The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-23
STATE NEWS.
aEFLEx OF THE INDIANA PRESS.
CARROLL COUNTY.


Delphi Journal: A little daughter of
Joseph Cantner. of Rock Greek township,
aged nine years, was playing wish some
other children in a deadening near her
fathers house, when the top OF a burning
tree fell upon her with such force as to bury
her so deep that they had to dig her out
from beneath the debris.
CAss COUNTY.
A dwarf. twenty yssrs old, recently died
at the asylum at Logansport who weighed
only seventeen pounds, was but twenty
shree incbas high, and only thirteen inches
Ia circumference.
CLAY COUNTY.
There is something over thee hundred
and sixty scholars enrolled at the Brazil
schools.
Brazil celebrated the completion OF her
water works last Saturday with ceremony
new paper is soon to be started at Bra
nil, called the Labor Tribune, and edited by
Thomas II. Evans, of the Sullivan Banner.
1t will make its appearance about the first
of October.
DECATUR COUNTY.
Young Manlove, charged with the killing
of his father at st. Paul, in this county, last
April, has been found guilty of man
slaughter and sentenced to five years In the
penitentiary.
KNOX COUNTY.
Fifteen divorce cases adorn the docket of
the Knox Circuit Court.
The Crater Thomas libel suit comes off at
Vineennes on the 18Th of this month.
Notwithstanding the fact that the wheat
crop was all ruined in this section OF the
country, we saw about twenty eight wag-
ons unloading that article at Pollock's mill,
observation-disclosures Sun.
The Centennial Tea Party at vincsnnes
on last Wednesday proved q success in every
sense OF the word.
NEWTON COUNTY.
The Newton county auditors and treasur-
er's Office at Kentland Yves entered by burg
lars night before last, and $500 taken there
from. No clue as yet has been obtained.
sTARKE COUNTY.
One hundred thousand tons Of wild hay
will be shipped from this county this year.
Ii is thought that hay will hereafter consti-
tute one OF the main resources Of this county
SWITZERLAND COUNTY.
The scarlet fever is prevalent in the south
ern part OF the county.
The public schools opened out with 741
pupils.
TIE total loss occasioned By the fire st
Vevay amounted 10. $1,000. No insur-
anee.
SHELBY COUNTY.
Reports from different localities OF the
county are 70 the effect that the hog cholera
is making away with the hogs IN a rapid
manner.
TIPPPECANoE COUNTY.
The police OF Lafayette have new uni
| form.
William Hendricks, an old and widely
known resident of this county, was found
dead in his garden yesterday morning. Re
was a blacksmith by trade, and for many
years kept shop in West Point, but hiss re-
Gently been engaged in farming near Gran
Vile. His age was sixty-slx years. Heart
disease is supposed to be the cause of his
death. He was in perfect health few mo.
ments before his corpse was found, and had
ijust lett The house to feed his hogs.-Laiay-
cite Courier.
Sixteen years ago then well. known citi
zen, who shall be nameless, ran away and
left his wife and three children well nigt
desiicute. Saturday morning the father
icame home, saying thst he had been all thi.
time in California. He hunted up one O.
his boys, ano was by him escorted TO his
residence in the,Fourth War5. The woman
with true grit, however, refused TO see hin
and ordered him TO leave the premises
Served him right, will be the verdict OF al
acquainted with the facts. - Lsfay ettI
Journal
Il vANDKRBURGH COUNTY.
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