The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-09-11
STATE INTELLIGENCE.


bakery wagon ran away Saturday, turning
the wagon over on the driver, James Wal
tiers, iniuring him so badly that his recovery
is doubtful.
The Petersburg fair last week was well
attended, many presents from this county,
The citizens OF Pike county pull together
! and take a commendable interest in the
prosperity OF their agricultural society and
its annual exhibitions.
On the 18th ultImo Mr.. T. Hendrickson
was digging a well for Clint Weininger, IN
Rutherford township Martin county. when
IL caved IN on him, killing him instantly. 1t
was several hours before bis body was got
out, and it was horribly mashed.
Marion Democrat; Emory Moore, brother
OF Joseph Moore, president of Earlham col
lege, was shot in Chicago two weeks ago. He
was thrown in the lake, where he remained
| three days before being discovered. Mr..
Moore formerly taught school in this county.
Knightstown Some Indianapolis boys
were caught in the very act of picking peck
cts at the Knightstowp fair last week, and
were in due course of law handed over 10
the carefOf keeping of Sheriff Minor. Should
] their trial3 come up next week, they may
find 1T but q short road from the crimes
commission 70 its results.
Rochester 3entinel: Sunday morning an
alarm OF fire was sounded that aroused all
( the sleeping citizens. The are was discover
! ed to be in j. =. Clarke's stave factory, and
before assistance could arrive the entire fac
/ tory was beyond rescue. The loss is estima-
ted at 5000 and without any insurance.
Four years ago Ar. Clarke met with a similar
loss
Columbus Democrat Mrs. Eliza Jett, an
old lady of sixty years, residing six miles
east of Columbus, mother Of Flora Jet,
/ dropped dead of heart disease Sunday after
noon about four o'clock, while crossing
| field from her residence to that OF her son.
| Soon after her daughter also started across
the field, and in doing so came across her
mother lying cold and stiff in the arms of
death. She was highly respected old lady,
and greatly esteemed by all who knew her.
Evansville Courier: As the hook and lad
der wagon went dsshing past John Dannet-
tells, corner Fourth and Ingle streets Sun
day morning, Henry G. Lambers, a chair
maker and member OF the fire department.
attempted to jump on, but slipped He fell
under the wagon. the wheel of which passed
over his left shoulder and right hip. Mr..
Lsmbers was taken to DR.. Wildeis and
thence to his home, lilo Upper Sixth street.
He complained of very little pain, but the
extent of bis injuries can hardly be ascer-
tanned on account of the swelling.
Messrs. Cammack 81 Sons met with an
other loss by fire in their fax mills at Green
field, on the Sd Instant. A little boy thought
large barn used for STEERING fax straw in
wet weather would be good place TO fire off
his toy pistol, and the result was firing off
the barn and ten tons of fax straw. The
match used to touch off the pistol was careless
ly throw into the straw. The building be-
longed to the Greenfield manufacturing as
ISOLATION and was insured for 5000. A hay
press owned by man living in Dunreith
worth $500 was also burned. Nothing but a
favorable wind saved the mill.
Shelbyville Volunteer: Saturday evening,
about the time the crowd was leaving the
fair ground, a serious ARRAY occurred in the
rear of the west line of eating stands be-
tween two small boys, Jerry Woodruff, a
boot black of this city, and Charlie Minor,
from Milford Decatur county. a dispute
arose between the boys, which ended in
1 Woodruff cutting minor in the left side of
/ the lower part of the abdomen with pocket
knife, letting his entrails out Doctors
| Keeling. of Geneva, Maddox, of Flatrock,
and ]. B. Stewart, of this city, were called
and dressed the wound, which was pro-
nounced not necessarily fatal. The sheriff
brought young Woodruff to the city and
committed him to Jail for safe keeping to
await an investigation OF a charge against
/ him.
Madison Star (rep.). The infant prodigy
of the Courier must feel as girl feels who
has let bird go, a school boy does who
has let something else go and iSa good dis
lance from the river. Public sentiment has
forced him to publish in full the editorial
written by Judge New, from which he las at
times printed garbled extracts and shame
/ fully misconstrued them, to leave the I'M
preston that New was traitor,
and the broad fact is developed
by the publication of the editorial
entire that it is more patriotic and able, and
breathes more fervent love of country and
! liberty, than any editorial that ever appeared
/ in the Madison Courier before the war, DUR
/ ing the war or since the wan The young
man of the Courier can step down now. In
/ the language of an Irish judge to an impu-
! dent prisoner, all the republican party now
want of him is silence, and id little of
that"
New Castle Mercury: On Wednesday of
last week as Mr. and Mrs. Hodge and family,
! and Mrs Elizabeth Powers, wife of Hamil-
ton Powers, and her little son and Squire
! Gaylor, all of Franklin township, were max
/ ing their way to the KnightstoWn fair in q
/ two horse wagon, on what is known as the
old State road. just as they started down the
| long, steep hlli south or RsaysVllle, known as
the Parker hill, the rings. on the breast yoke
gave way, the horses started to run and the
wagon turned bottom side up, catching all
who were in it under, except one child.
Luckily when the wagon turned over the
double trees came off and let the running
horses loose, else the result would have been
terrible. AS it Mrs Powers little boy
| had his arm broken in two places and his
head badly cut, while Mr.. Hodge was badly
bruised and cut about the head. Several of
the others were more or less seriously injur-
ed, but all were getting along well at last ac-
| counts.
Madison Star: Considerable excitement
was ocoasioned in police circles last evening
by the news of the arrest of three safe blow
ers by Marshal Cisco and Detective Gavitt.
The intelligence was conveyed TO these off,
GERS that three men had forced an entrance
into the Madison hominy mill and had at
tempted to open the safe. Their entrance
into the mill was effected by the climbing of
one into window in the engine room in