The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
STATE NEWS.
REFLEX OF THE INDIANA PRESS.
cUAY COUNTY

W. w. RlSher IS ABOUT 10 sinA = sH~'e
near Brazil, and erect works, the whole to
cost $4,000.
There are only three shafts In operation
In the vicinity of Brazil. Root & Gariicks'
BE-. Masten's and Collins's. According 10
the agreement OF the miners society, as per per
latest arraDe emeEs, any operator who Wiz
nav IS cents per ton can do so, ana the cniel
BODY of miners will not endeavor In any
way to hinder the men from WORKING. ihs
a concession. as the miners resolved q.
their meeting at Brazil. not to allow any OF
their men to go TO work unless ali the III
ners 90 to work st the same Price.
The Brazil Echo says: movement Is on
foot looking to a complete revolution IN the
labor OF this mining district, by which negro
labor will be substituted for that OF white
men in the mines. 1t is believed that III ne
gro labor ia adopted by all it will effectually
crush out strikes.
Last Saturday was pay day, and the dis
bursements OF the operators in Brazil viii
foot up near $50 OOO. This was for the coal
taken out in the month of January. The
pay for February will be Enthusiastically
ignt.
CAss COUNTY.
The publication Of the Walton Eeter-
prise has been resumed by Mr.. Henry Al
lord.
The Logansport Star says that Mr.. Main,
of RossdaIe, a town about fifteen miles north
of this city, on the p, @. & st. l.. road, has
his face speckled like a trout and goes
minus one eve now. He kept ive-p pound
can CT powder IN his bureau so that it might
be handy. anu Sunday morning last, Thile
rummaging around that drawer, WITH a
lighted cigar in his mouth, a spark dropped
into the can and genuine surprise party
ia "A
splendid sample of kindliug wood, and
there will have TO be new end put in the
house.
DELAWARE COUNTY.
Efforts are being made looking to the es-
Establishment of wheel factory ia Muncie.
David Vincent did not know it was
loaded nor did jonathan Blakely, at whom
It was playfully aimed, for he was too dead
to know anything about it before the
smoke had cleared away. The TOOL killer
should return to Perry township forthwith.
The Times OF Muncie publishes detailed
account of the burning to death OF old
Mrs. Cline, the mother of the clerk of the
Kirby House. On the day in question the
old lady was up stairs in her room, just
over the kitchen In which was
Nrs. Cline, her daughter in-law
The son went to the stable
on an errsrd and was gone perhaps 10 min
uteS. On entering the house he smelled
something burning and soon found that it
proceeded from DIS mothers room. He
rushed up stairs and the room was dense
with smoke and heat; he could not enter it
and could see nothing within whatever.
Directed by groan be found his mother
within, lying PROSTATE and lnsensible
on the floor, with every vestige of
her clog hisg burned of and the body
literally baked to crisp, She fingered in
sensible and dying for about fifteen hours.
An hour before her death she returned to
Consciousness, but so completely had the
fire done its work that she did not realize her
condition and did not seem to suffer any
pain. All the explanation she gave Of the
transaction was tha5 her apron caught fire
but she put that out. She was buried on
the following Monday, large procession
attending tbs funeral the old lady being
highly respected and loved in the cOmmun-
iry.
FOUNTAIN COUNTY.
The veedersburg Review says in regard
TO TIE fatal fire in that placs on last Satur-
day night: The suposition is that the fire
originated by wood taking fire from being
too close to the cook stove; others think it
originated from lamp; but the former il
the probs BILE cause. Nothing was saved from
the shop but an account book that laid on
the desk near the window. A subscription
pie promptly volunteered literally TO the
Rssstance OF the afflicted sufferers.
GRANT COUNTY.
The Marion Democrat says that the body
of the young man who froze to death several
weeks ego is to be taken up and post NOR
tenn examination held, as suspicious of foul
play are entertained.
GREENE COUNTY.
The Sullivan Union details how son of
John Shepherd, in the western part of
Greene COUNTY, was punished by his father,
and shot him in the hip. infiicting probably
fatal wound. The Union says: Shooting
aad stabbing are becoming entirely too
common, and we hope TO see summary pun
ishment melted ou5 in every instance where
persons make such free use of bloody weap-
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HENDRICKS COUNTY.
Tbs Danville Union says: Recently two
young men, who have no respect for the
rights of others nor fear of the grand Jury.
have been disturbing the churches in Pitts
boro during services. They get drunk, go
into the meeting house, and on one occasion
v0mited over the floor.
woollen factory is project on foot
In Dauville. tis proposed to get up stock
company for sne erection OF buildings, etc.
DanViile has fourteen lawyers, eight doc
tors and but one preacher.
HENDRICKS COUNTY.
By q private letter, the facts in regard TO
the Fleece shooting case, already mentioned
in the Sentinel, sre amended as follows: The
correspondent says that w. II. Fleece and
others were not bic; that they did not "srise''
and fire upon, and that they only fired in
defense of life; that they were in the dis
charge of an official duty, and were equipped
with the proper authority, and that II. L.
Wright and Granville Davis, constables
summoned Fleece anu Hackley to assist in
making the arrest.
KNOX COUNTY.