The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19
FOUNTAIN COUNTY.

One Holmes, Hiilsboro rioter. has been
put in Jail for all winter. The Veedersburg
Review comments thereon as follows:
There is wrong some way in our state law
in dealing out justice to criminals. 1t has
more the appearance of encouraging crime
than diminishing it. WHAT punishment is
it 10 criminal TO be housed in a p8latial
edifce during tie drearY winter months. to
have fair prospect of escaping conine-
ment. and come out fresh and vigorous in
happy springtime to repeat the violation of
the laws of our state9
GREENE COUNTY.
A boy at Worthington was killed the
other day while cllnging with several others
to passing train of cars.
GIBSON COUNTY.
The Princeton Clarion says: DR. With
rows lecture Monday evening, son and /
Over the Ocean," was a magnificent one,
and it is a source of regret TO those who /
heardit that all our crizens, young and old, !
were not there to enjoy the treat with them. !
HUNTINGTON COUNTY.
The Democrat says that Col. Bird is not |
favorable to draining out the swamp prairie, |
between Huntington and Fort Wayne. His |
brilliant idea is TO sow it with sunflowers !
and make 1t an immense bee pasture.
KNOX COUNTY.
The following Lively episode is given By
the Terre Haute Express: On the bmorn.
ing train going down, James Ferry, con-
ductor, three confidence operators fieeced
passenger out of $500 on three card. monte
dodge. AS soon as the passenger
made known his loss TO Conductor
Ferry, wnlcn was &C the Prince
siding Hp
them, and found that they had taken
Conductor Dan. Lynch's train :or the
north. Mr.. Ferry then telegraphed to Con
ductOr Lynch TO arrest the men at Vim
cennes. Before the train got to the platform
two of them jumped of and disappeared, no
one knowing at that time that there was
any charge against them. As soon as the
train stopped, the telegram was handed TO
Dan, who called Bud Thomas, the brake
man, and asked if be could find the fellows.
Thomas did find one, aud in few minutes
Dick O'DonnelI, depot policeman, had his
hands on the fellow. The audacious
scoundrel asked for the pOlicsman's author
! ity, and while O'DOnnell was producing the
telegr m. the confidence man drew "billy"
and began sighting. O'DOnnelI got IN good
blow on the fellows head, and the chap
turned ard ran. AS he wens over the steps
ofthe baggage car, Elisha Gregg, train bag
! gageman, saw him and spriDging out of the
car door ran him about q hundred yards
and caught him, the man having
slightly halted at the mention OF Pat
| Hickey that If he didn't stop he'd shoot
him. His fight being retarded by this
| temporary distraction, Gregg overlook him,
sprang upon him, and held him until engi-
neer George Shearer, who had also Joined in
the chase, could come up aud divest the
struggling wretch of his weapon. This done,
they soon had the fellow In durauce vile.
| The names of the party are "Buffalo.Bill,"
| "KaDsas Rake" and the third had some
| outlandish cognomen, OF which even he was
ashamed.
MONROE COUNTY.
The Bloomington Progress desires TO en-
list the Indianapolis papers, and those Of
Terre Hsute. Evans Vile, New Albany, Fort
Wayne and Richmond, ia the interest of a
law or lawe for the collection of debts in the
state of Indiana. 1t complains that IL Is
next to impossible now, under the law, and
the practice permitted in the courts, to col
lect debt, and to this more than to any
other cause can the scarcity OF money be at
tributed.
/ Wouldn't the legislature be the proper
thing to enlist?
OWEN COUNTY.
A house six miles below Spencer, oecu-
pied ny Enoch Berry. and owned by John
Buzzard, was burned last Sunday night.
Owners loss, 5000; tenants, $500.
OWcH COuhby cnJOyS AcE lOA AuHt ~. uhg .
The point of meeting is near the Texas
church. Great are the anticipations of fun.
RUSH COUNTY.
Rushville Is also in the lurch trying TO
heat her public school rooms with made :
quate furnaces. The school had to suspend
J operations during the late cold days.
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
The following is from the Union City
Times: A most fearful as well as fatal acct
dent occurred at Winchester Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Curtis Harris, OF that
place. well known TO many OF our
/ readers, in placing q coal oil lamr
on the mantle, LETT it insecure, when il fell
on the heated stove and was broken To
atoms. The fluid saturating the clothing oil
the children as we'll as. that of the mother
was Immediately ignited, and before assis-
tancs could be bad, one of the children was
, so badly injured that it died in two hours az
terwsrd. Another WAS shockingly burned
! but will probably recover. The mother wa.
also considerably injured.
c ST. JOSEPH COUNTY.
!. Last Saturday night the Baptist Church
= at South Bend was partially destroyed by
FIRE. The flames, which cauoht from th,
Z chimney, followed up the tower. and til.
scene is thus described by the Tribune:
' strong wind was blowing interfering will
/, the force of the streams thrown upon To,
! fire by the engines, and the cold was mos
S intense, the Thermometers indicating 10 de
If grees below zerO. Much OF the wafer con
,. gealed while still in the air, and fell TO tb
y ground in the form of hail, an,
h the roof was quickly 8 glare OF ice
8 making 1t impossible for the men t.
is gain footing upon it. The clothing OF Oh
N firemer., 100, became an armor of ice, an
le the ladders were coated with it so that som
al of toe boys Ia managing them left toe ski
lof their fingers on the rounds. Tho damsg