Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1876 — STATE GOSSIP. [ARTICLE]

STATE GOSSIP.

Political aad Misoellaneona. Muncie people are frightened about the small pox. Col. Cyrus Ik Dunham preaches occasionally at New Albany. The taxable personal property in the city of Indianapolis is valued at 114,824,060. Marshall county republicans are up toH. H. Sneff for representative in the legislature. H. L. Elwell is the nominee of Knox county republicans for representative in the legislature. A dog got drunk on beer at Indianapolis, one day last week, and was killed because thought to be rabid. Samuel C. Haoket is the choice of Porter county denfocrats for representative in the General Assembly. Casa county republicans will attempt to elect Isaac Bumgardner,to the Lower House of the legislature next October. Corn is reported unusually good over the eastern and southern portions of the state. Wheat folia below an average crop. Says the Aufiona Farmer "A very "large hay harveatis now going on; "the yield of bay generally promis"ing better than for a year or "two.”

It is estimated that Mr. Wingate Prettyman’s field of wheat, near the town of Knox in Starke county, will yield at least twenty bushels an acre. John Clarkson died at Michigan City on Tuesday of last week, aged 70 years. He hadbeen agate keeper at the northern penitentiary almost uninterruptedly since it was built. A Ripley county breeder claims to own a Berkshire pig only nine weeks old that weighs 51 pounds. And they say it is nothing new there for Chesters to weigh 60 pounds at eight weeks old. A Laporte county man raised over 200 bushels of strawberries on two acres of ground this season. The Argm says that about EIO,OOO worth of this delicious fruit has been marketed in the city of Laporte this season. A rail was placed across the railroad track near Clymers, Cass county, by some person unknown, on Monday night of last week. The engine of a freight train was thrown off and wrecked, W. J. Bennett the fireman instantly killed, conductor Gibbs so badly scalded that be died shortly afterwards, the engineer terribly scalded. While a party of men were engaged in raising a dwelling house in Porter county, a few days since, which was occupied at the time by a family, it was struck by lightning. One of the hands was carried ten feet by the shock and remained insensible for some time. Mrs. Mutchler was holding a small earthen crock which was struck and smashed in small pieces, she escaping uninjured. A dog lying near waa killed instantly.