The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-07
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL MONDAY FEBRUARY7 1875
dry buildings, retarded only oy the vigorous
action OF the bucket brigade, until they

dry buildings, retarded only oy the vigorous
action Of the bucket brigade, until they
reached an open space, where the opportu-
nifty was given to the citizens to use their
feeble means TO cut of its further spread
When the first alarm was given and the
people rushed to the. scene, the back
door of Morris Hughes grocery
was found open and II Is inferred from this
that the FIRE was kindled BY incendiary
hands. The insurance was very small, only
$500 in the whole town. The entire loss is
variously estimated, but il can hardly reach
less than SO 600. Montezams is not directly
on the line of the E., T. Fl. & @. railway, but
half mile away, Hillsdale being the. sta
ton. It is on the other side of the river.
There was plenty of water but no means of
utilizing 1t; which speaks volumes in favor
OF small tow Ds being protected against fire.
Probably Montezums VIII now have an in
f1ux of insurance agents which will not be
the least part of her misfortunes.
Tsrre Haute Express: Oaktown, on the
Evansville and Terre Haute road, has had a
sensation. Not so big as it might have been.
but nevertheless sensation enough to stir
its people up little. On Sunday night
thieves "went through" every business house
in that place, and even broke into the rail
way Office. 1t seems that the gang must
have consisted eff wandering thieves, who
happened to get together and organized this
raid. Some, however, are of the opinion
that the stealing was done by men az home
and of this town, for their singular knowl
business houses would lead to such
q conclusion. The mode of en-
franc in most cases was by cutting out q
couple panes of glass, and then making
such further progress as circumstances
might suggest. At the railway Office, sew
h0Iaa n mi
some reason, not explained. the burglars
failed to carry out their scheme, so the
treasure therein remained safe.l Some seven
or eight houses were thus entered, and also
profit fn it for all the money they secured
was $50; some silver spoons, and a Jew
other small articles, and this was about the
sum total of their depredstions. Efforts
have been made to get some clue to the par
les, but as yet, 1t is failure.
Spencer Republican: Mr.. b. Schweitzer is
one OF the most enterprising citizens of
Spencer. He turned his attention to the
development of the mineral resources of
Owen county, and went to work with char
acteristic energy. Some time ago while en-
gagged in burning lime at his photographic
quarry near town, he discovered bis
'bonanZs" An extensive ledge in his
quarry had proved unsatisfactory for tho
manufacture of lime. 1t was difficult to
burn, and the plasterers complained that it
took it six months to slack. Prof. Collet,
who made geological survey of the county
last summer, was sent for to make a careful
examination of the ledge. He came
last week and, after inspection,
decided it to be all that could
be desired for the production
of marketable cement. 1t is in quantities
practically inexhaustable. II is near the
railroad, with switches already construed
so near that placing the manufactured al
ticle on the cars for shipment will be no
more trouble or expense than merely roll
in = the barrels into the car, marking and
counting them. In this respect Mr..
Schweitzer will have a signal advantage
over any cement works in the country. The
great cement mills at Louisville are COM
PEELED to transport both the raw material
and manufactured article a considerable
distance, at heavy expense for shipment.
And this one item alone will enable Mr..
Schweilzer to compete with the cement
monopoly" or "ring" of Kentucky, and
fight them single handed. The scarcity of
stone suitable for the manufacture of cement
in the UniI ed States renders this discovery
one of peculiar value to owen county.