The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-07

Greencastle is to have a military depart
ment in her Asbury college.
A powerful revival is in progress among
the Friends in Hamilton county
Regular trains will begin running on the
Bedford narrow gauge this week.
A horse was sold at Bedford the other day
by weight, bringing cents per pound.
James L. Morrison is the heaviest tax pay
er IN Wayne county. He pays s., 2S2sO.
The Indiana North and South railroad will
be completed to Brazil during the present
year.
The old settlers of eastern WAYNE county
will have meeting at Richmond IN a few
days.
-Four prisoners, whose sentences ex1ire
Sunday, have been released from the priso
south. P
The expenses for the poor for the city of
New a Albany and TOWNSHIP, in January was
The clerk OF CLIFTON county presents every
| applcant 1or . marriage license with a
/ Walt Moves, of Edwardsburg has quite a
! menagerie, consisting of a six-legged sheep
and two wolves.
The Wayne agricultural works are run
ming with a full complement of hands,
They expect to do more work this year than
last.
] One year ago this time the farmers
were able to p!ow their ground for spring
| crops.
Dekalh county has 100 school houses, with
an estimated value of school property of
S1l9,e15.
The capital stock of the national bank at
Noblesville is going to be raised from $50, 600
to 100000.
Noblesville experienced quite blaze last
week. The property owners lost several
thousand dollars.
Several burglars have been at work in
Madison during the past week but nothing
OF much value has been stolen.
South Bend is going to have variety
show. 1t is TO be permanent thing and.
will be opened on next Thursday night
Ferdinand Hendricks, who lives near
Greenville, while chopping wood Thursday,
cut off his left foot. His injuries may prove
fatal.
: Logansport Pharos: Work on the new
bridge OF the Wabash road is progressing ia
vorably. Twelve car loads Of iron have al
ready been received.
Centerville Chronicle: The hog coera is
: in the land Several hogs in this township
have died The disease appears TO be spread
ing throughout the state.
The railroad election in Mill Creek town.
i ship, Fountain county, resulted in favor of
appropriating Sl3, 100 for the construction of
the \. and 5. road by majority of GO.
: Monticello Herald: Two new post Offices
have been established on the mail route be-
tween here and Pulaski-both in this conn
ty. They are named Headlee and Sitka
. Mitchell Commercial: An election was
held in Spice Valley township last Saturday.
and tax voted in aid of the Indian
apolis narrow gauge railroad. Majority, %.
franklin Democrat: The farmers bring
us bad tidings of the prospects of the coming
wheat crop. We trust however, that like a
singed cat, it may prove better than it
! looks.
Brazil Miner; The death OF Auditor
James Shaw cast gloom over our entire
, city on Monday last Probably no man who
ever lived in Brazil had more earnest md
warm-hear%cd friends.
The city of Warsaw is very economically
managed just now. The marshals salary is
but FSnety cents per day, and in order TO
keep himself and family from starving he
works at the shoemaker's trade.
A colonization association consisting of
: 4 one hundred families has been organized in
: | the east end OF wayne county. The colony
| will locate in Kansas.
Shelby county has only los tracts of land
advertised for sale for delinquent taxes
while Johnson has over 300, and Hancock,
e upon the other side of Shelby, has over SOC
II delinOuent tracts
. n. b. Freeman and A. l.. Barnett, pro
prietors of the Fort Wayne paper mills
N filed their volunt ry petition in bankruptcy
s. Wednesday. Their liabilities are S56, 900
IF assets estimated at $4,000.
% The Northern Indiana agricultural asset
IF alton of Fort Wayne, it is said, is hope
k lessly busted. The Indebtedness is abou
< $4,000, while the assets will not reach one
Is tenth part of that sum.
ID Martinsville Republican: Up to date TIVE
10 firms in town, Branch & Bro and Small 4
Pitman, have bought and received FROM tn,
farmers of this vicinity $125 900 bushels o
corn the present season, at prices from 33 L
Is 81 cents
The ladies employed by the quartermas
u ter's department at Jacksonville will b,
u paid by the government for such service
p next Monday, commencing at l o'clock il
F. the afternoon. The sum of s., 1850 will b,
re disbursed on this occasion.