Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1875 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The crop prospect in Wabash County is ft&id to be excellent. TrttuK is a lady living in Peru who •ha*ses her upper lip regularly. Shehasto. Ta* Evansville Journal has been enlarged and is now cut and parted like the Jioston Globe. Tna Vincennes Sun puts itself squarely 'on the record in favor of English as the \- national language. A little girl named Fry fell from & swing, in Indianapolis, a few days ago ■ and waa fatally hurt. Tuns far Indianapolis has done nothing i to secure a proper representation of the 1 State at the Centennial Exposition. The Bingham firm Of distillers atEvansville have been found guilty of violating the revenue laws and fined S I,OOO. A vorifo fellow named Pratt, agent for the C., It. cfc Ft. IV. Railroad at Ridgevillc, was accidentally killed a few days ago. Indianapolis hopes to induce Director Linderman to regard itself as the best possible location for the new United Mates Mint.

The woolen-mill belonging to Roots & Co., at Connersvilk, was burned to the ground a few days since, involving a loss of $50,000. David Johnson was arrested in Fountain County a few days since for illicit distilling and. held, to bail in SI,BOO to await the action of the United Mates Court. The mother of Hon. John C. New, residing at Indianapolis, fell from a window in lror son’s house the other day and was very seriously injured. She is seventyseven years old. Mrs. Rebecca PniLi-irs, of Jefferson Comity, is eighty-six years old; has thirteen living children, 101 grandchildren, 12SI great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The Bookwaltcr mansion,near Roll Roy, wae struck by lightning recently and pretty thoroughly shattered. There was no-one in the house at the time, and so nobody was hurt. Little Stella Montz, of Madison, ‘recently went to a drawer where a loaded pistol had been carelessly left, and in taking it out accidentally discharged it, the charge taking effect near the heart -and killing her instantly. Miss Flora Turman receives the highest honor, the valedictory, at Asbury University this year; which is a decided triumph for those who advocated the admission of females, as wel 1 as no small honor for the young lady.— Chicago Tribune . The residence of Andrew Hartman,'in liogansport, was entirely destroyed with all the furniturd a few mornings ago. The family narrowly escaded burning to death, not waking until the fire had nearly cut off ail retreat from the house. Loss $10„ 000. While a party were seining fish in the Kankakee River at Waldron, lately, one young man declared that ho could rerftain under water longer than any of the others. He tried and went down, but did not come up until pulled out dead with grapplinghooks. -Thomas J. Girson, who recently ran away with and married a fourteen-year-old, daughter of John H. Adams, of Indianapolis, has been arrested for perjury,, lie having sworn that the girl was eighteen years old when he received a marriage license. Mr. Cassimek Kroener, of Evansville, a former member of the City Council, was taken with an insane fit the other day and drawing a pistol he attempted to shoot his wife. He was disarmed, arrested, and, on being tried by a board of lunacy commissioners, adjudged insane. The Noblesville Ledger gives the following wool statistics: “ A ilock of Leicester sheep, belonging to Jesse Hodsoa, of Washington Township, numbering twen-ty-four, yielded a few days ago 200 pounds of wool and an average tor each fleece of eight pounds and a thirtl.”^ The State Editorial Association recently in session at Indianapolis adopted a new constitution, and referred the proposition to. meet all the editors of the Northwest at Philadelphia July 4, 1876, to the Executive Committee for action. A committee of seven was appointed to arrange for a grand reunion of Indiana soldiers in Indianapolis next fall.

Over iOO of the leading citizens of Indianapolis, irrespective of party, recently tendered John C. New a public dinner previous to his departure for Washington to assume his official "duties as Treasurer of the United States. Mr. New'taodestly declined the compliment for the reason that he had yet been untried in so responsible a position, and his ability to successfully discharge the duties are unproved. Tiie following Postmasters were appointed in Indiana during the week ending June 12, 1875:'Belle Union, Putnam County, James N. Bourne; Deer held, Randolph County, David S. Collins; Jcvtesborough, Grant County, Samuel R. Spence; Lawrence, Clarion County, Isaac Retards; Mahalasville, Morgan County, •Thomas W. Kingsbury; New Corner, Delaware County. Philip Wooding; RainsviTle; Warren County, C. H. Hodman; Rolling Prairie, Li Porte County, James PoweU; Urueyville, Johnson ‘ County Henry Fisher. b iLLiAtt FRiEDERt>rEG, a Terre Haute grocer, was attacked and nearly beaten to death by a burglar a few mornings ago. He roomed in the rear of his store ind for coolness had pulled the bed up near a window. The fastenings were insecure and the burglar opened tire window and struck him fifteen times on the head with * heavy piece of iron. His skull w*s\ fractured by blows on the top of the head. The ruffian entered. secured $1,500 in money from his vicuna's pocket-book and some loose change in the ruoney-drawer, ! and left, no clew. , Friederburg’ was sot discovered until morning.