The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-19
STATE NEWS.
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REFLEX OF THE INDIANA PRESS.
DUBOIS COUNTY.
Two Youngsters, named Masters Julian
Peckinpaugh and frankie Capehsrt, aged I
and years. took horse and rode off alone
to Huntiugbury for a visit, without giving
notice of their trip. They went through
safe, but the old folks were MORALLY scared,
and a search was made for them as lost chill
dren.
EVANSVILLE CITY.
Ms Theresa Heimsnn. a venerable Jew
a lady Sc years old, fell down stairs last
Sunday and died from the injuries received.
The Courier says: City Marshal Brennecle
dded feather to his cap, and two hundred
dollars to his purse Friday evening by cap
turing Aaron Bird, a robber and outlaw OF
this city, who has been connected with
DEMONSTRATING and other plunderings In this
county lately. The capture made was
desperate one and made at the imminent
peril OF life.
The Rockport Republican credits Evans
vile with having a successful rival of
Kelly in the matter of new motive power.
The inventor is a poor laboring German. He
expects to be able to propel the street cars
without the aid of horses and with no
machinery but what may be concealed I'M
der the floor of the car, and which will need
only the attention of one man In each car TO
control the power. Like Kelly, his machine
is kept a secret, except to the Omniscient
news reporter.
FLOYD COUNTY.
Two thousand souls are said to be seeking
salvation at the camp meeting. So the
Ledger-Standard says.
DoaI aStota 10 booOnniuc vary uTpartain on
the banks of the Ohio. The Ledger-Stand-
ard Of Monday gives the following rather
startling case of loose dirt: Last night about
half after 9 O'Clock the family of Mr. Will
liam Wattam, residing some four miles
from the city, on the river road, together
with some friends from the city, were at
tracted by loud noise coming from the
bank of the river, about one hundred yards
below the house. The whole party
fastened in the direction OF the noise, and
on their arrival found that portion of the
PERCEPTIONS river bank bad slid into the
river. While thew were standing, looking
into the abyss below, whore were mingled
together a mass of trees, bushes aud earth
whirling around as If in q birlpool, crack
ling noise was heard directly in the rear.
and, on looking around, the dismsyeG party
found that the ground was slipping away
directly under them and on all sides. They
beat a hastv retreat 10 more solid ground,
barely escaping being swept into the boil
ing flood below. One young lady, Miss Cora
| Cotton, sinking up to her shoulders, and
! Mr. Briggs In his endeav0r 10 rescue her,
falling into the same predicament. When the
party had eXtricated themselves from their
| perilous situation. and thought themselves
safe, the earth made another shift, this time
the whole party sliding down to the edge of
| the water, from whence they climbed TO the
bank with the greatest difficulty. An ex-
animation of the pI emises this morning dis
closed the fact that over one acre OF the
ground and the road along the front OF the
farm. the ground being planted in cabbage,
| had been swallowed up in the abyss, the
space csved in being thirty feet deep, seven
| ty-five yards wide and about one hundred
yards in length.
KNoX COUNTY.
A boy named Harring got his legs filled
with bird shot, while stealing watermelons
from j. G.. Baily, trustee OF Johnson town
ship.
The Sun gives some incidents of the late
flood. Among them is the following: A
couple of young gentlemen OF this place con-
Guided that they would get sl<if and pro-
coed down the Wabash TO look after some
relatives residing few miles below town,
who were supposed to need assistance.
Whena short way on their route, near
break in the levee, the frail vessel was swept
] through the crevasse, tearing off a part OF it's
| bottom, necessitating the v0yagers to swim,
and the only place of safety was on
| the limbs of tree near by, which
refuge they sought with all their efforts.
Here. it is reported, they remained for one
day and half, ''sitting on a limb" when,
at the expiration of the long, tedious hours,
party hove in sight with craft looking
tor some stock. The young men were let
gently down and taken to town. One of
these young men relates that he tore his
and slept as sweetly as no would at home.
| He also says that Monday night they staid
at house where 81 families were quartered.
| They all slept in the same room.
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.
prisoner named Mcconnell was busily
engaged at high elevation in the all, saw
ing away at one OF the bars to get out. The
jaIlor came around unawares and planted
bulle5 about three feet from his head in the
wall. Mcconnell fell with all his traps in
the full belief that he was dead man.
The rifle practice at the German shooting
matches is on quite different plan from
that at Wimbledon End Creedmoor. 1t was
stated on Saturday that Baltimore man
had won the "chiei prizs" at Stuttgart.
The highest prize for excellence
at the match could not have
been awarded so early. There were
probably thousands of contestants. Under
the German system a silver goblet is