The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-07


be acted upon.
A new steamer, Uncle Sam is now run
ming on White river between Hazleton and
Petersburg connecting with the E. and c.
trains at Hazleton.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: The plan of Archi-
tect Tolan, of this city, for new jail at Leb-
anon, has been accepted by the commission
ers of Boone county.
the residence of Mr.. Henry Sheplor, of JEFF
ferson township this county, was raided to
the extent of about $40
with us. Saturday fortune teller succeed
ed in 'bamboozling' the help and others be-
longing to one of the hotels.
At the adjournment OF. the circuit court at
Laporte, on Saturday, Sheriff Hawkins pre-
sented Judge Moves with a handsome cane
on tehalf of the members of the bar.
South Bend Register: Mishawaka is some
what exor cised at present over the details
of the elopement of a wife with another
man. Particulars will appear soon.
Terre Haute Express: Twenty-Five col
ored men have been sent to the state prison
from this county in the last three years, and
there is good prospect for three others to
follow.
Centerville Chronicle: 1t is alleged that
Ratchet in the hands of an Infatuated hus-
band is what was used in this county re-
Gently to cool the amorous propensity of a
minister.
In quarrel about geese woman in St.
Marys the other day got load of shot in her
face, which put out one eye and badly in
jured the other.
Richmond Independents: This county
furnishes greater number OF penitentiary
seekers per annum than any other in the
state, except Marion.
There was the dog-ondest slaughter of dogs
in Huntington few days ago that ever was
known. Every dog was poisoned, including
some OF great value.
South Bend Register: Two lads were
arrested last evening on the change of steal
ing $40 in money from the Lake Shore
ticket Office on April 1, 1876.
Hancock Democrat: One of the prisoners
in the county Jail employed himself for
few days in counting the number of bolts in
side of the different departments. He makes
it 1858.
New Albany Ledger. Standard: The cost
of the maintenance of prisoners at the state
prison south has been less per man under
the management of Warden Howard then at
any time since 1861.
At the sale of town lots, advertised for de-
linquent taxes on Monday last, at Camel
ton, Perry county, nary bidder put in an
appearance and the town marshal was taken
home on a shutter-sick.
Lagrange Standard: In a town not hun
dred miles from Lagrange the people have
more cheek than a canal mule. They stole
the ministers horse and buggy one night,
and the next night gave him donation.
Columbia City Post: We are perfectly sur
prised at the number of men who are In
favor of buying an engine in Columbia City,
| now that $50 900 worth of property has been
destroyed. Adversely makes strange bed
| fellows
Henry Matthews and Theo. Wansbrough,
arrested at South Bend few weeks since
charged with robbing the ticket Office of the
Lake Shore road at that place, were dis
charged yesterday the proof being rather
| thin.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: Yesterday some
| children discovered the body of an infant
in the canal feeder near the dam. The
| body had evidently been in the canal some
| time. One leg was missing. An inquest
will be held.
Parker, of the Garrett News, has sued the
| editors of the Auburn Republican for SLAM
i OeT, WHO III LUelI last hctk y ISSUE BO lOI
/ Brother Parker in a right hearty manner,
shaking him up terribly, even giving his
| photograph in full.
Lafayette Courier: Boone county as well
| as Tippecanoe, has a contest for the posses
| sion of the sheriffalty. 1t is based upon the
/ loss of the tally sheets from a precinct
| where the republican candidate had a ma
jority large enough to elect.
| Decatur Democrat: Adams county, which
has long been without an American citizen
i of African decent Except q colored boy in
Decatur who died some six or eight months
| ago), can now lay claim to one in the capaci-
| ty of bus driver and runner for the Burt
| House.
Fort Wayne Gazette: Some tramps who
| were trying to get their noses into other
peoples business on the st. 10 road Sunday
| night received from a farmer a gratnitous
charge of shot from his double-barreled
gun. They left him a few drops of blood in
exchange.
Bloomington Progress: The point on
White river between Bedford and Mitchell
generally known as Woodss ferry is to be
| spanned by an iron bridge this summer The
| contract has been awarded to a Cleveland
firm at cost of S1050O for the super
| structure alone.
Lafayette Courier: At the reunion of the
Wabash pioneers, which took place at To-
ledo. last Thursday, the venerable John c.
| Hunt presided. He was born in Ft Wayne
in 1898, when his father; Colonel Thomas
Hunt, of revolutionary fame, was in COM
mand of that military post.
The directors of the louisville, New Al
bany & st. Louis Air Line railway meet at
the companys office in New Albany to-day
TO elect president. vice president, secretary,
treasurer and chief engineer of the company
| and transact other important business look
ing to an early resumption of work ON the
road.
.Logansport Pharos: Thursday night the