composed of Clinton, Howard and Carroll Counties, will be held at Middle Fork, Clinton County, June 18 and 19. Twenty years ago Wm. H. Pierson, of Hendricks County, swallowed a nail, andhas been trying to digest itever since. But a few days since he gave it Up and also gave up the ghost in consequence ot the unfavorable diet. A farm-hand named McCord was recently killed in Jefferson County in a very singular way. He was seated under a large tree eating his dinner, when a large limb broken off by the wind fell upon him and killed him instantly. The State Editorial Association is to meet at the State-House June 10 and 11, with a programme devoted entirely to business and papers of practical interest to editors and publishers. W. S. Lingle, of the Lafayette Courier , is President. All the machinery for the cotton-mill at Evansville has now arrived from the East. It has taken seventy-live cars to transfer all the contrivances used in spinning cotton. The immense factory will be in operation by the middle of June. The Lafayette Courier says: “Eleven entries already for fine cattle at the next Tippecanoe County Fair. Our premiums have attracted attention in Europe, and have been paragraphed in the Standard as an evidence of the growing interest in fine stock in America.”

The Martin County Herald says: “ One night last week a party of masked men went to the house of Isaac Utterback, who resides some three miles north of Harrisonville, broke open the door of his house, took him out to the woods and whipped him severely. No cause is known for this outrage.” Charles Wade, ap Evansville watchmaker, while carrying some watches in a valise from his shop to his residence the other night, was knocked down and robbed before he could use the revolver which he carried on his person for defense. Some thirty watches, valued at S6OO to S7OO, constituted the booty. One of the most important resources of Washington County is her valuable sandbanks, situated in the southeast part of the county, about four miles from the railroad. It is doubtless the best sand for the purposes for which it is used to be found in j the United States, and is said to be the i #nly sand which will make shir glass. I Arrangements are already in progress ! for holding the Acton camp-meeting, lo- ! cated in the bounds of the Indianapolis | District, which is to be held Aug. 10, con- j [ tinuing at least ten days. The camp- j | meeting spirit is wonderfully on the in- j | crease in that region, and there is every ; j prospect of a large attendance.

Ax old citizen of Cloverdale, Upton Shaw, recently lost his life in the following manner: He had a favorite stallion which required new shoes, and, mounting j the horse, he started for the smith-shop to have the necessary work done. On his ; way the horse stepped with his fore feet iuto a hole and threw Mr. Shaw over his head. He died next morning from the effects of the fall. j ®The following postal changes occurred I in the State, during the week ending May 15, 18i5; Established—Granger, Monroe County, Isaac A Chandler, Postmaster. Postmasters appointed—Alquina, Lafayette County, Matthew R. Hull; Crothersville, Jackson County, Edwin W. Wade; Gessie, Vermillion County, William H. Salsgaver ; Graysville, Sullivan County, Stephen V. Brewer; Kewanna. Fulton : | County, Jesse W. Carter; Lawrence, ! i Marion County, A. Johnston; j ! Locke, Elkhart County, Jacob Hentmin- * ger; Orth, Montgomery County, Ira S. : McLaughlin; Pulaski, Pulaski Qounty, Matthew M. Hughes; St. Joseph's Hill, Clark County, Jacob Schaefer; Wolf Lake, Noble County. Charles Y, Barnhart. * ' -M-;-