The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-23
STATE NEWS.
ADAMS COUNTY.

the victim of terrible death by fire last Sab
bath morning. Mrs. Kelly was residing
alone, and after the accident ran several rods
entirely naked excepting her stockings, ana
informed neighbor the house was on IRE
She then returned and went to oeo, put pc
came unconscious and was never aDle 10
rive the particulars. There was not par
Iicle Of her person above the stockings which
was not burned to crisp.
ALLEN COUNTY.
Thomas Tigar, an old citizen of Fort
Wayne. died on Tuesday, of spoplexy. He
was the founder of the first newspaper, the
sentinel, in Fort Wayne, was seventy-two
wears old, and up 10 the time OF MS SICKNESS
WAS active in business pursuits
CLAY Comfy.
The Terre Haute Express of the 18th inst.
speaks thus of some signs of violence nnong
tina Brazil miners: Heretofore, there has
been no threats of violence made by the
striking miners Of the Clay county coal re-
pions, but it seems at last it has to come.
some of the miners have gone to work and
the Msston, Keystone, Niblock- thinner
man and Watson shafts are working more
or less. Exasperated, it seems, oy TINS, the
worst class of the miners seem anxious 10 oo
somethinp that shall write the history OF
this strike in blood. Last week miner
az one of the Cardonia mines received
through the postofiice letter oruer-
ing .him to Quit work or sutfer the conse-
onences few DAYS ago a miner at the
Niblock, Zimmerman q Alexander smart on
Otter Creek had his tools stolen, very nucn
in the manner Charles Reade describes the
means formerly used in Engiano 10 lnIinh-
date those who did not belong to the unions,
and, when he went to work in the morning,
found a notice fastened upon his room" or
apartment In the mine, ave meen business,
by Godd; YOU Had Better Stopp. ~orke or
we'll fix YOU" 1t is not known whether the
miner continued work after that. Another
notice was also posted upon the tlm0ers a.
the Garlick shalt, ordering the men to quit
work. under pain of being shot This docu-
ment was signed by the Molly Magulres,
aud stated that whoever persisted In Work
ing would be shot down without mercy
CLARKE COUNTY.
The Record says that a young colored man
In the employ OF Mr.. NJ. l.. Botterft, near
hat place. while preparing to shoot sheep
killing dog, on Wednesday last, accidentally
discharged revolver, the ball passing
through his right hand and so near the head
of Mrs Bottorff as to stun her by the con-
cussion. 1t is supposed that the ball passed
within two inches of her head.
CAss COUNTY.
The Peru Republican says: On the 10th
ofJanusry Eliab Hogue and Joseph Lee en-
gagged in an ARRAY, in Litzenberger's saloon
at Xenia, in which Hogue shot Lee through
the body with his,revolver. On preliminary
trial he was admitted to bail by Justice
Reeves, Afterwards his bondsmen surren-
dered him and ne was lodged In the county
jail, in default of $1,000 bail. On Tuesday
Hogue and his attorneys, Messrs. Mitchell
and Walker, pesitioned TO have the ball re-
duced. By agreement the bail was finally
fixed at 81, 600, and the cause awaits the &C
ton of the grand jury. Lee is reported as
dangerously wounded.
The mania for spelling matches is getting
to be very contagious. at Logansport a
real old fashioned spelling school will be
held in the basement of the Second Presby-
terrain Church next Friday evening. An ad-
mission fee of Is cents is to be charged and
the affair will be in accordance with the old
time custom of choosing sides" and spell
ing down." A prize will be awarded to the
best speller.
HARRISON COUNTY.
The Corydon Democrat says that Prof. j.
II. Madden and ]. P. Fund have made ar
engagements to hold a normal school next
summer in the graded school building in
Corydon. Circulars announcing the time
and giving full particulars will be issued
soon.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Many of the schools in this county have
been closed, owing to the prevalence of
chickenpox.
The Madison Courier says that a close OBJ
server and gentleman of large experience
Informs us that his cherries are certainly
killed. The peaches, he thigxs, may not
have been killed by the very cid weather,
which set in early and has prevented the
buds from swelling, so far.
The escape of a prisoner during. trial is
thus related by the Madison Courier: Joe
Willoughby was on trial the latter part of
last week before the Circuit Court. The
charge brought against him was arson; the
specific act, burning the barn of a widow
woman named Mary Silers, whose farm ad-
Joins his o9-n, in Monroe township. Will
loughby was on bond for 81, 900, with Sam
uel Custer for security. Saturday after
noon, just before the jury retired to
their room to make up their verdict, Will
ioughby walked out of the court house and
was not to be found when the verdict re-
turned. The Judge Immediately issued a
warrant for his arrest, which was placed in
the hands of the sheriff. Mr.. Graham then
dispa' ched five men to search for Will
losghby. Between and 10 O'Clock James
McIntire arrested the fugitive as he was
walking on the Michigan road, at point
between his farm and Bryantsburg. The
jury brought in verdict against him of six
years imprisonment in the state prison.
JACKSON COUNTY.
DR.. j. r. Monroe, of Seymour, has just is
sued a drama entitled "Malachi and Mi
xanda." The Madison Courier says of it:
His delineation Of character, though not
deliberately touched, is bold and striking,
and the more so from the fact that many of
his figures are familiar in character to the
newspaper readers of to-day. Aside from
love. romance and spiritualism, the author
throws in the "curdlers"-train-robbe
les, murders and mob-yiolence-with telling
effect.
KNOX COUNTY.
The Terre Haate Express of the 10th inst.
says: Yesterday morning the deputy mar