The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-09
STATE NEWS.
, OF THE INDIANA PRESS.

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cost the losers about SIC, 900 altogether. The
nripcipsl damage was to whesler's furniture
factory and stock, which amounted to 5000
without insurance. it
Mrs. Ramsey. who was injured by step
ping from a moving train, died at the Ave-
line House in Fl. Wayne, on Tuesday. She
was the wife of the Rev. j. a. Ramsey, OF
Delphi.
Since strvchnining the wild beast the
Herald takes hopeful view of home affairs.
1t saws that the county in 1850 contained
population of ], ia; in 1860, 2SO9; In iosv.
5,6l5-and predicts that the census OF 1oIo
will show a wonderful increase in the Whoie
of grand. beautiful and produtive Benton.
~ CLAY COUNTY.
-, A large spelling match has been held IN
Brazil. on which occasion many and valuable
prizes were distributed.
The Brazil Echo says: From one Thousand
to fifteen hundred good coal miners can get
Immediate employment in the al basin OF
Clay county, Indiana, at 20 cents per ton.
And also that the pig iron shipments from
this city during the last month amounted TO
60 cars. This Is about one-third above the
general average.
at tins mass meeting held in Brazil on
Monday night, Mr.. Robert Linn, OF New
Harmony. was appointed to go to Indian
apolis, aud IcOk after the interests OF the
miners bill now pending in the legislature.
CLINTON COUNTY.
Frankfort is to have q new fire alarm bell,
and is comparatively happy.
The Crescent predicts that next year there
will be put out the largest crop of corn ever
grown in Clinton county. Every acre not
otherwise employed will be planted in In
dian corn. Plant your broad acres; II VIII
pay!
FAYETTE COUNTY.
Connersyille witnesses the cantata of
Esther this week under the direction of
Prot. Eastman.
funny way TO raise money for the bene-
tit of a church is adopted by the Presbyte-'
rian Church Of COnnersville. A spelling
school was had this week, to which an adj
mission fee was charged. The Rev. j. Il.
Pye led one of the opposing sides. Educa-
ton and religion are trotting along hand in
hand in this instance.
The Jury in the case of Mrs. Humphrey
against the Connersville & Brookville Turn
pike Company, gave the plaintiff $1,000
damages last week, on account of injuries
received by thu fall of horse she was rid
ing on said road, the fall being occssioned
by the Tad condition of the road.
HOWARD COUNTY.
The Kokomo Tribune tells the following
tale, entitled Terrific Encounter, in which
knives, guns, etc, played prominent part:
A few evenings since an encounter oc-
CURED out in the country mile or two, on
the road by the farm of Councilman Watson.
George Ogden, Lew Hook and Walker
Wills, in wagon, were returning from a
quail hunt. Three young men, whose
names we do not know, were re-
turning from the city with
two wagons but all were riding
in one. The first party gave the road while
the other crowded out the same side push
ing the other against fence. High words
followed and then blows. Hook received
two wounds from knife, one on the head,
the other on a wrist, but neither serious.
The party who did the cutting was bruised
terribly. The outgoing boys were made to
climb into their wagons at the point of an
empty gun and turn to the right to give
road. The town boys do not blame but one
of the other party and they are satisfied with
his punishment. He had been drinking, and
so whisky was at the bottom of this as 1t IS
the cause of nine-tenths of all disturbances
of the kind.
JACKSON COUNTY.
The Brownstown Banner thus SPEAKS OF
an effort for gravel roads in that county:
AS general rule, our citizens about town
and on the opposite side of the river are
subscribing literally to the stock of the
Gravel Road Company. Within the next
month, it will definitely be determined
whether we shall have gravel road from
Brownstown to the hills on the opposite side
of the river, or not. If we fail in the pres
emit enterprise, il will prove death blow to
the grand march Improvement which it is
sought to inaugurate in Jackson county.
The Seymour Democrat has changed
hands. A. A. Davidson sells out to Messrs.
Shank i Stairs.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
A grand Mardi Gras carnival will take
place at Madison, Tuesday, February9.
MIAMI COUNTY.
Two sharpers took away pile of money,
It is said, from Xenia. One went ahead and
roped in green raseals to a eounterfeltlng
gang, charging Sl5 as the initiation fee The
other followed and bled them, under threats
of arrest for their criminal intent. 1t was a
base swindle, but the victims can't complain
PUTNAM COUNTY.
Henry Job, a respected farmer near Clover
dale, was killed on Friday, January 80, by
the falling OF log upon him which he was
chopping- The tree lay across a hollow and
he was cutting the last stroke when be
slipped and fell, the log coming down at the
same instant upon his neck.
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
The Winchester Journal recites frightful
accident. On Thursday last, John Price, q
young man about eighteen years of age,
son of James Price, of Washington town
ship, in company with young friend,
went out quail hunting. While pass
ing through the land of Abel Hin
shaw, two miles north of Lynn, they dis
covered some birds, and young Price cooked
both barrels of his gun. Coming to fence
he placed the breech OF the gun on a rail,
and in getting over 1t is supposed he leaned
too heavily on the gun, causing it to
sfip off The hammer of one OF the
barrels DOUBTLESS struck a rail in its
fail, and the gun was discharged, the