The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-16
THE STATE AT LARGE.

EQOc0 ArO60 S6DsdJlOu.
The soldiers of Lsporte county are going
TO meet and discuss the amnesty question.
The Monroe county poor farm is said to
be actually making some money for the
county.
The exchanges report that crops through
out the state never looked better than at
present
Logansport is fast becoming the head
center, in the northern part of the state, for
its fine cattle and horses.
Jacob Lautzenheiser has manufactured a
chair for the Centennial exhibition which
contains 100 pieces of wood.
The officers of the o. & NJ. road have issued
orders prohibiting their employees dead-heac-
irk over the line without passes from the
proper authorities.
Fort Wayne Is considering proposition
to buy the Wabash & Erie canal at the ap-
preaching sale. as a means of securing
permanent supply of water for the city.
Thirty-nire indictments for violation of
the LIQUOR law will come up for a hearing at
the present term of court in Jackson county.
The criminal docke. contains 81 cases, and
the civil 15S.
Friday night five persons confined in the
Muncle Jail on various criminal charges
made their escape by cutting hole through
the Jail floor. One prisoner, who was
charged with murder, and who has been
once convicted, did not leave the jail.
The City Council of Evansville have
called special meeting to take some steps
to abate the tramp nuisance, which is alarm
ingly on the increase. On an average
thirty applications are made to the town.
ship trustee daily for sustensnce, mostly
colored.
North Vernon Sun: George Deitz, citi-
zen of New Albany, aged rs years, will walk
from that place to the Philadelphia Centen-
NAL, starting soon. He will pass through
this place. DeitZ proposes to show what the
spirit of "'7o'' can do, and thus immortaIze
himself.
Mt. Carmel Register: A beresved White
county husband recently had the coffin
opened so as to remove a brass breastpin
from his dead wife's body. He said 1t was
all right enough to "give her respectable
Christian buryin', but times was too tight
to put on any exIravagsnt airs"
North Vernon Sun: The editor of the Co.
lumbus Republican has supplied himself
with raw Indians scalp, with which to
give tone aud pith to his bloody shirt edito-
rails He retires and passes the night alone
with it under his pillow, then writes his
bloody editorials next morning Immediately
after taking a drink of fire water" and be-
fore breakfast.
Madison Courier: The Hon. George M.
Robson, secretary of the navy, has given
the necessary instructions to have the re-
mains of the late Rsar Admiral Napoleon
ColliLs brought to the United States from
Callao, by the first public vessel that comes
from Callao to Panama, from which latter
port they will be sent to New York, and
from that city be forwarded to Madison, to
be inferred in Springdale cemetery.
Logansport Phsros: On Saturday night at
Brookville, Wayne county, misunder
standing occurred between George Way
bright and Mike Francis, which resulted in
Francis striking Waybright. Wsybright re-
turned the blow, knocking Francis down.
The pavement being slippery, Francis fell
hard and fractured his skull. he died at IL
o'clock the next morning. He came from
DAYTON, o to BroOkville two weeks ago,
and leaves wife and two daughters in the
former place.
Franklin JeffsrSonian: Quite sad affair
occurred in White River township on Sstur-
day night week ago. Mr.. Jefferson Lowe,
high esteemed farmer, man Of family
and some forty years of age, when fixing to
retire to bed about O'Clock at night, was
shot by some unknown person on the out
side, who fred through the window. The
ball passed through the side of the face, and
came near severing an artery. Mr.. Lowe
was laid up for several days, but is able to
be out again. The affair is quite mystery,
as Mr.. Lowe is understood TO be quiet and
inoffensive citizen, and was not known to
have an enemy.
A special from Greencastle to the Cincin-
natl Gazette says: The body of Mr. Robin
son, section boss on the indianapolis & st,
Louis railway, was found Monday morn
inc in cd oh
miles west of here, on the railroad. He
left this city about o'clock last evening to
walk home, a distance of six miles, as there
was no train on the read before II O'Clock.
1t is rumored that he was murdered and his
body laid on the track to avoid detection.
coroner's jury has been holding an in
quest over the remains to-day, but have
rendered no verdict yet.
JeffersonviIle News: The health of the
prisoners at the prison was never better
during the entire history of that institution
than at present. Warden Howard has kept
them busy since the suspension OF the car
works In grand cleaning up generally, and
remojeling and improving the internal ar
rangements of matters and things, so that
there has been no time cause Tor sick
nees. We learn from those who are in q po-
sition to know that the labor of the convicts
at the prison will be leased in the course of
the next two or three days, and it is proba-
able that either the Ohio Falls or the South
western Car Works will receive the con-
tract.
A special from Hartford City to the Gin
cinnsti Gazette says: There is considerable
excitement in our town and vicinity over
the prolonged absence of Mr.. john K. Lam
dis, one of our livery men. He left here
ten weeks ago with eleven horses for
Florida, where he proposed disposing OF
them Since that time he has not been heard
from; and 1t is now believed that he does
not intend returning to this place. He is
the administrator of his brothers estate,
against which there are quite number OF
unpaid claims; also, he, together with his
mariner Mr.. Charles g Taonard have