Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1876 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

John Haines, of Lake, Spencer County Slarge ploce ottweddinqycake which has “l* ‘-J* fftilvArofighlfik ’ qflTand is o* cherished <§&» o(4ho ffcteily. » r he United State* lan4*office 4u Mar i during the month of May there were seventeen homestead entries made, covering 1,996 acres of land; cash entries covering 296 acres, and bounty-land warrant and scrip entries covering 7,860 sere#; showing a very light business compared with unto panic times. There appears to be a growing demand for homesteads from Uncle Bam, in the vicinity of the Static Bte. Marie; the.applicants being mostly foreigners. The establishment of the Presbyterian Church in Indiana, and the complctloni oi the first fifty yeara of her history, will be commemorated by the Synods North snd South, conjointly, at Indianapolis, October, 1876. The two Bynods will convene on the 18th of October, at 7J£ o’clock ,p. ny.; the Bynod South iu the First, the Synod Noytti in the Seebnd Presbyterian Church, Indianspoil*. Un Wfidnesdayudventug Cl9th) « semi-centennial discourse will be delivered by Rev. Dr.-Joseph F. Tuttle, of Wabash College, before a Joint meeting of the synods In tjhc First Presbyterian Churrih- On Thursday evening (20th) a biographical paper, commemorative of the pioneers of Presbyterisulafn in the State previous to 1820, will be presented by the Rev. Hanford A. Etfpfn, D. D., in the 'Second Presbyterian Church; shd brief addresses Will be delivered by oldest flugmbejs, of the syqode present—the Rev. Samuel Alexander, thp Rev. Ran sqm Hawley, the Rcr. J. A. Carnahan, Prof. E. O. HovWVD- D., the Rev. W. Y. Allen, the Rey. Henry Little, D. D„ the Rev. A. C. Alien, the Rev. M. M. Post, D. D., and the Rev. D. M. Stewart. Al Indianapolis, on the 28th, John Keefe, an employe of the Daily Sentind, ffflil through the hatchway, three stories up, and was 4sMtwrtlv' killed. The Republicans of the Thirteenth Congressional District have renominated Hon. John H. Baker, the present Congressman. The Democrats of the Twelfth District hive renominated Hon. A. H. Hamilton fpr re-election Congress. Mb. Bcxton, of Jonesville, while drawing 4 bucket full of water from a weU, lately, was thrown backward by the breaking of the riiaifi, and his neek striking a sharp nail he received injuries which caused his ueath the next day. The town of Bethel, is just now afflicted with a strange disease of a very malignant type which is raging among children. Several deaths have occurred, and the disease b&taes the skill of the best physicians. A son of David Grccswcll, living near Liberty, and two other boys went into the Whitewater River to bathe, the other day, and all uPere drowned. One df the special trains on the Toledo, Wabashst Western Road to St. Louis run over and lulled George Clark, an employe of theVoad, at the Salem Street crossing, Lafayette, a few mornings ago. He had been appointed to vyateh that crossing, and Becoming weary, had gone to sleep and fallen across the track. ; V ’ Quite a sqnsation wa» caused in Fowlef, on the Ist, by the capture and trial of Vs. M. Itoed, a notorious forger and swindles. In default of SIJMO bail he was sent to jki). He was, iu the eiqplqy of the Singer Sewing Machine (jompany two years ago, and forged notes to the amount of $2,000, besides embezzling consideMthle, money. He was indicted at Lafayette about eighteen mouths ago, and forfeited his bill and fled to Wyonitag Territory* Vhafe he has been living cretlx. .He was tracked and caught there by a*Uimcd States detective. L. W. Jackson, a Terre Haute laborer, went out to the Vend alia gravel pit to bathe on the morning of the 2d. His long absence creating anxiety, Lis friends made search, and found his body in the- water. He was ppbably seized with cramp. At Elizabethtown, Bartholomew County, on tiie night of the 2d, burglars broke into Edward Springer’s store, out his safe doof open, and escaped with $1,200. The depot atKnightsville was burglarized on the night of- the Ist, and fifty dollars’ worth of goods stolen.

Caterpillars are said to be making havoe with the grapes in various parts of the State. WHitE Rev. Daniel Winslow, a .colored preacher residing in Richmond, was preaching at Dublin, Wayne County, the other night, he suddenly became speechless, and died before morning. An omnibus driver, named Giles Wash*, borne, was fatally stabbed in a saloon row, at Lafayette, a few nights ago. The eon of Rev. G. C. Cloud, of Crothersville, recently fell into the river near that place and was drowned. Lafayette is very much troubled by an influx of burglars. The crooked whisky men, A. McGriff, Philip C. Eberwine, George P. Simmons, Hiram B. Snyder. David M. Lewis, Ha'rrisnni Miller s»d John E. Phillips, have been discharged from the Bputhem prison. tiie police stop every person found off the 1 street after 13 o’clock at night and get a good account of them before al lowing them to proceed. “ Captain John Wobrbll, an extensive! former and whebt speculator, living at Claftion, in Rendricks county, has failed lately in consequence of unfortunate speculation j in wheat. 'His issets are estimated at from $15,000.: to J $20,000, and his liabilities at $33,000.. , - ;. ■ ' ; At Laletorr, the other night, George WoddrWgNlaa shot and kilted while taalf-j ciously catting belting in UUery’a saw-mill. Woodripg had recently been beaten in a jaw suit by’ the proprietor of the mill, since WfaUh time attempts have been made to burn the.HdlU.ltrwaa not kpown athsrt goeounis who did the shdoting. The latest reports from Cincinnati give tbe foUuwing aa tbe ciwmit prioeafor leading staples: Flour, Wfieat, [email protected]: Corn, 47@48e; Oats, 83@38; Rye, PbHt, [email protected];‘ Lard— Steam, fiettte, 13@1SM; Hoga $5.65^6.25. v.'-'O'-ii ? t'y-' J j J'i i ll k ■ ‘<A .?4- • J-