Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-20
STATE IrEux.

-Recsn, Investigations rave developer the
fac, that the Court house square in lafayette is
the property of the city. and that the county Is
a mere tenant a. will i1
FrSIAS STATE CoSTESTIos.-The Fenian
Brotherhood organization Of this State will hold
. grand Convention at Lafayette on the 4ts of
October next Every Society in the State will
be fully represented a, this meeting
Chicken Cholera is prevailing in aud around
New Albany The Commercial. of that city.
says
The symptoms are. as near az we can learn
them, as follows: The bird is FIRST noticed
dropping its feathers. froths or runs water from
the mouth. disrrhpi ensues. the skin becomes
blue. and the subject dies in few hours. The
meat becomes excessively offensive in rom three
TO four hours. No remedy that we can learn
has been Of any avail, and the mortality is ex
cessive'
CouSrERTErrER AREEsrED -Oacers RACER
and Lsnsford yesterday arrested msn named
James Phillips. charged with passing $50 coun-
terfeit greenback on a saloon keeper named
George Reube II appears tina, there is nc legal
process here by which crimes 81 this kind can be
puni-hed, because there are no United States
Omcers IN THIS city to issue and serve WrrS, ana
the probabilities are that unless Messrs Lsnsford
and RACER. at their own expense, take the pris-
oner to Indianapolis. be will escape punish nent
he was only released from the peniteutisry, the
officers inform Us. some four or FIVE weeks ago,
and is a well known thief and counterfeiter.-N
A. Ledger
TIE Indianapolis, CRAwFoRDssILLE AND
DAsvILLE RAILROAD-All the preliminariss pre-
paratory TO commencing operations upon this
important line of railway, have at last been com
pletcd. On last Wednesday the Board Of d.
rectors were elected, Major G. Eston and John
w Blair composing two of the board The
right OF way out OF indianapolis has been
granted To show our readers in what estima
ton the road is held hy capitalists, will state,
that within ten minutes after the election of the
Board of Directors. million two hundred
thousand dollars of the stock was taken. The
question was, not how much stock will YOU take,
but how much can We haveT 1t is contemplated
by the Company TO put heavy force on the line
,ha fall, 60 a. 10 have the road bed ready for
the iron By next summer The length Of the
road viii be seventy eight mlles-Crawfords
Vile Review.
PRosECUrISG ATTORNEYS The approaching
session OF the Legislature will probably provide
for the increase of the salaries of Prosecuting
Attorneys This should be doBe by all means
10 order that lawyers of good legal attain nents
may represent the State in tbe prosecution Of
criminals Indiana has now poorer officers in
this respect shan ever before Crime stalks tri-
umphsnt before them, and they are generally
powerless TO combat the array of legal talent al
most always employed by the defense. Better
pay will hire better lawyers, and the interests Of
the State will be securely guarded Some men
try hard TO elevate themselver in the profession,
but have not the ability to accomplish the re
suit. This may be no fault o. theirs but the
State cannot excuse itself for the employment OF
such men. Suppose the salary of the prosecutor
would justify such lawyers as Colonel Baird 10
taking the position, nine guilty criminals out OF
every ten would be convicted and the dignity Of
the State, and the majesty Of the law would be
properly represented. But az it is now laZiness,
negligence and want Of ability characterizes the
prosecution generally. on behalf Of the State,
and just so long as such state of facts exists,
Just so long will crime bid defiance 70 law. There
Is universal complaint in this respect, and it is
to be hoped that the whole matter will be rene
died at an early day -Terse Haute Express
DIsGRAcEFuL MuRDER.-A most disgracefu
affair, resulting in the death of one Thomas Bo
lin. occurred in the depraved little town of Wins
low, in cur neighbSring county of Pike. on last
SATURDAY. Ii seems that Bolin, who lived in the
country. bad a difficulty previously with some of
WV p'UlAO III NONh bhu w tudt Jay went lutO
town carrying shot gun, after his mail. he
stopped at Pipes tavern, and while there a crowd
of eight or ten men, led on by two named
Sprngstun, collected in front of the house with
guns in their hands, and demanded that he be put
out At this junc,ure the sheriff appeared and
demanded the peace, but answered to get
out of the way or he would be shot too Bolin then
appeared front porch and ask ed for talk with
them, and was answered by being shot at he
returned the fire with shot gun, ont hit no one
and was himself wounded; be then threw his
gun aside, and ran down the street, fred at by a
large crowd Of men who bad by this time col
lected. He followed out of town by the
Sprngstuns, with their rites which was the
last seen Of him until the following W ednesday
when his body was found in the woods much de-
csyed, With two bullet holes through IT, On
Monday wri, sued out before E-q Corn
for the arrest of the parties. aud when Constable
houser went 70 make the arrest they refused 10
recognize his authority. and as be was leaving
he was shot and is not ex Dected to live. Several
OF the parties afterwards gave themselves up be-
fore E,q Custin, of Petersburg and strange TO
say none OF them were bound over To Court Ii
seems to Us Winslow would be better place
than Africa for missionary operations. as VIC are
Informed there is not a church in town, or for
miles around We commend the place to the Il.
ineraDt missionaries -Jasner Courier