Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-18
STATE ITEMS.

Montgomery county gives 1926 bounty.
"A farm of 600 acres in Sullivan county was
recentls sold for ST. ,00e.
One township in Gibson county raised a
local bounty by subscriptions Of $50 to a man
subject to draft, raised their quota. and paid
back to each subscriber $40 30.
The christian church in Lafayette is holding
a revival meeting. and has already added quite
a number to its fold They have had baptizng
two evenings this week.
An IMPORTANT ARREsr-Lieutenant Frank
Hibler. formerly OF John MorgaD's staff, was ar
rested in this city on Monday. and is now safely
lodged in the guard house. The charge against
him is that of being spy.
He was captured with Morgan in Ohio, and es-
capped with him from the penitentiary at Colum
bus.
He was armed with forged oath OF amnesty,
and number of choice scraps clipped from
Democratic papers. together with considerable
quantity Of gold and greenbacks He bore M
stoutly until Uncle Sans bracelets were slipped
on his wrists, when he exclaimed, Ny God,
am caught at last!" and came down grace
fully He is fine looking man. over six feet
high, aud sharp a steel trap. The evidence
against him ia. We learn, almost indlbitabe-
Evansville Journal
About $3.50 was realized from mush and
milk supper in Lafayette. The proceeds to
be applied TO the purchase of stationery and post
age stamps for soldiers.
The Hancock County Union says the old
project of connecting Indianapolis with the lew
Albany and Salem road is being revived. II re
marks upon the project:
This road, which il destined 10 be the great
thoroughfare from indianapolis via Mooresville.
to the southeastern terminus, at New Albany
is now being revived again. A rev company is
said 10 be formed, with ample means to complete
the already halfgraded work The road will
no doubt be on the old track, as there have been
thousands upon thousands OF dollars spent al
| ready in grading and culverts Citizens OF
Mooresville lift up your heads in hope. for that
which We thought had utterly come to naught. is
now shout TO come 10 pass.
The Huntington Democrat, after BRET
suspension. has again made its appearance. Ii
has been enlarged, and comes out in an entire
new dress Samuel +. Winter. Esq. still con
trolls the paper, both as editor and proprietor
celent reading matter, selected and editorial
and il should receive the liberal support of the
Democracy of Huntington which Its merits JUS
tfy.
Over sixty thousand dollars have been sub
scrbed TO the draft fund by the citizens of New
Albany.
The new rolling mill in New Albany will
commence operations on Monday next. The
Ledger says:
The mill has two sets of boilers complete
with capacity TO turn out ten tons of iron per
day. in size from one quarter inch to IL inches.
There two trains OF eight and sixteen inches.
aHd third will be set up in few days. Four
large furnaces are required to run the mill up to
its full capacity Six engines are employed TO
drive the machinery. the steam from which is
made from the furnace fires. thus making a very
large saving in fuel The engines are arranged
to run separately or all at once. BY this ar
rangement there will be no delay or stoppage of
any one of the engines The machinery of the
mill is perfect throughout. snd is arranged in
snch manner to secure the full benefit of the
great rO~er employed.