Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-09


The largest income return in Lafayette 10
that Of Adam Earl. Of the well known frm OF
Earl Hatcher. he reports sl02. 900. The texs
is John Purdae, ~ho returns $50 600. Although
there is a slight difference Of sl2 900 between
tho two, either i very comfortable. especially
for bachelor
A SAD WARsna -Oa FRIDAY sIternoou. a
little child Of Mr. and Mts Shively. aged tseuty
months, fell into cistern, which hsd been care
lessly left open, aud vss Drowned. The mother
vas the hrst 10 discover him, but before she
could reach him the poor little fellow vas dead
This should be warning 70 parents TO keep
their eissfns secure st ell times. as such acc.
dents are of frequent occurrence Goshen Dem
ocfat.
srnrex "IIr'--Parties from the Penusylva.
MIA oil region, have been prospecting Tor seye-
raj DAYS in the vicinity Of WARSAW, aud they saw
strong indications OF carbon oil exist Several
persons have tested the surface indications, aud
hud that IL will burn The farms have already
been leased for term Of twenty years, and prep.
arations are being made TO organize . company J.
aud We learn that II the stock 10 not taken BY
men here, IL will be taken by men from abroad
Everybody should go 10 and encourage the en.
terprse. az all are Interested ia the mineral
wealth OF our country; and until the matter Il
fairly tested. 20 one can tell how much hidden
treasure may exist beneath the soil. upon which
We tread every day.-Warsaw Union.
snoorrSo scxArK IN wEsr UMoS Quite al
excitement prevailed in the neIghborhood of the
African church, at West Union, at o'clock las
| night. From all We can learn from the cause o
| the difficulty, the following statement il made
up. Several white men, 1t 10 said, went 10 the
negro church, where service was being held and
behaved In an indecorous manner. They wer,
demonstrated with BY some OF the negroes IN q
kind manner, aud soon left the church. and
went TO a saloon farther out the turnpike, where
they procured aud drank liquor.
| The crowd then returned, and, IL Is said, com
menced firing at The church, whcreupon some o
4 the negroes came out OF the church aud returned
the fire. Some thirty or thirty five shots were
cred by both parties, but We have only heard Of
one person beng njured-a negro, who bad tn
ger shot of
II IL no use to disguise the fac, that spirit o
lawlessness To a certain extent is manifest in th
community. and collisions between whites anS
negroes are not unirequent. We hope the police
| will be on the alert 10 promptly suppress an,
outbreak of riotous character that tins state o
feeling may develop White men Who visit ne
gro churches. or attend negro convocatons o
any kind, should behave themselves as properl,
as IL they were among white people. aud IL the.
do not, the officers of the law should promptly
arrest and punish them There Is no justfca
ton for the violation OF the legal rights of tn
negroes by white men, aud this community vii
rot suffer ia fair fame TO be dsgraced and black
ened by brutal mobs gotten up by bad white me-
for bad objects We hope, should any mob de
monstrstons be made in the city. (which We d
not seriously apprehend) the parties eettnI
them up. will be dealt with in the most summsr
manner by the legal authorities: Tor New Alban
has already had enough Of these scenes enacte
within her limits-N a. Ledger