The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-06-17

STATE NEWS.

AGAIN an opera house project is being
discussed in Fort Wayne.
"A citizen Of Clay county has been sum-
moned to answer to charge of Islander,
wherein the claimant sues for 81, 900 dam
ages.
-Sidener Hanks, citizen of Hamblen
township, Brown county, has become in sane
through religious excitement.
Tue Lexington reporter says Il cat at
Hubbardss mills, near that town, is employ
ing her leisure time in sucking litter of
young pigs.
-ihe rawfordsville Journal publishes a
list embracing one hundred and four names
OF residents OF Union township, Montgomery
county, whose ages range betw cen sixty five
and ninety years.
The wounded by the late kerosene ex-
plosion n Fort Wayne are ali recovering, tie
chief engineer beng now considered IN the
most dangerous condition.
-Titon's Golden Age is said to be the ack :
nowiedged authority ON both religious and
secular questions IN Terre Haute.
A cast-iron back, with a good hinge in
it, would be nice thing for those who love
to garden.
MIR. kernoodle, of this State, burned
brush heap in his yard. The day was
windy one. and it Kernoodled him out Of
house and home.
1t is all the fashion now for a man to 90
to hotel, take room, and commit suicide.
"A SOW seized child in Cannelton recent
ly, dragged it out in the yard, and would
have eaten it, had not little girl rendered
assistance. The child is bruised, but in less
danger than the SOW.
Eighteen hundred kegs of nails we're
made at the Terre Haute Iron and Nail W orks
last week.
Friday evening last, about six miles be-
low Madison, a colored man named Thomas
or Thompson was instantly killed by fall
ing tree. The man was cutting down the
tree, when it fell on different side from
what he expected.
The Madison Courier laments the en-.
forcement of the city ordinance providing
tor the killing Of dogs running at large in
the street, in the following pathetic lam
guage: Ono dog to love, none to caress.
roaming along through the worlds wilder.
ness. Chunk is defunct, dead as a nail
where are his bark and the wag of his
tail %
The body of S. A. Bachelor, of Rock
port, who recently died, has been examined,
and quantity of strychnine was found in his
stomach; whereupon the Masonic fraternity
have arrested his wife.
The Indiana gentleman who used to bite
snakes heads off has gone where the yiolets
are blooming. His practice realized Just
enough to pay for coffin and grave.
The Bloomfield Tribune saws the harvest
is IN full progress in this county, and that
while some of the crops will he up to the
average standard. others will no: furnish
more than half the usual yield
The Urea surer of Greene county has
made the first report required under the fee
and salary bill.
Lafayette has the Nilsson fever again.
and because Swedish church happens to be
located in that city, still cherish fond hopes
that she will pay The capital OF Tippecanos
county visit.
The tax levy of Tippecanoe county for
1871, as fixed by the County Co mmissioners
on Friday last, is sixty cents on each one
hundred dollars valuation for county pur-
poses, one dollar on each poll, and ninety.
two cents on each one hundred dollars for
railroad purposes.
Subscriptions to the amount of $40 900
have been made toward the erection of a new
Baptist church in Lafayette.
-Terre Haute boasts over the shipment of
large quantities of rhubarb (pie plant to the
Clay county coal feds, and thinks the bal
ance OF trade will be in its favor before the
CLOSE Of the season.
-Elgo county wants a loan of $65,000.
Some Of our county officials have re-
ceived private information from their bro
Lherly county officials at indianapolis, to the
effect that " everything premises to be lovely
IN regard to the decision on the new fee and
salary bill" We suppose that means that
he law will not stand.-T. II. Journal.
There is a lively contest now going on
between the morning and evening Demo.
cratic dailies of Terre Haute; the Journal
and Gazette, growing out of the new de-
The Irish Catholics of Fort Wayne will |
celebrate the Fourth of July by a picnic, fire.
works, and the disposal of an extra amount
IT family disturbance"
A member of the Fort Wayne F. MICA. |
vas presented with an elegantly bound Bible |
he other evening, and the next day he traded |
Oft for copy of Bret Harte's works"
Evansville will have horse racing on the
loted day
"A we'll authenticated casa of spon aneous /
combustion has occurred in Evansville. |
Arcadia Lodge No. 1867, l. o. o. F., was
Installed on Friday, June 9, by d. D. G. NJ.
!. d. Levinson. The prospects for its sue.
essful operation are 7ery fat,ering.
There vii be a reunion of all the SOL
iers of Hamilton county, at Noblssvil.e, on [
he 18th of August.