The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10

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The Rockport boys have organized another
base ball club.
Laporte Argus: Diphtheria prevails 70 an
alarming extent in Coolspring township.
Hon. c. 5. Dobbins, of Shoals, is now lee
turing in behalf OF the temperance cause.
Delphi News: Delphi can now boast of a
miracle. tramp sawed half cord of wood
the other day.
Quite number of Stark county farmers
have gone to Kansas and Colorado, aud
many more are preparing to move.
The Rensselaer, Union shows a project now
In contemplation for a narrow railway from
that village westward through Watseka,
Illinois.
Seymour Democrat: At McClintock's sale
of Jersey CATTLE March 80, q COWS were sold
averaging price, s19575. The highest price
paid was for "Maybird," which was $40.
New Castle Courier: New buildings ere
being put up, old ones revamped, and alto
gether the march of improvement, SO far as
our town is concerned, still moves along.
The Logansport Chronicle declares that if
nothing happens to the fine growing wheat
crop farmers will have to add another rail to
their fences to keep the grain from rolling
out
Laporte Argus: The good templars of the
counties of LapOrte, st. Joseph and Elkbart
will hold a convention at Goshen on the 18th
and 10Th insts., to which all good templars
are invited.
The Crown Point Register reports that
Doctress Leila G. Bedell has had diphtheria
so badly as to render her unable for while
TO journey home, and that her husband had
TO go to Boston to attend her.
Charlottesville Review: The opera house
will be completed in few weeks The stage
is now up and the gallery is approaching
completion. It will be splendid ball when
the work Is all done and the scenery is up.
Greensburg Standard: A gentleman of
this place who passed through Ripley and
Dearborn counties last week reports the
wheat crop as looking better than any he
ever before saw at any time or in any place.
Piqua Democrat: The warm spring
weather will soon persuade the old codgers
from their roosts about the grocery store to
the goods boxes on the sunny side of the
street. where the financial problem can be
more freely discussed.
The Colfax Chronicle reports the burning
of q barn az Manson week before last with
six horses in it, two of which were rescued
after being burned almost past recognition,
and the others moaned as If in terrible dis
tress and begging for relief.
Rockport Gazette: Mr.. Willis Haines near
| this city, and one of our best farmers in
formed us that on the oath of March he bad
considerable rye among his wheat that had
headed out. Think of that; rye headed in
March. Is it not quite remarkable?
Corydon Democrat: Our wheat crop
prospect is as good as could possibly be ex-
pected. The acreage of corn in this county
,r.vs1 Fs. f1-
| years past. The wheat on the uplands when
phosphated beats the river bottom fields.
The Michigan City Enterprise appears to
favor the adoption of the bell punch for the
regulation of the LIQUOR traffic with another
instrument attached to it which will record
1 the name of every purchaser and give him
credit for support of government according
/ TO the sum be pays.
Marion Democrat: A few DAYS ago Andy
Ferguson cut large white oak tree on the
| old Mckinney farm, southeast of town. near
what is known as the old deer lick. When 1t
was being sawed up at the mill bullet was
found imbedded beneath 125 growths show
| ing that it must have been shot into the tree
more than 100 years ago.
Rev. Mr.. Sweeney, pastor of the Christian
| congregation at Laporte, the Chronicle re-
| ports, while getting on car some DAYS since
i III SOb q upOu MS u0ger caught
! so in the car as to scrape off the flesh and
leave about an inch long of the bone ex-
| posed, necessitating amputation. He must
| likely wish he never wore ring.
| Charlottesville Journal: Intelligence has
| Just been received of the death of the wife
OF the Rev. A. S. Reed, graduate of Wa
bash college of the class of 80, and now set
| tied at Prairie du Lac, Wisconsin. Mrs.
Reed, whose maiden name was Julia Du-
mont, was born at Vevay, this state, and was
known personally or by reputation by many
/ OF our citizens.
Corydon Democrat: The peaches were
| pretty badly frosted throughout the county
| last Sunday night week. On the river bot
| toms and low lands the frost seemed 10 have
killed about all of them. Mr.. George w.
| Crawford, one of our best fruit culturers cut
down all of his peach trees the other day,
| having concluded peach culture in this
climate fraud and a sham.
Wabash Plaindealer: The building of a
gravel road between Roam and Wabash is
still subject of interest A meeting was
held at the stone school house, north of this
city, last week Saturday, at which 80 800 was
subscribed to aid the project, and the work
of soliciting stock is being pushed forward
vigorously. Quite number of our business
men are advocating the taking OF s., 900 stock
by the city.
Wabash PlAndealer: Mr.. c. H. Heironi-
nous has laid upon our table couple Of
sound green apples, grown in 1876. They
are Boston Sweets, and were gathered and
stored away in boxes of sawdust, in the fall
of 1876. and were accidentally left in the
bottom of the box until few days since,
when, on emptying the sawdust from the
box, several apples were found there,
slightly shriveled, but sound as when first
put there.
Evansville Journal: Mr.. Mark Coffin. a
prominent peach grower opposite Madison,
Indiana, says most OF the peaches in his
nelghborhood. and the finest varieties of
cherries are mostly killed. Others in the
same locality say their crops are still SAFE
Mr.. Dean, OF Otto Indiana, an excellent au-
thority, predicts fair crop of plums and
cherries, and an abundance of apples, pears
and ounces. Fully 500, 900 peach trees are
under special cultivation in the vicinity of
Madison, and the Courier says present ap-
pearances are favorable for good crop. In
this neighborhood the crop is still most