The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-31
THE STATE.

1nere are W OrpLdilS at llic asg luin "V LII
fayette.
New Albany merchants are shipping tur-
keys to New Orleans in droves Of 400.
The gossips of Salem have discovered a
haunted house in that quiet little village.
Allen county ranks second in the state in
the Enumeration of children. 1t has 1885.
Mr. Edsall, of Fort Wayne, had hand to
hand tussle with burglar night before last.
Twelve hundred rations were issued to the
poor from the soup house at New Albany
last week.
Some enthusiasts in Fort WAYNE wish to
run Kerr for mayor. Is he two-legged
bow-wow?
The Fort Wayne Gazette has figured the
population of that burg up, and sets it down
at 81, 739.
Scarlet fever is raging in South Bend, and
several little ones have taken their flight to
better world.
The Ohio Falls iron and nail works at
New Albany have commenced running
again with full force.
Henry Genhart, of Fort Wayne, wants a
divorce from his wife because she 'wallups"
him altogether too much.
About $50 cords of wood have been caught
by the river rats at Jacksonville during the
recent swelling of the Ohio.
Rising Sun Recorder In Lawrenceburg
the city tax is 80 cts. on the 500. In Green's
burg IS cts. In Rising Sun it is $1.OO.
1t seems asif war times have struck New
Albany. A pair of mules were sold the other
day for $3.50, and single mule for $135.
Some New York sharpers have been trying
to swindle some of the good citizens of Terre
Haute on an old and worn out lottery dodge
A Mr.. McTaggart, of Logansport, was quite
| aar,N,clxv hr,r,,+ Nv tho Nv.
ploson of a lamp which he had in his hand
Bloomington Progress There are nine di-
vorce cases already on the circuit court
docket for the next term, which begins Feb
ruary Z. Next Friday is the last day of ser
| vice.
New Ross has just had a riot. A shooting
| match inside the city limits was broken up
by the authorities, and a most disgraceful
affray ensued.
Augustus Wheeler. manager of the West
ern Union telegraph Office at Salem, Oregon,
has arrived at Washington, to tell what he
knows of that $4,000.
There seems to be a sore throat epidemic
prevailing in New Albany, about every third
person one meets having his or her throat
bandaged with flannel.
One Nichols, of Rockville, Ind, lumber
dealer, was robbed of $4,000 in clean cash
while en- route from Chicago to Terre Hsute.
| A regular sharper took HIM in. Ne clue.
The sale of the French Lick springs has
been set aside by the court, for the reason
that the bid was not sufficient to fill the re-
quirement of the law A new sale will be
made.
Spencer Journal: Our citizens made do
nation of money and building material to
Kirk Babbs, to enable him to rebuild his
| house that was burned on Monday night
| Tbaf1o fha hind 0f olo ~ IN. how
Terre Haute Express Four tigers are to
smooth, slick animals, but it does cost
money for the boys to "see them" Sup
pose the police take peep at them.
Jordan is hard road to travel The Rev
J. S. Reager, of Madison, recently acquitted
by jury Of churchmen of a serious charge
was shot at by an unknown person the
other night. The ball flew wide OF its mark
New Albany has three papers, each six by
eight inches in size, published by amateur
| editors, aged from Is to Is years. The
| Weekly Globe is the latest adventure of thu.
kind, published by George Rem and vii
liam g. Conner.
South Bend Register: The Studebaker
Bros. manufacturing company has renewed
the subscriptions to the newspapers present
ed to their employees last year. They gave
their workmen the choice of newspaper
or turkey, and but three chose the turkey
The quiet little burg of Madison was jus
about to enjoy the trial of seduction cas-
in which "a beautiful brunette" would ap
pear in one of the leading roles, but the
heavy man of the drama took French leave
of the oticers and left the gossips out in the
cold.
The people of Utica of the Christian per
suasiOn are making arrangements to build
church there. which will be the finest edifict
of the kind in that town. Two Thousand
dollars have already been subscribed, anC
! work will be commenced on the building il
/ a short time
The knights of honor of Jeffersonvill,
are in trouble The treasurer of Eureka
1 lodge is minus 800 of the funds of thu
lodge, and the institution will have to sus
pend. They have had him arrested for EN-
bezzlement, but this don't bring back tia
wealth.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: 1t is said that .
business man of this city, who is at least Isl
years oid-in point of experieoce-and who
has travelled the world over both by lanc
and sea, got nipped by three card monte
men while on business trip last week, tt
4 the tune of $50.
Mr.. George Nipple, who dispenses rations
to the poor at the soup house in New Al
4 bany, is a close observer, and after question
ing the heads of 100 families who draw ra-
tons daily, he finds that 81 of them were
brought to privation through the effects OF
intemperaDce of fathers or husbands.
A lady named Barrett, OF Fort Wayne.
had a dream the other night that her hus
band was lying in an adjoining room on the
fo0r dead. When she awoke from her ter