The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-07
INDIANA INTELLIGENCE.

Floyd county is building new poor house.
Indiana -four is now quoted as the best In
the market.
Burglars are working Madison quite
successfully.
South Bend has evening concerts, which
are well patronized.
Great preparations are being made for the
county fairs throughout the state.
The Universalists have bought the old
Methodist church at Columbia City.
The masonic fraternity of Carlisle has
lately resolved to build a new hall.
The Petersburg Press says the nationals
claim to have a membership of 800 In Pike.
1t is reported that James Cunback is
about to start republican paper in Green
field.
Eighty.one hundred and twenty-seven
bushels of wheat were purchased in Craw-
louisville last Saturday.
Boys battle in the reservoira New Albany,
and the aristocratic citizens of the city find
fault with the taste of the water.
The Kendallville Standard, the organ of
the republican party of Noble, is venomous
in its attacks upon the greenback party.
Fort Wayne Gazette Judge Gresham has
not yet decided upon the time of holding
sessions Of the United States court in this
city.
Kokomo Dispatch: The board of county
commissioners issued $50, 900 in bonds on
last Friday to construct the Albright and
Ricketts, free gravel roads
Lafayette Dispatch: Rumor has it that in
the event that Mr.. Orth is elected to con-
gress from this district John L. Miller will
be replaced in the post Office. John L. has
no amendments to offer to the motion.
There is a girl in the Green county poor
house whose father is worth half million
dollars She is the victim of a graceless
scamp, "whom she loved not wisely but too
WELL" and she is anxious that her parents
shall not know her whereabouts.
Princeton Clarion: While working at a
small circular saw in Wire & Mills planning
Lamb accidentally let his right hand come
in contact with the rapidly revolving saw,
and in an instant the hand and fingers were
horribly mangled.
VIM. Harrison, of Fall Greek township,
and Mr.. Morfork. living near Chicago, this
(Hamilton) county, were about to be taken
in to the tune of $3.50 by confindence men,
and, but for the advice of kind friends,
they would. Officers, upon their informa-
ton. started to arrest them, but they had got
the scent and were not TO be found.
The communication signed A. H. Yount,
which appeared in yesterdays Sentinel, was
wroDgfully credited. Mr.. " was formerly
the Lafayette correspondent OF the Sentinel,
but other engagements prevented him filling
the place longer, and a change was made
As Mr.. Y. is of different political faith, the
blunder was OF course annoying to him.
Fort Wayne Sentinel: Young Kennedy,
who was shot some time ago by Hilton, who
is now confined In the Allen county Jail, and
carries the bullet in his brain which ought,
according to the best authorities TO have
caused death within twenty-four hours, was
in the city Saturday, apparently none the
worse for his loaded condition and called on
his murderer (?), with whom he had a very
pleasant conversation.
South Bend Tribune: Miss Eunice Per-
kins, daughter of the Rev. A. t. Perkins,
was very severely injured at the residence OF
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the flight of stairs leading TO the front door,
with chairs in her hands and when at the
top lost her balance and fell backwards to
the bottom. DIR. l.. Humphreys was sum-
moned, and discovered that one OF the bones
of the right forearm was broken, and that
she had also suffered trying shock to her
brain and spinal cord, having in her fall
struck on her head and shoulders.
Columbus Republican: Yesterday an aft
davit was filed before Squire Newsom against
a boy ten years of age, for assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. The boy lives at
Taylorsville The constable being cautioned
by the remark that he had a dangerous per-
son TO arrest, set out after the criminal and
brought in the boy The boy, having no
counsel but the prosecutor, pleaded guilty
and was hned and costed $40. Not being
able TO pay it, he sat down on the steps and
cried. Most of the cost was thrown off in
consideration of his extreme youth and great
poverty, and he was told to go home, which
he did.
South Bend Herald: We have no reason
to doubt but what the coming campaign will
be one of the liveliest that has occurred for
many years. The truth of Mr.. Voorhees, as
sertions in his speech last Saturday should
convince any reasonably thinking man that
the laboring class of to-day that has previ-
Ously voted the republican ticket is now suf
fering the extreme penalties of the present
administration. We speak knowingly; we
have been there. We served four years and
one month In the United States army, and
performed our duty honorably, and
supposing it to be Our duty and
duty we owed TO the country we voted
the republican ticket for fourteen long years
under promises that our condition (inan-
cially) would become brighter, and finding
TO our sorrow no possible change we have
given up all hopes, and will henceforth sail
in another direction, though we have not
cOnclusively determined as yet where we
will anchor
Evansville Journal: Three years ago when
the boilers of the steamer Pat Rogers explod-