Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1899 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Aeronaut** Parachute Refuses to Open -Farmer Shot by a Widow—New Railway from Jblwood to LapelDisastrous Fire at Milltown. Prof. Dennis, an aeronaut, attempted a parachute drop at the Crawfordsville Tair. When the time came for Dennis’ balloon ascension fully 30,000 people were present at the fair. He ascended successfully until about 200 feet from the ground, when the balloon burst. The parachute failed to open until within a few feet of the earth, against which the aeronaut was dashed with scarcely diminished velocity. It is feared his injuries will prove fatal. Widow shoots Aged Farmer. In Scott township, Mrs. Davella Swartz, a widow, shot Wesley Green, an aged farmer, with an old-fashioned muz-zle-loading shotgun loaded with slugs. The load took effect in the man’s leg, shattering the limb, and it is said that he cannot recover. The shooting occurred at Mrs. Swartz’s home and resulted from frequent annoyances on the part of Green. New Railway Projected. Thomas Newkirk, a wealthy capitalist of Richmond, has secured the right of way for a railroad from Elwood through Anderson to Lapel, where it will be united with the Chicago and Southeastern, owned by Harry Crawford of Chicago. The promoters behind the enterprise state it is to tap the Indiana coal fields for the gas belt cities and factories when coal becomes necessary. Bisr Marl Bed Discovered. State Geologist W. S. Blachley and Assistant George H. Ashley, who have been prospecting in LaPorte County for marl beds, discovered the largest bed in Indiana. It is located at Fish Lake, covers 400 acres and is from ten to twelve feet thick. Swift & Co., the Chicago packers, own the property. Milltown Badly Burned. At Milltown, T. E. Hancock’s general store, the Odd Fellows’ Hall, J. F. Rawlings’ undertaking establishment, the Royer Hotel, two cottages belonging to T. E. Hancock, C. W. Rawlings’ twostory residence were burned. The loss will reach at least $20,000. There was no fire protection but a bucket brigade. Within Our Borders. Case of smallpox in Porter County. Noblesville is kicking on gas rates. John Aldridge, near Muncie, was killed in a runaway. Thieves have been stealing gold from Marion dentists. Peter Brown, Lawrenceburg, has started a turtle farm. A. H. Braden. 60, retired capitalist, Frankfort, is dead. Cholera is making hogs turn up their toes in Grant County. • Bert Snyder, residing near Lakeville, was killed by a Wabash train. Miners in southern Indiana are leaving to go to the new mines in Michigan. Union steel mills, employing 1,600 men, Anderson, has gone into the trust. Northwest Indiana M. E. conference will be held at Lafayette next year. Barney Orstman, 68, near Fort Wayne, fell from a haymow and was fatally hurt. Ohio and Indiana Gas Company has leased 8,000 acres of land in Jay County. Jay County jail has been condemned twenty-six times, and the prisoners want another boarding house. Parke County glass sand plant, Coxville, is in ashes. Loss $40,000, with little insurance. Origin a mystery. At Washington, Mrs. Johnson, colored, gave her little daughter morphine, thinking it was quinine. The child died. One-year-old child of Schuyler Love, Washington, fell into a bucket containing five inches of water and was drowned. Representatives of the Indiana Southern Railroad have completed deals whereby they secure valuable right of way through the center of Terre Haute to the union station. Abe Richardson, 25, Mitchell, was overcome with the damps in a well while attempting to rescue his friend. He leaves a family. Carlisle has been placed under quarantine restrictions because of the epidemic of malignant diphtheria. Sunday school and public schools have beqn closed. Fires have been lighted in 285 independent pots and all the other independent and co-operative plants will start this month. There is such a limited supply of window glass and such a great demand, that no decline in prices is expected. A big sawmill and lumber yard pear the Nickel Plate freight depot at Fort Wayne burned. /The loss is estimated at $3,000. The mill was owned by David Tegtmeyer, and its destruction is due to incendiarism. The place had been saturated with oil and fired. The school trustees of Princeton are having considerable trouble about a Cuban boy, whom an asrny officer brought home with him from Cuba. The Cuban started to school with the white children, when the patrons announced the withdrawal of their children if the foreigner was permitted to attend the school. Carl Seigert, son of Prof. Julius Seigert, a teacher in the Lutheran school in LaPorte, left home and joined Wallace’s show- The family learns'-that the son’s body is buried in the potter’s .field at Washington, D. C. Young Seigert slept over night dver a cage occupied by a tiger. During the night Seigert in his sleep threw his leg ever the side of the cage. The tiger bit him severely. Blood poisoning developed and the boy died in a Washington hospital. > Marion school children will get forty street car tickets for |l. Hogs nearly chewed up the 2-year-old child es Daniel Harmer, near Fort Wayne, before it was rescued. Eleven car loads of ambulances were stsneu irom tae kioveniiutni uepoi Jeffersonville for Manila the other day. Kay Martin, New Albany, was fatally