Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1877 — STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS.

Logansport has an “Academy of Holy Angels.” Bartholomew county is troubled with violators of the fish law. It is rumored that pewter currency is coined in acave near Corydon. Boat-budding is quite active at New Albany aud Jeffersonville this spring. The Gosport Gazette nominates Hon. Mortou C. Hunter for the next governor of Indiana. Clement and H,uldah Murphy, of Newcistle, celebrated their golden wedding last Sunday. The city election at Indianapolis on Tuesday resulted ih the triumph of the republican ticket. - A yonug daughter of C. A. Schneider, in Evansville, was fatally burned, Saturday, by a coal oil explosion. John Vernon, a distiller of Pilot Knob, Dubois county, committed sniolde last Thursday by hanging. He was insane. H- J. Willett, late postmaster at Michigan City, has been missing since a week ago Wednesday, when he went to Chicago. A pet alligator in Auburn, 14 inches long, was eaten by rats the the other day, and not a vestige of him left to tell tbtf tale. T,be Friends in Grant oounty have .thirty-two licensed ministers, $23,000 invested iu church property, ahd'namber 2,002 members. James Wilson, liyiug in the eastern part of Clinton county, was killed Friday night by his wagon upsetting and failing on hint. Geo. Bfiuraan, a ten year old boy pf Michigan CLty, was rub bVerand killed Tuesday of lasti week by a Bwitch engiue on the Michigan Central road. A tittle child of Mr* Samuel Fred* ericks, a fanner residing near North Monobester, was burned to deatli Saturday Week by falling into a pile of burning brush. A Ft. Wayne doctor of medicine Lae been arrested for addressing to a professional rival a postal card op which the rival was denounced as an ex-horse thief and coward. A committee appointed to make examination of the books of James W. Lamrae, treasurer of the eity of Attida, discovered that lie was a defaulter in the sum of $5,400, which incidout has caused great' excitement, of course. At Michigan City day before yesterday the citizens’ ticket was elected over the straight-out deftD oeratio nominees on an issue of. respectability. The victory wap ttriexpeoted, there being a large element in 'jfpb' |jnWbb pality that worked most vigorously.