The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-16
STATE NEWS.
Anderson has /, 179 school children.

directions report the roads in terrible rough
condition.
Democratic Press: The girls and young
ladies of Bloomington have been struck with
an epidemic, loss of eyesight or it would
seem so, as they nearly all wear glasses.
The colored people of Marion are trying
to raise money 20 build church. Now they
have no place to worship, and they are max
ing commendable efforts to secure one.
Decatur Press: The cool weather is god
send to the pork house of Messrs. Logan d
Robbins. For period of two weeks they
fed in the pen 500 hogs at an average cost
OF $40 per day.
Worthington Press: Farmers who have a
supply of sorghum and no market for it will
find it splendid feed for hogs. Mix with
water and stir in little meal, and the pigs
soon curl their tails in the most approved
style.
Lafayette Courier: Fort Wayne is so
greatly annoyed by tramps that the shop
men formed a vigilance committee and cap
tured 21. One man attempted to escape and
was shot in the back. He now lies at the
hospital. There has been talk of lynching
some of them, as their daily outrages are In
famous.
Evansville Journal: A young man named
Zimmerman a student of the medical col
| lege who was waiting at the wharfboat last
night for Cincinnati boat, walked over the
guards of the wharfboat into the river, in
| the darkness, and came near being drowned.
He sank once, and was with some difficulty
dragged out by persons who CHANGED to be
near.
Jacksonville News: General Ekin, dep
| uty quartermaster in charge of depot, re-
| ceived an order to-day to manufacture 90, 900
4 oh In o1A 70 I'D for
blouses, ETC., received a few days ago. We
heartily congratulate the lady operatives on
| the prospect of continuous emplOymentdur-
| ing the winter. Our merchants will of course
| rejoice at the prospect of the circulation of
| $4,000 more in this city.
Daviess Democrat: d. r. Dunnihue, pro-
prietor of the Martin county springs died
| on the 10th of December and his wife fol-
lowed him on the 23d. They were an aged
and we'll mated couple, and will be kindly
remembered by many who have visited In
Mrs. r. W. Thompson. wife OF the secretary
| of the navy. The springs now belonging to
Mr.. Dunnihue's estate are for rent.
Columbus Democrat: Mr.. Edwin Stuart,
the efficient theatrical manager says Column
bus is the best town yet, and he feels more
at home here than in any other city in the
state. Does Mr.. Stuart know that Columbus
| supports a gigantic ring Of plunderers and
thieves? Does he know that the paper de
voted to the interests of Columbus and Bar
tholomew county" says life and property are
not safe in this crime cursed town?
ETerre Haute Express: Colonel Thomas H
Nelson, of this city, has been selected as one
of the Judges to decide the annual contest in
March next of the Indiana oratorical associa-
| ton, composed of representatives from the
following colleges Hanover, franklin. Wa
bash, Butler the State university and As
bury university. The judges associated with
Colonel Nelson are President White, of
Wabash; Ex-Governor Baker and Maurice
Thompson.
Madison Courier: Mr. Hiram Francisco
brought 10 head of fine hogs to the city to-
DAY and shipped them to Louisville on the
home only 16 months old and weighing 100
pounds each. These two he could not
drive nor haul, and he will have to butcher
them at home, but he is puzzled to know
how to handle them. He was thinking of
renting big beer tank OF one of the brew
cries in which to scald them, and then hire
a platoon OF men to remove the hair.
Vevay Express: The skeleton of a man,
mentioned by the Cincinnati Gazette as hay
ing been found below Vevay in a sycamore
stump. was some bones of child, probably
a girl ~ or IA years old. The coroner has
them in his possession with no clue to their
| identity. Opinion is divided as to the man
ner they came to be placed in the stump;
some claiming that the body foated in
during the high water, and others saying
| that they are probably the remains of
child OF some tramps Simon Cossart found
them, while burning the stump to clear the
ground.
Lafayette Journal: The funeral of the wife
II D.I- 4 ID. IL Il
day afternoon, from the family residence on
| South Sixth street. Rev. Robert Mackenzie
| officiating. Quite a number of the asSo-
crates of the deceased and her husband paid
| by their attendance the last tribute of re-
spect There are romances in real life
| equaling the most vivid imaginiDgs of the
| novelist The friends yesterday witnessed
the last scene of a checkered and eventful
career. The open grave takes to its bosom
| with the dead the untold story of many a
volume over which mankind might pity,
wonder and weep.
Vevay Democrat: The Baptist Sunday
school of this city has small tin bank made
| in the form of church, in which the col
| lections from each class are deposited each
Sabbath; the opening will allow the envel-
opes containing the money to pass into the
bank but will not pay out at that opening,
the doors being securely locked by a small
paddock, the key of which is carried by the
superintendent and the bank is opened and
money counted at the close of each quarter.
Last Sabbath the bank was opened for the
purpose of counting money, when, instead
of there being thirteen envelopes for each
class. they were all found to be short. On
examining the bank a hole was found in the
bottom through which the THE had alb.
| stracted the money. It seems that not
even the house of God IS secure from
thieves.
Shelbyville Volunteer: Judge Test re.
turned to the city Wednesday week to pass
sentence on John Smith, recently convicted
by jury, of manslaughter, and awarded
two years in the penitentiary. The defend