The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-07-08
STATE NEWS.


Valparaiso College is to haye $4,000 en-
dowment.
The revised bill Of costs for hanging Ben.
Sawyer foots $542 u.
A light frost was reported last Thursday
morning about Charlottesville.
A fur year old son of David Parr, who re-
sides fous miles west Of Button, was crush
ed to death on the oath.
1t is now proposed in Lafayette to call upon
the churches to build an opera honse. They
want one, very much.
The Lafayette Argus says the scare in that
and Porter counties about the 'seven.een-year
locusts' was groundless.
The Morgan County Ga zette man has pet
in the shape Of "a live rattlesnake, over four
feet long. wi it'll ten rattles and button
Notw outstanding last seasons discouragng
experience, the Terre Haute Lecture bureau
is preparing to enter the Geld again.
Abner Alexander, one of the pioneer set
tiers of Owen county. died at Gosport on the
2sth ultimo, in the eighty fifth year Of his
age.
The Lafayette Journal says it WAS SO cold
last Thursday night that the boys who went
swimming in the Wabash had to build fire
on the bank to warm by.
A party Of ameteur burglars, in Michigan
City, after failing in an attempt to force toe
safe in the Office of Peck 4 Sons. contented
themselves with stealing a COW.
A son of Mr.. Strod. Holmes, of Madison
fell from cherry tree last Wednesday, and
received severe injuries, remaining uncon
seious until six O'Clock Thursday evening.
Harrison Stately, of Jennings county, ha.
manufactured into slaves the largest oak tre
in Orange county. 1t measured seven feet il
diameter and made five thou sand slaves.
Samuel 3. Emison, q farmer living nea
vincenn.s, had twelve acres of wheat, in til
shock, destroyed by fire. one day last week
The fire was com municated by sparks from
locomotive.
| DR.. E. Van Buskirk, Of Noblesviiie, wa
thrown from bis buggy, during the early par
of the week before last. and sustained whs
we're supposed TO be slight injuries, but whic
proved fatal on the following Monday.
James Keigwin and George Ewing wei
awarded the contract for making FIVE millio
brick for the Government buildings at Jeffer
sonville, Indiana.
The ladies in Madison, quench fires befor
the arrival of FIRE companies, and the fireme
then quarrel as to which of the con- PAM.
did the work.
A young man was married in Daviess &C
list W eek, and the following morning his wi
presented him with triplets. He prompt
applied to the County Clerk to have his licen
dated back to 'kiver the accident
At Shoals the have peculiar specimen
nature in the person of half-cat and ha
rabbit. 1t is . perfect cat from its he
back to the center of its body, while the b
lance is a complete rabbit. It was found
the woods near the town " hen quite sma
} and is now full grown and in healthy col
dition.
An effort is being made in Warren coun
TO move the county seat 10 West Lebanon.
On Thursday of last week William Rogel
youth Of seventeen had preliminary e
/ animation at Franklin, on charge of attemr
ing TO commit . rape upo q the person Of Ali
Taiuan, and WAS held in 81 900 bail,
Chauncy Barnes, the Lagrange coun
murderer, was reported on Friday 40 havi
: eaten nothing for two days. He was sci,
with. frequent Ats Of vomiting, and his dea
was regarded a. only question Of . few d.
time.