The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-03-20
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Danville signs for new town hall.
Washington county has four distilieries.
The horse and mule trade. is lively in Sui
Ivan.
Hendricks county farmers are busy swap.
ping farms.
SheibyviIle has string band. Saturday
night was donated to serenades.
The base ball fever has attacked the boys
OF Seymour, and the doctors are happy.
Sullivan Democrat: The prospect for the
growing wheat is all that the farmers could
desire.
The wheat crop in Porter county never
looked more promising than it does at the
present time.
The Democrat proudly declares that there
is more dramatic talent III Danville than any
other town of the size in the state.
Fort Wayne Gazette: Stock in the masonic
temple building TO the amount of so, 500
has so far been taken by the orders.
Rev. Mr.. Earle, the evangelist, is carrying
on a series of meetings at the rink at Fort
Wayne. He is an eloquent minister.
Lafayette Dispatch: From the first of No
vember to the first of Msrcb--120 days
there have been but 81 daysOf clear weather.
The time tor holding the next fair in
Putnam county is fixed for the last week in
September, beginning on the 23d and ending
on the 2Sth.
The jury IN the Pollard will case, on trial
at Logansport, have brought in verdict for
the plaintiffs and dissolved the will. The
inv vrnS
Services at the various Evansville churches
are disturbed by roughS. The grand jury
will have TO sentence few of the scoun-
drels before the trouble will cease.
New Albany women no longer break the
little brown jugs of husbands and sons.
They have the China craze, and decalcO-
manaize everything that comes within their
reach.
A gravel road from Columbus to Nash
Vile, Brown county, is under discussion.
The people of the TWO counties, BaTtholo
NEW and Brown, are holding meetings and
considering the initiatOry steps
Winchester Herald: The wheat prospect
was never better in this section. The season
for freezing OUT is pretty well over, and so
far as calculations from the present outlook
may be made, large yield may be reason;
ably hoped for.
"A young son of Dr. Armer, of Columbus,
attempted TO board an incoming train at that
place while the cars were in motion. He
missed his hold and fell, the wheel passing
over his leg and crushing it so badly that
amputation was necessary. Another warn
ing for boys and men.
Fort Wayne Gazette: 1t is stated that over
$1,000 has been subscribed by persons not
members OF the mas nic order. and that
sufficient funds are thus secured TO justify
the ert ction of masonic temple, the ground
floor to constitute an opera house. The size
of the edifce is to be 70xl20 feet.
Columbus Democrat: An application has
been fled before the board of commissioners
by the attorneys of Joshua ID. Mcqueen,
f. rmer treasurer of this county, TO correct
the erroneous charge TO his account of the
SOC, 59O64 lost in the Melvin bank. This
proceeding is based upon section III of the
general tax law.
Two years ago a merchant of Merom, Sui
livan county, named George GTiswOld. was
reported drowned. He went fishing, tum-
bled into the river and after weeks OF search
for has body, the verdict was that he had
been drowned. He had all the money of the
store on his person when he was lost. The
life insurance company was reluctant to pay
the policy, but the courts forced the agent to
pay the full amount to the administrator. IL
now turns out that Griswold isalive and well
in Texas. He left to avoid paying his debts
and secure the insurance money.
New Carlisle: This unusually quiet town
is being taken by storm of revival and red
ribbon efforts, led on by the Iowa evangelist,
Haskell whose life has been spent behind
the footlights OF theaters and among the
saw dust and spangles of a menagerie and
circus. For the past 10 months he has been
laboring with wonderful success in the
vineyard of the Lord and the gospel tenn
perance field. The meeting commenced
here on Saturday, March .. and three meet
ings have been held daily since, and will
continue until. the 24th. The spacious
Methodist church is filled to its utmost
capacity every night. The people are com
ing in for miles around, and the interest and
excitement is still on the increase. Mr..
Haskell is an unpretending worker, depend
ing on the Bible, prayer and faith.