The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-10-16

hOustOu DrOWn, WSniIny inrihoi h'AnS
near Clymers, was killed instantly Saturday
evening by falling from On apple tree.
On last Saturday, in the beautiful and
moral city of Franklin, where they will not
even tolerate billiard tables, an officer was
selling on execution at public auction the
of poor Christian minister for
taxes.
Anderson Herald: The hog cholera in
Stonycreek and along the Hamilton and
the losersare Noah Ryan, Al Charles
Fisher, rs; lack Huffman, 10, and many
others smaller numbers.
John Shafer and SADIE Jackson, the alleged
murderers OF Ella Shafer, have taken a
change of venue from Jennings county, and
were brought overland to Madison Saturday
night by Sheriff Dickson, and placed In
change of Sheriff Nugent. The case will be
tried in the jefferson circuit court, probably
before Judge Allison.
Jacob Roberts, living near Columbia City,
was tired Of life; in fact, very tired. He first
tried poison and failed; he then went for his
throat, which was another failure. Recently,
however, he strolled off to the woods unno-
ticed, and after trying to break his head
bled to death. Nothing like perseverance.
Plymouth Democrat: In this office may be
seen one hill-two stalks-of the baden white
flour corn, brought in by Mr.. y. M. Gordon.
The stalks are over ten feet in height, above
the average thickness, and each has three
good ears of sound grain. This variety is
probably the most prolific ever grown, the
usual average being six ears to the stalk, the
maximum being fourteen.
The reunion of the One Hundred and
Twenty fourth Indiana regiment and Fiji
teenth Indiana battery takes place at Win
chester on the oath and 18th of October. The
committee having the reunion in charge say
they have assurance that there will be full
attendance of officers and privates. Colonel
James Burgess, the first colonel, who now
resides in Topeka, Kansas, will be present
Crawford County Democrat: Peter T.
Byerly, teamster for w. P. Everdon, met
with serious accident last Thursday while
unloading saw log at Mr.. Everdon's saw
mill. He was prying the log off the wagon,
and Just as the log left the wagon slipped
and fell with his head striking log, and the
saw log which he was removing rolled on
him. He was badly bruised, aud the CON
cussion made him lifeless for time. He is
improving.
In the eastern part of Franklin county
there has for number of years past lived a
man by the name of Apologize, who had
considerable property, but being of weak
mind was under guardianship. He is about
fifty years of age Some two weeks since,
through the influence of some parties, he
was taken over into Ohio and a license pro
cured and married to woman by the name
of Johns. aged about twenty three years.
Soon after the marriage the bride procured
some strychnine to kill rats, and gave dose
TO her husband, but fortunately he did not
get enough TO have the desired effect. She
was arrested and lodged in Jail.
The bodies of the four Iynched negroes,
Jim Goode, jeff Hopkins, Ed Warner and
Bill Chambers, were allowed to hang the en-
tire day at Mt Vernon for the multitude to
gaze upon. There is good reason to believe
that at least one OF the negroes executed,
jeff Thompson, was not one of the party
concerned in the rape of the white women,
and would have been able to prove an abb
by respectable white citizens, with whom be
was in consultation concerning the election
at the time the crime was committed. There
is little prospect that any OF the citizens en-
gagged I'm the lynching will ever be brought
TO trial. OF course many OF them are known
to each other, and perhaps to the law OH
GERS; but the sentiment of the people is so
strong that their lawlessness will never be
made a subject of legal Investigation.
Richmond Free Press: John F1ately owns
farm north Of this city, and Mr.. and Mrs
Niswitch were his tenants. Mrs. Niswitch
and Mr.. Flately happened to go to the spring
after water at the same time on the 18th day
Of September. While at the spring, Mrs
Niswitch says Flately attempted to take inn
proper liberties with her; caught and forci
| bly, held her and kissed her. As soon a.
she could release herself she ran to the
house and told her husband, oul
they concluded to keep the mattel
| quiet until after they moved away
| from Flately's place. Saturday the case
| came before the mayor, when the first indict
ment of assault with intent to rape wa
withdrawn, and an indictment OF assault
substituted, to which Flately plead no
] guilty, and fine of S25 and costs was i'm
! posed Mrs. Niswitch has also brought ciyi
suit, laying her damages at 5000.
Lafayette Journal: The bold burglar !
here. This evening one week ago he visite'
the house OF Mrs. Heath on Ferry street ant
took lot of trinkets Of great value to tn
family. On Wednesday night he droppe'
into the Cooperative tailor shop on the COZ
ner of Sixth and Main and helped himself 4
lot OF small articles On Friday night n
called at the wholesale liquor house of Bar
new Koppenrath Co, and got what od
change there was in the drawer, some postag
stamps and two or three bottles OF colore
water On Saturday night he visited tn
Office of Thomas Underwood q Son, and az
propriated four gold pens, 30 or Az cent'
worth of postage stamps and an overcoat, tn
property of Will Timberlake, valued at So
TIE wholesale house Of Robinson q Hale we
visited during the week, and some chang
and postage stamps taken. The entranc
into all the above places was made by tn
use of what is known as the Jimmy" IN
police have a suspicion that the work is thu
of gang of half grown boys
A gang OF about 80 tramps have, forsever'
weeks past, been camped on the river botto'
on the west bank of the Wabash, near Teri
Haute, and have made the days and nigh
hideous to all passers-by by their orgie
They have been suspected OF being THEY
and we're closely watched. On Saturca
| several freight cars at the Vandalia var
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