The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-17
STATE MEMS.
REFLEX OF THE INDIANA PRESS.
CAca CouSTv

Ing 10 bu6 uuUlD6I Vi CdTS OI cOdi sQlDDcu
from this district in 26 days of last month.
proving to exceed any period for the same
length of time since the field was opened.
If there is no cessation in work this month
by the miners, we doubt not il will reach
5000 cars, an amount which it was pre-
dicted we would not reach for two or three
years from this time. This is encouraging;
and we trust nothing will intervene to stop
its onward flow. This is the amount:
Coal cars.
Pig iron AZ cars.
An attempt to burn the building over
Woodruff & Fletcher's shaft at Hoosieryille
was made Sunday night. The fends threw
oil over the building and then set 1t on IRE,
but it was fortunately discovered before the
flames had done material damage.
DE KALB COUNTY.
o. T. Clark has been appointed postmaster
at Waterloo. The former postmaster, Mr..
Hague, is now the county auditor.
DELAWARE CoUNTY.
At the funeral of the Rev. Robert Irwin,
in Muncie, a brief biography was read which
had been prepared by himself. 1t contained
many "reminiscences of the early history of
the county.
Miss Julia Spar appears as secretary OF a
teachers institute in the Muncie Times. The
Sentinel supposed her 70 be in India, work.
ing for the Woman's Missionary Society.
How is this?
DUBOIS COUNTY.
Tuesday last week was a bad day for
the Edmonstons. Col. B. B. Edmonston
was thrown from his buggy, had an arm
broken and was otherwise severely injured.
On the same day Mrs. Edmonston was
drawing a bucket of wafer from a well with
i a VEindlQSQ WhQn the hQn6la Slinno6 from
her hand, and turning back struck her in the
side, injuring her so as to confine her to bed.
ELKHART COUNTY.
Bonfres are the order of the day in cele-
brating the election. Monday night the
Goshen, not content with TWO fires lately,
now calls on the public to build a pyramid
of wood in the streets for an Illumination.
The Democrat says there is to be a ~jolli6ca-
ton, but torgets to name the date.
Mr.. Freeman Kelley stopped at
Goshen, the other night, and dropped in to
Hascall's Hall to hear some sort of a lecture.
The Times made an attack upon him, charg-
ing him with the society of lewd women. 1t
happened that two waiting girls of the Ju-
liam house, whore he stopped, were at the
hall, and all went home in a
sort of promiscuous crowd together. The
ipsinustion against the character of the girls
by the Times so enraged them that they de-
termined to avenge themselves. The name
of the Times editor Is VIM. Starr. The
Goshen Democrat gives this lively account
of the battle: On entering one of the ladies
said, as your name Starr" "Yes, madam:
be seated" replied the affsble editor. swell
you are the man that slandered me, and /
have come to cowhide you" and with that
Matte Porter drew n of her whips and
like a stroke of lightning it came down
on the head and shoulders of Bill Starr. AS
soon as he could recover from his surprise
and the violence of the attack he strug-
gled through the raining blows to his
feet, and grabbing the descending whip
wrenched it out of her hands. Then as
quick as a flash the other was drawn, and
followed like Paddy's drum-over the face
and eyes. 1t is said that the editor howled
so loud as to rouse all the family of STAIRS
from the adjoining room, where they reside,
and at this critical moment they poured in a
reinforcement upon the attacking party
truly formidable. Tom Starr advanced to
the support of his brother Bill, his wife took
up a position on the right flank, a visitor to
the rear, and the devil lodged under the ia
BILE. The brave girl fell back In order before
this ~overpowering force, and reaching
into her cartridge box, loaded her hand
1 WITH eggs ana DOuTtu 1uIO LQ6 dQVaQClDR
forces a terrific fusilade of unmatched chick
ems. One struck Tom square between the
eyes, closing both blinkers, and covering his
face and bosom with exploded ammunition.
A raking shell was fired at Toms lady on
the right flank, and bursted on the tip of her
nose, the fragment: wounding the visitor in
the rear in a shocking manner. 1t said that
Bill Starr, with his hands covering his head
where the blows had just fallen, and his
mouth wide open with pain and fright, re-
ceived one square inside of his distended
jaws, so clean and so forcibly as to swallow
shell and all.
FLOYD COUNTY.
A Desperate, named Jennings, in New
Albany, stabbed John Sillings without APP
parent provocation. The wound was at first
thought to be fatal; but the last report was
that the symptoms were more favorable.
Jennings was allowed to escape.
Says the Standard: Thirteen car loads OF
hogs came in over the line of the L., N. A. q
G. r. w. this morning, from Crawfords-
vile.
A terrible marine disaster happened
Thursday at New Albany. The new ferry
boat going over to Portland sunk In four
feet of water. No lives lost.
COUNTY.
Culprits break their way right out of the
costly new Jail at ~Covington. Two of them
this week pried the gratings out of one o
the corridor windows in the second story, OF
twisted them off, and then let themselves
down to terra frma and liberty by strips Of
a blanket they had torn mp.
An attempt was made 70 stop DIR. Rice al
the Attica toll bridge and rob him. But
his mare sprang away and carried him out
of the iootpad's reach.
school house six miles east of Attica. was
burned last week on Wednesday.
JOHNSON oUNTY.
Mark Scott, an Irishman, got intoxicated
at Franklin, on Monday, and after starting
home, he lay down on the jeff. road. ano
was killed by the train coming north.
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