Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1875 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Acrrv# work commenced on the Rose Polytechnic Institution at Terre Haute. Th* tobacco crop of Dubois County will amount to little or nothing this season, it is said. Rev. V. M. Beamer, a clergyman at Richmond, is a sufferer from domestic infelicity. He seeks a divorce. A rick containing about 2,790 cords of wood was destroyed by fire at Morristown, Shelby County, a few nights ago. The Rock port Democrat says there are families in Spencer County that have never had a newspaper in their houses. Horrible affidavits were recently published in relation to Rev. Thomas MacIntyre, Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Mr. Worl, a wealthy farmer of Wayne County, living near Walnut Level Station, and his wife were recently poisoned with some substance placed in their coffee. They were lying in a critical situation at last accounts. Five members of the family of Councilman Gnmbertz, of Evansville, were poisoned in a mysterious manner recently. They recovered in a few days, but the cause of their illness could not be discovered.

Tins house of Thomas W. Leach, in Howard -County, was lately entered by masked robbers and $lO5 in money taken. Tlie old man, who was seventy-five years old, kept them at hay for two hours, refusing to tell where the money was concealed, but the old lady became frightened and revealed the place of its concealment. The New Castle Courier says: “ A couple of young men of this county, with the mania for speculating, invested in Chicago wheat some time ago, when it began to go down on their hands. Telegrams came asking them to put up the margins. They did this as long as their money lasted, but the price continued to 1 chap,’ when they were sole! out and lost S3OO for their experience.” Mr. Oliver P. Burns, river editor of the Vevay Democrat , was married to Miss Lillie D. Minor, of Boyle County, Ky., a few days ago. The couple ran away for the old cause, parental opposition, and had a very romantic and rough time of it. The affair lias been on hand two or three years and one unsuccessful elopement attempted before. Now their troubles are all over, or else just begun. Tiie State Medical Society at its recent session in Indianapolis elected the following,officers : President, Dr. J. H. Helm, of Peru; Vice-President, Dr. W. Beard, of Vincennes; Secretary, Dr. G. W. Woolen, of Indianapolis® Assistant-Secretary, Dr. J. W. Elstun, of Indianapolis; Treasurer, Dr. J. H. Woodburn, of Indianapolis; Delegates to the Illinois Medical Society, Drs. J. W. Pugh, of Oaktown, and J. M. Link, of Terre Haute. A remarkable case of preservation of the remains of a child was brought to light at Evansville recently. The corpse was buried Aug. 13, 1853, and, on removing it to another cemetery, the undertakers opened the coffin to look in upon the remains and note their stage of decomposition ; but they were surprised to find the face perfect in all its features, and presenting much the same, appearance as when buried. The coffin was inclosed in a box, and showed some signs of decay. The box was so decayed that it fell to pieces.