The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-07

all day without setting mp or shocking the
corn. The knives may be adjusted to twelve
or twenty-four inches. The machine can be
thrown In and out OF gear by lever ada
cent to the spring seat. The idea was so
entirely original throughout that the mana
gers at the patent Office granted Mr.. Town
send his patent at once, nothing similar
ever having been presented tor their inspec-
/ ton.
Terre HauteExpress: Last night, as train
No. of the Evansville 81 Terre Halte rail-
way, which arrived at $50, was coming
along, just this side of Young's station, at
about the rate of thirty miles an hour, Engi-
neer AL. Lyons saw just ahead of him on an
open road, a couple of fence rails stuck up
| in such manner as to project upon the
track. He had barely time to apply the air
| brake when he was upon the structure.
/ They were firmly fastened that they did
not slide off as most of these are apt to do. The
| trucks of the engine, however, crushed the
obstacles down and the balance of the train
| came safely over. 1t is very fortunate that
| the whole train was not ditched. This OBJ
struction was placed at nearly the spot where
| the stones were thrown by the man who is
now in Jail for the crime. No punishment
can be too severe for meu who would do
such an outrageous thing.
One of the incidents of yesterdays fierce
storm was the sight of delegation OF from
twenty to thirty colored men marching in
solemn conclsve to the Office of Trustee
Blend, where the spokesman of the party
made a formal demand for "bread or work. +"
He alleged that they were without either,
and unless the trustee would do some
thing for them, they would stsrve from
want. A great many OF them, the
speaker alleged, had been without any
food for twenty-four hours, and their
condition demanded attention. Mr.. Blend
told them that they would be supplied with
work this morning-the weather permitting
and the delegation filed out in good order.
1t was afterward learned that the same party
| had applied to Mayor Kleiner for assistance,
and that he had referred them to the town
ship trustee. Mr.. Blends proposition to the
council is still unaccepted, put a special
session of the county commissioners will be
| convened tomorrow morning to consider
the wants of the poor and needy in the city.
Evansville Courier.
Lafayette Courier: The members of the
semi-cen tennisl committees met last even
| ing and arranged the following programme
for the celebration which is to take place on
the 25th of May, at the county fair grounds:
| The history of the organization of the
county; history of the organization and
progress of Lafayette; history of the or
ganization of all churches and
Sabbath schools of the county;
history of the courts and legal
professions history OF the medical profess
sion; history of the press; history of the
banks; history of tho merchants; history
of the manufactures; history of the rail-
roads; history of Purdue University and
other institutions OF learning; history OF
the Tippecanoe County Agricultural Associ-
alton; history of the postoffice; history OF
| the hotels; history of the secret benevolent
and civic orders; history of canal and of
| boats and roads of the county; history of
agriculture; history of all trades and me-
ehanic arts; history Of the public schools.
Rumors have been circulated about
city for two or three days past that the
Ohio Falls Iron and Nail Works were in
bad condition, and that there was a proba-
bility that this large mandatory would
suspend operation. A Courier-Journal re-
porter called upon Mr.. P. r. Stoy to sscer-
tain the facts, and learned from him the fol
lowing: During the panic of 1873 the com
| pany lost heavily which, added to the losses
by the strike of 1874, bad debts, and the de-
probation OF prices, caused the officers to
conclude that In Its present condition it was
| impossible to run the concern. After con-
sultation the directors determined to in
crease the capital SIS 600, which was taken
as follows: w. @. DePauw, 500 900; John
McCullock, $4,000; P. r. Stoy, $4,000; E.
| NJ. Hubert, s., 600 The other stockkold-
ers, Ed. III. Mann, ID. w. Miller and II. B.
Weber, retire from the company, they
having transferred their stock to the other
stockholders. The increased capital Is to be
paid in at once, and the company hope to
resume operations in short time. The
! company Is now on a firmer basis than ever
| before, ana we hope they will soon recover
their losses.-New Albany correspondence
Courier-JOurnal.
North Vernon Plaindealer: On last
Wednesday morning about 2 O'Clock, at
Cochrane, Ind, there happened one of those
sad but continuously recurring accidents
that are inseperable nom railroad history.
Luther Passmore, of our town, was the an
fortunate victim. He was brakesman on
an extra freight train on the o. & M. road,
coming west, and, while making up train
at Cochrane, he had just cut loose some
cars from the rear of the
engine which was backing slowly when
his foot caught between the plank
of road crossing and the iron rail, and,
being almost against the tender of the en-
| CINE, it Immediately pushed him down on
! the track and the heavy wheels were on
| him before he could apprise any one of his
danger. The engineer saw his lantern fall,
| and, fearing that something was wrong,
| stopped his enine as soon as possible, but
only to find the lifeless remains of the un-
fortunate young man, for he had been killed
almost instantly. His remains were brought
home on Wednesday, and buried In the
cemetery at this place on the following day
at two o'clock. He was about nineteen
years of age.
Richmond Independent: Last evening the
passenger train bound for Column bus, which
leaves our depot at 1880 o'clock, ran over
man near the fair grounds. killing him per-
hsps instantly. By the glare of the head
light, the engineer saw him walking along
the track, but not in time to save his life,
and the next instant the unfortunate victim
was caught up by the pilot, and hurled a
distance OF several rods against an embank-
ment. By the time the train could be
stopped and run back to the spot. the man
xzzas and 2 2