The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26
THE STATE AT LARGE.

last year amounted to g, 296 80.
In Gibson county the wheat looks well,
Is oecisl1y that sown with drill.
The Madison Courier has begun to adj
vertise that city as q place for summer
resort.
The number of houses for rent in Wash
ington, DaViess county, Is said to be IN
usually large.
The New Albany Ledger says that city
has more wealth than any city of its
dimensions in the state.
A new disease has broken out among
the hogs in Spencer county, which 1t is
feared will prove disastrous.
Mrs. Bonves, LOG ears of age, died near
Greensburg on the 18th inst. She was the
oldest woman in Decatur county.
George W. Deitz, Of New Albany, 80
wears of age, will start to walk to the Cen
tennial on the morning of May LIST.
A quarry of limestone has been dis
covered in Vsnde rburg county which |
equals the finest granite or marble.
The Independents of Pike county will
meet in convention at Petersburg on the
% til met. to placs ticket in the field.
A very severe storm passed over the
northern end of Switzerland county on the
18Th inst, doing thousands OF dollars worth
OF damage.
There are $500 children In the city OF
Terre Haute between the years of SIX and
81. Out OF these there are IS who can neither
read nor write.
The recent school enumeration d;scloses
the fact tina. there are 3,O35 children in
South Bend between the ages of six and
twenty-one.
A fire occurred in Csnnelton on last
Tuesday night destroying the hall of Andy
Schuncb. The less Was about u, 500, with
insurance for s.. 500.
Mt. Vernon pays Sl2, $40 interest yearly
on bonds which she has issued to railroad
companies. About two years back inter-
est Is still unpaid.
The Hon. Thomas Bowling has been
recommended for councilman in the
Fourth Ward, Terre Hsute. He would be
q council of himself.
Logansport has a young woman who has
been married to five different men.
Whether she was divorced from any of
them Is net so well known.
The Rev. Robert Mckenzie, OF Decatur.
Illinois, has been called to the vacant pas
torate OF the First Presbyterian Church AZ
Lafayette. He has indicated his intention
to accept the call.
A respondent tramp attempted to hang
himself with bis suFpsDders near Madison
last week. He was thwar; ed in this
tempt to take his lie by the elasticity OF
the improvised moose.
j. s. Fee, manufacturer of s.irrups at
Rockport, was awarded the first premium
Oh his work at the Southern States Agri-
cultural and Industrial Exhibition re-
Gently held ia New Orleans.
The Iron Furnace Company at Shoals
will use over GOO tons OF Lawrence county
Gre this year. L. is mined on White river
aud loaded into bsrges and towed to
Shoals by b Lt-ambOs. bull. Tor the puT-
pose.
The Republicans Of Tippecsnoe county
nominated their county candidates by
primary election on last Saturday. Tbs
Journal Of tost city expresses itself al
thoroughly disguised with that plan OF
making nominations.
A pardon was granted to a convict in the
Southern Prison the other day who still
had another yesr to stay. He did not
want to go away but asked the privilege
to serve out his time, favor the suthor-
ties could not grant him.
Col. Thomas Smith died at his residence
in Versai les on the 18th inst. He was In
his 18th yesr. He bad been several times
a member of the Legislature, and had slao
represented the third Indiana district in
the 18th snd 29.h Congresses.
A. baby show was held lsst week by the
lady members of C.rist Church, Madison.
Fifteen babies were exhibited. Ten dsl-
lars was realized, which WA for the bene-
ft of the church, and the entertainments
afforded those PRESENT much fun.
The Democrats OF Madison held an en-
thusisstic meeting last Friday night, 1t
which they adopted resolution declaring
that they go into the impending city cam
paign with a firm determination to elect
every man on the ticket. A oOmmendsble
resolution.
Mr.. Gapen, who bought the Wabash ard
Erie canal, sold portion tit 20 Messrs
Bars, Tiliu, Simons and Fleming of Fort
Wayne. These gentlemen are trying to
effect sale OF their purchase to the city OF
Ft. Wayne for water privilege. The
newspaper war over toe affair Is q very
lively one.