The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-24
THE STATE


public schools
Three burglaries were committed in one
night at Lafayette.
Hen fruit continues scarce in Evansville
at 90 cents per dozen.
Richmond is going to have a fire alarm
telegraph to cost 5000.
A Bonneville firm have packed 5000
pounds of pork this winter.
The taxable farming lands in LapOrte
county foot up S67, 1888 acres
There are 364 taxpayers in the corporate
limits OF the town OF Bonneville.
A superior quality of coal has been 6iscoy-
cred near Petersburg, Pike county.
A large force of workmen are engaged in
finishing the new jail at Bonneville.
The first train of cars came into Iaporte
January 9, lS62-a little over "a years ago.
1t is estimated that So. 900 600 is loaned in
Indiana secured by mortgage on real estate
There are thousands of bushels of corn in
Wabash county not yet gathered from the
fields.
Fort Wayne is about to have seduction
case. The damage will be set down at
$4,000
The cooper shops at Muncie closed up last
Wednesday, throwing 60 men out of en-
ployment.
The net proceeds of dramatic entertain
ment at Ladoga was SLIGO. A good place
for showmen.
c. f. McNutt has resigned his position as
professor OF law in the state university at
Bloomington.
W. P. knight of Fall City. Perry county.
has purchased the Democrat Office at Peters
burg, Pike county.
The largest grange in the state is in Mari
on county Indian Creek No. S2s.) 1t num-
bers 1S6 members.
1t will cost 81 600 to furnish the poor of
Warrick county with medical attention dur
ing the present year.
The house of Lewis Hanes. auditor of
Fountain county, was destroyed the other
evening. Loss 81, 900.
According to the Logansport Pharos the
charming young ladies' of that place are
bounced from the balls.
The Bostwick Refrigerator company. Of
Mishawaka, manufactured $4,000 mouse
trapSi in the last five months.
The young men of Auburn have donated
$50 toward buying new bell for the Pres
byterian church at that place.
The plate glass works at New Albany re
sumed work Friday. with full force of
workmen, and there is Joy among the en-
plOyes.
near Charlottesville, has lost several OF his
fine cattle with the mad itch: among them
was $500 COW.
On the 29th instant legislative commit
tee will visit the state prison at Jefferson
| Vile for the purpose of thoroughly in
yestigating its affairs.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: The last will of
Wah pe-mung-ah. or White Loon, the CEN
tenarian Indian chief who died recently,
has been filed for probate
A young man of Attica was confirmed in
Judaism at the synagogue the other day
The ceremony was conducted in Hebrew,
German and English. Poor fellow.
Grave fears are entertained at Bloomfield
that when the ice breaks up in the west fork
of White river the narrow gauge railroad
bridge near that place will be swept away.
Lafayette Dispatch: saloon with fe-
| male walters is limited at. There are some
very beautiful girls in this city who are
waiters-perhaps not from choice, however.
Two tramps caught young girl near Gal
| weston, Howard county, few days ago, and
| outraged her person in a most horrible man.
ner. A posse we're after them at last ac-
| counts.
A MartinsviIle youth to fame and fortune
] unknown is seeking notoriety in an attempt
to eat thirty quails in thirty consecutive
DAYS It's task before which common
mortals would quail
The dogs have entered on the tax dupli-
cate Of Laporte county to the number of
200. but 10 of which are of tie feminine
gender. This is Darwinian illustration of
the survival of the fittest.
1t is said that an odd fellows lodge at New
Albany has member who has been on. the
sick list and drawn benefits for q years He
has already drawn over So 600, and is still
drawing his weekly stipend.s a4tl
The hard times have made the editor Of
| the Kokomo Dispatch rather respondent
He saws: In less than 60 days we expect to
chronicle the failure of something less than
a dozen firms now doing business in this
city.
Solomon Perrin, of Brownstown, had a
Smith and Wesson pistol in his rear pocket
the other day, and the cussed thing went
off sort o. promiscuous like Mr.. Perrin
hasn't sat down with any sort of comfort
SINCE
Brownstown has building loan fund
and savings association. The association
is based upon an authorized capital stock Of
$50 900, divided into 500 shares of 500 each,
PAYABLE in installments of 25 cents per week
upon each share.
Delphi Times: There is little boy in
this city who is not more than ~ years old,
who drives dray. and is doing all he can
with it TO help support his widowed mother
and her large family of little ones. That
boy deserves to be well patronized.
Fort Wayne Gazette: The man who was
arrested for selling liquor at the church pic
mic held at Leo on the 23d of last August has
: settled the business by paying the penalty
, of S28 Is, which is rather more than his re
ceipts on that day The wheels of justice
grind slowly.
! Rising Sun Recorder: The new state
house will cost say 81 SOC, 900. The tota
3 | assessed value of property is say $500 600,
: 900; and a tax of fifty cents on the 500 viii
: foot the bin. The assessment of Ohio comfy
, is 1900 600, and her share will be $1,000
Ohio county votes no.