Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1876 — STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS.

A new private banking houao baa been established at Winamac. Growing wheat is reported to be looking unusually well for the sea* son all over the state, Captain William Farquhar, the oldest resident of Harrison county, died on the 10th inst., aged 63 years. Mr. O. Musselman, editor of the Knox Ledger, has been appointed school superintendent of Starke oounty. Ffty accessions were gained to the Methodist’Episoopal church at Bremen, during a recent protraoted meeting. A small boy, a son of Mrs. Chesty, of Howard, Parke oounty, was kicked to death by a colt, on Thursday, of last week. On Tuesday night of last week tho post office at Franklin was robbed of 1800 worth of postage stamps and SSO Currency.

“A brilliant sun burst this morning,” says the Michigan City Enterprise of the 10th instant. Was the damage oovered by insurance? Andrew Zimmer was killed at Elkhart last Friday by falling under a freight train which he was attempting to board while it was in motion. Abram Miller was killed near Middletown, Henry county, last Saturday, by being thrown from his wagon into the road w hile driving home. Mr. A. F. Shuman, formerly of the Chicago Evening Journal , has assumed editorial charge of the Logansport Journal , vice Mr. J. T. Bryer, resigned. W. T.-Trueblood’s store at Chesterfield, Madison county, which is also the post-office, was robbed last Saturday night of stamps and notes to the amount of $2,000. A son of Mrs. Louis Brocksraith, ofFreelandsvillo,Knox county, just twenty-one years of age, was killed while ooon hunting, on the 14th instant, by the falling of a tree. William Clarkson, of Mioliigan City, was thrown from a freight train on the Michigan Central road, at Porter Station, Laporte county, on the 15th instant, and killed. Mr, WilliamT. Kern, a prominent business man of Logansport who was well known in Newton oonnty and the western portion of Jasper, died at his home on the 15th instant.

Win. McClosky, an old citizen of Washington, Daviess county, was killed near that place, one day last week, by the explosion of a boiler in connection with a coal mine. His body was literally blown to pieces. Laura Stone, a little girl living at John Heaton’s, near Bloomfield, Greene county, was burned to death a few days ago. While playing with Mr. Heaton’s children the uuioriunate girl’a clothes took fire, with the above result. .

George Albright, of New Albany, was thrown from a carriage in Greenoastle, on ihe 16th instant, cutting some ugly gashes on his hands and face, and breaking his thigh. The horse became frightened at a street oar. Miss FannieD. Clark has attended sohool in Valparaiso over five years, and in all that time has never been tardy at any one of the four daily roll-calls. Bhe was not only punctual, but appears to have been remarkably healthy. A fire at Valparaiso on the 15th instant destroyed the harness shop and contents belonging to Johu R. Vanatta, valued at $6,000 on which there was $3,000 insurance. Mr. Vanatta was absent in Philadelphia st the time. He will rebuild immediately.

A Mayvi lie correspondent of the Valparaiso Vidette says that a contract has been let to J- A. Morrison to build a road from the river to the sand bank on the Jasper county side. The bridging will be 375 feet in length. Work is to be finished by the first day of May, 1877. Charles Pottrsts and Mrs. Chas. Roieer eloped from Michigan City, last week, taking S3OO belonging to Mr. Reiser and a suit of slothing the property of a boarder. Before leaving the oity, |f*B. Reiser distributed her children among her neighbors. Mr. Reiser was absent from home on business. -•—■4