The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-27
STATE NEWS.

Hogs are selling at Rockville at 81 cents
gross.
According to the new city map, Fort
Wayne has an arera of 4, 100 acres.
The Courier says there is a surprising
amount of gambling carried on in Lafay-
cite.
The New Albany roiling-mill "blew in''
Wednesday morning, and is now running
full-handed.
Captain Mitchell and J. D. Thayer have
been appointed members of the Centennial
finance committee for the Twelfth district
The Rockville Republican says the Re
publicans of Vermillion will present Hon.
Joseph Collect as their candidate for Con-
gress.
New Albany has two Catholic parochial
schools, attended by 600 pupils, being about
one-fourth of the children attending school
in that city.
There is a sweet potato on exhibition at
the Office of the Madison Courier which is
four feet eight inches long, but it is not
much thicker than pipe-stenn.
The Delphi Journal says the Carroll
county soldiers Joined the Teppecanoe dele
CATION at the late reunion and helped the
latter to carry off the prize banner.
A land terrapin was recently found on
Clifton Heights on the knobs, Floyd county
carved upon the shell of which with knife
was the following: ''P. F. Tuley, 1928" Mr..
p. F. Tuley has been dead twenty-fou
years.
The Lafayette Journal says the officers
of Purdue University have united in letter
to the Cincinnati Gazette, denouncing re-
cent letter to that journal concerning the
university, and demanding the same of the
author.
Three weeks ago the family of George w.
Butler, living near Lanesville, Harrison
county, were attacked by maglignant
type of malarial fever. The husband, wife
and one daughter young woman-have
died, and the remaining members of the
family, two sons and daughter, are hope
lessiy Ill.
The knightsviile Enterprise: "Mr. E.
Holden tells us that the mine he and others
have opened at Rosedale, Parke county, is
now shipping three cars daily. The name
they have adopted for the company is the
Thistle Coal Company. He was here ar
ranging for the erection of {, number OF
miners houses"
Charles F. Myers was released from the
Southern Prison, "Wednesday morning, and
Immediately rearrested on a requisition
from Governor Beveridge, of Illinois, he
being wanted to answer in Coles county to
two indictments for forgery. And examina-
ton before a magistrate resulted in his being
Unidentified and remanded for removal.
His wife, who had come to Jeffersonvilie to
meet him OH his release, Swooned on hear
ing of his fate, and lay for long time insen-
sible.
ALBERT Hood, 'of Washington, Davies
county, met Officer Ayres, of Evansville.
on the streets of that city, on Monday, told
him of a criminal intimacy between him.
self and the wife of a physician of Wash
ington, in which he had been detected by
the latter, who tried to shoot him, but that
he had been too quick for the doctor, and
had shot him instead, at the same time
showing the weapon with which the shoot
ing was done. The officer caused his arrest
for carrying concealed weapons, and held
him until the authority was obtained for
his arrest on the graver charge.
John Gazell, who was indicted some time
ago in Rush County, was arranged for trial
last Wednesday, plead guilty, and was sem
fenced to the penitentiary for two years.
Theodore Tilton will lecture in Rushville
on the 3D. of December. 80.
The postmaster at Knighstown has been
changed. Mr.. John Bell being appointed to
succeed Capt V. Steiner the former incum-
bent. Mr.. s. has long held the Office, and
has borne himself crediiably. The present
postmaster is native of the town and bears
good reputation.
If the unnecessary physical demonstra-
tions INDUCED in by Father Havens in the
course of one of his sermons, could in some
manner be boxed up and utilized, there
would be sufficient power obtained to run a
country grist mill all week.-Cambridge
Tribune.
The deputy sheriffof Shelby county drove
q LIVERY stable horse to death, the other day,
to pay q visit to his girl, who was sojourning
at Indianapolis and telegraphed for him to
come up or send her ten dollars.-Rushville
Republican.
Jacob Wore, long resident of Dublin, and
well known in Wayne county, has received
the appointment of agent of the Omaha
Indians, and will assume the charge of his
tribe at the commencement of the year
Mr.. Wore will start to the agency, however,
the first of December. James vore son OF
the newly appointed agent, will go with him
in the capacity of secretary. The agency is
located at Decatur, Nebraska, about seventy
miles north of Omaha.
Tidy-The ocean.