The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24

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JOHNSON 90 UNrY.
About 1000 head of hog 8 have been packed
at Franklin thus far.
The Jefersonian speak modestly as fol-
lows: THE county Of 10 hnson, in the state
Of Indisna, is not only on 9 ofthe best coun-
ties of land in the state, but can boast Of
more fine horses, cattle, sheep and hogs,
blooded stock than any county in
the state. Not only thiss, but Franklin
is one of tho best n larkets for the
sale ofsstock in the state, md every week or
80 our shippers send of one or more car
loads of horses, mules or c attic. uJohnson
countyis not entitled to { he first premium
on the above we do not K now what county
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LAPoRTE coU NTy.
One Mary e. Thornton, aged ffty-three,
committed suicide by tax ing poison at the
fremont House, in Laportt,, on Wednesday,
through shame and grief caused by the
seduction of her daughter by a colored man
named Alexander Fowler. The mother was
called to testify in court during the day
before in a case brought by the girl against
Fowler for bastardy,
MoReEN COUNTY.
The new state auditor goes-the 'swhole
hog" and a big one at that. ThesMartinsville
Republican ssys= Henderson, Parks & Co.,
our pork packers, killed G. w. Acton's hogs
last Friday, n of which weighed 1,1SO
pounds. This is claimed to be the largest
hog in the state. He was indeed a monster
and he wasn't fat, either. AS he lay con
deck" before being put into the scalding
tank, he measured mine feet in length, nine
and a-halff feet around the middle, and five
feet around the jole. He was big bone
China stock, was bred by Maj. Hadly, of
Hendricks county, and was only two years
and nine months old. The firm of Hender-
son, Parks IL Co. challenge the state to beat
it. and propose to set up the cocktails at the
next convention, in st. Louis, TO the firm
that kills a larger hog this season.. And
they will present a silk plug hat to the
breeder that beats it.
NOBLE COUNTY.
Frank Lindsay was buried by the caving
in of the gravel while he was at the bottom
of a we'll, and died before he could be res
cuec. This was at Albion. 1t took six hours
to remove the gravel and recover his dead
body. A wife and child are LETT in anguish.
NEWTON UNIT
Says the Kentland Gazette The corn
crop in this county does more to settle the fl
nancisl question than all figuring and
scheming of the finsnciers of the county.
We have a good corn crop. The farmer gets
a good price for it, and'money is plenty.
That's a good report.
A Yankee farmer who has settled and got
a good farm in this county, sent away down
East to Maine for bis old flame to come or
and help raise Hoosiers. She responded and
passed through ~LOgansport the other day.
She saws If the young man has formed no
bad habits and is all hat she believes him
3 to be, she shall be married at once. If it is
> otherwise, she will return 30 her home.
| She'll not go back this year.
PUTNAM COUNT
The work of rebuilding Greencastle is 60
! ing forward with a good deal of energy. The
> Press says: The postofice and Banner Office
; building will have a stone front, and Mr.
. Langsdale expects to be in it by the middle
of December. The Jail birds flew away fre'
as air last Wednesday night. Their names
are John Wilson, Jack Dunnovan and JohI
4 Emory.
PARKE COUNTY.
On the night OF the 18th inst, at the Greel
school house, about two miles south OF ives
of Rockville, a spelling school was held. A
/ the close of the exercises, a row occurred
growing on. of the fact that some one hs,
cut up the hat belonging to j. @. Hennine
ISome sharp words occurred. Finally, on
,e Charles Clark cried out, ST am stabbed b
Jack Henning." 1t appears that he ha
been stabbed with a knife near the pit ofth
"A stomach. The wound is not fatal.
:. PORTER CoUNTY.
On Thursday morning last Lovel Mead
= aged about % years, and who resides wit
his parents about Al miles east of towr
In attempting to climb a fence with a ha
knife in his hand, by some means fell froI
ID the fence on he knife, the blade of whic
entered his breast, severing one of his lung
le and causing his death.
rs The Vidette says: Mr.. John G. Flint, an
his f~ather-in-law G. Kennard, of this cit.
II. have lately built a sheep barn, and are feeC
ing there 240 sheep, to fit them for the met
st market. Their barn is divided off in
twelve pens, each about twelve feet squar
with passages between, and racks an
troughs for convenience of feeding. The
=. expect to fit a lot of sheep Tor market
~, ~ about ten weeks, and then to ship them c
n' and fill their barn again with a new lot
stock sheep to be fed and fattened.
sTARKE N
=" The Ledger is violently opposed to en-
%l ploy1ng women as teachers in the schools,
which the Ledger is on the wrong trat
somewhat.
sTEUBEN COUNTY.
rs. Week before last a rousing teachers ms
u tute was held at Angola, more than 2
being in regular attendance. Prof. j.
,shs Olcott and Prof. w. A. Bell, both of tt
ms city, led the work with great success.
SCOTT COUNTY.
MI. Fields gave the gun to his son to she
n at a mark. The gun at the discharge turn
al the boy around, when he dropped it, and t
other barrel was discharged, taking effect
Mr.. Fields, who was a few steps of, al
for dangerously %woundiug him..
IN. So 1T goes.
mi HELBY COUNTY.
DR.. u. @. Prsther, OF Mount Auburn, tri
the trick with the gun. Strange TO say,
lit lives to tell the story. He was loading
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