The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-08

a.
Bland, who lives asout FIVE miles east of
Argos, has been found a portion of the bones
OF an animal which must have been, when
living, at least twice the size of the elephant
Romeo. A part of the head. that which I'M
doubtedly formed the skull or crown, is
over eighteen inches across. snd about an
inch thick. The underside is set off in
compartments and much resembles a
Goodyear rubber door-mat. From the
shape of one side, it appears thai the eve
must have been larger round than the
crown of a mans hat. Thus far only three
of the molar teeth have been found, which
measure eight and a half inches in length
each, thus making the entire length of the
molar teeth alone 421S inches, say nothing
about the eye tooth and the nippers, Of
which there are three. The teeth are in q
state of almost perfect preservation, al
though one of them was broken by rough
usage. Portions of the back bone show that
the spine must have been six inches i'm
diameter, whi,e one of the ribs is four feet
in length. A portion of what appears to be
the shoulder blade is two feet across and
four feet long, and weighs about sixty
pounds. OF fragments of bones there are
about one hundred, among them some that
have been recognized as those belonging to
the mastodon. Two bones, one two feet
and the other nine feet in length, which APP
pear to belong to the same ami
NAL. were found close together. Various
sIOOA1Co AdfO y duNdllCCu as " MudI
caused the bones of the two animals, the
mastodon and the monster (be it whatever it
might have been to be intermixed, the most
plausible of which being that, as that part of
the premises was formerly a lake, the ami
mails then roaming the forest came there to
drink and fought to death, their heavy car
casses sinking into the quicksands that
abound throughout this entire region. Mr..
Bland has expressed his intention of renew
ing the search next spring. believing that
additional trophies will reward his labors.
He has already been offered $500 for the col
lection he has thus far obtained, but refused
the offer, thinking, perhaps, that he might
as well be the owner of a big thing as any
other man.
MONROE COUNTY.
A strange accident is described by the
Bloomington Progress: James Carr is a
section hand on the l.. n. A. & G.. railroad.
and in accordance with the rules of the COM
pany at present, during the extraordinary
freight business, was required to walk the
track between trains. AT about half-past
ten, or near eleven o'clock, of Wednesday
night, he started, alone, on his visit ofinspec-
ton, and somewhere in the vicinity of
Clear Creek, found that a spike was missing
from the track. Placing his lantern upon a
c%rosstie, he put a spike in position and
struck it with his hammer. The next thing
he knew he was laying at the side OF one oil
the rails, the IL O'Clock freight train thun-
dering by, and one OF his feet crushed
Carr's theory is. that when the spike was
struck, it flew up against his face. knocking
him down, and that he laid there. insensi
BILE, with one foot across the rail till the
train, then almost due, had gone by
RUSH COUNTY.
Charles Levi fell dead from an attack o
apoplexy in Gantner's billiard saloon las
Saturday. The Republican says: The de
ceased has recently had some unpleasant
duties to perform in connection with hi
office, that of constable, the excitement o
which is thought to have FASTENED his death
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
The Winchester Journal gives the ollow
ing account of the corn trade at that point
All last week corn continued to pour int
this market. From % to 100 wagons wer,
constantly awaiting their turns to unload
although the facilities for unloading are ex
cellent. Sc great was the throng that OF
Thursday and Friday it was very late il
the night before they were all unloaded
, Thousands OF bushels were bought at 60 anC
81 cents a bushel The money now being
paid out for corn and hogs is doing more t
bring about an equalization of the currency
than all the legislation on earth could do
and financial matters are becoming better
every day. That's the way to tell it.
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.
The school superintendent of South Benz
is said by the Tribune of that place to be
capital hot and first-class hunter. H ha
just eturned from atwo or three days ram
, BILE with his gun and brings as trophies o
his skill two deer, four turkeys, one duck,
squirrel, and a quail. The turkeys wer
mammoth fellows, one of them weighin,
over twenty pounds.